Shipped Where
Imported from Japan, 2025
$146 billion
Share of all US imports
4.3%
Rank among sources
#7 of 218
Arrived by ship
69%

Japan is the seventh largest source of US imports: $146 billion in 2025.

That is 4.3% of everything the US imported. The top product line is cars, followed by car parts. Down from fourth in 2015.

What the US buys from Japan

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

  1. Cars$36.2B · 24.8%
  2. Car Parts$6.6B · 4.5%
  3. Blood products, antibodies and vaccines$4.8B · 3.3%
  4. Bulldozers and excavators$4.2B · 2.8%
  5. Rechargeable batteries$3.5B · 2.4%
  6. Chipmaking equipment$3.0B · 2.1%
  7. Printers and printing machinery$3.0B · 2.1%
  8. Transformers and power supplies$2.3B · 1.6%
All 23 products from Japan
  1. Medicines$2.3B · 1.6%
  2. Medical instruments$2.2B · 1.5%
  3. Jet engines and gas turbines$2.2B · 1.5%
  4. Capacitors$2.0B · 1.4%
  5. Aircraft parts$1.9B · 1.3%
  6. Industrial chemical preparations$1.9B · 1.3%
  7. Engine parts$1.6B · 1.1%
  8. Tires$1.6B · 1.1%
  9. Gasoline engines$1.4B · 1.0%
  10. Electric motors and generators$1.4B · 0.9%
  11. Liquid pumps$1.4B · 0.9%
  12. Valves and taps$1.3B · 0.9%
  13. Computer Chips$1.2B · 0.8%
  14. Semiconductors, LEDs and solar cells$1.2B · 0.8%
  15. Air pumps and compressors$1.2B · 0.8%

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

Japan's rank among US import sources

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

  1. 2010 to 2022: fourth
  2. 2023: falls to fifth
  3. 2025: falls to seventh

Where it lands

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

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69% of goods from Japan arrived by ship. Los Angeles, CA handled 26% on its own.

  1. ALos Angeles, CA $37.7B · 25.9%
  2. BChicago, IL $12.3B · 8.4%
  3. CTacoma, WA $8.1B · 5.6%
  4. DNewark, NJ $7.8B · 5.3%
  5. ESavannah, GA $5.3B · 3.6%
  6. FJacksonville, FL $5.2B · 3.6%

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