Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$19.8 billion$19.8B
vs 2010
3.1× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
35%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

The US buys the most cables & wires from Mexico: 34% of $19.8 billion.

China is second at 18%. Insulated wire, cable and optical-fiber cable, without vehicle wiring sets.

Where US cables & wires come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $19.8B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$6.64B33.5%
  2. 02China$3.60B18.2%
  3. 03Vietnam$1.80B9.1%
  4. 04South Korea$0.95B4.8%
  5. 05Canada$0.73B3.7%
  6. 06India$0.67B3.4%
  7. 07Germany$0.48B2.4%
  8. 08Taiwan$0.48B2.4%
  9. 09Japan$0.46B2.3%
  10. 10Poland$0.45B2.3%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $3.54B17.9%

Total US cables & wires imports by year · $6.4B in 2010 to $19.8B 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 cables & wires imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US cables & wires imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Vietnam0.8% → 9.1%
South Korea1.5% → 4.8%
India0.2% → 3.4%
Mexico32% → 34%
Poland1.3% → 2.3%
Japan1.8% → 2.3%
Taiwan2.4% → 2.4%
Germany2.9% → 2.4%
Canada5.3% → 3.7%
China41% → 18%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

No single region supplies most imported cables & wires. Asia leads at 49%, then Latin America at 36%. Mexico and China send 52% between them, and Vietnam, South Korea and Canada add another 18%.

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

Where it lands

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

It arrives several ways: 40% by land and other routes, 35% by ship and 25% by air. Laredo takes 11%. Los Angeles and Hidalgo follow at 10% and 9%.

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  1. ALaredo, TX $2.14B
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $2.08B
  3. CHidalgo, TX $1.75B
  4. DChicago, IL $1.24B
  5. ENogales, AZ $1.19B
  6. FLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $0.93B
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 cables & wires is used.

Five states are listed for over $1B each.

  1. 01California$3.06B
  2. 02Texas$2.95B
  3. 03Georgia$1.83B
  4. 04North Carolina$1.74B
  5. 05Illinois$1.18B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 854411, 854419, 854420, 854442, 854449, 854460, 854470. How we count.