Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$13.4 billion$13.4B
vs 2010
2.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
48%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Electric motors and generators: Mexico leads with 32% of $13.4 billion.

China is second at 11%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $13.4B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$4.25B31.8%
  2. 02China$1.47B11.0%
  3. 03Japan$1.36B10.2%
  4. 04Germany$0.98B7.3%
  5. 05Vietnam$0.72B5.4%
  6. 06South Korea$0.47B3.5%
  7. 07Switzerland$0.42B3.1%
  8. 08India$0.34B2.5%
  9. 09Brazil$0.33B2.5%
  10. 10Taiwan$0.28B2.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $2.75B20.5%

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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.

Vietnam2.1% → 5.4%
Japan8.3% → 10%
Germany5.7% → 7.3%
Switzerland1.8% → 3.1%
India1.3% → 2.5%
Mexico31% → 32%
Brazil2.3% → 2.5%
South Korea4.1% → 3.5%
Taiwan2.8% → 2.1%
China25% → 11%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Asia is the largest source at 39%, then Latin America at 35%. Mexico and China send 43% between them, and Japan, Germany and Vietnam add another 23%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02China
  3. 03Japan
  4. 04Germany
  5. 05Vietnam
  6. 06South Korea
  7. 07Switzerland
  8. 08India

Where it lands

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

It arrives several ways: 48% by ship, 38% by land and other routes and 15% by air. Laredo alone takes 19%. Los Angeles and Newark follow at 11% and 6%.

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  1. ALaredo, TX $2.61B
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $1.53B
  3. CNewark, NJ $0.86B
  4. DHouston, TX $0.80B
  5. EHidalgo, TX $0.61B
  6. FSavannah, GA $0.57B
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 $1B each.

  1. 01Texas$2.60B
  2. 02Michigan$1.42B
  3. 03Missouri$0.83B
  4. 04California$0.73B
  5. 05Indiana$0.71B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 8501. How we count.