Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$164 million$164M
vs 2010
1.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
75%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Bookbinding machinery, including book-sewing machines: Germany leads with 23% of $164 million.

Switzerland is a close second at 19%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $164M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$37.7M22.9%
  2. 02Switzerland$31.1M18.9%
  3. 03Japan$29.1M17.7%
  4. 04Latvia$17.8M10.8%
  5. 05China$16.3M9.9%
  6. 06United Kingdom$5.4M3.3%
  7. 07Belgium$4.5M2.8%
  8. 08Italy$4.4M2.7%
  9. 09Canada$4.2M2.6%
  10. 10Portugal$3.6M2.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $10.4M6.4%

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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.

Japan9.6% → 18%
China3% → 9.9%
Latvia9.1% → 11%
Canada2.1% → 2.6%
Italy3.7% → 2.7%
Portugal3.9% → 2.2%
Belgium6.1% → 2.8%
Switzerland22% → 19%
Germany27% → 23%
United Kingdom8.8% → 3.3%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Europe. Germany and Switzerland send 42% between them, and Latvia, the United Kingdom, Belgium and Italy add another 19%. Japan and China send 28% from Asia.

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  1. 01Germany
  2. 02Switzerland
  3. 03Japan
  4. 04Latvia
  5. 05China
  6. 06United Kingdom
  7. 07Belgium
  8. 08Italy

Where it lands

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

75% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Newark alone takes 48%. Los Angeles and Chicago follow at 16% and 5%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $78.8M
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $26.1M
  3. CChicago, IL $8.3M
  4. DJFK Airport, NY $6.4M
  5. ESavannah, GA $5.4M
  6. FNew Orleans, LA $4.0M
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 $10M each.

  1. 01New York$30.5M
  2. 02California$29.0M
  3. 03New Jersey$23.8M
  4. 04Massachusetts$18.8M
  5. 05Pennsylvania$16.2M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 8440. How we count.