Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2.5 billion$2.5B
vs 2010
3.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
59%
Busiest portTop port
West Palm Beach, FL

The US buys the most boats & yachts from Italy: 21% of $2.5 billion.

Mexico is a close second at 20%. Yachts, sailboats and pleasure craft.

Where US boats & yachts come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2.5B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Italy$0.52B21.0%
  2. 02Mexico$0.50B20.0%
  3. 03France$0.16B6.6%
  4. 04Canada$0.16B6.6%
  5. 05United Kingdom$0.15B6.0%
  6. 06Germany$0.13B5.3%
  7. 07Finland$0.13B5.2%
  8. 08China$0.12B4.9%
  9. 09Taiwan$0.11B4.3%
  10. 10Australia$95.8M3.9%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.40B16.1%

Total US boats & yachts imports by year · $757M in 2010 to $2.5B 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 boats & yachts imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US boats & yachts imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Mexico9.6% → 20%
Finland0.8% → 5.2%
Australia3.2% → 3.9%
Italy22% → 21%
China6.3% → 4.9%
United Kingdom7.8% → 6%
France8.7% → 6.6%
Germany10% → 5.3%
Taiwan9.3% → 4.3%
Canada12% → 6.6%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported boats & yachts are made in Europe. Italy and France send 28% between them, and the United Kingdom, Germany, Finland and Poland add another 20%. Mexico sends 20% from Latin America.

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  1. 01Italy
  2. 02Mexico
  3. 03France
  4. 04Canada
  5. 05United Kingdom
  6. 06Germany
  7. 07Finland
  8. 08China

Where it lands

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

59% arrives by ship, mostly through East Coast ports. West Palm Beach takes 23%. Port Everglades and Laredo follow at 18% and 15%.

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  1. AWest Palm Beach, FL $0.58B
  2. BPort Everglades, FL $0.44B
  3. CLaredo, TX $0.36B
  4. DNorfolk, VA $0.12B
  5. EBaltimore, MD $0.10B
  6. FHidalgo, TX $75.9M
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 boats & yachts is used.

One state is listed for over $1B.

  1. 01Florida$1.25B
  2. 02Texas$0.41B
  3. 03New York$0.12B
  4. 04Washington$0.10B
  5. 05California$0.10B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 8903. How we count.