Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$513 million$513M
vs 2010
1.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
63%
Busiest portTop port
Houston, TX

Containers specially designed and equipped for carriage by one: China leads with 37% of $513 million.

Netherlands is second at 9%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $513M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$191M37.2%
  2. 02Netherlands$44.2M8.6%
  3. 03Germany$38.4M7.5%
  4. 04France$34.4M6.7%
  5. 05Mexico$33.2M6.5%
  6. 06Canada$29.9M5.8%
  7. 07Poland$16.2M3.2%
  8. 08Japan$13.5M2.6%
  9. 09Norway$11.4M2.2%
  10. 10United Kingdom$11.2M2.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $90.1M17.6%

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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.

Netherlands2% → 8.6%
Mexico1.9% → 6.5%
Canada1.7% → 5.8%
Germany4% → 7.5%
Poland0.4% → 3.2%
Norway0.6% → 2.2%
France6.6% → 6.7%
United Kingdom2.7% → 2.2%
Japan4.7% → 2.6%
China68% → 37%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Asia is the largest source at 46%, then Europe at 37%. China and the Netherlands send 46% between them, and Germany, France and Mexico add another 21%.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Netherlands
  3. 03Germany
  4. 04France
  5. 05Mexico
  6. 06Canada
  7. 07Poland
  8. 08Japan

Where it lands

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

63% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. No single port dominates: Houston leads with 10%. Los Angeles and JFK Airport follow at 9% each.

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  1. AHouston, TX $49.2M
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $45.8M
  3. CJFK Airport, NY $45.3M
  4. DNewark, NJ $33.1M
  5. EOakland, CA $31.6M
  6. FCharleston, SC $29.2M
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.

16 states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Texas$76.1M
  2. 02California$66.1M
  3. 03North Carolina$43.5M
  4. 04Connecticut$33.4M
  5. 05Illinois$28.4M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 8609. How we count.