Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$6.5 billion$6.5B
vs 2010
2.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
0.2%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Most imported semi trucks come from Mexico: 98% of $6.5 billion.

Canada is second at 1%. Road tractors that pull semi-trailers.

Where US semi trucks 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. 01Mexico$6.38B98.3%
  2. 02Canada$95.5M1.5%
  3. 03China$13.6M0.2%
  4. 04South Korea$1.7M<0.1%
  5. 05Netherlands$911K<0.1%
  6. 06Sweden$148K<0.1%
  7. 07United Kingdom$107K<0.1%
  8. 08Italy$99K<0.1%
  9. 09India$20K<0.1%
  10. 10France$12K<0.1%

Total US semi trucks imports by year · $2.9B 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 semi trucks imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US semi trucks imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

China0% → 0.2%
South Korea0% → <0.1%
Netherlands<0.1% → <0.1%
Sweden0% → <0.1%
United Kingdom0% → <0.1%
Italy0% → <0.1%
India0% → <0.1%
France0% → <0.1%
Germany<0.1% → 0%
Mexico98% → 98%
Canada1.7% → 1.5%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Mexico sends almost all of it (98%). Canada is next at 1%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03China
  4. 04South Korea
  5. 05Netherlands
  6. 06Sweden
  7. 07United Kingdom
  8. 08Italy

Where it enters

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

Nearly all of it comes in by land or other routes. Most of it enters at Laredo (94%).

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

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  1. ALaredo, TX $6.08B
  2. BCalexico East, CA $0.28B
  3. CAlexandria Bay, NY $33.7M
  4. DChamplain-Rouses Point, NY $32.5M
  5. ELong Beach, CA $13.3M
  6. FPort Huron, MI $12.9M
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 semi trucks is used.

One state is listed for over $1B.

  1. 01Texas$1.86B
  2. 02Illinois$0.77B
  3. 03Iowa$0.58B
  4. 04Florida$0.36B
  5. 05California$0.31B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 870120, 870121, 870122, 870123, 870124, 870129. How we count.