Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.2 billion$1.2B
vs 2010
2.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
51%
Busiest portTop port
Detroit, MI

The US buys the most paint from Canada: 29% of $1.2 billion.

Germany is second at 15%. Paints and varnishes.

Where US paint comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.2B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$0.36B29.2%
  2. 02Germany$0.18B14.7%
  3. 03Mexico$0.12B10.1%
  4. 04Japan$83.7M6.8%
  5. 05Italy$75.1M6.1%
  6. 06Sweden$62.1M5.0%
  7. 07South Korea$58.6M4.8%
  8. 08United Kingdom$58.0M4.7%
  9. 09Netherlands$48.0M3.9%
  10. 10Spain$32.9M2.7%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.15B12.0%

Total US paint imports by year · $521M in 2010 to $1.2B 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 paint imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US paint imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Italy2.6% → 6.1%
Sweden3% → 5%
South Korea2.8% → 4.8%
United Kingdom3.4% → 4.7%
Spain1.3% → 2.7%
Germany13% → 15%
Netherlands2.7% → 3.9%
Mexico9% → 10%
Japan13% → 6.8%
Canada37% → 29%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

No single region supplies most imported paint. Europe leads at 43%, then North America at 29%. Canada and Germany send 44% between them, and Mexico, Japan and Italy add another 23%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Germany
  3. 03Mexico
  4. 04Japan
  5. 05Italy
  6. 06Sweden
  7. 07South Korea
  8. 08United Kingdom

Where it lands

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

51% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Detroit takes 13%. Newark and Laredo follow at 10% and 9%.

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  1. ADetroit, MI $0.16B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.12B
  3. CLaredo, TX $0.12B
  4. DCharleston, SC $0.11B
  5. EPort Huron, MI $99.0M
  6. FNorfolk, VA $79.0M
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 paint is used.

Two states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Michigan$0.14B
  2. 02Texas$0.13B
  3. 03Pennsylvania$99.8M
  4. 04New Jersey$95.2M
  5. 05California$76.3M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 3208, 3209, 3210. How we count.