Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$7.4 billion$7.4B
vs 2010
1.8× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
0.9%
Busiest portTop port
JFK Airport, NY

The US buys the most fine art from France: 28% of $7.4 billion.

United Kingdom is second at 15%. Paintings, drawings and pastels.

Where US fine art comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $7.4B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01France$2.09B28.2%
  2. 02United Kingdom$1.11B14.9%
  3. 03Italy$0.83B11.2%
  4. 04Germany$0.81B10.9%
  5. 05Belgium$0.49B6.7%
  6. 06Spain$0.47B6.3%
  7. 07Mexico$0.23B3.1%
  8. 08Japan$0.14B1.9%
  9. 09Netherlands$0.14B1.8%
  10. 10Switzerland$0.13B1.7%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.98B13.2%

Total US fine art imports by year · $4.2B in 2010 to $7.4B in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2010 to 2025

2025Press play to replay the ranking

Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US fine art imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US fine art imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Belgium1.9% → 6.7%
Italy7.2% → 11%
Mexico0.6% → 3.1%
Germany9.7% → 11%
Spain5.4% → 6.3%
Netherlands1.5% → 1.8%
Japan3% → 1.9%
United Kingdom16% → 15%
Switzerland6.4% → 1.7%
France33% → 28%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most imported fine art comes from Europe. France and the United Kingdom send 43% between them, and Italy, Germany, Belgium and Spain add another 35%. Mexico ships from Latin America.

0102030405060708
0102030405060708
  1. 01France
  2. 02United Kingdom
  3. 03Italy
  4. 04Germany
  5. 05Belgium
  6. 06Spain
  7. 07Mexico
  8. 08Japan

Where it lands

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

98% arrives by air. Most of it enters at JFK Airport (69%). Dallas-Fort Worth follows at 9%.

Air cargo is recorded where it clears customs, which isn't always where the plane landed.

ABCDEF
ABCDEF
  1. AJFK Airport, NY $5.08B
  2. BDallas-Fort Worth, TX $0.70B
  3. CLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $0.35B
  4. DMiami Airport, FL $0.35B
  5. ESan Francisco Airport (SFO), CA $0.15B
  6. FNewark, NJ $0.14B
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 fine art is used.

One state is listed for over $1B.

  1. 01New York$4.93B
  2. 02Texas$0.78B
  3. 03California$0.57B
  4. 04Florida$0.36B
  5. 05Delaware$0.22B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 9701. How we count.