Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$3.7 billion$3.7B
vs 2010
1.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
39%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Electric sound or visual signaling apparatus: Mexico leads with 25% of $3.7 billion.

Vietnam is a close second at 22%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $3.7B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$0.94B25.1%
  2. 02Vietnam$0.83B22.0%
  3. 03China$0.38B10.1%
  4. 04Taiwan$0.25B6.8%
  5. 05Malaysia$0.20B5.4%
  6. 06Canada$0.18B4.8%
  7. 07Germany$0.17B4.6%
  8. 08United Kingdom$0.10B2.7%
  9. 09Japan$85.3M2.3%
  10. 10Thailand$67.1M1.8%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.54B14.4%

Total US HS 8531 imports by year · $2.6B in 2010 to $3.7B 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.

Vietnam0.4% → 22%
Mexico18% → 25%
Malaysia3.3% → 5.4%
Germany3.1% → 4.6%
Thailand0.8% → 1.8%
Taiwan6.7% → 6.8%
Japan2.5% → 2.3%
Canada5.3% → 4.8%
United Kingdom3.4% → 2.7%
China40% → 10%
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 32% between them, and Taiwan, Malaysia, Japan and Thailand add another 16%. Mexico sends 25% from Latin America.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Vietnam
  3. 03China
  4. 04Taiwan
  5. 05Malaysia
  6. 06Canada
  7. 07Germany
  8. 08United Kingdom

Where it lands

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

It arrives several ways: 39% by ship, 31% by air and 30% by land and other routes. Los Angeles alone takes 16%. Long Beach and Ysleta follow at 11% and 10%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.59B
  2. BLong Beach, CA $0.40B
  3. CYsleta, TX $0.36B
  4. DLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $0.22B
  5. EBrownsville, TX $0.17B
  6. FNewark, NJ $0.16B
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.

Eight states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Texas$0.91B
  2. 02Illinois$0.61B
  3. 03California$0.49B
  4. 04Florida$0.26B
  5. 05Georgia$0.17B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 8531. How we count.