Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$556 million$556M
vs 2010
1.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
96%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Most imported cutlery comes from China: 73% of $556 million.

Vietnam is second at 12%. Spoons, forks and serving tools.

Where US cutlery comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $556M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$407M73.2%
  2. 02Vietnam$69.3M12.5%
  3. 03India$34.7M6.2%
  4. 04France$9.4M1.7%
  5. 05Italy$7.8M1.4%
  6. 06Cambodia$7.1M1.3%
  7. 07Indonesia$6.6M1.2%
  8. 08Taiwan$3.9M0.7%
  9. 09Pakistan$2.0M0.4%
  10. 10South Korea$1.8M0.3%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $6.8M1.2%

Total US cutlery imports by year · $386M in 2010 to $556M 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 cutlery imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US cutlery imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

India3.5% → 6.2%
Cambodia0% → 1.3%
Italy0.8% → 1.4%
France1.1% → 1.7%
Pakistan0.1% → 0.4%
South Korea0.5% → 0.3%
Taiwan1.3% → 0.7%
Vietnam13% → 12%
China74% → 73%
Indonesia2.2% → 1.2%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported cutlery is made in East Asia. China alone sends 73%, and Vietnam, India, Cambodia and Indonesia add another 21%. France and Italy ship from Europe.

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

Where it lands

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

96% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 24%. Long Beach and Newark follow at 13% and 11%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $136M
  2. BLong Beach, CA $72.2M
  3. CNewark, NJ $63.3M
  4. DSavannah, GA $59.4M
  5. EHouston, TX $35.1M
  6. FNorfolk, VA $33.9M
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 cutlery is used.

One state is listed for over $100M.

  1. 01California$136M
  2. 02Georgia$50.9M
  3. 03Washington$40.9M
  4. 04Texas$39.3M
  5. 05Illinois$32.7M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 8215. How we count.