Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$4.3 billion$4.3B
vs 2010
1.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
70%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Most imported face masks come from China: 56% of $4.3 billion.

Mexico is second at 15%. Made-up textile articles, including surgical-style masks.

Where US face masks come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $4.3B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$2.41B56.5%
  2. 02Mexico$0.63B14.8%
  3. 03Vietnam$0.30B7.0%
  4. 04India$0.16B3.8%
  5. 05Cambodia$0.11B2.6%
  6. 06Dominican Republic$0.10B2.4%
  7. 07Thailand$78.9M1.8%
  8. 08Canada$58.4M1.4%
  9. 09Taiwan$56.7M1.3%
  10. 10Pakistan$48.9M1.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.31B7.2%

Total US face masks imports by year · $2.5B in 2010 to $4.3B 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 face masks imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US face masks imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Vietnam1.1% → 7%
Mexico12% → 15%
Cambodia<0.1% → 2.6%
India1.8% → 3.8%
Thailand0.7% → 1.8%
Pakistan0.5% → 1.1%
Canada1.4% → 1.4%
Dominican Republic2.5% → 2.4%
Taiwan1.7% → 1.3%
China73% → 56%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported face masks are made in East Asia. China alone sends 56%, and Vietnam, India, Cambodia, Thailand and Taiwan add another 17%. Mexico and the Dominican Republic send 17% from Latin America.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Mexico
  3. 03Vietnam
  4. 04India
  5. 05Cambodia
  6. 06Dominican Republic
  7. 07Thailand
  8. 08Canada

Where it lands

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

70% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 22%. Long Beach and Newark follow at 10% and 8%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.92B
  2. BLong Beach, CA $0.42B
  3. CNewark, NJ $0.34B
  4. DSavannah, GA $0.29B
  5. ELaredo, TX $0.28B
  6. FYsleta, TX $0.23B
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 face masks is used.

13 states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01California$0.90B
  2. 02Texas$0.67B
  3. 03Illinois$0.30B
  4. 04Georgia$0.26B
  5. 05Virginia$0.22B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 630790. How we count.