Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2.2 billion$2.2B
vs 2010
1.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
64%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Printed books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter: China leads with 36% of $2.2 billion.

United Kingdom is second at 15%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2.2B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$0.78B36.0%
  2. 02United Kingdom$0.32B14.7%
  3. 03Canada$0.26B12.0%
  4. 04Italy$0.13B5.9%
  5. 05India$0.12B5.4%
  6. 06Mexico$0.11B5.0%
  7. 07South Korea$62.7M2.9%
  8. 08Malaysia$48.3M2.2%
  9. 09Germany$37.6M1.7%
  10. 10Japan$33.0M1.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.27B12.6%

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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.

India1.9% → 5.4%
Italy2.6% → 5.9%
United Kingdom12% → 15%
Mexico2.6% → 5%
Malaysia1.4% → 2.2%
South Korea2.2% → 2.9%
Japan1.7% → 1.5%
Canada12% → 12%
Germany3% → 1.7%
China46% → 36%
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 India send 41% between them, and South Korea, Malaysia and Japan add another 7%. The United Kingdom, Italy and Germany send 22% from Europe.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02United Kingdom
  3. 03Canada
  4. 04Italy
  5. 05India
  6. 06Mexico
  7. 07South Korea
  8. 08Malaysia

Where it lands

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

64% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Newark alone takes 22%. Los Angeles and Long Beach follow at 14% and 9%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $0.47B
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $0.30B
  3. CLong Beach, CA $0.18B
  4. DBaltimore, MD $0.14B
  5. EJFK Airport, NY $0.11B
  6. FLaredo, TX $89.7M
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.

Seven states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01New York$0.35B
  2. 02Illinois$0.24B
  3. 03California$0.20B
  4. 04Indiana$0.19B
  5. 05Tennessee$0.17B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Products in this code

Counted under HS 4901. How we count.