Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$4.2 billion$4.2B
vs 2010
1.1× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
57%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

The US buys the most dresses from China: 24% of $4.2 billion.

Vietnam is a close second at 19%. Knit and woven dresses.

Where US dresses come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $4.2B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$1.02B24.3%
  2. 02Vietnam$0.82B19.5%
  3. 03India$0.80B18.9%
  4. 04Italy$0.28B6.7%
  5. 05Indonesia$0.27B6.4%
  6. 06Bangladesh$0.13B3.0%
  7. 07Cambodia$0.13B3.0%
  8. 08Turkey$84.7M2.0%
  9. 09Sri Lanka$67.7M1.6%
  10. 10France$66.8M1.6%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.55B13.0%

Total US dresses imports by year · $3.7B in 2010 to $4.2B 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 dresses imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US dresses imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

India7.7% → 19%
Vietnam14% → 19%
Italy4.3% → 6.7%
Bangladesh1% → 3%
Turkey0.7% → 2%
Cambodia2.2% → 3%
France1.3% → 1.6%
Indonesia6.6% → 6.4%
Sri Lanka2.3% → 1.6%
China49% → 24%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported dresses are made in Asia. China and Vietnam send 44% between them, and India, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Cambodia add another 31%. Italy and France ship from Europe.

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

Where it lands

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

57% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles takes 24%. Newark and JFK Airport follow at 19% and 13%.

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ABCDEF
  1. ALos Angeles, CA $1.00B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.79B
  3. CJFK Airport, NY $0.54B
  4. DLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $0.26B
  5. ELong Beach, CA $0.22B
  6. FChicago, IL $0.18B
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 dresses is used.

One state is listed for over $1B.

  1. 01California$1.00B
  2. 02New York$0.91B
  3. 03New Jersey$0.47B
  4. 04Ohio$0.20B
  5. 05Pennsylvania$0.20B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 610441, 610442, 610443, 610444, 610449, 620441, 620442, 620443, 620444, 620449. How we count.