Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$8.2 billion$8.2B
vs 2010
0.8× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
79%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

The US buys the most jeans & cotton pants from Bangladesh: 30% of $8.2 billion.

Vietnam is second at 14%. Men's and women's cotton trousers, including jeans.

Where US jeans & cotton pants come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $8.2B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Bangladesh$2.44B29.8%
  2. 02Vietnam$1.14B14.0%
  3. 03Pakistan$0.87B10.6%
  4. 04Mexico$0.83B10.2%
  5. 05China$0.53B6.4%
  6. 06Cambodia$0.46B5.6%
  7. 07Indonesia$0.28B3.4%
  8. 08India$0.27B3.3%
  9. 09Egypt$0.25B3.1%
  10. 10Turkey$0.19B2.3%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.92B11.2%

Total US jeans & cotton pants imports by year · $10.4B in 2010 to $8.2B 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 jeans & cotton pants imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US jeans & cotton pants imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Bangladesh19% → 30%
Pakistan3.4% → 11%
Vietnam8% → 14%
Cambodia2.9% → 5.6%
Turkey0.7% → 2.3%
India2.3% → 3.3%
Egypt2.9% → 3.1%
Indonesia4% → 3.4%
Mexico14% → 10%
China28% → 6.4%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported jeans & cotton pants are made in Asia. Bangladesh and Vietnam send 44% between them, and Pakistan, China, Cambodia and Indonesia add another 26%. Mexico sends 10% from Latin America.

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  1. 01Bangladesh
  2. 02Vietnam
  3. 03Pakistan
  4. 04Mexico
  5. 05China
  6. 06Cambodia
  7. 07Indonesia
  8. 08India

Where it lands

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

79% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Los Angeles takes 26%. Newark and Savannah follow at 21% and 10%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $2.15B
  2. BNewark, NJ $1.70B
  3. CSavannah, GA $0.85B
  4. DLong Beach, CA $0.55B
  5. ELaredo, TX $0.36B
  6. FNorfolk, VA $0.31B
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 jeans & cotton pants is used.

One state is listed for over $1B.

  1. 01California$1.61B
  2. 02New York$0.90B
  3. 03Ohio$0.67B
  4. 04North Carolina$0.66B
  5. 05New Jersey$0.62B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 620342, 620462. How we count.