Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$13.6 billion$13.6B
vs 2010
2.1× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
57%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Plastic articles, not elsewhere specified: China leads with 38% of $13.6 billion.

Mexico is second at 17%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $13.6B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$5.18B38.0%
  2. 02Mexico$2.35B17.3%
  3. 03Canada$0.97B7.1%
  4. 04Vietnam$0.70B5.1%
  5. 05Germany$0.59B4.3%
  6. 06Japan$0.42B3.1%
  7. 07South Korea$0.38B2.8%
  8. 08Taiwan$0.38B2.8%
  9. 09Israel$0.23B1.6%
  10. 10United Kingdom$0.22B1.6%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $2.23B16.4%

Total US HS 3926 imports by year · $6.5B in 2010 to $13.6B in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2010 to 2025

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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.

Vietnam0.8% → 5.1%
Mexico14% → 17%
South Korea2.4% → 2.8%
Israel1.4% → 1.6%
Germany4.4% → 4.3%
United Kingdom1.8% → 1.6%
Japan3.4% → 3.1%
Taiwan3.4% → 2.8%
Canada9% → 7.1%
China49% → 38%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Asia. China and Vietnam send 43% between them, and Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand add another 10%. Mexico sends 17% from Latin America.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Mexico
  3. 03Canada
  4. 04Vietnam
  5. 05Germany
  6. 06Japan
  7. 07South Korea
  8. 08Taiwan

Where it lands

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

57% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 17%. Newark and Long Beach follow at 7% and 6%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $2.30B
  2. BNewark, NJ $1.02B
  3. CLong Beach, CA $0.88B
  4. DSavannah, GA $0.83B
  5. ELaredo, TX $0.80B
  6. FOtay Mesa, CA $0.59B
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.

Three states are listed for over $1B each.

  1. 01California$2.52B
  2. 02Texas$1.39B
  3. 03Illinois$1.02B
  4. 04Georgia$0.80B
  5. 05Ohio$0.65B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 3926. How we count.