Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$181 billion$181B
vs 2010
1.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
69%
Busiest portTop port
Baltimore, MD

The US buys the most cars from Mexico: 25% of $181 billion.

Japan is a close second at 20%. Passenger vehicles, the biggest consumer import by value.

Where US cars come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share of the $181B the US imported, by country of origin

  1. Mexico$44.54B24.6%
  2. Japan$36.24B20.0%
  3. South Korea$30.76B17.0%
  4. Canada$25.11B13.9%
  5. Germany$20.70B11.4%
  6. United Kingdom$6.89B3.8%
  7. Slovakia$4.67B2.6%
  8. Sweden$2.98B1.6%
  9. Italy$2.31B1.3%
  10. China$1.75B1.0%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $5.22B2.9%

Total US cars imports by year · $115B in 2010 to $181B 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 cars imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US cars imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Mexico14% → 25%
South Korea10% → 17%
Slovakia0.8% → 2.6%
Sweden0.8% → 1.6%
China0.2% → 1%
United Kingdom4% → 3.8%
Italy2.4% → 1.3%
Japan21% → 20%
Germany16% → 11%
Canada26% → 14%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

Circle size = dollar value, 2025. Numbers match the list.

No single region supplies most imported cars. Asia leads at 38%, then Latin America at 25%. Mexico and Japan send 45% between them, and South Korea, Canada and Germany add another 42%.

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  1. 1Mexico
  2. 2Japan
  3. 3South Korea
  4. 4Canada
  5. 5Germany
  6. 6United Kingdom
  7. 7Slovakia
  8. 8Sweden

Where it lands

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

69% arrives by ship, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Baltimore takes 10%. Detroit and Brunswick follow at 10% and 9%.

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  1. ABaltimore, MD $18.47B
  2. BDetroit, MI $18.21B
  3. CBrunswick, GA $16.77B
  4. DLaredo, TX $16.49B
  5. ENewark, NJ $10.36B
  6. FPort Hueneme, CA $10.29B
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 cars is used.

Six states are listed for over $10B each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. Michigan$39.80B
  2. California$33.20B
  3. Texas$19.00B
  4. New Jersey$13.30B
  5. Maryland$12.40B
$10B+$4–10B$1–4B$100M–1BUnder $100M

Counted under HS 8703. How we count.