Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2.8 billion$2.8B
vs 2010
1.8× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
38%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Padlocks and locks, including clasps and frames with clasps: Mexico leads with 41% of $2.8 billion.

China is second at 19%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2.8B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$1.14B41.3%
  2. 02China$0.53B19.0%
  3. 03Canada$0.30B10.9%
  4. 04Taiwan$0.26B9.3%
  5. 05Vietnam$85.3M3.1%
  6. 06South Korea$81.0M2.9%
  7. 07Thailand$58.5M2.1%
  8. 08Germany$52.9M1.9%
  9. 09Dominican Republic$30.5M1.1%
  10. 10Japan$24.5M0.9%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.21B7.5%

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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.

Canada5.2% → 11%
Vietnam<0.1% → 3.1%
Taiwan7.8% → 9.3%
Mexico40% → 41%
Thailand2.2% → 2.1%
Japan1.2% → 0.9%
South Korea3.4% → 2.9%
Dominican Republic2.2% → 1.1%
Germany3.2% → 1.9%
China28% → 19%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Latin America is the largest source at 43%, then Asia at 39%. Mexico and China send 60% between them, and Canada, Taiwan and Vietnam add another 23%.

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

Where it enters

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

57% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Los Angeles and Laredo take 14% each. Nogales follows at 11%.

Goods crossing by land are recorded at Census ports of entry, which can be inland.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.39B
  2. BLaredo, TX $0.38B
  3. CNogales, AZ $0.32B
  4. DOtay Mesa, CA $0.29B
  5. ENewark, NJ $0.16B
  6. FPort Huron, MI $0.16B
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.

Five states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01California$0.53B
  2. 02Indiana$0.46B
  3. 03Michigan$0.31B
  4. 04Texas$0.24B
  5. 05Wisconsin$0.13B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Products in this code

Counted under HS 8301. How we count.