Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.5 billion$1.5B
vs 2010
1.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
41%
Busiest portTop port
Nogales, AZ

The US buys the most locks from Mexico: 43% of $1.5 billion.

China is second at 23%. Padlocks, door and furniture locks, clasps and keys, without vehicle locks or parts.

Where US locks 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. 01Mexico$0.65B43.1%
  2. 02China$0.36B23.5%
  3. 03Taiwan$0.19B12.8%
  4. 04Vietnam$69.2M4.6%
  5. 05Canada$61.5M4.0%
  6. 06Dominican Republic$29.5M1.9%
  7. 07Germany$23.9M1.6%
  8. 08Finland$18.6M1.2%
  9. 09Philippines$17.0M1.1%
  10. 10South Korea$17.0M1.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $77.1M5.1%

Total US locks imports by year · $931M in 2010 to $1.5B 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 locks imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US locks imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Vietnam<0.1% → 4.6%
Mexico40% → 43%
Taiwan10% → 13%
Canada2.1% → 4%
Finland0.3% → 1.2%
South Korea1.4% → 1.1%
Germany2.2% → 1.6%
Philippines2% → 1.1%
Dominican Republic4.1% → 1.9%
China33% → 23%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

No single region supplies most imported locks. Latin America leads at 45%, then Asia at 44%. Mexico and China send 67% between them, and Taiwan, Vietnam and Canada add another 21%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02China
  3. 03Taiwan
  4. 04Vietnam
  5. 05Canada
  6. 06Dominican Republic
  7. 07Germany
  8. 08Finland

Where it enters

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

54% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Nogales takes 19%. Los Angeles and Otay Mesa follow at 18% each.

Goods crossing by land are recorded at Census ports of entry, which can be inland.

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  1. ANogales, AZ $0.30B
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $0.27B
  3. COtay Mesa, CA $0.27B
  4. DCalexico East, CA $0.11B
  5. ELong Beach, CA $77.1M
  6. FNewark, NJ $74.6M
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 locks is used.

Three states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01California$0.35B
  2. 02Indiana$0.33B
  3. 03Wisconsin$0.12B
  4. 04Kansas$93.9M
  5. 05Texas$84.8M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 830110, 830130, 830140, 830150, 830170. How we count.