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US imports of salt, earths, lime & cement — monthly data by origin and port

In June 2026, the 8 major US container gateways received 292 kt of salt, earths, lime & cement (HS chapter 25), worth $0.1B (+10% by weight year-on-year), led by Turkey with 14% of the chapter. Counted by US customs; mirrored and revision-tracked. Updated: 2026-08-07.

Where it comes from · last 12 months

Turkey 14% · 0 Mt
Chile 13% · 0 Mt
Spain 12% · 0 Mt
Pakistan 12% · 0 Mt
Italy 6% · 0 Mt
Brazil 6% · 0 Mt

What exactly · top goods in the chapter

salt incl tbl/dentrd, pure sodm chlor etc; sea wtr 250100 · 2 Mt
portland cement except white portland cement 252329 · 0 Mt
gypsum; anhydrite 252010 · 0 Mt
pebbles, gravel etc. for concrete aggregates etc. 251710 · 0 Mt
cement clinkers 252310 · 0 Mt
white portland cement whthr or nt art colored 252321 · 0 Mt

Two years of the chapter

562 281 2024-06: 367 kt2024-07: 188 kt2024-08: 164 kt2024-09: 140 kt2024-10: 403 kt2024-11: 295 kt2024-12: 361 kt2025-01: 295 kt2025-02: 193 kt2025-03: 414 kt2025-04: 273 kt2025-05: 300 kt2025-06: 266 kt2025-07: 368 kt2025-08: 274 kt2025-09: 264 kt2025-10: 146 kt2025-11: 297 kt2025-12: 562 kt2026-01: 392 kt2026-02: 312 kt2026-03: 323 kt2026-04: 134 kt2026-05: 324 kt2026-06: 292 kt 292 2024-062025-062026-06
Containerised imports of salt, earths, lime & cement, kt/month, all origins. Source: US Census, mirrored.
0 0 2024-06: 0 $/kg2024-07: 0 $/kg2024-08: 0 $/kg2024-09: 0 $/kg2024-10: 0 $/kg2024-11: 0 $/kg2024-12: 0 $/kg2025-01: 0 $/kg2025-02: 0 $/kg2025-03: 0 $/kg2025-04: 0 $/kg2025-05: 0 $/kg2025-06: 0 $/kg2025-07: 0 $/kg2025-08: 0 $/kg2025-09: 0 $/kg2025-10: 0 $/kg2025-11: 0 $/kg2025-12: 0 $/kg2026-01: 0 $/kg2026-02: 0 $/kg2026-03: 0 $/kg2026-04: 0 $/kg2026-05: 0 $/kg2026-06: 0 $/kg 0 2024-062025-062026-06
Customs value per kilogram of the chapter — the price track. Mix shifts move this line as well as prices; per-good analysis lives in the atlas.

Cite this

In print: US containerised imports of salt, earths, lime & cement (HS ch. 25) through the eight major US container gateways were 292 kt in June 2026, per US Census port-level records mirrored and archived by the Trimtab US Trade Ledger (retrieved 2026-08-07) — trimtabist.com/us-imports-of-salt-and-earths
For the record: Trimtab Port Ledger · TT-008 · HS2 ch. 25 · retrieved 2026-08-07

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