Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$3.4 billion$3.4B
vs 2010
1.8× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
62%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

The US buys the most plastic bags from Canada: 21% of $3.4 billion.

China is a close second at 16%. Sacks and bags of plastics.

Where US plastic bags come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $3.4B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$0.70B20.5%
  2. 02China$0.54B15.9%
  3. 03Mexico$0.45B13.0%
  4. 04Thailand$0.35B10.2%
  5. 05Vietnam$0.31B9.1%
  6. 06Malaysia$0.18B5.1%
  7. 07South Korea$0.16B4.6%
  8. 08India$0.15B4.3%
  9. 09Taiwan$0.12B3.5%
  10. 10Cambodia$60.0M1.8%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.41B12.1%

Total US plastic bags imports by year · $1.9B in 2010 to $3.4B 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 plastic bags imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US plastic bags imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Vietnam1.7% → 9.1%
Mexico8.4% → 13%
Thailand6.5% → 10%
Canada18% → 21%
India2.4% → 4.3%
Cambodia0.6% → 1.8%
South Korea3.5% → 4.6%
Malaysia4.8% → 5.1%
Taiwan4% → 3.5%
China39% → 16%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported plastic bags are made in Asia. China and Thailand send 26% between them, and Vietnam, Malaysia, South Korea and India add another 23%. Canada adds 21%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02China
  3. 03Mexico
  4. 04Thailand
  5. 05Vietnam
  6. 06Malaysia
  7. 07South Korea
  8. 08India

Where it lands

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

62% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 17%. Newark and Laredo follow at 11% and 9%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.58B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.37B
  3. CLaredo, TX $0.31B
  4. DLong Beach, CA $0.29B
  5. EPort Huron, MI $0.29B
  6. FSavannah, GA $0.15B
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 plastic bags is used.

11 states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01California$0.71B
  2. 02Texas$0.33B
  3. 03Illinois$0.22B
  4. 04New Jersey$0.20B
  5. 05Wisconsin$0.15B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 392321, 392329. How we count.