Shipped Where
Imports through here, 2025
$81.5 billion
Share of all US imports
2.4%
Rank among ports
#10 of 209
Arrived by ship
99%

Houston, TX is the tenth busiest US port by import value: $81.5 billion in 2025.

That is 2.4% of everything the US imported. The largest source is China (15%), followed by India (7%). The top product line is gasoline & refined fuels, followed by crude oil, transformers and power supplies and rechargeable batteries. The total is up 36% from 2015, in nominal dollars.

Top sources

Countries of origin for goods through Houston, TX, 2025. Gray line is 2015.

  1. 01China$12.4B · 15.2%
  2. 02India$5.3B · 6.5%
  3. 03Germany$5.1B · 6.2%
  4. 04South Korea$5.0B · 6.1%
  5. 05Vietnam$4.3B · 5.3%
  6. 06Italy$4.0B · 4.9%
  7. 07Brazil$3.8B · 4.7%
  8. 08Mexico$2.9B · 3.5%

Top products

Goods through Houston, TX by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015.

  1. 01Gasoline & refined fuels$4.8B · 5.9%
  2. 02Crude oil$3.9B · 4.8%
  3. 03Transformers and power supplies$3.3B · 4.1%
  4. 04Rechargeable batteries$2.0B · 2.5%
  5. 05Valves and taps$1.8B · 2.3%
  6. 06Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of iron or steel$1.8B · 2.2%
  7. 07Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles not elsewhere specified$1.5B · 1.9%
  8. 08Furniture other than seats$1.4B · 1.7%

Excludes US goods returned after export.

Where it comes from

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

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China is the largest source at 15%. The top three together are 28% of the value.

  1. 01China
  2. 02India
  3. 03Germany
  4. 04South Korea
  5. 05Vietnam
  6. 06Italy
  7. 07Brazil
  8. 08Mexico

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