Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$7.5 billion$7.5B
vs 2010
3.8× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
58%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Elevators, conveyors and lifting machinery: Mexico leads with 20% of $7.5 billion.

Germany is second at 14%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $7.5B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$1.49B19.8%
  2. 02Germany$1.07B14.2%
  3. 03Canada$1.03B13.6%
  4. 04Japan$0.76B10.1%
  5. 05South Korea$0.68B9.0%
  6. 06China$0.42B5.5%
  7. 07Italy$0.40B5.3%
  8. 08Netherlands$0.22B2.9%
  9. 09Austria$0.21B2.7%
  10. 10Sweden$0.10B1.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $1.16B15.4%

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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.

South Korea4.1% → 9%
Germany13% → 14%
Austria2.1% → 2.7%
Italy4.6% → 5.3%
China5.7% → 5.5%
Sweden1.7% → 1.4%
Netherlands3.5% → 2.9%
Mexico22% → 20%
Japan13% → 10%
Canada19% → 14%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Europe is the largest source at 37%, then Asia at 28%. Mexico and Germany send 34% between them, and Canada, Japan and South Korea add another 33%.

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

Where it lands

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

58% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 13%. Newark and Savannah follow at 9% and 7%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.98B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.68B
  3. CSavannah, GA $0.52B
  4. DNorfolk, VA $0.48B
  5. ENogales, AZ $0.42B
  6. FHouston, TX $0.38B
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.

19 states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Michigan$0.87B
  2. 02Illinois$0.82B
  3. 03California$0.76B
  4. 04Texas$0.66B
  5. 05Georgia$0.54B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 8428. How we count.