Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$8.4 billion$8.4B
vs 2010
1.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
2%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

The US buys the most silver from Mexico: 47% of $8.4 billion.

Canada is second at 13%. Silver bars and powder.

Where US silver comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $8.4B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$4.01B47.5%
  2. 02Canada$1.12B13.2%
  3. 03South Korea$0.76B9.0%
  4. 04Kazakhstan$0.45B5.3%
  5. 05Germany$0.39B4.6%
  6. 06Poland$0.33B3.9%
  7. 07Chile$0.21B2.5%
  8. 08Belgium$0.15B1.8%
  9. 09Japan$0.15B1.8%
  10. 10Switzerland$0.13B1.6%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.74B8.8%

Total US silver imports by year · $4.4B in 2010 to $8.4B 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 silver imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US silver imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

South Korea2.7% → 9%
Kazakhstan0% → 5.3%
Germany0.7% → 4.6%
Chile0% → 2.5%
Mexico45% → 47%
Belgium0.5% → 1.8%
Switzerland0.5% → 1.6%
Poland3.6% → 3.9%
Japan2.2% → 1.8%
Peru4.8% → 0.8%
Canada31% → 13%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's produced

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

No single region supplies most imported silver. Latin America leads at 52%, then Asia at 19%. Mexico and Canada send 61% between them, and South Korea, Kazakhstan and Germany add another 19%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03South Korea
  4. 04Kazakhstan
  5. 05Germany
  6. 06Poland
  7. 07Chile
  8. 08Belgium

Where it enters

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

72% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Laredo alone takes 34%. JFK Airport and Buffalo-Niagara Falls follow at 20% and 15%.

Goods crossing by land are recorded at Census ports of entry, which can be inland.

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  1. ALaredo, TX $2.91B
  2. BJFK Airport, NY $1.71B
  3. CBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $1.29B
  4. DChamplain-Rouses Point, NY $0.47B
  5. ENewark, NJ $0.40B
  6. FDouglas, AZ $0.33B
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 silver is used.

Three states are listed for over $1B each.

  1. 01Connecticut$2.97B
  2. 02New York$2.80B
  3. 03Utah$1.28B
  4. 04Texas$0.37B
  5. 05Florida$0.25B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 7106. How we count.