Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$142 billion$142B
vs 2010
2.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
9%
Busiest portTop port
Chicago, IL

Phones and network equipment: Vietnam leads with 22% of $142 billion.

China is a close second at 21%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $142B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Vietnam$30.86B21.7%
  2. 02China$30.12B21.2%
  3. 03India$24.81B17.4%
  4. 04Thailand$18.39B12.9%
  5. 05Mexico$13.26B9.3%
  6. 06Taiwan$8.06B5.7%
  7. 07Malaysia$6.99B4.9%
  8. 08Israel$1.29B0.9%
  9. 09Canada$0.98B0.7%
  10. 10Japan$0.59B0.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $6.85B4.8%

Total US HS 8517 imports by year · $71.1B in 2010 to $142B in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2010 to 2025

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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.

Vietnam4.1% → 22%
India<0.1% → 17%
Thailand2.6% → 13%
Taiwan2.5% → 5.7%
Israel0.4% → 0.9%
Malaysia5.1% → 4.9%
Canada0.9% → 0.7%
Japan0.8% → 0.4%
Mexico12% → 9.3%
South Korea6.9% → 0.3%
China61% → 21%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Asia. Vietnam and China send 43% between them, and India, Thailand, Taiwan and Malaysia add another 41%. Mexico ships from Latin America.

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  1. 01Vietnam
  2. 02China
  3. 03India
  4. 04Thailand
  5. 05Mexico
  6. 06Taiwan
  7. 07Malaysia
  8. 08Israel

Where it lands

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

80% arrives by air. Chicago alone takes 38%. Los Angeles Airport (LAX) and San Francisco Airport (SFO) follow at 10% and 8%.

Air cargo is recorded where it clears customs, which isn't always where the plane landed.

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ABCDEF
  1. AChicago, IL $54.18B
  2. BLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $13.68B
  3. CSan Francisco Airport (SFO), CA $10.79B
  4. DLaredo, TX $9.50B
  5. EDallas-Fort Worth, TX $8.57B
  6. FLos Angeles, CA $7.63B
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.

Five states are listed for over $10B each.

  1. 01California$27.30B
  2. 02Illinois$27.00B
  3. 03Texas$20.40B
  4. 04Tennessee$11.30B
  5. 05Indiana$10.20B
$10B+$4–10B$1–4B$100M–1BUnder $100M

Products in this code

Counted under HS 8517. How we count.