Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$48.6 billion$48.6B
vs 2010
1.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
18%
Busiest portTop port
Chicago, IL

Most imported laptops & tablets come from Vietnam: 61% of $48.6 billion.

China is second at 18%. Portable computers. Trade data lumps laptops and tablets together.

Where US laptops & tablets come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share of the $48.6B the US imported, by country of origin

  1. Vietnam$29.77B61.3%
  2. China$8.63B17.8%
  3. Thailand$4.48B9.2%
  4. Mexico$3.28B6.8%
  5. Taiwan$1.85B3.8%
  6. Indonesia$0.17B0.3%
  7. India$0.15B0.3%
  8. United Arab Emirates$40.9M<0.1%
  9. South Korea$40.3M<0.1%
  10. Malaysia$26.9M<0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.13B0.3%

Total US laptops & tablets imports by year · $34.4B in 2010 to $48.6B 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 laptops & tablets imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US laptops & tablets imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Vietnam3% → 61%
Thailand<0.1% → 9.2%
Mexico1.7% → 6.8%
Taiwan0.9% → 3.8%
Indonesia<0.1% → 0.3%
India<0.1% → 0.3%
United Arab Emirates<0.1% → <0.1%
Malaysia0.1% → <0.1%
South Korea0.3% → <0.1%
China93% → 18%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported laptops & tablets are made in Southeast Asia. Vietnam alone sends 61%, and China, Thailand and Taiwan add another 31%. Mexico ships from Latin America.

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  • 4Mexico, off map to the east →
  • 8← United Arab Emirates, off map to the west

Off this map: 4 Mexico, 8 United Arab Emirates

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  1. 1Vietnam
  2. 2China
  3. 3Thailand
  4. 4Mexico
  5. 5Taiwan
  6. 6Indonesia
  7. 7India
  8. 8United Arab Emirates

Where it lands

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

74% arrives by air. Chicago alone takes 47%. Los Angeles Airport (LAX) and Los Angeles follow at 14% each.

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  1. AChicago, IL $22.93B
  2. BLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $7.02B
  3. CLos Angeles, CA $6.65B
  4. DYsleta, TX $3.23B
  5. EAnchorage, AK $2.43B
  6. FLong Beach, CA $1.75B
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 laptops & tablets is used.

Two states are listed for over $10B each.

  1. California$17.90B
  2. Illinois$11.40B
  3. Tennessee$5.05B
  4. Pennsylvania$3.50B
  5. Texas$2.43B
$10B+$4–10B$1–4B$100M–1BUnder $100M

Counted under HS 847130. How we count.