Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.4 billion$1.4B
vs 2010
13.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
96%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete: mostly from China, 88% of $1.4 billion.

Vietnam is second at 5%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.4B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$1.25B88.2%
  2. 02Vietnam$67.7M4.8%
  3. 03Thailand$66.6M4.7%
  4. 04Malaysia$18.8M1.3%
  5. 05Mexico$4.9M0.3%
  6. 06Taiwan$3.7M0.3%
  7. 07Macau$1.1M<0.1%
  8. 08Hong Kong$564K<0.1%
  9. 09United Kingdom$496K<0.1%
  10. 10India$440K<0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $3.4M0.2%

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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.

Vietnam0% → 4.8%
Thailand1.9% → 4.7%
Malaysia0% → 1.3%
Mexico0% → 0.3%
Macau0% → <0.1%
India<0.1% → <0.1%
United Kingdom0.1% → <0.1%
Hong Kong0.7% → <0.1%
Taiwan1% → 0.3%
China96% → 88%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from East Asia. China alone sends 88%, and Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia add another 11%.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Vietnam
  3. 03Thailand
  4. 04Malaysia
  5. 05Mexico
  6. 06Taiwan
  7. 07Macau
  8. 08Hong Kong

Where it lands

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

96% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West Coast ports. Most of it enters at Los Angeles (52%). Long Beach and Tacoma follow at 15% and 5%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.75B
  2. BLong Beach, CA $0.21B
  3. CTacoma, WA $75.3M
  4. DSavannah, GA $60.7M
  5. ENewark, NJ $59.7M
  6. FHouston, TX $50.6M
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 $100M each.

  1. 01California$0.39B
  2. 02Utah$0.26B
  3. 03Tennessee$0.14B
  4. 04Washington$86.0M
  5. 05Texas$83.1M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 9617. How we count.