Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$6.4 billion$6.4B
vs 2010
6.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
27%
Busiest portTop port
Chicago, IL

Most imported headphones come from Vietnam: 67% of $6.4 billion.

China is second at 20%. Headphones and earbuds, including microphone sets.

Where US headphones come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share of the $6.4B the US imported, by country of origin

  1. Vietnam$4.30B67.2%
  2. China$1.30B20.4%
  3. Malaysia$0.21B3.2%
  4. Thailand$0.18B2.9%
  5. Mexico$0.18B2.8%
  6. India$38.6M0.6%
  7. Philippines$34.4M0.5%
  8. Ukraine$24.2M0.4%
  9. Germany$23.8M0.4%
  10. Taiwan$19.4M0.3%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $81.2M1.3%

Total US headphones imports by year · $974M in 2010 to $6.4B 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 headphones imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US headphones imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Vietnam1.7% → 67%
Thailand2.1% → 2.9%
India<0.1% → 0.6%
Philippines0.1% → 0.5%
Ukraine0% → 0.4%
Malaysia2.9% → 3.2%
Germany0.7% → 0.4%
Taiwan1.5% → 0.3%
Mexico5.3% → 2.8%
China81% → 20%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

Circle size = dollar value, 2025. Numbers match the list.

Most imported headphones are made in Southeast Asia. Vietnam alone sends 67%, and China, Malaysia and Thailand add another 26%. Mexico ships from Latin America.

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  • 5Mexico, off map to the east →
  • 8← Ukraine, off map to the west

Off this map: 5 Mexico, 6 India, 8 Ukraine

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  1. 1Vietnam
  2. 2China
  3. 3Malaysia
  4. 4Thailand
  5. 5Mexico
  6. 6India
  7. 7Philippines
  8. 8Ukraine

Where it lands

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

69% arrives by air. Chicago alone takes 40%. Los Angeles and Los Angeles Airport (LAX) follow at 17% and 15%.

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  1. AChicago, IL $2.53B
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $1.08B
  3. CLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $0.94B
  4. DAnchorage, AK $0.49B
  5. ELong Beach, CA $0.31B
  6. FJFK Airport, NY $0.18B
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 headphones is used.

One state is listed for over $1B.

  1. California$1.90B
  2. Illinois$0.89B
  3. Tennessee$0.86B
  4. Pennsylvania$0.75B
  5. Indiana$0.68B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 851830. How we count.