Shipped Where
Imports through here, 2025
$3.4 billion
Share of all US imports
under 0.1%
Rank among ports
#89 of 209
Arrived by air
69%

Louisville, KY is the 89th busiest US port by import value: $3.4 billion in 2025.

That is under 0.1% of everything the US imported. The largest source is Mexico (23%), followed by China (17%). The top product line is gold, followed by medicines, rechargeable batteries and computer parts and accessories. The total is up 20% from 2015, in nominal dollars.

Top sources

Countries of origin for goods through Louisville, KY, 2025. Gray line is 2015.

  1. 01Mexico$788M · 23.2%
  2. 02China$577M · 16.9%
  3. 03Japan$553M · 16.2%
  4. 04Canada$519M · 15.2%
  5. 05Taiwan$349M · 10.3%
  6. 06Germany$167M · 4.9%
  7. 07South Korea$57.5M · 1.7%
  8. 08Hong Kong$48.5M · 1.4%

Top products

Goods through Louisville, KY by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015.

  1. 01Gold$522M · 15.3%
  2. 02Medicines$473M · 13.9%
  3. 03Rechargeable batteries$471M · 13.8%
  4. 04Computer parts and accessories$228M · 6.7%
  5. 05Jet engines and gas turbines$219M · 6.4%
  6. 06Measuring and checking instruments$146M · 4.3%
  7. 07Jewelry$128M · 3.7%
  8. 08Waste and scrap of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal$65M · 1.9%

Excludes US goods returned after export.

Where it comes from

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

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Mexico is the largest source at 23%. The top three together are 56% of the value.

  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02China
  3. 03Japan
  4. 04Canada
  5. 05Taiwan
  6. 06Germany
  7. 07South Korea
  8. 08Hong Kong

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

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