Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$190 million$190M
vs 2010
0.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
90%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Cigarette lighters and other lighters: China leads with 48% of $190 million.

France is second at 26%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $190M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$91.6M48.2%
  2. 02France$50.3M26.4%
  3. 03Spain$23.1M12.1%
  4. 04Mexico$8.8M4.6%
  5. 05Indonesia$3.7M1.9%
  6. 06Italy$3.7M1.9%
  7. 07Thailand$2.9M1.5%
  8. 08Vietnam$1.4M0.8%
  9. 09Japan$776K0.4%
  10. 10Germany$727K0.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $3.2M1.7%

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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.

China36% → 48%
Spain6.7% → 12%
Indonesia<0.1% → 1.9%
Italy1.3% → 1.9%
Japan0.7% → 0.4%
Germany0.7% → 0.4%
Vietnam1.3% → 0.8%
Thailand2.5% → 1.5%
Mexico9.1% → 4.6%
France38% → 26%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Asia is the largest source at 53%, then Europe at 42%. China and France send 75% between them, and Spain, Mexico and Indonesia add another 19%.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02France
  3. 03Spain
  4. 04Mexico
  5. 05Indonesia
  6. 06Italy
  7. 07Thailand
  8. 08Vietnam

Where it lands

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

90% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 29%. Charleston and Savannah follow at 19% and 17%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $55.2M
  2. BCharleston, SC $36.3M
  3. CSavannah, GA $32.3M
  4. DNew York, NY $15.4M
  5. ENewark, NJ $12.3M
  6. FLong Beach, CA $5.4M
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.

Three states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01North Carolina$67.0M
  2. 02California$54.3M
  3. 03Connecticut$22.0M
  4. 04Florida$5.9M
  5. 05Georgia$5.5M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 9613. How we count.