Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$887 million$887M
vs 2010
3.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
78%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Machine tools for working any material by removal of material: Germany leads with 18% of $887 million.

Japan is a close second at 17%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $887M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$159M17.9%
  2. 02Japan$150M16.9%
  3. 03Italy$119M13.5%
  4. 04China$78.0M8.8%
  5. 05Canada$63.6M7.2%
  6. 06Switzerland$57.2M6.4%
  7. 07Thailand$37.0M4.2%
  8. 08South Korea$32.9M3.7%
  9. 09Singapore$26.7M3.0%
  10. 10United Kingdom$24.3M2.7%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $139M15.6%

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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.

Italy5.9% → 13%
Canada4.9% → 7.2%
South Korea2.2% → 3.7%
Germany16% → 18%
Thailand2.9% → 4.2%
China9% → 8.8%
Singapore3.2% → 3%
United Kingdom3.4% → 2.7%
Japan21% → 17%
Switzerland19% → 6.4%
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 31% between them, and Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Spain add another 14%. Japan, China and Thailand send 30% from Asia.

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  1. 01Germany
  2. 02Japan
  3. 03Italy
  4. 04China
  5. 05Canada
  6. 06Switzerland
  7. 07Thailand
  8. 08South Korea

Where it lands

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

78% arrives by ship, mostly in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Los Angeles takes 19%. Newark and Norfolk follow at 18% and 8%.

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ABCDEF
  1. ALos Angeles, CA $165M
  2. BNewark, NJ $159M
  3. CNorfolk, VA $73.0M
  4. DBaltimore, MD $70.0M
  5. EHouston, TX $46.3M
  6. FSavannah, GA $44.5M
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 $100M each.

  1. 01California$193M
  2. 02Michigan$116M
  3. 03Illinois$87.2M
  4. 04Texas$63.8M
  5. 05Virginia$38.5M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 8456. How we count.