Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$14.7 billion$14.7B
vs 2010
2.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
56%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Semiconductors, LEDs and solar cells: Indonesia leads with 21% of $14.7 billion.

Laos is second at 11%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $14.7B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Indonesia$3.06B20.8%
  2. 02Laos$1.60B10.9%
  3. 03Malaysia$1.39B9.5%
  4. 04Japan$1.17B7.9%
  5. 05Vietnam$1.10B7.5%
  6. 06Thailand$0.82B5.6%
  7. 07India$0.80B5.5%
  8. 08Taiwan$0.67B4.6%
  9. 09South Korea$0.55B3.8%
  10. 10China$0.51B3.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $3.02B20.5%

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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.

Indonesia0.2% → 21%
Laos0% → 11%
Vietnam1.7% → 7.5%
India0.3% → 5.5%
Thailand1.3% → 5.6%
Taiwan5.4% → 4.6%
Japan9.9% → 7.9%
South Korea6% → 3.8%
Malaysia16% → 9.5%
Mexico12% → 1%
China28% → 3.5%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Southeast Asia. Indonesia and Laos send 32% between them, and Malaysia, Japan, Vietnam and Thailand add another 30%.

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Where it lands

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

56% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 20%. Newark and Charleston follow at 11% and 10%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $2.97B
  2. BNewark, NJ $1.60B
  3. CCharleston, SC $1.42B
  4. DLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $1.03B
  5. EHouston, TX $1.00B
  6. FChicago, IL $0.81B
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.

Three states are listed for over $1B each.

  1. 01California$3.79B
  2. 02Texas$2.00B
  3. 03South Carolina$1.23B
  4. 04Arizona$0.81B
  5. 05Georgia$0.80B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Products in this code

Counted under HS 8541. How we count.