Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$3.9 billion$3.9B
vs 2010
1.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
43%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

The US buys the most handbags from Italy: 26% of $3.9 billion.

France is a close second at 22%. Purses and handbags in leather, plastic and textile.

Where US handbags come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $3.9B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Italy$0.99B25.8%
  2. 02France$0.86B22.2%
  3. 03Cambodia$0.68B17.7%
  4. 04Vietnam$0.33B8.5%
  5. 05China$0.26B6.6%
  6. 06Indonesia$0.16B4.1%
  7. 07Philippines$0.13B3.4%
  8. 08India$0.12B3.1%
  9. 09Spain$89.6M2.3%
  10. 10Mexico$70.2M1.8%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.17B4.5%

Total US handbags imports by year · $2.3B in 2010 to $3.9B 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 handbags imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US handbags imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Cambodia0.5% → 18%
France9% → 22%
Italy18% → 26%
Indonesia1% → 4.1%
India1.3% → 3.1%
Mexico0.4% → 1.8%
Philippines2.6% → 3.4%
Spain1.6% → 2.3%
Vietnam8.4% → 8.5%
China54% → 6.6%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported handbags are made in Europe. Italy and France send 48% between them, and Spain adds another 2%. Cambodia, Vietnam and China send 33% from Asia.

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  1. 01Italy
  2. 02France
  3. 03Cambodia
  4. 04Vietnam
  5. 05China
  6. 06Indonesia
  7. 07Philippines
  8. 08India

Where it lands

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

53% arrives by air. Newark takes 27%. Los Angeles and JFK Airport follow at 22% and 13%.

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

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  1. ANewark, NJ $1.04B
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $0.85B
  3. CJFK Airport, NY $0.52B
  4. DLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $0.23B
  5. ECleveland, OH $0.14B
  6. FSavannah, GA $0.13B
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 handbags is used.

One state is listed for over $1B.

  1. 01California$1.02B
  2. 02New Jersey$0.91B
  3. 03New York$0.88B
  4. 04Florida$0.21B
  5. 05Texas$0.18B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 420221, 420222, 420229. How we count.