Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$17.6 billion$17.6B
vs 2010
3.1× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
25%
Busiest portTop port
Chicago, IL

Electrical machines, not elsewhere specified: Mexico leads with 29% of $17.6 billion.

Malaysia is second at 9%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $17.6B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$5.18B29.5%
  2. 02Malaysia$1.61B9.2%
  3. 03Thailand$1.54B8.8%
  4. 04China$1.31B7.5%
  5. 05Indonesia$1.20B6.8%
  6. 06Vietnam$1.09B6.2%
  7. 07Japan$1.02B5.8%
  8. 08Germany$0.85B4.9%
  9. 09Canada$0.63B3.6%
  10. 10Taiwan$0.57B3.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $2.58B14.6%

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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.

Mexico19% → 29%
Malaysia1% → 9.2%
Thailand0.7% → 8.8%
Indonesia0.3% → 6.8%
Vietnam0.4% → 6.2%
Taiwan3% → 3.2%
Japan8.7% → 5.8%
Canada6.5% → 3.6%
Germany8.5% → 4.9%
China39% → 7.5%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Asia. Malaysia and Thailand send 18% between them, and China, Indonesia, Vietnam and Japan add another 26%. Mexico sends 29% from Latin America.

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

Where it lands

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

It arrives several ways: 40% by air, 36% by land and other routes and 25% by ship. Chicago and Laredo take 12% each. Los Angeles follows at 10%.

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  1. AChicago, IL $2.12B
  2. BLaredo, TX $2.03B
  3. CLos Angeles, CA $1.83B
  4. DHidalgo, TX $1.33B
  5. ELos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $0.91B
  6. FYsleta, TX $0.72B
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.

Four states are listed for over $1B each.

  1. 01Texas$3.47B
  2. 02Michigan$2.89B
  3. 03California$2.61B
  4. 04Illinois$1.43B
  5. 05Georgia$0.68B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 8543. How we count.