Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$8.7 million$8.7M
vs 2010
0.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
69%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Sewing thread of manmade staple fibers: China leads with 31% of $8.7 million.

Mexico is second at 12%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $8.7M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$2.7M30.8%
  2. 02Mexico$1.0M11.9%
  3. 03Cambodia$960K11.1%
  4. 04Vietnam$742K8.6%
  5. 05Canada$649K7.5%
  6. 06Indonesia$613K7.1%
  7. 07Netherlands$575K6.6%
  8. 08India$372K4.3%
  9. 09Japan$146K1.7%
  10. 10Italy$125K1.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $781K9.0%

Total US HS 5508 imports by year · $13.3M in 2010 to $8.7M 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.

Cambodia0% → 11%
Vietnam0.4% → 8.6%
Indonesia<0.1% → 7.1%
Netherlands0.7% → 6.6%
Canada2% → 7.5%
India0.4% → 4.3%
Italy<0.1% → 1.4%
Mexico11% → 12%
Japan0.7% → 1.7%
Thailand4% → 0.7%
China72% → 31%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Asia. China and Cambodia send 42% between them, and Vietnam, Indonesia, India and Japan add another 22%. Mexico sends 12% from Latin America.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Mexico
  3. 03Cambodia
  4. 04Vietnam
  5. 05Canada
  6. 06Indonesia
  7. 07Netherlands
  8. 08India

Where it lands

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

69% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Los Angeles takes 21%. Newark and Charleston follow at 18% and 11%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $1.8M
  2. BNewark, NJ $1.6M
  3. CCharleston, SC $923K
  4. DYsleta, TX $718K
  5. ESavannah, GA $688K
  6. FLong Beach, CA $606K
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.

Three states are listed for over $1M each.

  1. 01California$2.1M
  2. 02North Carolina$1.4M
  3. 03New Jersey$1.1M
  4. 04Georgia$806K
  5. 05Tennessee$433K
$1M+$400K–1M$100–400K$10–100KUnder $10K

Counted under HS 5508. How we count.