Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2.8 billion$2.8B
vs 2010
1.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
97%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Most imported disposable gloves come from Malaysia: 57% of $2.8 billion.

Thailand is second at 22%. Rubber gloves for surgery and general use.

Where US disposable gloves come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2.8B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Malaysia$1.61B57.4%
  2. 02Thailand$0.62B22.1%
  3. 03Vietnam$0.19B6.6%
  4. 04Indonesia$0.17B6.1%
  5. 05China$90.6M3.2%
  6. 06Sri Lanka$78.8M2.8%
  7. 07Cambodia$12.4M0.4%
  8. 08Canada$8.1M0.3%
  9. 09Guatemala$6.6M0.2%
  10. 10Germany$5.4M0.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $18.4M0.7%

Total US disposable gloves imports by year · $1.8B in 2010 to $2.8B 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 disposable gloves imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US disposable gloves imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Vietnam0.5% → 6.6%
Sri Lanka2.2% → 2.8%
Indonesia5.6% → 6.1%
Cambodia<0.1% → 0.4%
Canada<0.1% → 0.3%
Germany<0.1% → 0.2%
Guatemala0.3% → 0.2%
Thailand23% → 22%
Malaysia58% → 57%
China9.3% → 3.2%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported disposable gloves are made in Southeast Asia. Malaysia alone sends 57%, and Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, China and Sri Lanka add another 41%.

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

Where it lands

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

97% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles takes 23%. Newark and Oakland follow at 18% and 16%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.64B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.51B
  3. COakland, CA $0.45B
  4. DSavannah, GA $0.37B
  5. ECharleston, SC $0.26B
  6. FLong Beach, CA $0.22B
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 disposable gloves is used.

Nine states are listed for over $100M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01California$0.77B
  2. 02Georgia$0.27B
  3. 03South Carolina$0.23B
  4. 04New Jersey$0.21B
  5. 05Illinois$0.18B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 401511, 401512, 401519. How we count.