Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$6.9 billion$6.9B
vs 2010
2.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
49%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Most imported refrigerators come from Mexico: 53% of $6.9 billion.

South Korea is second at 16%. Household fridges and fridge-freezers.

Where US refrigerators come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $6.9B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$3.67B53.2%
  2. 02South Korea$1.10B15.9%
  3. 03China$0.81B11.8%
  4. 04Thailand$0.68B9.8%
  5. 05Vietnam$0.31B4.5%
  6. 06Turkey$0.17B2.5%
  7. 07Indonesia$77.2M1.1%
  8. 08Italy$30.4M0.4%
  9. 09Canada$9.9M0.1%
  10. 10Bulgaria$7.5M0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $31.5M0.5%

Total US refrigerators imports by year · $3.4B in 2010 to $6.9B 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 refrigerators imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US refrigerators imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Thailand0.4% → 9.8%
Vietnam<0.1% → 4.5%
Indonesia0% → 1.1%
Turkey2.1% → 2.5%
Bulgaria0% → 0.1%
Canada<0.1% → 0.1%
Italy0.5% → 0.4%
China15% → 12%
South Korea21% → 16%
Mexico59% → 53%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Mexico alone sends 53%, and South Korea, China, Thailand and Vietnam add another 42%. Asia is the next-largest source region at 43%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02South Korea
  3. 03China
  4. 04Thailand
  5. 05Vietnam
  6. 06Turkey
  7. 07Indonesia
  8. 08Italy

Where it enters

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

51% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Laredo alone takes 25%. Eagle Pass and Los Angeles follow at 15% and 11%.

Goods crossing by land are recorded at Census ports of entry, which can be inland.

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  1. ALaredo, TX $1.70B
  2. BEagle Pass, TX $1.04B
  3. CLos Angeles, CA $0.77B
  4. DYsleta, TX $0.60B
  5. ELong Beach, CA $0.55B
  6. FNewark, NJ $0.48B
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 refrigerators is used.

Two states are listed for over $1B each.

  1. 01Texas$1.56B
  2. 02California$1.18B
  3. 03Georgia$0.67B
  4. 04Illinois$0.55B
  5. 05Florida$0.42B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 841810, 841821, 841829. How we count.