Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.7 billion$1.7B
vs 2010
1.8× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
89%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Most imported fans come from China: 84% of $1.7 billion.

Mexico is second at 8%. Table, floor, wall and ceiling fans.

Where US fans come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.7B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$1.42B84.3%
  2. 02Mexico$0.14B8.2%
  3. 03Taiwan$45.4M2.7%
  4. 04Thailand$28.1M1.7%
  5. 05Malaysia$14.3M0.9%
  6. 06Vietnam$13.8M0.8%
  7. 07Philippines$3.1M0.2%
  8. 08Germany$2.7M0.2%
  9. 09Canada$2.6M0.2%
  10. 10Spain$1.7M0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $13.4M0.8%

Total US fans imports by year · $949M in 2010 to $1.7B 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 fans imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US fans imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Mexico0.9% → 8.2%
Thailand<0.1% → 1.7%
Taiwan1.1% → 2.7%
Vietnam<0.1% → 0.8%
Philippines<0.1% → 0.2%
Malaysia0.7% → 0.9%
Germany<0.1% → 0.2%
Spain0.1% → 0.1%
Canada0.5% → 0.2%
China96% → 84%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

China alone sends 84%, and Mexico, Taiwan and Thailand add another 13%. Latin America is the next-largest source region at 8%.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Mexico
  3. 03Taiwan
  4. 04Thailand
  5. 05Malaysia
  6. 06Vietnam
  7. 07Philippines
  8. 08Germany

Where it lands

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

89% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 26%. Savannah and Long Beach follow at 17% and 11%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.44B
  2. BSavannah, GA $0.29B
  3. CLong Beach, CA $0.18B
  4. DOtay Mesa, CA $0.11B
  5. ENewark, NJ $0.11B
  6. FHouston, TX $95.2M
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 fans is used.

Three states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01California$0.43B
  2. 02Georgia$0.25B
  3. 03Texas$0.19B
  4. 04South Carolina$81.3M
  5. 05Pennsylvania$70.9M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 841451. How we count.