Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$5.9 billion$5.9B
vs 2010
4.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
16%
Busiest portTop port
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

Capacitors: Japan leads with 34% of $5.9 billion.

South Korea is a close second at 29%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $5.9B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Japan$2.02B33.9%
  2. 02South Korea$1.73B29.0%
  3. 03China$0.93B15.7%
  4. 04Malaysia$0.42B7.1%
  5. 05Mexico$0.21B3.5%
  6. 06Philippines$0.10B1.7%
  7. 07Taiwan$91.3M1.5%
  8. 08Thailand$66.0M1.1%
  9. 09Israel$46.3M0.8%
  10. 10Czech Republic$27.9M0.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.31B5.2%

Total US HS 8532 imports by year · $1.4B in 2010 to $5.9B 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.

South Korea2.5% → 29%
Japan23% → 34%
Malaysia3.8% → 7.1%
Philippines0.8% → 1.7%
China15% → 16%
Thailand0.9% → 1.1%
Taiwan1.9% → 1.5%
Israel2.4% → 0.8%
Czech Republic2.7% → 0.5%
Mexico33% → 3.5%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from East Asia. Japan and South Korea send 63% between them, and China, Malaysia, the Philippines and Taiwan add another 26%. Mexico ships from Latin America.

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

Where it lands

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

80% arrives by air. Most of it enters at Dallas-Fort Worth (54%). Los Angeles and Los Angeles Airport (LAX) follow at 10% and 7%.

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

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ABCDEF
  1. ADallas-Fort Worth, TX $3.19B
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $0.57B
  3. CLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $0.43B
  4. DAnchorage, AK $0.18B
  5. EAtlanta, GA $0.14B
  6. FChicago, IL $0.14B
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.

One state is listed for over $1B.

  1. 01Texas$4.55B
  2. 02Georgia$0.33B
  3. 03California$0.22B
  4. 04Illinois$0.14B
  5. 05Florida$0.10B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 8532. How we count.