Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$4.2 billion$4.2B
vs 2010
1.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
86%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

The US buys the most backpacks & travel bags from China: 24% of $4.2 billion.

Cambodia is a close second at 22%. Backpacks, gym bags and duffels with plastic or textile outers.

Where US backpacks & travel bags come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $4.2B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$1.01B23.9%
  2. 02Cambodia$0.92B21.8%
  3. 03Vietnam$0.84B20.0%
  4. 04Indonesia$0.47B11.1%
  5. 05Philippines$0.19B4.6%
  6. 06France$0.13B3.1%
  7. 07India$0.12B2.7%
  8. 08Italy$97.8M2.3%
  9. 09Myanmar (Burma)$87.9M2.1%
  10. 10Mexico$84.0M2.0%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.27B6.3%

Total US backpacks & travel bags imports by year · $3.2B in 2010 to $4.2B 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 backpacks & travel bags imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US backpacks & travel bags imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Cambodia0.8% → 22%
Indonesia1.2% → 11%
Vietnam11% → 20%
Philippines2.2% → 4.6%
France1.2% → 3.1%
Myanmar (Burma)0.4% → 2.1%
Italy0.6% → 2.3%
India1.1% → 2.7%
Mexico0.9% → 2%
China76% → 24%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported backpacks & travel bags are made in Asia. China and Cambodia send 46% between them, and Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines and India add another 38%. France and Italy ship from Europe.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Cambodia
  3. 03Vietnam
  4. 04Indonesia
  5. 05Philippines
  6. 06France
  7. 07India
  8. 08Italy

Where it lands

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

86% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 38%. Newark and Long Beach follow at 13% and 10%.

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ABCDEF
  1. ALos Angeles, CA $1.61B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.53B
  3. CLong Beach, CA $0.42B
  4. DSavannah, GA $0.22B
  5. ETacoma, WA $0.15B
  6. FNorfolk, VA $0.11B
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 backpacks & travel bags is used.

One state is listed for over $1B.

  1. 01California$1.28B
  2. 02New Jersey$0.33B
  3. 03New York$0.31B
  4. 04Texas$0.23B
  5. 05Florida$0.21B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 420292. How we count.