Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$5.7 billion$5.7B
vs 2010
2.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
19%
Busiest portTop port
Indianapolis, IN

Diagnostic or lab reagents on a backing: Germany leads with 15% of $5.7 billion.

United Kingdom is a close second at 14%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $5.7B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$0.88B15.4%
  2. 02United Kingdom$0.77B13.5%
  3. 03Singapore$0.62B11.0%
  4. 04Sweden$0.50B8.8%
  5. 05Canada$0.46B8.1%
  6. 06Ireland$0.32B5.6%
  7. 07France$0.31B5.4%
  8. 08China$0.28B4.9%
  9. 09Japan$0.22B3.8%
  10. 10Lithuania$0.18B3.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $1.16B20.4%

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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.

Singapore7.5% → 11%
Sweden6.2% → 8.8%
Lithuania0.7% → 3.2%
Ireland3.5% → 5.6%
Germany15% → 15%
China5.5% → 4.9%
United Kingdom15% → 14%
France7.2% → 5.4%
Canada12% → 8.1%
Japan9.6% → 3.8%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Europe. Germany and the United Kingdom send 29% between them, and Sweden, Ireland, France and Lithuania add another 23%. Singapore, China and Japan send 20% from Asia.

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Where it lands

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

72% arrives by air. Indianapolis takes 12%. Chicago and Newark follow at 11% and 10%.

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

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  1. AIndianapolis, IN $0.66B
  2. BChicago, IL $0.65B
  3. CNewark, NJ $0.56B
  4. DJFK Airport, NY $0.55B
  5. ELos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $0.50B
  6. FNew Orleans, LA $0.35B
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.

11 states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01California$1.00B
  2. 02Illinois$0.78B
  3. 03Indiana$0.67B
  4. 04Maryland$0.43B
  5. 05Kentucky$0.40B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 3822. How we count.