Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$14 billion$14B
vs 2010
2.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
41%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Filters and centrifuges: Mexico leads with 30% of $14 billion.

Canada is second at 11%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $14B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$4.21B30.0%
  2. 02Canada$1.55B11.0%
  3. 03Germany$1.46B10.4%
  4. 04China$1.26B9.0%
  5. 05South Korea$0.61B4.4%
  6. 06Japan$0.58B4.1%
  7. 07United Kingdom$0.45B3.2%
  8. 08Italy$0.30B2.2%
  9. 09Taiwan$0.29B2.1%
  10. 10France$0.27B1.9%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $3.05B21.8%

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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.

Mexico23% → 30%
South Korea2.9% → 4.4%
Canada9.6% → 11%
Taiwan2% → 2.1%
Italy2.5% → 2.2%
France2.6% → 1.9%
United Kingdom4.9% → 3.2%
Germany13% → 10%
Japan7.2% → 4.1%
China14% → 9%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Latin America is the largest source at 31%, then Europe at 28%. Mexico and Canada send 41% between them, and Germany, China and South Korea add another 24%.

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

Where it lands

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

It arrives several ways: 43% by land and other routes, 41% by ship and 15% by air. Laredo alone takes 23%. Los Angeles and Newark follow at 10% and 7%.

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  1. ALaredo, TX $3.28B
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $1.42B
  3. CNewark, NJ $0.93B
  4. DPort Huron, MI $0.61B
  5. ESavannah, GA $0.50B
  6. FNorfolk, VA $0.46B
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 $1B each.

  1. 01Texas$1.82B
  2. 02California$1.43B
  3. 03Michigan$1.32B
  4. 04Illinois$0.78B
  5. 05Kentucky$0.78B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 8421. How we count.