Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.5 billion$1.5B
vs 2012
0.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
76%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Most imported board & card games come from China: 56% of $1.5 billion.

Japan is second at 15%. Playing cards and table games.

Where US board & card games come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.5B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$0.85B56.3%
  2. 02Japan$0.23B15.0%
  3. 03Vietnam$95.8M6.4%
  4. 04Mexico$89.1M5.9%
  5. 05India$25.1M1.7%
  6. 06Taiwan$22.9M1.5%
  7. 07Canada$22.9M1.5%
  8. 08Austria$19.6M1.3%
  9. 09Germany$17.9M1.2%
  10. 10South Korea$15.0M1.0%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.12B8.2%

Total US board & card games imports by year · $1.6B in 2012 to $1.5B in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2012 to 2025

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US board & card games imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US board & card games imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Japan3.8% → 15%
Vietnam0.2% → 6.4%
Mexico4.2% → 5.9%
India0.6% → 1.7%
South Korea0.4% → 1%
Austria0.8% → 1.3%
Taiwan1.1% → 1.5%
Canada1.1% → 1.5%
Germany1.7% → 1.2%
China79% → 56%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported board & card games are made in East Asia. China alone sends 56%, and Japan, Vietnam, India and Taiwan add another 25%. Mexico ships from Latin America.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Japan
  3. 03Vietnam
  4. 04Mexico
  5. 05India
  6. 06Taiwan
  7. 07Canada
  8. 08Austria

Where it lands

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

76% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 28%. Long Beach and Newark follow at 10% and 7%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.42B
  2. BLong Beach, CA $0.14B
  3. CNewark, NJ $0.11B
  4. DTacoma, WA $98.5M
  5. ESavannah, GA $89.4M
  6. FNorfolk, VA $75.7M
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 board & card games is used.

Three states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01California$0.30B
  2. 02Texas$0.22B
  3. 03Minnesota$0.18B
  4. 04Illinois$93.6M
  5. 05Georgia$69.1M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 950440, 950490. How we count.