Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$474 million$474M
vs 2010
2.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
91%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Children's picture, drawing or coloring books: mostly from China, 90% of $474 million.

Vietnam is second at 4%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $474M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$427M90.2%
  2. 02Vietnam$18.4M3.9%
  3. 03Malaysia$7.9M1.7%
  4. 04India$5.1M1.1%
  5. 05Italy$2.9M0.6%
  6. 06United Kingdom$1.9M0.4%
  7. 07Thailand$1.3M0.3%
  8. 08Hong Kong$1.2M0.2%
  9. 09Singapore$1.1M0.2%
  10. 10South Korea$1.0M0.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $5.8M1.2%

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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.

China83% → 90%
Vietnam1.2% → 3.9%
India0.5% → 1.1%
Italy<0.1% → 0.6%
South Korea0.2% → 0.2%
United Kingdom0.4% → 0.4%
Thailand0.3% → 0.3%
Singapore0.4% → 0.2%
Malaysia2.1% → 1.7%
Hong Kong2.9% → 0.2%
Mexico6.4% → <0.1%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

China alone sends 90%, and Vietnam, Malaysia and India add another 7%.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Vietnam
  3. 03Malaysia
  4. 04India
  5. 05Italy
  6. 06United Kingdom
  7. 07Thailand
  8. 08Hong Kong

Where it lands

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

91% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 26%. Newark and Long Beach follow at 18% each.

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ABCDEF
  1. ALos Angeles, CA $125M
  2. BNewark, NJ $84.4M
  3. CLong Beach, CA $83.1M
  4. DBaltimore, MD $39.5M
  5. ESavannah, GA $27.4M
  6. FChicago, IL $26.0M
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.

14 states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Indiana$81.7M
  2. 02Illinois$59.7M
  3. 03California$58.3M
  4. 04New York$52.6M
  5. 05New Jersey$31.9M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 4903. How we count.