Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$4.3 billion$4.3B
vs 2010
6.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
75%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Imports of articles admitted free of duty under special: mostly from China, 51% of $4.3 billion.

Mexico is second at 13%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $4.3B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$2.16B50.5%
  2. 02Mexico$0.55B13.0%
  3. 03Vietnam$0.22B5.1%
  4. 04Canada$0.19B4.5%
  5. 05Spain$0.17B3.9%
  6. 06South Korea$0.14B3.2%
  7. 07Netherlands$86.7M2.0%
  8. 08Germany$86.0M2.0%
  9. 09Italy$75.3M1.8%
  10. 10Taiwan$56.1M1.3%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.54B12.6%

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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.

China33% → 51%
Vietnam1% → 5.1%
Canada1% → 4.5%
South Korea0.6% → 3.2%
Mexico13% → 13%
Taiwan1.8% → 1.3%
Germany3.6% → 2%
Netherlands6.7% → 2%
Italy6.8% → 1.8%
Spain17% → 3.9%
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 51%, and Vietnam, South Korea, India, Taiwan and Thailand add another 12%. Mexico sends 13% from Latin America.

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Where it lands

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

75% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 17%. Savannah and Long Beach follow at 10% and 9%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.71B
  2. BSavannah, GA $0.44B
  3. CLong Beach, CA $0.39B
  4. DNewark, NJ $0.37B
  5. ELaredo, TX $0.28B
  6. FCharleston, SC $0.27B
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.

16 states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Illinois$0.53B
  2. 02California$0.50B
  3. 03South Carolina$0.39B
  4. 04Wisconsin$0.23B
  5. 05New York$0.19B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 9817. How we count.