Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$15.4 billion$15.4B
vs 2010
1.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
2%
Busiest portTop port
Burlington, VT

The US buys the most airplanes from Canada: 41% of $15.4 billion.

France is second at 27%. Airplanes, helicopters and spacecraft.

Where US airplanes come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $15.4B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$6.33B41.0%
  2. 02France$4.20B27.2%
  3. 03Brazil$2.19B14.2%
  4. 04Germany$1.72B11.1%
  5. 05Switzerland$0.63B4.1%
  6. 06Israel$0.13B0.8%
  7. 07Italy$0.13B0.8%
  8. 08Austria$42.3M0.3%
  9. 09United Kingdom$17.9M0.1%
  10. 10Czech Republic$16.7M0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $48.7M0.3%

Total US airplanes imports by year · $8.9B in 2010 to $15.4B 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 airplanes imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US airplanes imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Canada31% → 41%
Switzerland1.4% → 4.1%
France26% → 27%
Italy0.3% → 0.8%
Austria<0.1% → 0.3%
Czech Republic<0.1% → 0.1%
United Kingdom0.2% → 0.1%
Brazil15% → 14%
Israel2.3% → 0.8%
Germany22% → 11%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

No single region supplies most imported airplanes. Europe leads at 44%, then North America at 41%. Canada and France send 68% between them, and Brazil, Germany and Switzerland add another 29%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02France
  3. 03Brazil
  4. 04Germany
  5. 05Switzerland
  6. 06Israel
  7. 07Italy
  8. 08Austria

Where it enters

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

66% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Burlington alone takes 29%. Minneapolis-St. Paul and Melbourne Airport follow at 11% and 10%.

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  1. ABurlington, VT $4.49B
  2. BMinneapolis-St. Paul, MN $1.69B
  3. CMelbourne Airport, FL $1.58B
  4. DBangor, ME $1.17B
  5. EAtlanta, GA $0.86B
  6. FLittle Rock, AR $0.78B
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 airplanes is used.

Four states are listed for over $1B each.

  1. 01Florida$3.31B
  2. 02Connecticut$3.18B
  3. 03Georgia$2.23B
  4. 04Texas$1.49B
  5. 05Arkansas$0.82B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 8802. How we count.