Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$33.7 million$33.7M
vs 2010
0.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
60%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Sewing thread of manmade filaments: Mexico leads with 22% of $33.7 million.

China is second at 13%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $33.7M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$7.4M22.1%
  2. 02China$4.5M13.3%
  3. 03Vietnam$2.8M8.5%
  4. 04Romania$2.7M8.1%
  5. 05Turkey$2.0M6.0%
  6. 06Japan$2.0M5.8%
  7. 07United Kingdom$1.9M5.5%
  8. 08India$1.8M5.5%
  9. 09Germany$1.6M4.8%
  10. 10Brazil$866K2.6%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $6.0M17.8%

Total US HS 5401 imports by year · $38.5M in 2010 to $33.7M 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.

Romania<0.1% → 8.1%
Vietnam0.8% → 8.5%
Turkey<0.1% → 6%
United Kingdom0.6% → 5.5%
India2.7% → 5.5%
Brazil<0.1% → 2.6%
Japan7.3% → 5.8%
China16% → 13%
Mexico34% → 22%
Germany23% → 4.8%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Asia is the largest source at 39%, then Europe at 28%. Mexico and China send 35% between them, and Vietnam, Romania and Turkey add another 23%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02China
  3. 03Vietnam
  4. 04Romania
  5. 05Turkey
  6. 06Japan
  7. 07United Kingdom
  8. 08India

Where it lands

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

60% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Laredo takes 18%. Houston and Newark follow at 13% and 12%.

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ABCDEF
  1. ALaredo, TX $6.0M
  2. BHouston, TX $4.5M
  3. CNewark, NJ $3.9M
  4. DLos Angeles, CA $3.6M
  5. EYsleta, TX $2.6M
  6. FLong Beach, CA $2.1M
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.

Eight states are listed for over $1M each.

  1. 01North Carolina$6.7M
  2. 02Colorado$6.1M
  3. 03California$4.2M
  4. 04Georgia$2.7M
  5. 05Oklahoma$2.6M
$1M+$400K–1M$100–400K$10–100KUnder $10K

Counted under HS 5401. How we count.