Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$6.5 billion$6.5B
vs 2010
1.8× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
66%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

The US buys the most power tools from China: 30% of $6.5 billion.

Vietnam is a close second at 25%. Drills, saws and other hand-held power tools.

Where US power tools come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $6.5B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$1.94B29.8%
  2. 02Vietnam$1.62B24.9%
  3. 03Mexico$1.45B22.3%
  4. 04Taiwan$0.33B5.1%
  5. 05Germany$0.33B5.0%
  6. 06Japan$0.16B2.5%
  7. 07Sweden$0.12B1.9%
  8. 08Thailand$86.8M1.3%
  9. 09India$76.5M1.2%
  10. 10Austria$55.9M0.9%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.33B5.2%

Total US power tools imports by year · $3.7B in 2010 to $6.5B 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 power tools imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US power tools imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Vietnam0.1% → 25%
Mexico14% → 22%
Thailand0.2% → 1.3%
India0.3% → 1.2%
Austria0.8% → 0.9%
Japan3.2% → 2.5%
Sweden2.9% → 1.9%
Germany6.2% → 5%
Taiwan7% → 5.1%
China60% → 30%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported power tools are made in Asia. China and Vietnam send 55% between them, and Taiwan, Japan, Thailand and India add another 10%. Mexico sends 22% from Latin America.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Vietnam
  3. 03Mexico
  4. 04Taiwan
  5. 05Germany
  6. 06Japan
  7. 07Sweden
  8. 08Thailand

Where it lands

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

66% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Los Angeles takes 18%. Savannah and Hidalgo follow at 14% and 11%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $1.15B
  2. BSavannah, GA $0.89B
  3. CHidalgo, TX $0.72B
  4. DLong Beach, CA $0.46B
  5. ECharleston, SC $0.46B
  6. FLaredo, TX $0.45B
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 power tools is used.

Two states are listed for over $1B each.

  1. 01Wisconsin$1.37B
  2. 02South Carolina$1.22B
  3. 03California$0.70B
  4. 04Georgia$0.49B
  5. 05Mississippi$0.42B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 8467. How we count.