Shipped Where
Imports through here, 2025
$65.8 billion
Share of all US imports
1.9%
Rank among ports
#15 of 209
Land & other
99%

Detroit, MI is the 15th busiest US port by import value: $65.8 billion in 2025.

That is 1.9% of everything the US imported. Most of it comes from Canada (85%). The top product line is cars, followed by car parts, medicines and gasoline engines. The total is down 6% from 2015, in nominal dollars.

Top sources

Countries of origin for goods through Detroit, MI, 2025. Gray line is 2015.

  1. 01Canada$55.6B · 84.6%
  2. 02Germany$1.9B · 2.8%
  3. 03China$1.6B · 2.4%
  4. 04South Korea$1.1B · 1.6%
  5. 05Ireland$905M · 1.4%
  6. 06Switzerland$854M · 1.3%
  7. 07Japan$432M · 0.7%
  8. 08Mexico$317M · 0.5%

Top products

Goods through Detroit, MI by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015.

  1. 01Cars$18.2B · 27.7%
  2. 02Car parts$7.2B · 11.0%
  3. 03Medicines$2.7B · 4.1%
  4. 04Gasoline engines$2.3B · 3.5%
  5. 05Pickups & trucks$2.0B · 3.1%
  6. 06Cookies, crackers & baked goods$1.4B · 2.1%
  7. 07Jet engines and gas turbines$1.1B · 1.7%
  8. 08Engine parts$789M · 1.2%

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

Where it comes from

Canada is the largest source at 85%. The top three together are 90% of the value.

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