Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.9 billion$1.9B
vs 2010
2.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
11%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters: mostly from Mexico, 71% of $1.9 billion.

Vietnam is second at 7%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.9B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$1.36B70.7%
  2. 02Vietnam$0.14B7.2%
  3. 03Canada$94.2M4.9%
  4. 04Israel$81.3M4.2%
  5. 05Malaysia$53.1M2.8%
  6. 06China$42.4M2.2%
  7. 07Germany$36.1M1.9%
  8. 08India$33.7M1.8%
  9. 09Japan$6.6M0.3%
  10. 10Taiwan$5.8M0.3%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $72.2M3.8%

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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.

Canada2.5% → 4.9%
Malaysia0.4% → 2.8%
Vietnam5.3% → 7.2%
Taiwan0.2% → 0.3%
Japan0.5% → 0.3%
India2% → 1.8%
Germany2.2% → 1.9%
Israel4.6% → 4.2%
Mexico71% → 71%
China8% → 2.2%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Mexico alone sends 71%, and Vietnam, Canada, Israel and Malaysia add another 19%. Asia is the next-largest source region at 15%.

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Where it enters

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

80% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Laredo alone takes 41%. Hidalgo and Nogales follow at 15% and 10%.

Goods crossing by land are recorded at Census ports of entry, which can be inland.

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  1. ALaredo, TX $0.78B
  2. BHidalgo, TX $0.28B
  3. CNogales, AZ $0.19B
  4. DYsleta, TX $0.14B
  5. ENewark, NJ $51.2M
  6. FLong Beach, CA $38.9M
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.

Six states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Pennsylvania$0.38B
  2. 02Florida$0.34B
  3. 03Georgia$0.34B
  4. 04Arizona$0.19B
  5. 05Texas$0.14B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 9028. How we count.