Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$473 million$473M
vs 2010
1.8× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
81%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Files, rasps, pliers, pincers, metalcutting shears, pipe cutters: China leads with 28% of $473 million.

Taiwan is second at 20%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $473M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$130M27.6%
  2. 02Taiwan$96.0M20.3%
  3. 03Vietnam$93.2M19.7%
  4. 04Germany$40.9M8.6%
  5. 05India$15.7M3.3%
  6. 06Switzerland$11.8M2.5%
  7. 07Japan$8.7M1.8%
  8. 08Spain$8.3M1.7%
  9. 09Italy$7.1M1.5%
  10. 10Brazil$6.5M1.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $54.6M11.5%

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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.

Vietnam0.1% → 20%
Germany5.4% → 8.6%
Taiwan18% → 20%
Italy1% → 1.5%
Brazil1.1% → 1.4%
Spain1.5% → 1.7%
India3.8% → 3.3%
Japan2.4% → 1.8%
Switzerland4.5% → 2.5%
China52% → 28%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from East Asia. China and Taiwan send 48% between them, and Vietnam, India, Japan and Thailand add another 26%. Germany, Switzerland and Spain send 13% from Europe.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Taiwan
  3. 03Vietnam
  4. 04Germany
  5. 05India
  6. 06Switzerland
  7. 07Japan
  8. 08Spain

Where it lands

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

81% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 25%. Savannah and Newark follow at 9% and 8%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $119M
  2. BSavannah, GA $41.8M
  3. CNewark, NJ $38.8M
  4. DCharleston, SC $38.6M
  5. ELong Beach, CA $30.4M
  6. FTacoma, WA $24.0M
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.

13 states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01California$66.5M
  2. 02Illinois$65.3M
  3. 03Wisconsin$59.7M
  4. 04North Carolina$47.6M
  5. 05Texas$34.9M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 8203. How we count.