Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$944 million$944M
vs 2010
1.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
98%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Most imported artificial plants come from China: 94% of $944 million.

Vietnam is second at 2%. Faux flowers, foliage and fruit.

Where US artificial plants come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $944M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$886M93.9%
  2. 02Vietnam$20.6M2.2%
  3. 03Thailand$8.1M0.9%
  4. 04Indonesia$6.4M0.7%
  5. 05Cambodia$5.7M0.6%
  6. 06Mexico$4.5M0.5%
  7. 07India$3.8M0.4%
  8. 08Hong Kong$2.3M0.2%
  9. 09Philippines$1.0M0.1%
  10. 10Spain$767K<0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $4.8M0.5%

Total US artificial plants imports by year · $485M in 2010 to $944M 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 artificial plants imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US artificial plants imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Vietnam<0.1% → 2.2%
Indonesia<0.1% → 0.7%
Cambodia0.1% → 0.6%
Spain<0.1% → <0.1%
Mexico0.5% → 0.5%
India0.5% → 0.4%
Philippines0.2% → 0.1%
Thailand1.1% → 0.9%
Hong Kong0.7% → 0.2%
China96% → 94%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

China alone sends 94%, and Vietnam adds another 2%.

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Where it lands

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

98% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 45%. Long Beach and Newark follow at 11% and 10%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $429M
  2. BLong Beach, CA $106M
  3. CNewark, NJ $95.7M
  4. DSavannah, GA $67.3M
  5. EHouston, TX $38.7M
  6. FTacoma, WA $34.4M
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 artificial plants is used.

Two states are listed for over $100M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01California$264M
  2. 02Oklahoma$180M
  3. 03Texas$56.3M
  4. 04New Jersey$50.3M
  5. 05Georgia$47.7M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 6702. How we count.