Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$19.7 billion$19.7B
vs 2012
15.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
82%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Most imported lithium-ion batteries come from China: 59% of $19.7 billion.

Japan is second at 13%. Batteries for phones, laptops, cars and the grid.

Where US lithium-ion batteries come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $19.7B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$11.70B59.3%
  2. 02Japan$2.50B12.7%
  3. 03South Korea$2.27B11.5%
  4. 04Malaysia$0.57B2.9%
  5. 05Poland$0.40B2.0%
  6. 06Taiwan$0.39B2.0%
  7. 07Hungary$0.34B1.7%
  8. 08Vietnam$0.30B1.5%
  9. 09Canada$0.30B1.5%
  10. 10Germany$0.21B1.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.75B3.8%

Total US lithium-ion batteries imports by year · $1.3B in 2012 to $19.7B in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2012 to 2025

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US lithium-ion batteries imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US lithium-ion batteries imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

China49% → 59%
South Korea6.5% → 12%
Hungary<0.1% → 1.7%
Poland0.4% → 2%
Malaysia1.4% → 2.9%
Canada0.4% → 1.5%
Vietnam0.5% → 1.5%
Germany1.3% → 1.1%
Taiwan3.6% → 2%
Japan31% → 13%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported lithium-ion batteries are made in East Asia. China alone sends 59%, and Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam add another 31%. Poland, Hungary and Germany ship from Europe.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Japan
  3. 03South Korea
  4. 04Malaysia
  5. 05Poland
  6. 06Taiwan
  7. 07Hungary
  8. 08Vietnam

Where it lands

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

82% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 28%. Oakland and Houston follow at 11% and 9%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $5.52B
  2. BOakland, CA $2.08B
  3. CHouston, TX $1.74B
  4. DLong Beach, CA $1.41B
  5. ECharleston, SC $0.85B
  6. FSan Francisco, CA $0.83B
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 lithium-ion batteries is used.

Four states are listed for over $1B each.

  1. 01California$7.70B
  2. 02Texas$1.96B
  3. 03New Jersey$1.08B
  4. 04Georgia$1.06B
  5. 05Kentucky$0.88B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 850760. How we count.