Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2.7 billion$2.7B
vs 2010
1.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
82%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Electric generating sets and rotary converters: Vietnam leads with 32% of $2.7 billion.

Austria is second at 12%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2.7B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Vietnam$0.87B32.2%
  2. 02Austria$0.32B12.0%
  3. 03Canada$0.31B11.4%
  4. 04China$0.21B7.6%
  5. 05United Kingdom$0.16B5.8%
  6. 06Brazil$0.11B4.0%
  7. 07Germany$0.10B3.8%
  8. 08Japan$93.1M3.5%
  9. 09Mexico$92.7M3.4%
  10. 10Thailand$90.5M3.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.35B12.8%

Total US HS 8502 imports by year · $2.2B in 2010 to $2.7B in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2010 to 2025

2025Press play to replay the ranking

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.

Vietnam0% → 32%
Austria3.6% → 12%
Canada5.9% → 11%
Brazil<0.1% → 4%
United Kingdom2.5% → 5.8%
Mexico0.2% → 3.4%
Germany4.2% → 3.8%
Thailand6.4% → 3.4%
Spain7% → 0.8%
Japan18% → 3.5%
China29% → 7.6%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Asia is the largest source at 48%, then Europe at 30%. Vietnam and Austria send 44% between them, and Canada, China and the United Kingdom add another 25%.

0102030405060708
0102030405060708
  1. 01Vietnam
  2. 02Austria
  3. 03Canada
  4. 04China
  5. 05United Kingdom
  6. 06Brazil
  7. 07Germany
  8. 08Japan

Where it lands

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

82% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 23%. Houston and Savannah follow at 13% and 7%.

ABCDEF
ABCDEF
  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.62B
  2. BHouston, TX $0.35B
  3. CSavannah, GA $0.20B
  4. DBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $0.19B
  5. ECharleston, SC $0.19B
  6. FNewark, NJ $0.10B
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.

Seven states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Texas$0.57B
  2. 02California$0.42B
  3. 03Wisconsin$0.20B
  4. 04South Carolina$0.18B
  5. 05Illinois$0.15B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 8502. How we count.