Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.5 billion$1.5B
vs 2010
3.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
88%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Machine tools and presses for working metal/metal carbides by forging: Italy leads with 18% of $1.5 billion.

Germany is a close second at 16%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.5B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Italy$0.27B18.1%
  2. 02Germany$0.23B15.6%
  3. 03Japan$0.18B11.8%
  4. 04South Korea$0.14B9.2%
  5. 05Austria$0.10B7.0%
  6. 06Canada$85.0M5.7%
  7. 07Switzerland$59.7M4.0%
  8. 08China$57.4M3.8%
  9. 09Taiwan$54.6M3.7%
  10. 10Turkey$50.9M3.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.27B17.8%

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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.

South Korea2.7% → 9.2%
Italy13% → 18%
Austria4.5% → 7%
Turkey1.7% → 3.4%
Switzerland3.1% → 4%
Taiwan4.4% → 3.7%
Canada7.7% → 5.7%
China6.2% → 3.8%
Germany19% → 16%
Japan22% → 12%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Europe. Italy and Germany send 34% between them, and Austria, Switzerland, Finland and Sweden add another 16%. Japan, South Korea and China send 25% from Asia.

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

Where it lands

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

88% arrives by ship, mostly in containers, mostly through East and Gulf Coast ports. Newark takes 16%. Savannah and Los Angeles follow at 13% and 11%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $0.24B
  2. BSavannah, GA $0.20B
  3. CLos Angeles, CA $0.17B
  4. DHouston, TX $0.16B
  5. ENorfolk, VA $0.15B
  6. FCharleston, SC $99.9M
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.

Six states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Georgia$0.17B
  2. 02California$0.14B
  3. 03Texas$0.13B
  4. 04Illinois$0.13B
  5. 05Ohio$0.12B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 8462. How we count.