Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$576 million$576M
vs 2010
1.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
22%
Busiest portTop port
Port Huron, MI

Most imported toilet paper comes from Canada: 67% of $576 million.

Mexico is second at 11%. Toilet paper.

Where US toilet paper comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $576M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$383M66.5%
  2. 02Mexico$63.0M10.9%
  3. 03Indonesia$51.9M9.0%
  4. 04China$36.8M6.4%
  5. 05Vietnam$10.5M1.8%
  6. 06Malaysia$7.4M1.3%
  7. 07Trinidad and Tobago$4.8M0.8%
  8. 08Italy$3.9M0.7%
  9. 09Dominican Republic$2.9M0.5%
  10. 10Colombia$2.3M0.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $9.6M1.7%

Total US toilet paper imports by year · $382M in 2010 to $576M 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 toilet paper imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US toilet paper imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Canada55% → 67%
Indonesia2.2% → 9%
Vietnam0.2% → 1.8%
Malaysia0% → 1.3%
Italy0.1% → 0.7%
Dominican Republic0.1% → 0.5%
Trinidad and Tobago0.9% → 0.8%
Colombia0.8% → 0.4%
Mexico19% → 11%
China20% → 6.4%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Canada alone sends 67%, and Mexico, Indonesia, China and Vietnam add another 28%. Asia is the next-largest source region at 19%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Mexico
  3. 03Indonesia
  4. 04China
  5. 05Vietnam
  6. 06Malaysia
  7. 07Trinidad and Tobago
  8. 08Italy

Where it enters

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

78% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Port Huron takes 19%. Champlain-Rouses Point and Buffalo-Niagara Falls follow at 18% and 13%.

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

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  1. APort Huron, MI $112M
  2. BChamplain-Rouses Point, NY $105M
  3. CBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $72.4M
  4. DAlexandria Bay, NY $32.5M
  5. EDetroit, MI $28.4M
  6. FLos Angeles, CA $28.2M
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 toilet paper is used.

14 states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01California$90.3M
  2. 02New York$75.1M
  3. 03New Jersey$63.7M
  4. 04Massachusetts$42.0M
  5. 05Texas$39.0M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 481810. How we count.