Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$175 million$175M
vs 2010
1.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
41%
Busiest portTop port
Atlanta, GA

Machinery for preparing or making up tobacco: Italy leads with 48% of $175 million.

Germany is second at 25%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $175M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Italy$84.5M48.3%
  2. 02Germany$43.1M24.6%
  3. 03Hungary$7.7M4.4%
  4. 04Poland$5.5M3.1%
  5. 05Malaysia$4.9M2.8%
  6. 06Indonesia$4.3M2.5%
  7. 07China$4.2M2.4%
  8. 08United Kingdom$3.2M1.8%
  9. 09Netherlands$3.1M1.7%
  10. 10Bulgaria$1.8M1.0%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $12.7M7.3%

Total US HS 8478 imports by year · $91.2M in 2010 to $175M 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.

Italy3.3% → 48%
Hungary2.1% → 4.4%
Malaysia2.1% → 2.8%
Bulgaria0.7% → 1%
Indonesia3.5% → 2.5%
Poland5.9% → 3.1%
China7.8% → 2.4%
United Kingdom10% → 1.8%
Netherlands11% → 1.7%
Germany44% → 25%
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 73% between them, and Hungary, Poland, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands add another 11%. Malaysia, Indonesia and China ship from Asia.

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  1. 01Italy
  2. 02Germany
  3. 03Hungary
  4. 04Poland
  5. 05Malaysia
  6. 06Indonesia
  7. 07China
  8. 08United Kingdom

Where it lands

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

58% arrives by air. Atlanta takes 34%. Norfolk and Washington Dulles follow at 32% and 5%.

Air cargo is recorded where it clears customs, which isn't always where the plane landed.

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  1. AAtlanta, GA $59.3M
  2. BNorfolk, VA $55.7M
  3. CWashington Dulles, DC $9.1M
  4. DJFK Airport, NY $8.7M
  5. ENewark, NJ $5.5M
  6. FGreenville-Spartanburg, SC $4.0M
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 $10M each.

  1. 01Virginia$99.5M
  2. 02North Carolina$46.4M
  3. 03Florida$9.2M
  4. 04California$6.1M
  5. 05Oklahoma$5.2M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 8478. How we count.