Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.3 billion$1.3B
vs 2010
1.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
88%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

The US buys the most gloves from China: 40% of $1.3 billion.

Sri Lanka is second at 14%. Knit and woven gloves and mittens.

Where US gloves come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.3B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$0.54B40.4%
  2. 02Sri Lanka$0.19B14.4%
  3. 03Vietnam$0.19B14.3%
  4. 04Indonesia$77.2M5.8%
  5. 05Pakistan$75.4M5.7%
  6. 06Malaysia$54.5M4.1%
  7. 07Cambodia$39.9M3.0%
  8. 08Philippines$23.2M1.7%
  9. 09Thailand$23.0M1.7%
  10. 10Bangladesh$15.0M1.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.10B7.6%

Total US gloves imports by year · $810M in 2010 to $1.3B 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 gloves imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US gloves imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Sri Lanka6.7% → 14%
Vietnam7.6% → 14%
Cambodia1.1% → 3%
Malaysia2.5% → 4.1%
Indonesia4.2% → 5.8%
Thailand1% → 1.7%
Bangladesh0.6% → 1.1%
Philippines1.5% → 1.7%
Pakistan6.9% → 5.7%
China56% → 40%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported gloves are made in Asia. China and Sri Lanka send 55% between them, and Vietnam, Indonesia, Pakistan and Malaysia add another 30%.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Sri Lanka
  3. 03Vietnam
  4. 04Indonesia
  5. 05Pakistan
  6. 06Malaysia
  7. 07Cambodia
  8. 08Philippines

Where it lands

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

88% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 24%. Savannah and Long Beach follow at 14% and 13%.

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ABCDEF
  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.32B
  2. BSavannah, GA $0.19B
  3. CLong Beach, CA $0.17B
  4. DCharleston, SC $0.12B
  5. ENewark, NJ $92.9M
  6. FTacoma, WA $92.5M
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 gloves is used.

Five states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01California$0.15B
  2. 02Georgia$0.12B
  3. 03South Carolina$0.12B
  4. 04Mississippi$0.11B
  5. 05Tennessee$0.10B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 6116, 6216. How we count.