Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.3 billion$1.3B
vs 2010
1.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
98%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Most imported microwave ovens come from China: 88% of $1.3 billion.

Malaysia is second at 7%. Countertop and over-the-range microwaves.

Where US microwave ovens come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.3B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$1.15B87.9%
  2. 02Malaysia$86.1M6.6%
  3. 03Vietnam$29.5M2.3%
  4. 04Thailand$28.1M2.2%
  5. 05United Kingdom$12.3M0.9%
  6. 06Italy$577K<0.1%
  7. 07Philippines$511K<0.1%
  8. 08Portugal$120K<0.1%
  9. 09South Korea$85K<0.1%
  10. 10Japan$66K<0.1%

Total US microwave ovens imports by year · $972M in 2010 to $1.3B 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 microwave ovens imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US microwave ovens imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

China84% → 88%
Vietnam0% → 2.3%
Thailand1.2% → 2.2%
United Kingdom0.3% → 0.9%
Italy<0.1% → <0.1%
Philippines0% → <0.1%
Portugal<0.1% → <0.1%
Japan0.3% → <0.1%
South Korea2.9% → <0.1%
Malaysia11% → 6.6%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported microwave ovens are made in East Asia. China alone sends 88%, and Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand add another 11%.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Malaysia
  3. 03Vietnam
  4. 04Thailand
  5. 05United Kingdom
  6. 06Italy
  7. 07Philippines
  8. 08Portugal

Where it lands

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

98% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 29%. Long Beach and Savannah follow at 16% and 13%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.38B
  2. BLong Beach, CA $0.21B
  3. CSavannah, GA $0.18B
  4. DCharleston, SC $0.15B
  5. ENorfolk, VA $96.3M
  6. FNewark, NJ $73.3M
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 microwave ovens is used.

Three states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01California$0.43B
  2. 02Georgia$0.16B
  3. 03South Carolina$0.15B
  4. 04Texas$76.6M
  5. 05Illinois$68.8M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 851650. How we count.