Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$270 million$270M
vs 2010
1.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
69%
Busiest portTop port
Houston, TX

Wire: Thailand leads with 19% of $270 million.

South Korea is second at 9%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $270M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Thailand$52.2M19.3%
  2. 02South Korea$25.4M9.4%
  3. 03Mexico$25.2M9.3%
  4. 04Japan$24.8M9.2%
  5. 05Canada$23.8M8.8%
  6. 06China$22.6M8.4%
  7. 07Vietnam$14.9M5.5%
  8. 08India$12.3M4.6%
  9. 09Italy$9.8M3.6%
  10. 10Taiwan$6.5M2.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $52.5M19.4%

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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.

Thailand<0.1% → 19%
Vietnam0.7% → 5.5%
India1.1% → 4.6%
Italy1.7% → 3.6%
Mexico7.7% → 9.3%
Taiwan2.4% → 2.4%
South Korea9.5% → 9.4%
Canada13% → 8.8%
Japan17% → 9.2%
China28% → 8.4%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Asia. Thailand and South Korea send 29% between them, and Japan, China, Vietnam and India add another 28%. Mexico ships from Latin America.

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

Where it lands

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

69% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and Gulf Coast ports. Houston alone takes 23%. Los Angeles and Newark follow at 10% each.

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  1. AHouston, TX $60.8M
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $28.0M
  3. CNewark, NJ $27.0M
  4. DNorfolk, VA $19.2M
  5. ELaredo, TX $16.6M
  6. FSavannah, GA $14.3M
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 $10M each.

  1. 01Texas$76.8M
  2. 02Ohio$61.4M
  3. 03California$29.6M
  4. 04Wisconsin$9.7M
  5. 05North Carolina$9.7M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 8311. How we count.