Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$82 billion$82B
vs 2010
1.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
37%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

The US buys the most car parts from Mexico: 43% of $82 billion.

Canada is second at 13%. Bumpers, brakes, gearboxes and thousands of other parts.

Where US car parts come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $82B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$34.88B42.6%
  2. 02Canada$10.76B13.1%
  3. 03China$8.08B9.9%
  4. 04Japan$6.62B8.1%
  5. 05South Korea$5.83B7.1%
  6. 06Germany$4.30B5.2%
  7. 07Taiwan$1.84B2.2%
  8. 08India$1.80B2.2%
  9. 09Thailand$1.47B1.8%
  10. 10Italy$0.73B0.9%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $5.66B6.9%

Total US car parts imports by year · $42.1B in 2010 to $82B 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 car parts imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US car parts imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Mexico33% → 43%
Thailand0.6% → 1.8%
India1.5% → 2.2%
South Korea7% → 7.1%
Italy1% → 0.9%
Taiwan2.4% → 2.2%
Canada15% → 13%
Germany8.4% → 5.2%
Japan11% → 8.1%
China14% → 9.9%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

No single region supplies most imported car parts. Latin America leads at 43%, then Asia at 33%. Mexico and Canada send 56% between them, and China, Japan and South Korea add another 25%.

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Where it enters

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

61% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Laredo alone takes 32%. Los Angeles and Detroit follow at 10% and 9%.

Goods crossing by land are recorded at Census ports of entry, which can be inland.

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  1. ALaredo, TX $25.87B
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $7.79B
  3. CDetroit, MI $7.24B
  4. DPort Huron, MI $4.65B
  5. ECharleston, SC $4.12B
  6. FSavannah, GA $4.12B
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 car parts is used.

One state is listed for over $10B.

  1. 01Michigan$22.40B
  2. 02Texas$9.71B
  3. 03California$6.06B
  4. 04Alabama$5.45B
  5. 05South Carolina$5.02B
$10B+$4–10B$1–4B$100M–1BUnder $100M

Counted under HS 8708. How we count.