Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.4 billion$1.4B
vs 2010
1.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
70%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Pulley tackle and hoists other than skip hoists: China leads with 35% of $1.4 billion.

Canada is second at 12%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.4B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$0.47B34.7%
  2. 02Canada$0.16B12.0%
  3. 03Thailand$0.13B9.6%
  4. 04Germany$89.5M6.6%
  5. 05Mexico$86.9M6.4%
  6. 06Japan$51.8M3.8%
  7. 07United Kingdom$36.2M2.7%
  8. 08Taiwan$34.8M2.6%
  9. 09Italy$33.3M2.5%
  10. 10France$32.5M2.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.23B16.8%

Total US HS 8425 imports by year · $839M in 2010 to $1.4B 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.

Thailand0.2% → 9.6%
Germany4.8% → 6.6%
Taiwan1.4% → 2.6%
France1.3% → 2.4%
United Kingdom1.6% → 2.7%
Italy1.6% → 2.5%
Mexico7.2% → 6.4%
Japan5.1% → 3.8%
Canada14% → 12%
China53% → 35%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Asia. China and Thailand send 44% between them, and Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam and India add another 11%. Germany, the United Kingdom and Italy send 12% from Europe.

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

Where it lands

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

70% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 20%. Charleston and Newark follow at 9% and 7%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.27B
  2. BCharleston, SC $0.13B
  3. CNewark, NJ $92.0M
  4. DLong Beach, CA $76.7M
  5. ESavannah, GA $71.0M
  6. FNorfolk, VA $64.9M
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 $100M each.

  1. 01California$0.17B
  2. 02Texas$0.14B
  3. 03South Carolina$0.12B
  4. 04Michigan$88.1M
  5. 05Illinois$80.6M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 8425. How we count.