Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$10.7 billion$10.7B
vs 2010
1.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
53%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Transmission shafts and gears: Germany leads with 12% of $10.7 billion.

China is just behind, also at 12%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $10.7B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$1.33B12.4%
  2. 02China$1.25B11.7%
  3. 03India$1.22B11.4%
  4. 04Japan$1.11B10.4%
  5. 05Mexico$1.05B9.8%
  6. 06Italy$0.95B8.8%
  7. 07Canada$0.76B7.1%
  8. 08France$0.47B4.4%
  9. 09South Korea$0.36B3.4%
  10. 10United Kingdom$0.27B2.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $1.96B18.2%

Total US HS 8483 imports by year · $5.6B in 2010 to $10.7B 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.

India4.1% → 11%
Italy5.7% → 8.8%
France1.8% → 4.4%
Mexico8.6% → 9.8%
United Kingdom2.3% → 2.5%
South Korea3.7% → 3.4%
Germany14% → 12%
Canada9.4% → 7.1%
Japan13% → 10%
China20% → 12%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Asia is the largest source at 41%, then Europe at 39%. Germany and China send 24% between them, and India, Japan and Mexico add another 32%.

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  1. 01Germany
  2. 02China
  3. 03India
  4. 04Japan
  5. 05Mexico
  6. 06Italy
  7. 07Canada
  8. 08France

Where it lands

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

53% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. No single port dominates: Los Angeles and Newark take 9% each. Norfolk follows at 8%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.94B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.92B
  3. CNorfolk, VA $0.89B
  4. DLaredo, TX $0.73B
  5. EChicago, IL $0.66B
  6. FHouston, TX $0.54B
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.

24 states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Texas$0.97B
  2. 02Michigan$0.85B
  3. 03Illinois$0.78B
  4. 04Kentucky$0.73B
  5. 05Ohio$0.60B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 8483. How we count.