Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.7 billion$1.7B
vs 2010
1.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
14%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles Airport (LAX), CA

Chemical elements doped for use in electronics: Japan leads with 41% of $1.7 billion.

Taiwan is second at 15%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.7B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Japan$0.69B41.4%
  2. 02Taiwan$0.25B15.0%
  3. 03South Korea$0.22B13.3%
  4. 04Germany$0.12B7.2%
  5. 05China$80.6M4.8%
  6. 06France$74.1M4.4%
  7. 07Singapore$51.6M3.1%
  8. 08Malaysia$41.1M2.5%
  9. 09Italy$33.4M2.0%
  10. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.10B6.3%

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Taiwan10% → 15%
Singapore1.4% → 3.1%
Italy1% → 2%
Japan40% → 41%
South Korea13% → 13%
Germany7.4% → 7.2%
France6.2% → 4.4%
Malaysia4.3% → 2.5%
China11% → 4.8%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

Bigger circle = more value, 2025. Numbers match the list.

Most of it comes from East Asia. Japan and Taiwan send 56% between them, and South Korea, China, Singapore and Malaysia add another 24%. Germany, France and Italy send 14% from Europe.

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  1. 01Japan
  2. 02Taiwan
  3. 03South Korea
  4. 04Germany
  5. 05China
  6. 06France
  7. 07Singapore
  8. 08Malaysia

Where it lands

US port where it entered, 2025. Letters match the list.

86% arrives by air. Los Angeles Airport (LAX) takes 16%. Dallas-Fort Worth and San Francisco Airport (SFO) follow at 15% each.

Air cargo is recorded where it clears customs, which isn't always where the plane landed.

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ABCDEF
  1. ALos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $0.26B
  2. BDallas-Fort Worth, TX $0.26B
  3. CSan Francisco Airport (SFO), CA $0.25B
  4. DSeattle-Tacoma Airport, WA $0.13B
  5. EJFK Airport, NY $0.13B
  6. FTacoma, WA $0.12B
More detail: states listed on entry paperworkMore detail: states on paperwork

This is the destination written on customs forms, often a warehouse or distributor near the port. It is not where the product is used.

Five states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Texas$0.42B
  2. 02California$0.41B
  3. 03Arizona$0.20B
  4. 04Washington$0.17B
  5. 05Oregon$0.12B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 3818. How we count.