Shipped Where
Imported from Sri Lanka, 2025
$3.1 billion
Share of all US imports
under 0.1%
Rank among sources
#63, since 2024
Arrived by ship
74%

Sri Lanka is the 63rd largest source of US imports: $3.1 billion in 2025.

That is under 0.1% of everything the US imported. The top product line is women's or girls' slips, petticoats, briefs, panties.

What the US buys from Sri Lanka

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

  1. 01Women's or girls' slips, petticoats, briefs, panties$244M · 7.8%
  2. 02Brassieres, girdles, corsets, braces, suspenders$222M · 7.1%
  3. 03Gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted$189M · 6.1%
  4. 04Women's suits, dresses and pants$180M · 5.8%
  5. 05Sweaters & hoodies$162M · 5.2%
  6. 06Precious and semiprecious stones, not strung, mounted etc.$151M · 4.9%
  7. 07Women's or girls' suits, ensembles, suit-type jackets, blazers$145M · 4.7%
  8. 08Retreaded or used pneumatic tires of rubber$136M · 4.4%
All 25 products from Sri Lanka
  1. 09Men's suits, jackets and pants$95.9M · 3.1%
  2. 10Men's or boys' shirts, not knitted or crocheted$90.3M · 2.9%
  3. 11Men's or boys' underpants, briefs, nightshirts, pajamas$84.3M · 2.7%
  4. 12Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, for all purposes$79.2M · 2.5%
  5. 13Parts for construction machinery$61M · 2.0%
  6. 14Activated carbon$59.3M · 1.9%
  7. 15Coconut, palm kernel or babassu oil and their fractions$52.6M · 1.7%
  8. 16T-shirts$47M · 1.5%
  9. 17Babies' garments and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted$46.6M · 1.5%
  10. 18Tea$45.7M · 1.5%
  11. 19Tires$44.4M · 1.4%
  12. 20Cinnamon$39.1M · 1.3%
  13. 21Garments not elsewhere specified, knitted or crocheted$37.4M · 1.2%
  14. 22Women's or girl's blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses$36.6M · 1.2%
  15. 23Nails, tacks, drawing pins, staples, and similar articles$33.4M · 1.1%
  16. 24Track suits, ski-suits and swimwear, knitted or crocheted$33.3M · 1.1%
  17. 25Articles not elsewhere specified$33.3M · 1.1%

US imports from Sri Lanka 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 Sri Lanka, 2025. Letters match the list.

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74% of goods from Sri Lanka arrived by ship. Newark, NJ handled 26% on its own.

  1. ANewark, NJ $796M · 25.6%
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $453M · 14.6%
  3. CSavannah, GA $303M · 9.7%
  4. DJFK Airport, NY $213M · 6.9%
  5. ENorfolk, VA $200M · 6.4%
  6. FCharleston, SC $152M · 4.9%

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