Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$12.6 billion$12.6B
vs 2010
2.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
30%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles Airport (LAX), CA

Chipmaking equipment: Japan leads with 24% of $12.6 billion.

Netherlands is a close second at 21%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $12.6B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Japan$3.03B24.1%
  2. 02Netherlands$2.67B21.2%
  3. 03Singapore$1.40B11.1%
  4. 04Malaysia$1.00B8.0%
  5. 05Germany$0.95B7.6%
  6. 06China$0.84B6.7%
  7. 07South Korea$0.84B6.7%
  8. 08Taiwan$0.42B3.3%
  9. 09Mexico$0.22B1.8%
  10. 10United Kingdom$0.15B1.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $1.04B8.2%

Total US HS 8486 imports by year · $5.5B in 2010 to $12.6B 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.

Malaysia2.9% → 8%
Singapore8.4% → 11%
Taiwan1.4% → 3.3%
Germany6.9% → 7.6%
South Korea6.1% → 6.7%
China6.4% → 6.7%
Mexico1.6% → 1.8%
United Kingdom1.7% → 1.2%
Netherlands24% → 21%
Japan35% → 24%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Asia. Japan and Singapore send 35% between them, and Malaysia, China, South Korea and Taiwan add another 25%. The Netherlands, Germany and Ireland send 30% from Europe.

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  1. 01Japan
  2. 02Netherlands
  3. 03Singapore
  4. 04Malaysia
  5. 05Germany
  6. 06China
  7. 07South Korea
  8. 08Taiwan

Where it lands

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

68% arrives by air. Los Angeles Airport (LAX) alone takes 19%. Seattle-Tacoma Airport and Los Angeles follow at 13% and 12%.

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

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  1. ALos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $2.42B
  2. BSeattle-Tacoma Airport, WA $1.59B
  3. CLos Angeles, CA $1.46B
  4. DSan Francisco Airport (SFO), CA $1.05B
  5. EDallas-Fort Worth, TX $0.90B
  6. FHouston, TX $0.64B
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.

Four states are listed for over $1B each.

  1. 01Oregon$2.78B
  2. 02Texas$2.69B
  3. 03Arizona$2.01B
  4. 04California$1.66B
  5. 05Idaho$0.55B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 8486. How we count.