Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.9 billion$1.9B
vs 2010
2.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
61%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

The US buys the most bandages & first aid from China: 36% of $1.9 billion.

Mexico is second at 13%. Dressings, gauze and adhesive bandages.

Where US bandages & first aid come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.9B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$0.69B36.4%
  2. 02Mexico$0.25B13.0%
  3. 03United Kingdom$0.20B10.8%
  4. 04Germany$0.10B5.5%
  5. 05Japan$0.10B5.4%
  6. 06Finland$79.5M4.2%
  7. 07South Korea$62.6M3.3%
  8. 08Brazil$58.7M3.1%
  9. 09Vietnam$50.5M2.7%
  10. 10France$43.3M2.3%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.25B13.4%

Total US bandages & first aid imports by year · $740M in 2010 to $1.9B 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 bandages & first aid imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US bandages & first aid imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Mexico6.5% → 13%
South Korea0.4% → 3.3%
Vietnam<0.1% → 2.7%
Japan4.7% → 5.4%
France1.8% → 2.3%
Germany5.1% → 5.5%
United Kingdom13% → 11%
China39% → 36%
Finland8.8% → 4.2%
Brazil8.7% → 3.1%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

No single region supplies most imported bandages & first aid. Asia leads at 50%, then Europe at 29%. China and Mexico send 49% between them, and the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan add another 22%.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Mexico
  3. 03United Kingdom
  4. 04Germany
  5. 05Japan
  6. 06Finland
  7. 07South Korea
  8. 08Brazil

Where it lands

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

61% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Los Angeles takes 12%. Newark and Savannah follow at 9% and 8%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.23B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.18B
  3. CSavannah, GA $0.15B
  4. DOakland, CA $0.15B
  5. EYsleta, TX $0.14B
  6. FChicago, IL $0.13B
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 bandages & first aid is used.

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

  1. 01California$0.31B
  2. 02Texas$0.25B
  3. 03Georgia$0.16B
  4. 04New Jersey$0.14B
  5. 05Illinois$0.13B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 3005. How we count.