Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$276 million$276M
vs 2010
0.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
94%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Most imported Christmas lights come from Cambodia: 70% of $276 million.

Philippines is second at 14%. String lights for the tree and the eaves.

Where US Christmas lights come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $276M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Cambodia$192M69.7%
  2. 02Philippines$38.7M14.0%
  3. 03China$13.7M5.0%
  4. 04Mexico$12.8M4.7%
  5. 05Indonesia$10.7M3.9%
  6. 06Vietnam$5.6M2.0%
  7. 07Italy$1.2M0.4%
  8. 08Canada$217K<0.1%
  9. 09Poland$167K<0.1%
  10. 10United Kingdom$106K<0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $231K<0.1%

Total US Christmas lights imports by year · $419M in 2010 to $276M 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 Christmas lights imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US Christmas lights imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Cambodia1% → 70%
Philippines4.6% → 14%
Mexico0% → 4.7%
Vietnam<0.1% → 2%
Indonesia2.7% → 3.9%
Italy<0.1% → 0.4%
Canada<0.1% → <0.1%
Poland0% → <0.1%
United Kingdom<0.1% → <0.1%
China91% → 5%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported Christmas lights are made in Southeast Asia. Cambodia alone sends 70%, and the Philippines, China, Indonesia and Vietnam add another 25%. Mexico ships from Latin America.

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  1. 01Cambodia
  2. 02Philippines
  3. 03China
  4. 04Mexico
  5. 05Indonesia
  6. 06Vietnam
  7. 07Italy
  8. 08Canada

Where it lands

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

94% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 23%. Savannah and Norfolk follow at 14% and 10%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $62.7M
  2. BSavannah, GA $39.5M
  3. CNorfolk, VA $26.5M
  4. DHouston, TX $25.9M
  5. ENewark, NJ $25.5M
  6. FTacoma, WA $17.7M
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 Christmas lights is used.

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

  1. 01Georgia$85.2M
  2. 02California$24.8M
  3. 03Texas$23.6M
  4. 04Illinois$16.3M
  5. 05Virginia$15.9M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 940530, 940531. How we count.