Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$13.9 billion$13.9B
vs 2010
1.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
5%
Busiest portTop port
Chicago, IL

Most imported storage drives come from Thailand: 54% of $13.9 billion.

Mexico is second at 26%. Computer storage units.

Where US storage drives come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $13.9B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Thailand$7.46B53.8%
  2. 02Mexico$3.62B26.1%
  3. 03Philippines$1.15B8.3%
  4. 04Vietnam$0.53B3.8%
  5. 05Hungary$0.25B1.8%
  6. 06Taiwan$0.24B1.7%
  7. 07China$0.19B1.4%
  8. 08South Korea$0.12B0.9%
  9. 09Czech Republic$72.6M0.5%
  10. 10Malaysia$61.4M0.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.19B1.4%

Total US storage drives imports by year · $10.4B in 2010 to $13.9B 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 storage drives imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US storage drives imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Mexico9.2% → 26%
Thailand40% → 54%
Vietnam<0.1% → 3.8%
Philippines5.6% → 8.3%
Hungary0.6% → 1.8%
Czech Republic<0.1% → 0.5%
Taiwan2.3% → 1.7%
South Korea2% → 0.9%
Malaysia5.4% → 0.4%
China28% → 1.4%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported storage drives are made in Southeast Asia. Thailand alone sends 54%, and the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan and China add another 15%. Mexico sends 26% from Latin America.

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  1. 01Thailand
  2. 02Mexico
  3. 03Philippines
  4. 04Vietnam
  5. 05Hungary
  6. 06Taiwan
  7. 07China
  8. 08South Korea

Where it lands

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

68% arrives by air. Chicago takes 25%. Los Angeles Airport (LAX) and Laredo follow at 22% and 20%.

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

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  1. AChicago, IL $3.41B
  2. BLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $3.03B
  3. CLaredo, TX $2.82B
  4. DSanta Teresa, NM $0.69B
  5. ESan Francisco Airport (SFO), CA $0.66B
  6. FHouston Airport (IAH), TX $0.38B
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 storage drives is used.

Four states are listed for over $1B each.

  1. 01Texas$2.83B
  2. 02California$2.76B
  3. 03Illinois$2.52B
  4. 04North Carolina$2.01B
  5. 05Kentucky$0.89B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 847170. How we count.