Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$268 million$268M
vs 2010
2.8× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
87%
Busiest portTop port
Norfolk, VA

Machine tools for working metal or cermets: Germany leads with 37% of $268 million.

Italy is second at 15%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $268M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$98.5M36.8%
  2. 02Italy$41.1M15.4%
  3. 03Turkey$22.6M8.4%
  4. 04China$21.0M7.8%
  5. 05Canada$15.4M5.8%
  6. 06Japan$9.6M3.6%
  7. 07Sweden$8.7M3.3%
  8. 08Taiwan$8.0M3.0%
  9. 09Switzerland$6.6M2.5%
  10. 10Netherlands$5.3M2.0%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $30.7M11.5%

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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.

Germany26% → 37%
Turkey2% → 8.4%
Italy11% → 15%
Netherlands<0.1% → 2%
China6.5% → 7.8%
Sweden2.2% → 3.3%
Taiwan3.4% → 3%
Canada6.6% → 5.8%
Japan11% → 3.6%
Switzerland16% → 2.5%
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 52% between them, and Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Spain add another 9%. China, Japan and Taiwan send 14% from Asia.

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

Where it lands

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

87% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and Gulf Coast ports. Norfolk takes 16%. Newark and Houston follow at 15% and 13%.

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  1. ANorfolk, VA $43.8M
  2. BNewark, NJ $39.9M
  3. CHouston, TX $36.0M
  4. DSavannah, GA $34.4M
  5. ELos Angeles, CA $21.5M
  6. FCharleston, SC $17.5M
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.

Nine states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Indiana$32.6M
  2. 02Texas$31.1M
  3. 03Pennsylvania$20.8M
  4. 04Illinois$20.4M
  5. 05Ohio$17.9M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 8463. How we count.