Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$4.8 billion$4.8B
vs 2010
4.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
93%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Most imported sneakers come from Vietnam: 60% of $4.8 billion.

Indonesia is second at 20%. Athletic shoes with textile, rubber or leather uppers.

Where US sneakers come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share of the $4.8B the US imported, by country of origin

  1. Vietnam$2.90B60.3%
  2. Indonesia$0.96B20.0%
  3. China$0.70B14.6%
  4. Cambodia$85.9M1.8%
  5. Italy$78.8M1.6%
  6. India$31.1M0.6%
  7. Germany$5.5M0.1%
  8. Philippines$5.3M0.1%
  9. Mexico$5.3M0.1%
  10. Bangladesh$5.2M0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $30.7M0.6%

Total US sneakers imports by year · $974M in 2010 to $4.8B 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 sneakers imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US sneakers imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Vietnam37% → 60%
Indonesia12% → 20%
Cambodia0.6% → 1.8%
Italy0.7% → 1.6%
Philippines<0.1% → 0.1%
Bangladesh<0.1% → 0.1%
Mexico<0.1% → 0.1%
Germany<0.1% → 0.1%
India0.9% → 0.6%
China47% → 15%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported sneakers are made in Southeast Asia. Vietnam alone sends 60%, and Indonesia, China and Cambodia add another 36%.

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  • 5← Italy, off map to the west
  • 7← Germany, off map to the west

Off this map: 5 Italy, 7 Germany

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  1. 1Vietnam
  2. 2Indonesia
  3. 3China
  4. 4Cambodia
  5. 5Italy
  6. 6India
  7. 7Germany
  8. 8Philippines

Where it lands

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

93% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 50%. Long Beach and Seattle follow at 13% and 9%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $2.39B
  2. BLong Beach, CA $0.64B
  3. CSeattle, WA $0.43B
  4. DNewark, NJ $0.30B
  5. ECharleston, SC $0.24B
  6. FSavannah, GA $0.23B
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 sneakers is used.

One state is listed for over $1B.

  1. California$1.50B
  2. Indiana$0.61B
  3. Massachusetts$0.37B
  4. Tennessee$0.36B
  5. South Carolina$0.24B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 640411, 640219, 640319. How we count.