Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.9 billion$1.9B
vs 2010
3.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
64%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

The US buys the most soap from Canada: 20% of $1.9 billion.

China is a close second at 16%. Bars, liquid soap and washing products.

Where US soap comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.9B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$0.37B19.7%
  2. 02China$0.30B15.9%
  3. 03Mexico$0.28B15.3%
  4. 04South Korea$0.17B9.0%
  5. 05Colombia$0.11B6.2%
  6. 06France$94.4M5.1%
  7. 07Turkey$65.1M3.5%
  8. 08Germany$63.9M3.4%
  9. 09Indonesia$58.3M3.1%
  10. 10Italy$58.2M3.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.29B15.6%

Total US soap imports by year · $541M in 2010 to $1.9B 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 soap imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US soap imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

South Korea1% → 9%
Mexico8.7% → 15%
Colombia0.2% → 6.2%
Indonesia0.5% → 3.1%
Turkey1.2% → 3.5%
France3.8% → 5.1%
Italy2% → 3.1%
Germany3.5% → 3.4%
China19% → 16%
Canada41% → 20%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

No single region supplies most imported soap. Asia leads at 34%, then Latin America at 22%. Canada and China send 36% between them, and Mexico, South Korea and Colombia add another 30%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02China
  3. 03Mexico
  4. 04South Korea
  5. 05Colombia
  6. 06France
  7. 07Turkey
  8. 08Germany

Where it lands

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

64% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Newark takes 19%. Los Angeles and Laredo follow at 16% and 10%.

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ABCDEF
  1. ANewark, NJ $0.35B
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $0.29B
  3. CLaredo, TX $0.19B
  4. DBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $0.15B
  5. ESavannah, GA $0.15B
  6. FPort Huron, MI $0.13B
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 soap is used.

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

  1. 01California$0.39B
  2. 02New Jersey$0.26B
  3. 03Texas$0.18B
  4. 04New York$0.17B
  5. 05Georgia$0.14B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 3401. How we count.