Shipped Where
Imported from China, 2025
$309 billion
Share of all US imports
9.0%
Rank among sources
#3 of 218
Arrived by ship
68%

China is the third largest source of US imports: $309 billion in 2025.

That is 9.0% of everything the US imported. The top product line is phones and network equipment, followed by rechargeable batteries, computers and computer units and toys. China fell to third in 2025.

What the US buys from China

Top products by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015 for comparison.

  1. Phones and network equipment$30.1B · 9.8%
  2. Rechargeable batteries$12.7B · 4.1%
  3. Computers and computer units$10.8B · 3.5%
  4. Toys$9.1B · 3.0%
  5. Car Parts$8.1B · 2.6%
  6. Computer parts and accessories$5.7B · 1.9%
  7. Plastic articles, not elsewhere specified$5.2B · 1.7%
  8. Plastic Kitchenware$4.8B · 1.6%
All 23 products from China
  1. Electric heaters and small kitchen appliances$4.7B · 1.5%
  2. Seats and chairs$4.3B · 1.4%
  3. Furniture other than seats$4.0B · 1.3%
  4. Cables & Wires$3.8B · 1.2%
  5. Medicines$3.6B · 1.2%
  6. Transformers and power supplies$3.5B · 1.1%
  7. Sports and exercise equipment$3.4B · 1.1%
  8. TVs and monitors$3.3B · 1.1%
  9. Air pumps and compressors$3.1B · 1.0%
  10. Valves and taps$3.0B · 1.0%
  11. Festive, carnival or other entertainment articles$3.0B · 1.0%
  12. Made-up articles of textile materials not elsewhere specified$2.8B · 0.9%
  13. Headphones, speakers and microphones$2.7B · 0.9%
  14. Video game consoles and table games$2.6B · 0.9%
  15. Rubber and plastic footwear$2.5B · 0.8%

Excludes US goods returned after export and other special trade codes.

China's rank among US import sources

Where China placed each year, by value of goods the US imported

  1. 2010 to 2022: first
  2. 2023: falls to second, behind Mexico
  3. 2025: falls to third, behind Mexico and Canada

Where it lands

US ports of entry for goods from China, 2025. Letters match the list.

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68% of goods from China arrived by ship. Los Angeles, CA handled 25% on its own.

  1. ALos Angeles, CA $77.3B · 25.1%
  2. BChicago, IL $32.2B · 10.4%
  3. CLong Beach, CA $28.5B · 9.2%
  4. DNewark, NJ $22.1B · 7.2%
  5. ESavannah, GA $16.7B · 5.4%
  6. FLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $13.3B · 4.3%

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