Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$587 million$587M
vs 2010
1.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
90%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

The US buys the most notebooks from Vietnam: 41% of $587 million.

China is second at 25%. Registers, diaries and notebooks.

Where US notebooks come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $587M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Vietnam$241M41.0%
  2. 02China$148M25.2%
  3. 03India$63.5M10.8%
  4. 04Italy$20.1M3.4%
  5. 05Taiwan$17.0M2.9%
  6. 06Mexico$14.4M2.5%
  7. 07Brazil$11.3M1.9%
  8. 08Japan$9.6M1.6%
  9. 09Malaysia$9.4M1.6%
  10. 10Canada$8.2M1.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $44.6M7.6%

Total US notebooks imports by year · $593M in 2010 to $587M 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 notebooks imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US notebooks imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Vietnam12% → 41%
India3.9% → 11%
Italy1.8% → 3.4%
Japan0.3% → 1.6%
Malaysia1.3% → 1.6%
Canada1.2% → 1.4%
Taiwan3% → 2.9%
Brazil3.1% → 1.9%
Mexico6.6% → 2.5%
China57% → 25%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported notebooks are made in Asia. Vietnam and China send 66% between them, and India, Taiwan, Japan and Malaysia add another 17%. Mexico and Brazil ship from Latin America.

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  1. 01Vietnam
  2. 02China
  3. 03India
  4. 04Italy
  5. 05Taiwan
  6. 06Mexico
  7. 07Brazil
  8. 08Japan

Where it lands

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

90% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 26%. Newark and Long Beach follow at 15% and 12%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $154M
  2. BNewark, NJ $85.9M
  3. CLong Beach, CA $67.5M
  4. DSavannah, GA $58.5M
  5. EHouston, TX $46.5M
  6. FNorfolk, VA $22.5M
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 notebooks is used.

One state is listed for over $100M.

  1. 01California$137M
  2. 02Texas$66.7M
  3. 03New York$44.7M
  4. 04Georgia$41.5M
  5. 05Minnesota$32.0M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 482010. How we count.