Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$4.7 million$4.7M
vs 2010
0.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
27%
Busiest portTop port
Cleveland, OH

Plans and drawings for architectural, engineering, industrial: France leads with 22% of $4.7 million.

Italy is a close second at 17%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $4.7M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01France$1.0M21.6%
  2. 02Italy$816K17.3%
  3. 03United Kingdom$573K12.2%
  4. 04Germany$454K9.6%
  5. 05China$373K7.9%
  6. 06Mexico$308K6.5%
  7. 07Turkey$259K5.5%
  8. 08Japan$257K5.4%
  9. 09Canada$81K1.7%
  10. 10Switzerland$58K1.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $511K10.8%

Total US HS 4906 imports by year · $6.8M in 2010 to $4.7M 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.

France4.6% → 22%
Italy2% → 17%
Mexico0.2% → 6.5%
Turkey0% → 5.5%
Switzerland0.3% → 1.2%
Canada1.1% → 1.7%
China7.4% → 7.9%
Japan8.9% → 5.4%
Germany24% → 9.6%
United Kingdom28% → 12%
India17% → <0.1%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Europe. France and Italy send 39% between them, and the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands add another 24%. China and Japan send 13% from Asia.

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  1. 01France
  2. 02Italy
  3. 03United Kingdom
  4. 04Germany
  5. 05China
  6. 06Mexico
  7. 07Turkey
  8. 08Japan

Where it lands

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

65% arrives by air. Cleveland takes 23%. Savannah and New Orleans follow at 17% and 11%.

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

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ABCDEF
  1. ACleveland, OH $1.1M
  2. BSavannah, GA $779K
  3. CNew Orleans, LA $526K
  4. DJFK Airport, NY $482K
  5. EChicago, IL $330K
  6. FLaredo, TX $234K
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.

Two states are listed for over $1M each.

  1. 01South Carolina$1.0M
  2. 02Connecticut$1.0M
  3. 03California$433K
  4. 04New York$408K
  5. 05Illinois$285K
$1M+$400K–1M$100–400K$10–100KUnder $10K

Counted under HS 4906. How we count.