Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$4.9 billion$4.9B
vs 2010
0.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
80%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

The US buys the most printers from Thailand: 20% of $4.9 billion.

Vietnam is just behind, also at 20%. Printers, copiers and multifunction machines.

Where US printers come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $4.9B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Thailand$0.99B20.4%
  2. 02Vietnam$0.96B19.8%
  3. 03Japan$0.52B10.7%
  4. 04China$0.49B10.1%
  5. 05Malaysia$0.43B8.9%
  6. 06Philippines$0.41B8.5%
  7. 07Mexico$0.39B8.1%
  8. 08Indonesia$0.15B3.1%
  9. 09Germany$0.11B2.3%
  10. 10South Korea$74.5M1.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.32B6.6%

Total US printers imports by year · $7.5B in 2010 to $4.9B 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 printers imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US printers imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Vietnam7.1% → 20%
Thailand13% → 20%
Philippines2% → 8.5%
Malaysia3.8% → 8.9%
Mexico3.3% → 8.1%
Japan6.8% → 11%
Germany0.4% → 2.3%
South Korea1.5% → 1.5%
Indonesia3.1% → 3.1%
China55% → 10%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported printers are made in Southeast Asia. Thailand and Vietnam send 40% between them, and Japan, China, Malaysia and the Philippines add another 38%. Mexico ships from Latin America.

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  1. 01Thailand
  2. 02Vietnam
  3. 03Japan
  4. 04China
  5. 05Malaysia
  6. 06Philippines
  7. 07Mexico
  8. 08Indonesia

Where it lands

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

80% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West Coast ports. Most of it enters at Los Angeles (52%). Ysleta and Newark follow at 9% and 8%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $2.52B
  2. BYsleta, TX $0.44B
  3. CNewark, NJ $0.38B
  4. DLong Beach, CA $0.34B
  5. ENorfolk, VA $0.23B
  6. FChicago, IL $0.13B
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 printers is used.

One state is listed for over $1B.

  1. 01California$2.18B
  2. 02Indiana$0.52B
  3. 03Texas$0.29B
  4. 04Virginia$0.24B
  5. 05New Jersey$0.22B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 844331, 844332. How we count.