Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.9 billion$1.9B
vs 2012
2.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
33%
Busiest portTop port
Detroit, MI

The US buys the most diapers & pads from Canada: 47% of $1.9 billion.

China is second at 22%. Sanitary pads, tampons and diapers of any material.

Where US diapers & pads come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.9B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$0.88B47.3%
  2. 02China$0.40B21.7%
  3. 03Mexico$0.29B15.5%
  4. 04Czech Republic$66.2M3.6%
  5. 05Spain$39.1M2.1%
  6. 06Israel$35.5M1.9%
  7. 07Germany$24.9M1.3%
  8. 08Vietnam$15.2M0.8%
  9. 09South Korea$14.6M0.8%
  10. 10Japan$14.4M0.8%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $77.8M4.2%

Total US diapers & pads imports by year · $938M in 2012 to $1.9B in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2012 to 2025

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US diapers & pads imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US diapers & pads imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

China7.6% → 22%
Czech Republic0.2% → 3.6%
Spain<0.1% → 2.1%
Vietnam<0.1% → 0.8%
Japan<0.1% → 0.8%
South Korea<0.1% → 0.8%
Germany1.7% → 1.3%
Israel3.2% → 1.9%
Canada53% → 47%
Mexico28% → 15%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

No single region supplies most imported diapers & pads. North America leads at 47%, then Asia at 25%. Canada and China send 69% between them, and Mexico, the Czech Republic and Spain add another 21%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02China
  3. 03Mexico
  4. 04Czech Republic
  5. 05Spain
  6. 06Israel
  7. 07Germany
  8. 08Vietnam

Where it enters

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

67% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Detroit takes 17%. Port Huron and Otay Mesa follow at 16% and 7%.

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

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  1. ADetroit, MI $0.32B
  2. BPort Huron, MI $0.30B
  3. COtay Mesa, CA $0.14B
  4. DAlexandria Bay, NY $0.14B
  5. ESavannah, GA $0.11B
  6. FLos Angeles, CA $0.11B
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 diapers & pads is used.

Seven states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Ohio$0.47B
  2. 02Pennsylvania$0.26B
  3. 03Texas$0.22B
  4. 04Georgia$0.22B
  5. 05Illinois$0.19B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 9619. How we count.