Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.8 billion$1.8B
vs 2010
1.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
50%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Machinery for washing, cleaning, pressing: mostly from Mexico, 51% of $1.8 billion.

South Korea is second at 24%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.8B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$0.93B51.4%
  2. 02South Korea$0.43B23.6%
  3. 03China$88.8M4.9%
  4. 04Thailand$81.6M4.5%
  5. 05Germany$51.3M2.8%
  6. 06Italy$42.3M2.3%
  7. 07Denmark$32.7M1.8%
  8. 08Spain$25.4M1.4%
  9. 09Poland$14.7M0.8%
  10. 10Czech Republic$14.5M0.8%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.10B5.6%

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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.

Mexico41% → 51%
Thailand0.9% → 4.5%
Spain0.4% → 1.4%
Denmark1.2% → 1.8%
Germany2.5% → 2.8%
Czech Republic0.6% → 0.8%
Poland1.3% → 0.8%
Italy3.1% → 2.3%
China13% → 4.9%
South Korea33% → 24%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Mexico alone sends 51%, and South Korea, China, Thailand and Germany add another 36%. Asia is the next-largest source region at 35%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02South Korea
  3. 03China
  4. 04Thailand
  5. 05Germany
  6. 06Italy
  7. 07Denmark
  8. 08Spain

Where it lands

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

50% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Laredo alone takes 33%. Newark and Los Angeles follow at 9% and 8%.

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  1. ALaredo, TX $0.59B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.17B
  3. CLos Angeles, CA $0.15B
  4. DLong Beach, CA $0.14B
  5. EEagle Pass, TX $0.12B
  6. FSavannah, GA $0.12B
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 $100M each.

  1. 01Texas$0.48B
  2. 02California$0.24B
  3. 03Georgia$0.15B
  4. 04Florida$0.14B
  5. 05Illinois$0.13B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 8451. How we count.