Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$400 million$400M
vs 2010
0.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
81%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Sewing machines, other than book-sewing machines: Vietnam leads with 34% of $400 million.

Taiwan is second at 19%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $400M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Vietnam$137M34.1%
  2. 02Taiwan$75.1M18.8%
  3. 03Thailand$46.6M11.7%
  4. 04China$40.5M10.1%
  5. 05Japan$28.4M7.1%
  6. 06Mexico$20.1M5.0%
  7. 07Switzerland$19.8M5.0%
  8. 08Germany$6.7M1.7%
  9. 09India$5.9M1.5%
  10. 10Czech Republic$3.4M0.8%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $16.8M4.2%

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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.

Vietnam15% → 34%
Taiwan14% → 19%
Mexico0.1% → 5%
Thailand7.2% → 12%
Switzerland2.9% → 5%
India1.4% → 1.5%
Czech Republic0.9% → 0.8%
Germany4.9% → 1.7%
Japan14% → 7.1%
China36% → 10%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Asia. Vietnam and Taiwan send 53% between them, and Thailand, China, Japan and India add another 30%. Switzerland and Germany ship from Europe.

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

Where it lands

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

81% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West Coast ports. Los Angeles takes 35%. Long Beach and Otay Mesa follow at 25% and 5%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $140M
  2. BLong Beach, CA $100M
  3. COtay Mesa, CA $20.1M
  4. DChicago, IL $19.7M
  5. ENorfolk, VA $16.4M
  6. FNewark, NJ $16.1M
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.

Eight states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Illinois$73.4M
  2. 02California$70.7M
  3. 03New Jersey$66.1M
  4. 04Tennessee$58.0M
  5. 05Florida$22.8M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 8452. How we count.