Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2.2 billion$2.2B
vs 2010
1.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
74%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Electric filament or discharge lamps: mostly from China, 55% of $2.2 billion.

Germany is second at 8%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2.2B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$1.19B54.5%
  2. 02Germany$0.16B7.6%
  3. 03Thailand$0.11B5.3%
  4. 04Mexico$0.11B5.1%
  5. 05Japan$89.8M4.1%
  6. 06Vietnam$73.1M3.4%
  7. 07Honduras$47.8M2.2%
  8. 08Taiwan$44.4M2.0%
  9. 09Malaysia$34.0M1.6%
  10. 10Hungary$32.4M1.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.28B12.8%

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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.

Thailand0.6% → 5.3%
China51% → 55%
Vietnam<0.1% → 3.4%
Honduras<0.1% → 2.2%
Malaysia<0.1% → 1.6%
Taiwan0.7% → 2%
Mexico5.3% → 5.1%
Japan7.5% → 4.1%
Germany13% → 7.6%
Hungary8% → 1.5%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from East Asia. China alone sends 55%, and Thailand, Japan, Vietnam, Taiwan and Cambodia add another 17%. Germany ships from Europe.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Germany
  3. 03Thailand
  4. 04Mexico
  5. 05Japan
  6. 06Vietnam
  7. 07Honduras
  8. 08Taiwan

Where it lands

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

74% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 27%. Newark and Long Beach follow at 15% and 10%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.58B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.33B
  3. CLong Beach, CA $0.21B
  4. DSavannah, GA $0.15B
  5. EHouston, TX $66.0M
  6. FChicago, IL $60.7M
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 $100M each.

  1. 01California$0.63B
  2. 02Texas$0.15B
  3. 03Georgia$0.15B
  4. 04Pennsylvania$0.14B
  5. 05New Hampshire$0.11B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Products in this code

Counted under HS 8539. How we count.