Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.2 billion$1.2B
vs 2010
3.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
72%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Most imported candles come from Vietnam: 54% of $1.2 billion.

Canada is second at 21%. Candles, tapers and wax lights.

Where US candles come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.2B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Vietnam$0.62B53.7%
  2. 02Canada$0.25B21.4%
  3. 03Mexico$54.7M4.7%
  4. 04India$52.5M4.5%
  5. 05China$39.6M3.4%
  6. 06Dominican Republic$37.1M3.2%
  7. 07France$21.5M1.9%
  8. 08United Kingdom$12.8M1.1%
  9. 09Poland$12.3M1.1%
  10. 10Thailand$12.2M1.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $46.3M4.0%

Total US candles imports by year · $398M in 2010 to $1.2B 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 candles imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US candles imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Vietnam35% → 54%
Dominican Republic3.1% → 3.2%
France2.1% → 1.9%
Mexico5.2% → 4.7%
United Kingdom1.9% → 1.1%
Poland2.1% → 1.1%
Thailand3% → 1.1%
Canada24% → 21%
India7.6% → 4.5%
China9.1% → 3.4%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported candles are made in Southeast Asia. Vietnam alone sends 54%, and India, China and Thailand add another 9%. Canada adds 21%.

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  1. 01Vietnam
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03Mexico
  4. 04India
  5. 05China
  6. 06Dominican Republic
  7. 07France
  8. 08United Kingdom

Where it lands

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

72% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 27%. Buffalo-Niagara Falls and Long Beach follow at 10% and 9%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.31B
  2. BBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $0.11B
  3. CLong Beach, CA $0.11B
  4. DNewark, NJ $0.11B
  5. ESavannah, GA $82.7M
  6. FPort Huron, MI $78.2M
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 candles is used.

Two states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01California$0.32B
  2. 02Ohio$0.10B
  3. 03Texas$93.5M
  4. 04Georgia$92.7M
  5. 05New Jersey$82.9M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 3406. How we count.