Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.4 billion$1.4B
vs 2010
2.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
98%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Machining centers: Germany leads with 35% of $1.4 billion.

Japan is a close second at 34%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.4B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$0.50B34.8%
  2. 02Japan$0.48B33.7%
  3. 03South Korea$0.15B10.3%
  4. 04Taiwan$87.0M6.1%
  5. 05Italy$65.9M4.6%
  6. 06Spain$40.7M2.8%
  7. 07Switzerland$28.9M2.0%
  8. 08Netherlands$21.8M1.5%
  9. 09Brazil$9.7M0.7%
  10. 10Singapore$8.1M0.6%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $41.4M2.9%

Total US HS 8457 imports by year · $636M in 2010 to $1.4B 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.

Germany16% → 35%
South Korea7% → 10%
Spain1.1% → 2.8%
Netherlands0.6% → 1.5%
Italy4.2% → 4.6%
Brazil0.5% → 0.7%
Singapore0.7% → 0.6%
Switzerland2.4% → 2%
Taiwan11% → 6.1%
Japan54% → 34%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Asia. Japan and South Korea send 44% between them, and Taiwan adds another 6%. Germany, Italy and Spain send 42% from Europe.

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  1. 01Germany
  2. 02Japan
  3. 03South Korea
  4. 04Taiwan
  5. 05Italy
  6. 06Spain
  7. 07Switzerland
  8. 08Netherlands

Where it lands

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

98% arrives by ship, mostly in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Los Angeles and Newark take 22% each. Norfolk follows at 16%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.32B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.31B
  3. CNorfolk, VA $0.23B
  4. DBaltimore, MD $97.7M
  5. EBrunswick, GA $88.8M
  6. FSavannah, GA $73.5M
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.

Three states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01California$0.30B
  2. 02Michigan$0.28B
  3. 03North Carolina$0.10B
  4. 04Illinois$90.7M
  5. 05Kentucky$88.9M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 8457. How we count.