Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$8.5 billion$8.5B
vs 2010
1.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
58%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

The US buys the most lamps & lighting from China: 25% of $8.5 billion.

Mexico is a close second at 21%. Ceiling lights, desk lamps and fixtures.

Where US lamps & lighting come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $8.5B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$2.13B25.2%
  2. 02Mexico$1.75B20.7%
  3. 03Vietnam$0.97B11.5%
  4. 04Canada$0.82B9.7%
  5. 05Cambodia$0.80B9.5%
  6. 06Thailand$0.45B5.3%
  7. 07Malaysia$0.18B2.1%
  8. 08India$0.18B2.1%
  9. 09Italy$0.17B2.1%
  10. 10Germany$0.14B1.7%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.86B10.2%

Total US lamps & lighting imports by year · $5.8B in 2010 to $8.5B 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 lamps & lighting imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US lamps & lighting imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Vietnam0.2% → 11%
Cambodia<0.1% → 9.5%
Thailand0.1% → 5.3%
Canada5% → 9.7%
Malaysia0.4% → 2.1%
Mexico19% → 21%
Italy1.1% → 2.1%
India1.2% → 2.1%
Germany1.6% → 1.7%
China64% → 25%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported lamps & lighting are made in Asia. China and Vietnam send 37% between them, and Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and India add another 19%. Mexico sends 21% from Latin America.

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

Where it lands

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

58% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 20%. Laredo and Newark follow at 13% and 8%.

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ABCDEF
  1. ALos Angeles, CA $1.72B
  2. BLaredo, TX $1.13B
  3. CNewark, NJ $0.71B
  4. DSavannah, GA $0.59B
  5. ELong Beach, CA $0.48B
  6. FHouston, TX $0.37B
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 lamps & lighting is used.

Three states are listed for over $1B each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01California$1.73B
  2. 02Georgia$1.31B
  3. 03Texas$1.10B
  4. 04Illinois$0.50B
  5. 05New Jersey$0.44B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 9405. How we count.