Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.5 billion$1.5B
vs 2017
0.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
83%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Most imported LED bulbs come from China: 67% of $1.5 billion.

Thailand is second at 7%. LED lamps, a line that only appears in the data from 2017.

Where US LED bulbs come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.5B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$1.02B66.8%
  2. 02Thailand$0.11B6.9%
  3. 03Mexico$88.1M5.7%
  4. 04Vietnam$67.4M4.4%
  5. 05Honduras$47.8M3.1%
  6. 06Cambodia$37.5M2.4%
  7. 07Malaysia$33.3M2.2%
  8. 08Taiwan$32.5M2.1%
  9. 09Germany$17.6M1.1%
  10. 10Poland$13.0M0.9%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $66.0M4.3%

Total US LED bulbs imports by year · $1.6B in 2017 to $1.5B in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2017 to 2025

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Then and now: 2017 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US LED bulbs imports. Gray bar is 2017, colored bar is 2025.Share of US LED bulbs imports. Gray is 2017, color is 2025.

Thailand0% → 6.9%
Vietnam<0.1% → 4.4%
Honduras0% → 3.1%
Cambodia0% → 2.4%
Mexico3.5% → 5.7%
Taiwan0.5% → 2.1%
Malaysia0.7% → 2.2%
Germany<0.1% → 1.1%
Poland0.3% → 0.9%
China94% → 67%
2017 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported LED bulbs are made in East Asia. China alone sends 67%, and Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia and Taiwan add another 18%. Mexico and Honduras ship from Latin America.

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

Where it lands

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

83% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 32%. Newark and Long Beach follow at 13% and 11%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.49B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.20B
  3. CLong Beach, CA $0.17B
  4. DSavannah, GA $0.12B
  5. EHouston, TX $59.3M
  6. FTacoma, WA $44.1M
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 LED bulbs is used.

Three states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01California$0.47B
  2. 02Georgia$0.13B
  3. 03Texas$0.11B
  4. 04Pennsylvania$89.1M
  5. 05New York$80.3M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 853950, 853951, 853952. How we count.