Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$4.5 billion$4.5B
vs 2010
1.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
77%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

The US buys the most boots from Vietnam: 25% of $4.5 billion.

China is a close second at 22%. Ankle-covering footwear with leather, rubber or plastic uppers.

Where US boots come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $4.5B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Vietnam$1.12B25.1%
  2. 02China$0.96B21.6%
  3. 03Mexico$0.63B14.1%
  4. 04Cambodia$0.39B8.8%
  5. 05Indonesia$0.37B8.4%
  6. 06Italy$0.28B6.4%
  7. 07Bangladesh$0.22B5.0%
  8. 08India$0.14B3.1%
  9. 09Thailand$58.8M1.3%
  10. 10Dominican Republic$56.4M1.3%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.22B5.0%

Total US boots imports by year · $4.3B in 2010 to $4.5B 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 boots imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US boots imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Vietnam13% → 25%
Mexico5% → 14%
Cambodia0.6% → 8.8%
Indonesia2.6% → 8.4%
Bangladesh0.9% → 5%
Italy4.6% → 6.4%
Thailand0.3% → 1.3%
India2% → 3.1%
Dominican Republic1.8% → 1.3%
China65% → 22%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported boots are made in Asia. Vietnam and China send 47% between them, and Cambodia, Indonesia, Bangladesh and India add another 25%. Mexico and the Dominican Republic send 15% from Latin America.

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

Where it lands

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

77% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 39%. Laredo and Newark follow at 12% and 11%.

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ABCDEF
  1. ALos Angeles, CA $1.74B
  2. BLaredo, TX $0.53B
  3. CNewark, NJ $0.48B
  4. DLong Beach, CA $0.41B
  5. ESavannah, GA $0.23B
  6. FSeattle, WA $0.15B
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 boots is used.

One state is listed for over $1B.

  1. 01California$1.43B
  2. 02Texas$0.61B
  3. 03New York$0.25B
  4. 04Tennessee$0.20B
  5. 05New Hampshire$0.18B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 640351, 640391, 640291. How we count.