Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$247 million$247M
vs 2010
0.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
92%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Printed or illustrated post cards, greeting cards: mostly from China, 56% of $247 million.

Vietnam is second at 32%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $247M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$139M56.2%
  2. 02Vietnam$79.9M32.4%
  3. 03United Kingdom$6.0M2.4%
  4. 04Sri Lanka$4.5M1.8%
  5. 05Canada$3.1M1.3%
  6. 06South Korea$2.3M0.9%
  7. 07Bangladesh$1.8M0.7%
  8. 08Italy$1.3M0.5%
  9. 09India$1.2M0.5%
  10. 10France$855K0.3%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $7.1M2.9%

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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.

Vietnam0.2% → 32%
Sri Lanka<0.1% → 1.8%
United Kingdom0.8% → 2.4%
South Korea0.1% → 0.9%
Bangladesh<0.1% → 0.7%
India<0.1% → 0.5%
France0.2% → 0.3%
Italy0.3% → 0.5%
Canada11% → 1.3%
China85% → 56%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from East Asia. China alone sends 56%, and Vietnam and Sri Lanka add another 34%. The United Kingdom ships from Europe.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Vietnam
  3. 03United Kingdom
  4. 04Sri Lanka
  5. 05Canada
  6. 06South Korea
  7. 07Bangladesh
  8. 08Italy

Where it lands

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

92% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 43%. Long Beach and Newark follow at 23% and 8%.

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ABCDEF
  1. ALos Angeles, CA $106M
  2. BLong Beach, CA $55.5M
  3. CNewark, NJ $20.8M
  4. DTacoma, WA $8.6M
  5. ESavannah, GA $6.2M
  6. FBoston, MA $6.0M
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.

Four states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Missouri$67.7M
  2. 02California$45.1M
  3. 03Kentucky$31.1M
  4. 04New Jersey$12.7M
  5. 05New York$9.3M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 4909. How we count.