Shipped Where
Imports through here, 2025
$1.1 billion
Share of all US imports
under 0.1%
Rank among ports
#129 of 209
Arrived by air
92%

Birmingham, AL is the 129th busiest US port by import value: $1.1 billion in 2025.

That is under 0.1% of everything the US imported. The largest source is Germany (31%), followed by Belgium (27%). The top product line is blood products, antibodies and vaccines, followed by jet engines and gas turbines. The total is up 5221% from 2015, in nominal dollars.

Top sources

Countries of origin for goods through Birmingham, AL, 2025. Gray line is 2015.

  1. 01Germany$335M · 30.7%
  2. 02Belgium$297M · 27.3%
  3. 03Austria$175M · 16.0%
  4. 04Hungary$111M · 10.2%
  5. 05China$80.4M · 7.4%
  6. 06Italy$21.5M · 2.0%
  7. 07United Kingdom$16.8M · 1.5%
  8. 08Romania$8.6M · 0.8%

Top products

Goods through Birmingham, AL by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015.

  1. 01Blood products, antibodies and vaccines$255M · 23.4%
  2. 02Jet engines and gas turbines$133M · 12.2%
  3. 03Revolvers and pistols, designed to fire live ammunition$108M · 9.9%
  4. 04Reception apparatus for radiotelephony$105M · 9.6%
  5. 05Rechargeable batteries$85.4M · 7.8%
  6. 06Parts and accessories of arms of headings 9301 to 9304$46M · 4.2%
  7. 07Electrical machines, not elsewhere specified$30.9M · 2.8%
  8. 08Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen hetero-atom only$17.3M · 1.6%

Excludes US goods returned after export and other special trade codes.

Where it comes from

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

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Germany is the largest source at 31%. The top three together are 74% of the value.

  1. 01Germany
  2. 02Belgium
  3. 03Austria
  4. 04Hungary
  5. 05China
  6. 06Italy
  7. 07United Kingdom
  8. 08Romania

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

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