Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.8 billion$1.8B
vs 2010
2.1× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
52%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Electric laser, other light or photon beam, etc. apparatus: Japan leads with 18% of $1.8 billion.

Germany is a close second at 16%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.8B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Japan$0.33B18.5%
  2. 02Germany$0.29B16.4%
  3. 03Canada$0.24B13.6%
  4. 04China$0.16B8.9%
  5. 05South Korea$0.13B7.5%
  6. 06Mexico$0.10B5.9%
  7. 07Switzerland$98.1M5.6%
  8. 08Italy$79.7M4.5%
  9. 09Austria$75.5M4.3%
  10. 10France$36.1M2.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.22B12.7%

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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.

South Korea3.9% → 7.5%
Austria1.6% → 4.3%
Italy2.5% → 4.5%
France1.3% → 2.1%
China8.6% → 8.9%
Switzerland6.5% → 5.6%
Mexico7.1% → 5.9%
Canada15% → 14%
Germany19% → 16%
Japan25% → 18%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Europe is the largest source at 41%, then Asia at 39%. Japan and Germany send 35% between them, and Canada, China and South Korea add another 30%.

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

Where it lands

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

52% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 14%. Chicago and Detroit follow at 8% each.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.24B
  2. BChicago, IL $0.14B
  3. CDetroit, MI $0.14B
  4. DNewark, NJ $0.12B
  5. ECharleston, SC $0.10B
  6. FLaredo, TX $99.2M
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.

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

  1. 01Michigan$0.22B
  2. 02Ohio$0.21B
  3. 03Texas$0.16B
  4. 04South Carolina$0.12B
  5. 05Illinois$0.11B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 8515. How we count.