Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$12.9 million$12.9M
vs 2010
2.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
44%
Busiest portTop port
Anchorage, AK

Balloons and dirigibles: Vietnam leads with 21% of $12.9 million.

Germany is a close second at 20%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $12.9M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Vietnam$2.7M20.8%
  2. 02Germany$2.6M20.0%
  3. 03Czech Republic$1.8M14.2%
  4. 04Japan$1.6M12.1%
  5. 05United Kingdom$850K6.6%
  6. 06South Africa$796K6.2%
  7. 07Spain$715K5.5%
  8. 08Canada$632K4.9%
  9. 09Italy$235K1.8%
  10. 10China$116K0.9%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $898K7.0%

Total US HS 8801 imports by year · $6.4M in 2010 to $12.9M in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2010 to 2025

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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.

Vietnam6.9% → 21%
South Africa<0.1% → 6.2%
Czech Republic9% → 14%
Spain2.3% → 5.5%
Germany19% → 20%
Canada5.6% → 4.9%
United Kingdom7.7% → 6.6%
Japan14% → 12%
China4.6% → 0.9%
Italy7.1% → 1.8%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Europe. Germany and the Czech Republic send 34% between them, and the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy and Lithuania add another 15%. Vietnam and Japan send 33% from Asia.

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  1. 01Vietnam
  2. 02Germany
  3. 03Czech Republic
  4. 04Japan
  5. 05United Kingdom
  6. 06South Africa
  7. 07Spain
  8. 08Canada

Where it lands

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

It arrives several ways: 47% by air, 44% by ship and 9% by land and other routes. Anchorage alone takes 15%. Los Angeles and Detroit follow at 10% and 6%.

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  1. AAnchorage, AK $2.0M
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $1.3M
  3. CDetroit, MI $834K
  4. DCharleston, SC $796K
  5. EHouston, TX $602K
  6. FBaltimore, MD $601K
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 $1M each.

  1. 01Florida$2.1M
  2. 02Texas$1.8M
  3. 03California$1.3M
  4. 04Utah$1.1M
  5. 05North Carolina$873K
$1M+$400K–1M$100–400K$10–100KUnder $10K

Counted under HS 8801. How we count.