Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$5 billion$5B
vs 2010
2.8× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
42%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

The US buys the most air conditioners from Mexico: 37% of $5 billion.

Thailand is second at 21%. Window, wall, split-system and central AC units, without parts or car AC.

Where US air conditioners come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $5B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$1.87B37.0%
  2. 02Thailand$1.04B20.6%
  3. 03Canada$0.86B16.9%
  4. 04China$0.49B9.8%
  5. 05Jordan$0.14B2.8%
  6. 06Indonesia$0.14B2.7%
  7. 07Italy$98.3M1.9%
  8. 08Malaysia$59.5M1.2%
  9. 09Japan$57.6M1.1%
  10. 10United Kingdom$47.6M0.9%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.25B5.0%

Total US air conditioners imports by year · $1.8B in 2010 to $5B in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2010 to 2025

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US air conditioners imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US air conditioners imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Thailand2.2% → 21%
Canada7.4% → 17%
Mexico32% → 37%
Indonesia<0.1% → 2.7%
Jordan0.4% → 2.8%
Italy0.3% → 1.9%
Malaysia<0.1% → 1.2%
United Kingdom0.5% → 0.9%
Japan1.3% → 1.1%
China52% → 9.8%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

No single region supplies most imported air conditioners. Asia and Latin America each supply 37%. Mexico and Thailand send 58% between them, and Canada, China and Jordan add another 30%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Thailand
  3. 03Canada
  4. 04China
  5. 05Jordan
  6. 06Indonesia
  7. 07Italy
  8. 08Malaysia

Where it enters

US port where it entered, 2025. Letters match the list.

55% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Laredo alone takes 30%. Los Angeles and Newark follow at 9% and 7%.

Goods crossing by land are recorded at Census ports of entry, which can be inland.

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  1. ALaredo, TX $1.51B
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $0.43B
  3. CNewark, NJ $0.37B
  4. DHouston, TX $0.34B
  5. EOtay Mesa, CA $0.32B
  6. FLong Beach, CA $0.29B
More detail: states listed on entry paperworkMore detail: states on paperwork

This is the destination written on customs forms, often a warehouse or distributor near the port. It is not where the air conditioners is used.

One state is listed for over $1B.

  1. 01Texas$1.25B
  2. 02California$0.88B
  3. 03Georgia$0.51B
  4. 04Ohio$0.31B
  5. 05Virginia$0.28B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 841510, 841581, 841582, 841583. How we count.