Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$4.7 billion$4.7B
vs 2010
1.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
34%
Busiest portTop port
Chicago, IL

Apparatus based on x-rays or alpha, beta: Germany leads with 34% of $4.7 billion.

Netherlands is second at 11%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $4.7B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$1.59B33.9%
  2. 02Netherlands$0.51B11.0%
  3. 03Mexico$0.47B10.1%
  4. 04Japan$0.36B7.7%
  5. 05China$0.32B6.9%
  6. 06France$0.20B4.3%
  7. 07South Korea$0.17B3.7%
  8. 08United Kingdom$0.14B3.0%
  9. 09Israel$0.10B2.1%
  10. 10Switzerland$98.4M2.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.71B15.1%

Total US HS 9022 imports by year · $3.6B in 2010 to $4.7B 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.

Mexico3.7% → 10%
Germany31% → 34%
Netherlands8.5% → 11%
South Korea3% → 3.7%
Israel3% → 2.1%
Switzerland3.5% → 2.1%
France6.2% → 4.3%
Japan9.9% → 7.7%
United Kingdom5.9% → 3%
China13% → 6.9%
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 Netherlands send 45% between them, and France, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Finland add another 11%. Japan, China and South Korea send 18% from Asia.

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  1. 01Germany
  2. 02Netherlands
  3. 03Mexico
  4. 04Japan
  5. 05China
  6. 06France
  7. 07South Korea
  8. 08United Kingdom

Where it lands

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

54% arrives by air. No single port dominates: Chicago leads with 9%. Charleston and Newark follow at 8% each.

Air cargo is recorded where it clears customs, which isn't always where the plane landed.

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  1. AChicago, IL $0.42B
  2. BCharleston, SC $0.36B
  3. CNewark, NJ $0.36B
  4. DLos Angeles, CA $0.30B
  5. EGreenville-Spartanburg, SC $0.27B
  6. FLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $0.26B
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.

14 states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01California$0.65B
  2. 02Texas$0.58B
  3. 03Wisconsin$0.38B
  4. 04Illinois$0.36B
  5. 05Pennsylvania$0.27B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 9022. How we count.