Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.4 billion$1.4B
vs 2010
1.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
77%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

The US buys the most hand tools from China: 32% of $1.4 billion.

Taiwan is second at 23%. Hammers, screwdrivers and vises.

Where US hand tools come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.4B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$0.44B32.5%
  2. 02Taiwan$0.32B23.5%
  3. 03Vietnam$0.10B7.4%
  4. 04Mexico$91.7M6.8%
  5. 05India$74.9M5.5%
  6. 06Germany$53.6M3.9%
  7. 07Canada$50.0M3.7%
  8. 08Thailand$39.2M2.9%
  9. 09Austria$20.5M1.5%
  10. 10Japan$18.9M1.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.15B11.0%

Total US hand tools imports by year · $858M in 2010 to $1.4B 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 hand tools imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US hand tools imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Vietnam0.4% → 7.4%
Taiwan19% → 23%
Thailand0.4% → 2.9%
India3.7% → 5.5%
Canada1.9% → 3.7%
Mexico5.6% → 6.8%
Germany3.6% → 3.9%
Austria1.2% → 1.5%
Japan1.7% → 1.4%
China54% → 32%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported hand tools are made in East Asia. China and Taiwan send 56% between them, and Vietnam, India, Thailand and Japan add another 17%. Mexico ships from Latin America.

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

Where it lands

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

77% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 27%. Newark and Savannah follow at 10% and 9%.

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ABCDEF
  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.36B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.14B
  3. CSavannah, GA $0.12B
  4. DLong Beach, CA $92.0M
  5. ELaredo, TX $70.3M
  6. FCharleston, SC $64.1M
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 hand tools is used.

Two states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01California$0.19B
  2. 02Texas$0.14B
  3. 03Illinois$97.0M
  4. 04North Carolina$84.9M
  5. 05Wisconsin$84.2M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 8205. How we count.