Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$63 million$63M
vs 2010
0.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
79%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Cotton yarn, containing 85% or more cotton: South Korea leads with 29% of $63 million.

Pakistan is second at 18%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $63M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01South Korea$18.3M29.0%
  2. 02Pakistan$11.3M17.9%
  3. 03Mexico$10.4M16.6%
  4. 04India$7.8M12.3%
  5. 05El Salvador$2.8M4.4%
  6. 06Turkey$2.3M3.7%
  7. 07Indonesia$1.9M3.0%
  8. 08China$1.2M2.0%
  9. 09Vietnam$1.2M1.9%
  10. 10Egypt$938K1.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $4.9M7.8%

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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.

El Salvador0% → 4.4%
Turkey0.6% → 3.7%
Vietnam<0.1% → 1.9%
Indonesia1.2% → 3%
Pakistan18% → 18%
China2.3% → 2%
Mexico18% → 17%
South Korea31% → 29%
Egypt3.9% → 1.5%
India19% → 12%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Asia. South Korea and Pakistan send 47% between them, and India, Indonesia, China and Vietnam add another 19%. Mexico and El Salvador send 21% from Latin America.

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  1. 01South Korea
  2. 02Pakistan
  3. 03Mexico
  4. 04India
  5. 05El Salvador
  6. 06Turkey
  7. 07Indonesia
  8. 08China

Where it lands

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

79% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 31%. Laredo and Charleston follow at 17% each.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $19.5M
  2. BLaredo, TX $11.0M
  3. CCharleston, SC $10.5M
  4. DSavannah, GA $6.7M
  5. ELong Beach, CA $6.1M
  6. FNewark, NJ $2.0M
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.

Two states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01California$21.2M
  2. 02North Carolina$13.8M
  3. 03Georgia$8.4M
  4. 04Florida$6.5M
  5. 05South Carolina$6.1M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 5205. How we count.