Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$12.8 billion$12.8B
vs 2010
1.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
73%
Busiest portTop port
Philadelphia, PA

The US buys the most steel from Canada: 22% of $12.8 billion.

Brazil is second at 12%. Flat-rolled and semi-finished iron and steel.

Where US steel comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $12.8B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$2.86B22.4%
  2. 02Brazil$1.53B12.0%
  3. 03South Korea$1.21B9.4%
  4. 04Germany$0.99B7.7%
  5. 05Mexico$0.93B7.3%
  6. 06Taiwan$0.77B6.0%
  7. 07Japan$0.64B5.0%
  8. 08Netherlands$0.59B4.6%
  9. 09Vietnam$0.34B2.7%
  10. 10Sweden$0.26B2.0%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $2.68B20.9%

Total US steel imports by year · $11.1B in 2010 to $12.8B 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 steel imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US steel imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Canada16% → 22%
Germany4.1% → 7.7%
Vietnam0.4% → 2.7%
Mexico5.8% → 7.3%
Netherlands3.3% → 4.6%
Taiwan5.2% → 6%
Brazil11% → 12%
Sweden1.6% → 2%
Japan6.4% → 5%
South Korea12% → 9.4%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's produced

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

No single region supplies most imported steel. Asia leads at 29%, then Europe at 23%. Canada and Brazil send 34% between them, and South Korea, Germany and Mexico add another 24%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Brazil
  3. 03South Korea
  4. 04Germany
  5. 05Mexico
  6. 06Taiwan
  7. 07Japan
  8. 08Netherlands

Where it lands

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

73% arrives by ship. Philadelphia takes 11%. Houston and Detroit follow at 9% each.

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  1. APhiladelphia, PA $1.46B
  2. BHouston, TX $1.21B
  3. CDetroit, MI $1.11B
  4. DMobile, AL $1.05B
  5. ELos Angeles, CA $0.91B
  6. FNew Orleans, LA $0.85B
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 steel is used.

Five states are listed for over $1B each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01Texas$1.55B
  2. 02California$1.35B
  3. 03Michigan$1.09B
  4. 04Pennsylvania$1.06B
  5. 05Ohio$1.02B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 7207, 7208, 7209, 7210, 7213, 7214, 7216, 7219, 7225. How we count.