Shipped Where
Imported from Lesotho, 2025
$170 million
Share of all US imports
under 0.1%
Rank among sources
#118 of 218
Arrived by ship
78%

Lesotho is the 118th largest source of US imports: $170 million in 2025.

That is under 0.1% of everything the US imported. The top product line is women's or girls' suits, ensembles, suit-type jackets, blazers.

What the US buys from Lesotho

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

  1. 01Women's or girls' suits, ensembles, suit-type jackets, blazers$38.1M · 22.4%
  2. 02Men's suits, jackets and pants$37.7M · 22.2%
  3. 03Diamonds$22.9M · 13.5%
  4. 04Men's or boys' shirts, knitted or crocheted$19.3M · 11.3%
  5. 05Sweaters & hoodies$14.4M · 8.5%
  6. 06T-shirts$12.2M · 7.2%
  7. 07Women's or girls' slips, petticoats, briefs, panties$5M · 2.9%
  8. 08Men's or boys' suits, ensembles, suit-type jackets, blazers$4.2M · 2.5%
All 23 products from Lesotho
  1. 09Women's or girls' blouses and shirts, knitted or crocheted$3.6M · 2.1%
  2. 10Women's suits, dresses and pants$3M · 1.8%
  3. 11Switches, fuses and connectors$1.8M · 1.1%
  4. 12Fish fillets$906K · 0.5%
  5. 13Babies' garments and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted$612K · 0.4%
  6. 14Garments not elsewhere specified, knitted or crocheted$293K · 0.2%
  7. 15Brassieres, girdles, corsets, braces, suspenders$220K · 0.1%
  8. 16Women's or girls' overcoats, carcoats, capes, cloaks, anoraks$156K · <0.1%
  9. 17Men's or boys' shirts, not knitted or crocheted$100K · <0.1%
  10. 18Men's or boys' overcoats, carcoats, capes, cloaks, anoraks$96K · <0.1%
  11. 19Made-up articles of textile materials not elsewhere specified$47K · <0.1%
  12. 20Articles not elsewhere specified$28K · <0.1%
  13. 21Precious and semiprecious stones, not strung, mounted etc.$11K · <0.1%
  14. 22Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective$11K · <0.1%
  15. 23Socks$5K · <0.1%

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

US imports from Lesotho by year

Total value of goods, in nominal dollars. Labels mark the first year, the peak and the latest year.

Where it lands

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

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78% of goods from Lesotho arrived by ship. Newark, NJ handled 62% on its own, more than the next five ports combined.

  1. ANewark, NJ $106M · 62.0%
  2. BJFK Airport, NY $23.6M · 13.8%
  3. CCharleston, SC $16M · 9.4%
  4. DOtay Mesa, CA $6.9M · 4.0%
  5. ELos Angeles, CA $3.5M · 2.1%
  6. FSeattle, WA $3.4M · 2.0%

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