Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$4.6 billion$4.6B
vs 2010
1.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
49%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Electrical ignition or starting equipment used for spark-ignition: Mexico leads with 34% of $4.6 billion.

Japan is a close second at 25%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $4.6B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$1.53B33.5%
  2. 02Japan$1.16B25.4%
  3. 03China$0.53B11.7%
  4. 04South Korea$0.16B3.6%
  5. 05Thailand$0.15B3.4%
  6. 06Germany$0.13B2.7%
  7. 07Italy$0.10B2.3%
  8. 08France$92.3M2.0%
  9. 09India$83.4M1.8%
  10. 10Hungary$74.8M1.6%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.54B11.9%

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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.

Thailand0.5% → 3.4%
Italy0.6% → 2.3%
South Korea2.3% → 3.6%
India1% → 1.8%
France1.3% → 2%
Hungary1% → 1.6%
Germany2.9% → 2.7%
China12% → 12%
Mexico34% → 34%
Japan34% → 25%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Asia is the largest source at 49%, then Latin America at 34%. Mexico and Japan send 59% between them, and China, South Korea and Thailand add another 19%.

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

Where it lands

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

It arrives several ways: 49% by ship, 41% by land and other routes and 10% by air. Los Angeles takes 22%. Laredo and Otay Mesa follow at 21% and 9%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $1.02B
  2. BLaredo, TX $0.94B
  3. COtay Mesa, CA $0.43B
  4. DSavannah, GA $0.22B
  5. ETacoma, WA $0.20B
  6. FNewark, NJ $0.19B
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.

11 states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01California$0.80B
  2. 02Tennessee$0.60B
  3. 03Michigan$0.57B
  4. 04Texas$0.39B
  5. 05Ohio$0.29B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 8511. How we count.