Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$44 billion$44B
vs 2010
3.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
26%
Busiest portTop port
Ysleta, TX

Medical instruments: Mexico leads with 29% of $44 billion.

Costa Rica is second at 13%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $44B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$12.95B29.4%
  2. 02Costa Rica$5.53B12.6%
  3. 03Germany$4.55B10.3%
  4. 04Ireland$3.48B7.9%
  5. 05China$2.29B5.2%
  6. 06Japan$2.19B5.0%
  7. 07Dominican Republic$1.72B3.9%
  8. 08Malaysia$1.30B3.0%
  9. 09Israel$1.07B2.4%
  10. 10Switzerland$0.96B2.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $7.95B18.1%

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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.

Costa Rica6.2% → 13%
Mexico26% → 29%
Malaysia1.7% → 3%
Israel2.5% → 2.4%
Ireland8% → 7.9%
Dominican Republic4.1% → 3.9%
Germany12% → 10%
China7.2% → 5.2%
Switzerland5.4% → 2.2%
Japan8.9% → 5%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Latin America is the largest source at 46%, then Europe at 28%. Mexico and Costa Rica send 42% between them, and Germany, Ireland and China add another 23%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Costa Rica
  3. 03Germany
  4. 04Ireland
  5. 05China
  6. 06Japan
  7. 07Dominican Republic
  8. 08Malaysia

Where it lands

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

It arrives several ways: 41% by air, 33% by land and other routes and 26% by ship. No single port dominates: Ysleta leads with 10%. Otay Mesa and Newark follow at 9% and 5%.

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  1. AYsleta, TX $4.30B
  2. BOtay Mesa, CA $4.01B
  3. CNewark, NJ $2.41B
  4. DMiami Airport, FL $2.38B
  5. ENew Orleans, LA $2.23B
  6. FJFK Airport, NY $2.12B
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.

17 states are listed for over $1B each.

  1. 01California$7.28B
  2. 02Texas$3.76B
  3. 03New Jersey$3.17B
  4. 04Massachusetts$2.75B
  5. 05Rhode Island$2.43B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Products in this code

Counted under HS 9018. How we count.