Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$4.1 billion$4.1B
vs 2010
1.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
24%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow: Mexico leads with 23% of $4.1 billion.

Germany is second at 13%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $4.1B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$0.94B22.9%
  2. 02Germany$0.54B13.2%
  3. 03China$0.40B9.6%
  4. 04Japan$0.36B8.8%
  5. 05United Kingdom$0.24B5.8%
  6. 06Canada$0.23B5.5%
  7. 07Switzerland$0.16B3.9%
  8. 08France$0.16B3.9%
  9. 09Taiwan$0.14B3.4%
  10. 10Malaysia$0.12B2.9%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.83B20.2%

Total US HS 9026 imports by year · $2.2B in 2010 to $4.1B 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.

Taiwan2% → 3.4%
Canada4.1% → 5.5%
Germany12% → 13%
Switzerland3.2% → 3.9%
France3.4% → 3.9%
Malaysia2.8% → 2.9%
Japan9.5% → 8.8%
Mexico26% → 23%
United Kingdom9% → 5.8%
China14% → 9.6%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Europe is the largest source at 37%, then Asia at 33%. Mexico and Germany send 36% between them, and China, Japan and the United Kingdom add another 24%.

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Where it lands

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

It arrives several ways: 48% by air, 28% by land and other routes and 24% by ship. No single port dominates: Laredo leads with 10%. Los Angeles and Chicago follow at 7% each.

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  1. ALaredo, TX $0.40B
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $0.30B
  3. CChicago, IL $0.28B
  4. DCleveland, OH $0.27B
  5. ENew Orleans, LA $0.23B
  6. FNewark, NJ $0.21B
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. 01Texas$0.57B
  2. 02Massachusetts$0.34B
  3. 03Michigan$0.28B
  4. 04California$0.26B
  5. 05Indiana$0.23B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 9026. How we count.