Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.1 billion$1.1B
vs 2010
1.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
57%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Electromagnets: China leads with 40% of $1.1 billion.

Mexico is second at 12%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.1B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$0.43B40.4%
  2. 02Mexico$0.13B12.4%
  3. 03Germany$95.7M9.0%
  4. 04Japan$79.5M7.4%
  5. 05South Korea$28.4M2.7%
  6. 06Thailand$28.2M2.6%
  7. 07United Kingdom$23.8M2.2%
  8. 08France$21.8M2.0%
  9. 09Italy$21.8M2.0%
  10. 10Taiwan$21.0M2.0%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.18B17.1%

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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.

Mexico6% → 12%
Thailand0.4% → 2.6%
Germany8.3% → 9%
France1.6% → 2%
Taiwan1.9% → 2%
Italy2.3% → 2%
South Korea3.6% → 2.7%
China42% → 40%
United Kingdom4.2% → 2.2%
Japan15% → 7.4%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from East Asia. China and Japan send 48% between them, and South Korea, Thailand, Taiwan and Vietnam add another 9%. Germany, the United Kingdom and France send 13% from Europe.

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

Where it lands

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

57% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 18%. Newark and Chicago follow at 9% and 7%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.19B
  2. BNewark, NJ $93.8M
  3. CChicago, IL $78.8M
  4. DLaredo, TX $69.3M
  5. ELong Beach, CA $66.5M
  6. FCharleston, SC $48.5M
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.

Three states are listed for over $100M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01California$0.17B
  2. 02Texas$0.11B
  3. 03Illinois$0.10B
  4. 04Michigan$91.6M
  5. 05South Carolina$67.4M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 8505. How we count.