Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$3.5 billion$3.5B
vs 2010
2.1× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
95%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Most imported pots & pans come from China: 68% of $3.5 billion.

Vietnam is second at 7%. Steel and aluminum kitchenware.

Where US pots & pans come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $3.5B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$2.34B67.7%
  2. 02Vietnam$0.26B7.4%
  3. 03India$0.25B7.1%
  4. 04Thailand$0.11B3.1%
  5. 05France$98.1M2.8%
  6. 06Italy$81.4M2.4%
  7. 07Taiwan$47.1M1.4%
  8. 08Brazil$39.0M1.1%
  9. 09Cambodia$35.1M1.0%
  10. 10Canada$33.6M1.0%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.17B5.0%

Total US pots & pans imports by year · $1.7B in 2010 to $3.5B 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 pots & pans imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US pots & pans imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Vietnam1% → 7.4%
Cambodia0% → 1%
Italy1.4% → 2.4%
India6.5% → 7.1%
Brazil0.7% → 1.1%
Canada0.7% → 1%
France2.9% → 2.8%
Taiwan2.3% → 1.4%
China71% → 68%
Thailand7.8% → 3.1%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported pots & pans are made in East Asia. China alone sends 68%, and Vietnam, India, Thailand, Taiwan and Cambodia add another 20%. France and Italy ship from Europe.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Vietnam
  3. 03India
  4. 04Thailand
  5. 05France
  6. 06Italy
  7. 07Taiwan
  8. 08Brazil

Where it lands

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

95% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 30%. Newark and Long Beach follow at 13% and 9%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $1.03B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.46B
  3. CLong Beach, CA $0.32B
  4. DSavannah, GA $0.30B
  5. EHouston, TX $0.26B
  6. FOakland, CA $0.19B
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 pots & pans is used.

One state is listed for over $1B.

  1. 01California$1.07B
  2. 02New York$0.26B
  3. 03Texas$0.25B
  4. 04Georgia$0.22B
  5. 05New Jersey$0.18B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 732393, 732399, 761510, 732391, 732392. How we count.