Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$7.1 billion$7.1B
vs 2010
2.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
22%
Busiest portTop port
Chicago, IL

Measuring and checking instruments: Germany leads with 17% of $7.1 billion.

Mexico is a close second at 14%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $7.1B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$1.19B16.6%
  2. 02Mexico$0.99B13.9%
  3. 03Japan$0.81B11.3%
  4. 04Canada$0.59B8.2%
  5. 05China$0.38B5.4%
  6. 06United Kingdom$0.31B4.4%
  7. 07South Korea$0.25B3.6%
  8. 08Switzerland$0.24B3.4%
  9. 09Israel$0.24B3.4%
  10. 10Taiwan$0.24B3.3%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $1.90B26.6%

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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.

Mexico3.9% → 14%
South Korea2.8% → 3.6%
Switzerland3% → 3.4%
Canada9.2% → 8.2%
United Kingdom5.4% → 4.4%
Japan12% → 11%
Taiwan4.6% → 3.3%
Germany18% → 17%
Israel6.4% → 3.4%
China11% → 5.4%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Europe is the largest source at 40%, then Asia at 34%. Germany and Mexico send 30% between them, and Japan, Canada and China add another 25%.

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

Where it lands

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

59% arrives by air. Chicago alone takes 11%. Laredo and New Orleans follow at 7% and 6%.

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

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  1. AChicago, IL $0.81B
  2. BLaredo, TX $0.48B
  3. CNew Orleans, LA $0.45B
  4. DLos Angeles, CA $0.40B
  5. ENewark, NJ $0.39B
  6. FCleveland, OH $0.39B
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.

20 states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01California$0.86B
  2. 02Texas$0.77B
  3. 03Illinois$0.67B
  4. 04Michigan$0.52B
  5. 05Kentucky$0.41B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 9031. How we count.