Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$499 million$499M
vs 2010
1.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
38%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Machinery parts, not cont. electrical connectors, insulators: Mexico leads with 22% of $499 million.

Germany is second at 15%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $499M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$108M21.5%
  2. 02Germany$76.3M15.3%
  3. 03Canada$54.7M11.0%
  4. 04Taiwan$30.3M6.1%
  5. 05China$29.6M5.9%
  6. 06Italy$24.8M5.0%
  7. 07United Kingdom$20.4M4.1%
  8. 08South Korea$19.5M3.9%
  9. 09Japan$19.5M3.9%
  10. 10Sweden$18.2M3.6%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $98.5M19.7%

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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.

Canada6.2% → 11%
Italy2.7% → 5%
Sweden3.1% → 3.6%
South Korea3.4% → 3.9%
Taiwan7.1% → 6.1%
United Kingdom5.2% → 4.1%
Japan6% → 3.9%
Germany18% → 15%
Mexico24% → 22%
China9.2% → 5.9%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Europe is the largest source at 40%, then Asia at 25%. Mexico and Germany send 37% between them, and Canada, Taiwan and China add another 23%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Germany
  3. 03Canada
  4. 04Taiwan
  5. 05China
  6. 06Italy
  7. 07United Kingdom
  8. 08South Korea

Where it lands

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

It arrives several ways: 38% by ship, 34% by land and other routes and 28% by air. Laredo alone takes 14%. Newark and Chicago follow at 9% and 8%.

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  1. ALaredo, TX $69.5M
  2. BNewark, NJ $44.0M
  3. CChicago, IL $40.1M
  4. DLos Angeles, CA $35.3M
  5. ECleveland, OH $21.5M
  6. FPort Huron, MI $19.4M
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.

18 states are listed for over $10M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01Texas$90.2M
  2. 02Illinois$50.5M
  3. 03Pennsylvania$30.8M
  4. 04Ohio$27.1M
  5. 05California$23.5M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 8487. How we count.