Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$52.2 billion$52.2B
vs 2010
1.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
1%
Busiest portTop port
Chicago, IL

The US buys the most smartphones from China: 45% of $52.2 billion.

India is a close second at 42%. The phone in your pocket almost certainly came in through a US airport.

Where US smartphones come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share of the $52.2B the US imported, by country of origin

  1. China$23.59B45.2%
  2. India$21.98B42.1%
  3. Vietnam$5.90B11.3%
  4. Indonesia$0.20B0.4%
  5. Hong Kong$0.16B0.3%
  6. South Korea$0.12B0.2%
  7. Malaysia$98.9M0.2%
  8. Japan$44.4M<0.1%
  9. Taiwan$22.1M<0.1%
  10. Thailand$11.7M<0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $64.7M0.1%

Total US smartphones imports by year · $37.2B in 2010 to $52.2B 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 smartphones imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US smartphones imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

India<0.1% → 42%
Vietnam6.5% → 11%
Indonesia<0.1% → 0.4%
Hong Kong0.2% → 0.3%
Japan<0.1% → <0.1%
Thailand<0.1% → <0.1%
Malaysia1.2% → 0.2%
Taiwan2.2% → <0.1%
South Korea12% → 0.2%
China77% → 45%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

Circle size = dollar value, 2025. Numbers match the list.

Most imported smartphones are made in Asia. China and India send 87% between them, and Vietnam adds another 11%.

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Off this map: 6 South Korea, 8 Japan

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  1. 1China
  2. 2India
  3. 3Vietnam
  4. 4Indonesia
  5. 5Hong Kong
  6. 6South Korea
  7. 7Malaysia
  8. 8Japan

Where it lands

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

99% arrives by air. Most of it enters at Chicago (71%). Los Angeles Airport (LAX) and Miami Airport follow at 13% and 6%.

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  1. AChicago, IL $36.94B
  2. BLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $6.83B
  3. CMiami Airport, FL $2.96B
  4. DAnchorage, AK $2.07B
  5. EDallas-Fort Worth, TX $0.86B
  6. FJFK Airport, NY $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 smartphones is used.

One state is listed for over $10B.

  1. Illinois$17.10B
  2. California$8.46B
  3. Indiana$8.44B
  4. Tennessee$7.27B
  5. Pennsylvania$3.93B
$10B+$4–10B$1–4B$100M–1BUnder $100M

Counted under HS 851712, 851713, 851714. How we count.