Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.8 billion$1.8B
vs 2010
0.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
83%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

The US buys the most bras from Vietnam: 30% of $1.8 billion.

China is second at 18%. Brassieres, knit and woven.

Where US bras come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.8B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Vietnam$0.53B29.6%
  2. 02China$0.33B18.2%
  3. 03Indonesia$0.27B15.2%
  4. 04Sri Lanka$0.22B12.1%
  5. 05Bangladesh$0.12B6.6%
  6. 06Thailand$89.8M5.0%
  7. 07Cambodia$63.6M3.5%
  8. 08Dominican Republic$37.9M2.1%
  9. 09Honduras$28.2M1.6%
  10. 10India$25.3M1.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $86.1M4.8%

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US bras imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US bras imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Vietnam2.1% → 30%
Indonesia6.9% → 15%
Bangladesh2.8% → 6.6%
Cambodia1.5% → 3.5%
Sri Lanka11% → 12%
Thailand4% → 5%
Dominican Republic4.5% → 2.1%
India4.3% → 1.4%
Honduras4.9% → 1.6%
China50% → 18%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported bras are made in Southeast Asia. Vietnam and China send 48% between them, and Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Thailand add another 39%. The Dominican Republic and Honduras ship from Latin America.

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  1. 01Vietnam
  2. 02China
  3. 03Indonesia
  4. 04Sri Lanka
  5. 05Bangladesh
  6. 06Thailand
  7. 07Cambodia
  8. 08Dominican Republic

Where it lands

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

83% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 32%. Savannah and Long Beach follow at 14% and 13%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.58B
  2. BSavannah, GA $0.26B
  3. CLong Beach, CA $0.24B
  4. DNewark, NJ $0.23B
  5. EChicago, IL $96.5M
  6. FNorfolk, VA $45.1M
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 bras is used.

Seven states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Ohio$0.40B
  2. 02California$0.29B
  3. 03North Carolina$0.20B
  4. 04New York$0.20B
  5. 05New Jersey$0.12B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 621210. How we count.