Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$396 million$396M
vs 2010
1.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
71%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Handtools, mainly used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry: China leads with 29% of $396 million.

Mexico is a close second at 24%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $396M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$116M29.2%
  2. 02Mexico$96.3M24.3%
  3. 03Vietnam$70.0M17.7%
  4. 04Taiwan$37.3M9.4%
  5. 05Brazil$22.6M5.7%
  6. 06India$13.3M3.4%
  7. 07Switzerland$6.7M1.7%
  8. 08Finland$5.2M1.3%
  9. 09Japan$4.5M1.1%
  10. 10Germany$3.0M0.8%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $21.2M5.4%

Total US HS 8201 imports by year · $244M in 2010 to $396M 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.

Vietnam1.5% → 18%
Brazil0.6% → 5.7%
Mexico21% → 24%
Switzerland1.6% → 1.7%
Finland1.4% → 1.3%
Japan1.3% → 1.1%
India3.6% → 3.4%
Germany1.8% → 0.8%
Taiwan13% → 9.4%
China48% → 29%
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 Vietnam send 47% between them, and Taiwan, India and Japan add another 14%. Mexico and Brazil send 30% from Latin America.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Mexico
  3. 03Vietnam
  4. 04Taiwan
  5. 05Brazil
  6. 06India
  7. 07Switzerland
  8. 08Finland

Where it lands

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

71% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Laredo takes 19%. Los Angeles and Long Beach follow at 16% and 12%.

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  1. ALaredo, TX $77.1M
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $62.4M
  3. CLong Beach, CA $47.8M
  4. DHouston, TX $31.6M
  5. ENewark, NJ $29.4M
  6. FEagle Pass, TX $22.8M
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.

11 states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Texas$55.6M
  2. 02California$50.2M
  3. 03Mississippi$46.8M
  4. 04North Carolina$31.2M
  5. 05Georgia$25.9M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 8201. How we count.