Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2.2 billion$2.2B
vs 2010
1.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
90%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Most imported exercise equipment comes from China: 62% of $2.2 billion.

Taiwan is second at 17%. Treadmills, weights and gym gear.

Where US exercise equipment comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2.2B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$1.35B61.7%
  2. 02Taiwan$0.37B17.0%
  3. 03Vietnam$0.18B8.2%
  4. 04Mexico$72.2M3.3%
  5. 05Italy$36.9M1.7%
  6. 06Canada$36.9M1.7%
  7. 07United Kingdom$19.1M0.9%
  8. 08Germany$17.7M0.8%
  9. 09Netherlands$16.6M0.8%
  10. 10Bulgaria$10.9M0.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $76.6M3.5%

Total US exercise equipment imports by year · $1.6B in 2010 to $2.2B 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 exercise equipment imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US exercise equipment imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Vietnam<0.1% → 8.2%
Canada0.7% → 1.7%
Mexico2.6% → 3.3%
Netherlands<0.1% → 0.8%
United Kingdom0.2% → 0.9%
Italy1.2% → 1.7%
Bulgaria<0.1% → 0.5%
Germany0.5% → 0.8%
Taiwan19% → 17%
China73% → 62%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported exercise equipment is made in East Asia. China alone sends 62%, and Taiwan and Vietnam add another 25%. Mexico ships from Latin America.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Taiwan
  3. 03Vietnam
  4. 04Mexico
  5. 05Italy
  6. 06Canada
  7. 07United Kingdom
  8. 08Germany

Where it lands

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

90% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 32%. Newark and Savannah follow at 14% and 11%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.71B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.30B
  3. CSavannah, GA $0.24B
  4. DLong Beach, CA $0.22B
  5. EHouston, TX $0.15B
  6. FNorfolk, VA $97.8M
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 exercise equipment is used.

Seven states are listed for over $100M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01California$0.59B
  2. 02Texas$0.22B
  3. 03Georgia$0.20B
  4. 04New Jersey$0.13B
  5. 05Illinois$0.13B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 950691. How we count.