Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$23.2 million$23.2M
vs 2010
0.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
55%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press studs: China leads with 28% of $23.2 million.

Japan is second at 14%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $23.2M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$6.4M27.7%
  2. 02Japan$3.3M14.3%
  3. 03Mexico$3.1M13.3%
  4. 04Italy$2.8M11.9%
  5. 05Germany$1.4M6.2%
  6. 06Taiwan$1.4M5.9%
  7. 07Thailand$888K3.8%
  8. 08India$705K3.0%
  9. 09Vietnam$198K0.9%
  10. 10Hong Kong$114K0.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $2.9M12.4%

Total US HS 9606 imports by year · $46.7M in 2010 to $23.2M 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.

Japan10% → 14%
Mexico9.6% → 13%
India0.9% → 3%
Vietnam0.3% → 0.9%
Germany5.7% → 6.2%
Italy13% → 12%
Hong Kong2.1% → 0.5%
Taiwan9.7% → 5.9%
Thailand8.5% → 3.8%
China34% → 28%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Asia. China and Japan send 42% between them, and Taiwan, Thailand and India add another 13%. Italy and Germany send 18% from Europe.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Japan
  3. 03Mexico
  4. 04Italy
  5. 05Germany
  6. 06Taiwan
  7. 07Thailand
  8. 08India

Where it lands

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

55% arrives by ship, mostly in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 30%. Laredo and Newark follow at 12% and 9%.

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ABCDEF
  1. ALos Angeles, CA $7.0M
  2. BLaredo, TX $2.7M
  3. CNewark, NJ $2.0M
  4. DLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $1.6M
  5. ELong Beach, CA $1.5M
  6. FJFK Airport, NY $1.3M
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 $1M each.

  1. 01Georgia$3.6M
  2. 02New York$2.7M
  3. 03California$2.7M
  4. 04Oklahoma$2.7M
  5. 05Kentucky$2.5M
$1M+$400K–1M$100–400K$10–100KUnder $10K

Counted under HS 9606. How we count.