Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2 billion$2B
vs 2010
3.8× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
30%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits: Mexico leads with 42% of $2 billion.

Canada is second at 15%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$0.82B42.0%
  2. 02Canada$0.29B14.6%
  3. 03Germany$0.15B7.8%
  4. 04China$95.9M4.9%
  5. 05South Korea$85.9M4.4%
  6. 06Italy$55.0M2.8%
  7. 07Switzerland$47.2M2.4%
  8. 08Sweden$46.8M2.4%
  9. 09Taiwan$44.7M2.3%
  10. 10India$43.0M2.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.28B14.2%

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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.

Canada8.2% → 15%
Mexico36% → 42%
Germany4.8% → 7.8%
South Korea2.9% → 4.4%
Sweden1.5% → 2.4%
Taiwan1.7% → 2.3%
Italy3.6% → 2.8%
Switzerland3.4% → 2.4%
India3.9% → 2.2%
China18% → 4.9%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Latin America is the largest source at 44%, then Europe at 23%. Mexico and Canada send 57% between them, and Germany, China and South Korea add another 17%.

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

Where it enters

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

58% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Laredo alone takes 29%. Ysleta and Port Huron follow at 11% and 7%.

Goods crossing by land are recorded at Census ports of entry, which can be inland.

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  1. ALaredo, TX $0.57B
  2. BYsleta, TX $0.22B
  3. CPort Huron, MI $0.13B
  4. DNewark, NJ $0.13B
  5. EHouston, TX $76.7M
  6. FSavannah, GA $71.2M
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.

Seven states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Texas$0.38B
  2. 02Missouri$0.16B
  3. 03North Carolina$0.15B
  4. 04California$0.15B
  5. 05Pennsylvania$0.11B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 8535. How we count.