Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$516 million$516M
vs 2010
2.8× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
94%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

The US buys the most freezers from China: 47% of $516 million.

Thailand is second at 24%. Chest and upright freezers.

Where US freezers come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $516M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$241M46.6%
  2. 02Thailand$126M24.4%
  3. 03Turkey$40.8M7.9%
  4. 04Japan$27.8M5.4%
  5. 05Mexico$18.5M3.6%
  6. 06Italy$17.2M3.3%
  7. 07Indonesia$7.5M1.5%
  8. 08Vietnam$7.3M1.4%
  9. 09Canada$6.5M1.3%
  10. 10South Korea$6.2M1.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $17.7M3.4%

Total US freezers imports by year · $184M in 2010 to $516M 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 freezers imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US freezers imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Thailand0% → 24%
Japan1.7% → 5.4%
Italy0.1% → 3.3%
Indonesia0% → 1.5%
Vietnam0% → 1.4%
South Korea0.9% → 1.2%
Mexico6% → 3.6%
Turkey10% → 7.9%
Canada6.7% → 1.3%
China69% → 47%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported freezers are made in East Asia. China and Thailand send 71% between them, and Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam and South Korea add another 9%. Turkey ships from the Middle East.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Thailand
  3. 03Turkey
  4. 04Japan
  5. 05Mexico
  6. 06Italy
  7. 07Indonesia
  8. 08Vietnam

Where it lands

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

94% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 34%. Long Beach and Savannah follow at 13% and 11%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $173M
  2. BLong Beach, CA $65.5M
  3. CSavannah, GA $56.3M
  4. DCharleston, SC $36.9M
  5. ENorfolk, VA $32.2M
  6. FNewark, NJ $31.3M
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 freezers is used.

One state is listed for over $100M.

  1. 01California$134M
  2. 02Illinois$53.1M
  3. 03Georgia$42.6M
  4. 04South Carolina$40.6M
  5. 05Texas$36.2M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 841830, 841840. How we count.