Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$20 billion$20B
vs 2010
4.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
2%
Busiest portTop port
Anchorage, AK

Data storage media: South Korea leads with 24% of $20 billion.

Taiwan is a close second at 21%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $20B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01South Korea$4.72B23.6%
  2. 02Taiwan$4.14B20.7%
  3. 03Malaysia$3.05B15.3%
  4. 04Vietnam$2.11B10.6%
  5. 05Singapore$1.37B6.9%
  6. 06Thailand$0.95B4.7%
  7. 07Japan$0.89B4.5%
  8. 08Philippines$0.78B3.9%
  9. 09Mexico$0.75B3.8%
  10. 10China$0.28B1.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.92B4.6%

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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 Korea9.6% → 24%
Vietnam0.9% → 11%
Malaysia5.6% → 15%
Singapore1.3% → 6.9%
Taiwan16% → 21%
Thailand0.4% → 4.7%
Philippines0.5% → 3.9%
Mexico4.8% → 3.8%
Japan12% → 4.5%
China41% → 1.4%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from East Asia. South Korea and Taiwan send 44% between them, and Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore and Thailand add another 37%. Mexico ships from Latin America.

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  1. 01South Korea
  2. 02Taiwan
  3. 03Malaysia
  4. 04Vietnam
  5. 05Singapore
  6. 06Thailand
  7. 07Japan
  8. 08Philippines

Where it lands

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

92% arrives by air. Anchorage takes 28%. Los Angeles Airport (LAX) and San Francisco Airport (SFO) follow at 22% and 9%.

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

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ABCDEF
  1. AAnchorage, AK $5.54B
  2. BLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $4.32B
  3. CSan Francisco Airport (SFO), CA $1.78B
  4. DCleveland, OH $1.22B
  5. ENew Orleans, LA $1.11B
  6. FChicago, IL $1.05B
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 $1B each.

  1. 01California$6.69B
  2. 02Texas$1.97B
  3. 03Arizona$1.53B
  4. 04Illinois$1.24B
  5. 05Idaho$1.14B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 8523. How we count.