Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$329 million$329M
vs 2010
1.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
80%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Machine tools, other than lathes, for drilling, boring, milling: Germany leads with 16% of $329 million.

Italy is just behind, also at 16%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $329M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$53.1M16.1%
  2. 02Italy$51.6M15.7%
  3. 03Taiwan$27.1M8.2%
  4. 04China$24.5M7.4%
  5. 05Spain$23.7M7.2%
  6. 06South Korea$23.4M7.1%
  7. 07Japan$21.3M6.5%
  8. 08Canada$20.0M6.1%
  9. 09Switzerland$18.0M5.5%
  10. 10Austria$7.9M2.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $58.3M17.7%

Total US HS 8459 imports by year · $237M in 2010 to $329M 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.

Canada1.5% → 6.1%
South Korea4.1% → 7.1%
Spain4.8% → 7.2%
Austria0.9% → 2.4%
Switzerland5.3% → 5.5%
Taiwan8.3% → 8.2%
China7.6% → 7.4%
Germany21% → 16%
Italy21% → 16%
Japan14% → 6.5%
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 32% between them, and Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands and France add another 18%. Taiwan, China and South Korea send 23% from Asia.

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

Where it lands

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

80% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Newark takes 13%. Los Angeles and Houston follow at 12% and 11%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $43.2M
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $39.8M
  3. CHouston, TX $34.9M
  4. DBaltimore, MD $34.5M
  5. ESavannah, GA $29.8M
  6. FNorfolk, VA $29.2M
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.

12 states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Michigan$50.9M
  2. 02Illinois$36.6M
  3. 03Texas$26.5M
  4. 04California$24.9M
  5. 05Ohio$21.0M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 8459. How we count.