Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.5 million$1.5M
vs 2010
0.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
72%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Cotton, carded or combed: Turkey leads with 27% of $1.5 million.

Guatemala is second at 19%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.5M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Turkey$403K26.7%
  2. 02Guatemala$281K18.6%
  3. 03Japan$253K16.8%
  4. 04France$239K15.9%
  5. 05Italy$167K11.1%
  6. 06India$62K4.1%
  7. 07Costa Rica$45K3.0%
  8. 08China$29K1.9%
  9. 09Portugal$12K0.8%
  10. 10Colombia$3K0.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $12K0.8%

Total US HS 5203 imports by year · $2.2M in 2010 to $1.5M 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.

Turkey0% → 27%
Guatemala0% → 19%
Japan1.1% → 17%
France0.8% → 16%
Italy0.6% → 11%
India<0.1% → 4.1%
Costa Rica0% → 3%
Portugal0% → 0.8%
Colombia0% → 0.2%
China11% → 1.9%
Mexico12% → <0.1%
Switzerland69% → 0%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Europe is the largest source at 28%, then the Middle East at 27%. Turkey and Guatemala send 45% between them, and Japan, France and Italy add another 44%.

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  1. 01Turkey
  2. 02Guatemala
  3. 03Japan
  4. 04France
  5. 05Italy
  6. 06India
  7. 07Costa Rica
  8. 08China

Where it lands

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

72% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 28%. Wilmington and Norfolk follow at 19% and 16%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $425K
  2. BWilmington, NC $281K
  3. CNorfolk, VA $240K
  4. DDetroit, MI $235K
  5. ENewark, NJ $72K
  6. FLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $69K
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 $100K each.

  1. 01Arizona$403K
  2. 02North Carolina$394K
  3. 03California$287K
  4. 04Michigan$235K
  5. 05Illinois$71K
$100K+$40–100K$10–40K$1–10KUnder $1K

Counted under HS 5203. How we count.