Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$15.9 billion$15.9B
vs 2017
43.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
50%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Most imported electric cars come from Mexico: 53% of $15.9 billion.

Germany is second at 27%. Fully electric cars, on a dedicated trade line since 2017.

Where US electric cars come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $15.9B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$8.38B52.7%
  2. 02Germany$4.34B27.3%
  3. 03Japan$1.44B9.1%
  4. 04South Korea$0.53B3.3%
  5. 05Canada$0.43B2.7%
  6. 06Austria$0.29B1.8%
  7. 07Belgium$0.13B0.8%
  8. 08China$0.11B0.7%
  9. 09United Kingdom$74.5M0.5%
  10. 10Hungary$69.4M0.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.10B0.6%

Total US electric cars imports by year · $364M in 2017 to $15.9B in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2017 to 2025

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Then and now: 2017 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US electric cars imports. Gray bar is 2017, colored bar is 2025.Share of US electric cars imports. Gray is 2017, color is 2025.

Japan1.3% → 9.1%
Mexico50% → 53%
Canada<0.1% → 2.7%
Austria<0.1% → 1.8%
Belgium0% → 0.8%
Hungary0% → 0.4%
China0.3% → 0.7%
United Kingdom0.6% → 0.5%
Germany28% → 27%
South Korea15% → 3.3%
2017 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Mexico alone sends 53%, and Germany, Japan, South Korea and Canada add another 42%. Europe is the next-largest source region at 31%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Germany
  3. 03Japan
  4. 04South Korea
  5. 05Canada
  6. 06Austria
  7. 07Belgium
  8. 08China

Where it lands

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

It arrives several ways: 50% by land and other routes and 50% by ship. Laredo alone takes 32%. Eagle Pass and Port Hueneme follow at 11% and 7%.

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  1. ALaredo, TX $5.08B
  2. BEagle Pass, TX $1.78B
  3. CPort Hueneme, CA $1.16B
  4. DBaltimore, MD $0.93B
  5. ENewark, NJ $0.72B
  6. FSan Diego, CA $0.72B
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 electric cars is used.

Two states are listed for over $1B each.

  1. 01Michigan$7.37B
  2. 02California$4.20B
  3. 03Maryland$0.73B
  4. 04Florida$0.57B
  5. 05Texas$0.56B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 870380. How we count.