Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.8 billion$1.8B
vs 2010
0.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
99%
Busiest portTop port
New Orleans, LA

The US buys the most natural rubber from Indonesia: 39% of $1.8 billion.

Thailand is second at 28%. Latex and natural rubber from tapped trees.

Where US natural rubber comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.8B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Indonesia$0.71B39.3%
  2. 02Thailand$0.49B27.5%
  3. 03Côte d'Ivoire$0.27B15.1%
  4. 04Malaysia$74.9M4.2%
  5. 05Liberia$69.5M3.9%
  6. 06Vietnam$58.3M3.2%
  7. 07Ghana$32.7M1.8%
  8. 08Guatemala$30.9M1.7%
  9. 09Nigeria$16.7M0.9%
  10. 10Guinea$6.4M0.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $34.9M1.9%

Total US natural rubber imports by year · $2.8B in 2010 to $1.8B in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2010 to 2025

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US natural rubber imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US natural rubber imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Côte d'Ivoire3.9% → 15%
Thailand18% → 28%
Ghana<0.1% → 1.8%
Liberia2.7% → 3.9%
Nigeria<0.1% → 0.9%
Guatemala1% → 1.7%
Guinea0% → 0.4%
Vietnam3% → 3.2%
Malaysia4.5% → 4.2%
Indonesia65% → 39%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's produced

Bigger circle = more value, 2025. Numbers match the list.

Most imported natural rubber is produced in Southeast Asia. Indonesia and Thailand send 67% between them, and Malaysia and Vietnam add another 7%. Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia and Ghana send 21% from Africa.

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  1. 01Indonesia
  2. 02Thailand
  3. 03Côte d'Ivoire
  4. 04Malaysia
  5. 05Liberia
  6. 06Vietnam
  7. 07Ghana
  8. 08Guatemala

Where it lands

US port where it entered, 2025. Letters match the list.

99% arrives by ship, mostly in containers, mostly through East and Gulf Coast ports. New Orleans takes 28%. Charleston and Savannah follow at 23% and 15%.

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  1. ANew Orleans, LA $0.50B
  2. BCharleston, SC $0.41B
  3. CSavannah, GA $0.27B
  4. DMorehead City, NC $0.25B
  5. ENorfolk, VA $0.24B
  6. FBrunswick, GA $75.7M
More detail: states listed on entry paperworkMore detail: states on paperwork

This is the destination written on customs forms, often a warehouse or distributor near the port. It is not where the natural rubber is used.

Six states are listed for over $100M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01South Carolina$0.48B
  2. 02Georgia$0.30B
  3. 03Louisiana$0.24B
  4. 04North Carolina$0.19B
  5. 05Illinois$0.18B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 4001. How we count.