Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$429 million$429M
vs 2010
2.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
99%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Most imported fireworks come from China: 91% of $429 million.

Spain is second at 3%. Fireworks and signal flares.

Where US fireworks come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $429M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$391M91.2%
  2. 02Spain$12.9M3.0%
  3. 03Germany$8.1M1.9%
  4. 04Cambodia$3.3M0.8%
  5. 05Thailand$2.1M0.5%
  6. 06Italy$2.0M0.5%
  7. 07Portugal$1.9M0.4%
  8. 08United Kingdom$1.8M0.4%
  9. 09Sweden$1.7M0.4%
  10. 10Hong Kong$1.6M0.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $2.5M0.6%

Total US fireworks imports by year · $210M in 2010 to $429M 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 fireworks imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US fireworks imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Spain1.5% → 3%
Cambodia0% → 0.8%
Germany1.3% → 1.9%
Portugal0% → 0.4%
Sweden0.2% → 0.4%
Italy0.3% → 0.5%
United Kingdom0.4% → 0.4%
Hong Kong0.6% → 0.4%
Thailand0.9% → 0.5%
China94% → 91%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

China alone sends 91%, and Spain and Germany add another 5%. Europe is the next-largest source region at 7%.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Spain
  3. 03Germany
  4. 04Cambodia
  5. 05Thailand
  6. 06Italy
  7. 07Portugal
  8. 08United Kingdom

Where it lands

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

99% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West Coast ports. Los Angeles takes 37%. Long Beach and Savannah follow at 32% and 9%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $160M
  2. BLong Beach, CA $139M
  3. CSavannah, GA $36.5M
  4. DNewark, NJ $26.7M
  5. ESeattle, WA $21.9M
  6. FCharleston, SC $13.8M
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 fireworks is used.

13 states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Missouri$73.2M
  2. 02Ohio$50.6M
  3. 03Alabama$32.0M
  4. 04California$29.2M
  5. 05Florida$25.0M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 3604. How we count.