Then how about you tell me what the North was exporting at 25% of the total that is so valuable as to be worth the bulk of the imports? Once again the math doesn't seem to balance here.
At best, those future Confederate states may have accounted for a disproportionate 25% of all US imports, meaning about half of those imports went through Southern ports, and half through northern ports like New York.
Or, if you had happened to read what pea ridge said about the issue, the vast bulk of imports went to New York, and were packet line shipped elsewhere.
This is true on the face of it. Your fancy graphic showing where the money was getting collected is dominated by New York. Do you think New York alone earned all that money from their own exports?
You are correct . That diagram only shows the point of collection of the tariff charges.
The only diagram that would have any relevance here would be point of consumer payment or consumption of goods.
All of the prior posting comments about New York, wealthy plantation owners, etc. is all worthless speculation.