Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.2 billion$1.2B
vs 2010
1.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
1%
Busiest portTop port
JFK Airport, NY

Precious and semiprecious stones, not strung, mounted etc.: Thailand leads with 20% of $1.2 billion.

Sri Lanka is second at 13%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.2B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Thailand$0.23B20.3%
  2. 02Sri Lanka$0.15B13.1%
  3. 03India$0.13B11.1%
  4. 04Colombia$91.1M7.9%
  5. 05Brazil$81.6M7.1%
  6. 06Israel$62.7M5.4%
  7. 07Switzerland$60.4M5.2%
  8. 08Mozambique$57.5M5.0%
  9. 09Germany$54.1M4.7%
  10. 10Zambia$41.0M3.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.19B16.8%

Total US HS 7103 imports by year · $828M in 2010 to $1.2B 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.

Sri Lanka3.9% → 13%
Thailand13% → 20%
Mozambique1.2% → 5%
Brazil4.4% → 7.1%
Germany2.4% → 4.7%
Zambia1.9% → 3.5%
Israel4.1% → 5.4%
India13% → 11%
Colombia11% → 7.9%
Switzerland9.6% → 5.2%
Hong Kong17% → 2.4%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Asia is the largest source at 49%, then Latin America at 15%. Thailand and Sri Lanka send 33% between them, and India, Colombia and Brazil add another 26%.

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  1. 01Thailand
  2. 02Sri Lanka
  3. 03India
  4. 04Colombia
  5. 05Brazil
  6. 06Israel
  7. 07Switzerland
  8. 08Mozambique

Where it lands

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

87% arrives by air. Most of it enters at JFK Airport (62%). Los Angeles Airport (LAX) follows at 27%.

Air cargo is recorded where it clears customs, which isn't always where the plane landed.

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  1. AJFK Airport, NY $0.71B
  2. BLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $0.31B
  3. CNew Orleans, LA $22.7M
  4. DAnchorage, AK $19.1M
  5. ENewark, NJ $14.8M
  6. FDallas-Fort Worth, TX $12.9M
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 $100M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01New York$0.83B
  2. 02California$0.15B
  3. 03Arizona$0.10B
  4. 04New Jersey$20.7M
  5. 05Texas$10.6M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 7103. How we count.