Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$54.7 million$54.7M
vs 2010
0.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
90%
Busiest portTop port
Charleston, SC

Machines for preparing textile fibers: Germany leads with 32% of $54.7 million.

Italy is second at 19%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $54.7M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$17.6M32.1%
  2. 02Italy$10.5M19.2%
  3. 03Belgium$4.6M8.4%
  4. 04Japan$3.4M6.2%
  5. 05Spain$3.4M6.2%
  6. 06France$3.1M5.6%
  7. 07China$2.4M4.5%
  8. 08India$2.2M4.0%
  9. 09Canada$1.2M2.1%
  10. 10Czech Republic$1.1M2.0%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $5.3M9.7%

Total US HS 8445 imports by year · $101M in 2010 to $54.7M 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.

Italy3.4% → 19%
Belgium1.3% → 8.4%
Spain1.9% → 6.2%
India1% → 4%
Canada0.6% → 2.1%
France4.2% → 5.6%
Czech Republic0.8% → 2%
Japan5.6% → 6.2%
China8.1% → 4.5%
Germany42% → 32%
Switzerland26% → 0.6%
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 Italy send 51% between them, and Belgium, Spain, France and the Czech Republic add another 22%. Japan, China and India send 15% from Asia.

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  1. 01Germany
  2. 02Italy
  3. 03Belgium
  4. 04Japan
  5. 05Spain
  6. 06France
  7. 07China
  8. 08India

Where it lands

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

90% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Charleston takes 32%. Savannah and Newark follow at 25% and 14%.

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  1. ACharleston, SC $17.8M
  2. BSavannah, GA $13.6M
  3. CNewark, NJ $7.9M
  4. DNorfolk, VA $3.8M
  5. EHouston, TX $1.9M
  6. FDetroit, MI $1.2M
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.

Two states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01North Carolina$15.2M
  2. 02Georgia$11.9M
  3. 03South Carolina$9.0M
  4. 04Indiana$3.9M
  5. 05Texas$2.0M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 8445. How we count.