Shipped Where
Imports through here, 2025
$701 million
Share of all US imports
under 0.1%
Rank among ports
#146 of 209
Arrived by ship
48%

Milwaukee, WI is the 146th busiest US port by import value: $701 million in 2025.

That is under 0.1% of everything the US imported. The largest source is China (28%), followed by Netherlands (21%). The top product line is flat-rolled iron or nonalloy steel products, 600 mm or more wide, followed by medicines, phones and network equipment and printers and printing machinery. The total is up 119% from 2015, in nominal dollars.

Top sources

Countries of origin for goods through Milwaukee, WI, 2025. Gray line is 2015.

  1. 01China$196M · 27.9%
  2. 02Netherlands$144M · 20.6%
  3. 03Germany$65M · 9.3%
  4. 04Malaysia$64.7M · 9.2%
  5. 05Vietnam$60.8M · 8.7%
  6. 06Spain$35.3M · 5.0%
  7. 07Mexico$27.9M · 4.0%
  8. 08United Kingdom$24.2M · 3.5%

Top products

Goods through Milwaukee, WI by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015.

  1. 01Flat-rolled iron or nonalloy steel products, 600 mm or more wide$274M · 39.0%
  2. 02Medicines$113M · 16.0%
  3. 03Phones and network equipment$94.3M · 13.5%
  4. 04Printers and printing machinery$38.9M · 5.5%
  5. 05Computers and computer units$37.7M · 5.4%
  6. 06Flat-rolled iron or nonalloy steel products$13.1M · 1.9%
  7. 07Salt & pure sodium chloride$12.9M · 1.8%
  8. 08Transmission shafts and gears$9.4M · 1.3%

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 28%. The top three together are 58% of the value.

  1. 01China
  2. 02Netherlands
  3. 03Germany
  4. 04Malaysia
  5. 05Vietnam
  6. 06Spain
  7. 07Mexico
  8. 08United Kingdom

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