Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$132 million$132M
vs 2010
1.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
94%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Machines, knitting, stitch-bonding: Japan leads with 41% of $132 million.

Germany is second at 19%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $132M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Japan$54.5M41.3%
  2. 02Germany$25.0M19.0%
  3. 03Taiwan$12.4M9.4%
  4. 04China$8.4M6.3%
  5. 05Vietnam$7.5M5.7%
  6. 06Australia$6.5M5.0%
  7. 07Thailand$5.9M4.5%
  8. 08Italy$3.8M2.9%
  9. 09South Korea$2.0M1.6%
  10. 10Spain$837K0.6%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $5.1M3.8%

Total US HS 8447 imports by year · $98.7M in 2010 to $132M 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.

Japan24% → 41%
Germany8.7% → 19%
Australia0.1% → 5%
Thailand0.5% → 4.5%
Vietnam2.1% → 5.7%
South Korea1.9% → 1.6%
Spain1.3% → 0.6%
China13% → 6.3%
Italy17% → 2.9%
Taiwan27% → 9.4%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from East Asia. Japan and Taiwan send 51% between them, and China, Vietnam, Thailand and South Korea add another 18%. Germany, Italy and Belgium send 24% from Europe.

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  1. 01Japan
  2. 02Germany
  3. 03Taiwan
  4. 04China
  5. 05Vietnam
  6. 06Australia
  7. 07Thailand
  8. 08Italy

Where it lands

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

94% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 36%. Charleston and Long Beach follow at 14% and 13%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $46.9M
  2. BCharleston, SC $18.5M
  3. CLong Beach, CA $16.6M
  4. DNorfolk, VA $12.7M
  5. ESavannah, GA $10.2M
  6. FNewark, NJ $5.9M
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.

Five states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Ohio$23.8M
  2. 02North Carolina$23.1M
  3. 03California$23.0M
  4. 04Georgia$10.6M
  5. 05South Carolina$10.4M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 8447. How we count.