Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2.9 billion$2.9B
vs 2010
1.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
47%
Busiest portTop port
Chicago, IL

Interchangeable tools for handtools or for machine-tools: Germany leads with 17% of $2.9 billion.

Japan is a close second at 15%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2.9B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$0.50B16.9%
  2. 02Japan$0.43B14.6%
  3. 03China$0.42B14.2%
  4. 04South Korea$0.23B8.0%
  5. 05Canada$0.23B7.7%
  6. 06Taiwan$0.16B5.6%
  7. 07Italy$0.11B3.6%
  8. 08Vietnam$0.10B3.4%
  9. 09Mexico$98.8M3.4%
  10. 10Brazil$42.6M1.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.62B21.1%

Total US HS 8207 imports by year · $1.8B in 2010 to $2.9B 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.

Vietnam0.1% → 3.4%
Taiwan3.2% → 5.6%
Germany15% → 17%
Italy2.4% → 3.6%
South Korea7.4% → 8%
Mexico3.2% → 3.4%
Brazil1.9% → 1.5%
Japan17% → 15%
Canada10% → 7.7%
China26% → 14%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Asia. Japan and China send 29% between them, and South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand add another 20%. Germany and Italy send 21% from Europe.

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  1. 01Germany
  2. 02Japan
  3. 03China
  4. 04South Korea
  5. 05Canada
  6. 06Taiwan
  7. 07Italy
  8. 08Vietnam

Where it lands

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

It arrives several ways: 47% by ship, 39% by air and 14% by land and other routes. Chicago and Los Angeles take 13% each. Savannah follows at 7%.

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  1. AChicago, IL $0.38B
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $0.38B
  3. CSavannah, GA $0.20B
  4. DNewark, NJ $0.17B
  5. ELong Beach, CA $0.14B
  6. FCleveland, OH $0.14B
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.

Ten states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Illinois$0.32B
  2. 02Ohio$0.30B
  3. 03Wisconsin$0.26B
  4. 04Texas$0.24B
  5. 05Michigan$0.19B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 8207. How we count.