Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2.2 billion$2.2B
vs 2010
1.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
90%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

The US buys the most socks from China: 44% of $2.2 billion.

Pakistan is second at 12%. Socks and hosiery.

Where US socks come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2.2B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$0.98B43.8%
  2. 02Pakistan$0.28B12.3%
  3. 03Vietnam$0.21B9.3%
  4. 04El Salvador$0.15B6.8%
  5. 05Honduras$0.12B5.3%
  6. 06Cambodia$0.10B4.6%
  7. 07Turkey$57.2M2.6%
  8. 08Mexico$40.7M1.8%
  9. 09India$34.6M1.5%
  10. 10South Korea$29.5M1.3%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.24B10.6%

Total US socks imports by year · $1.8B in 2010 to $2.2B 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 socks imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US socks imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Vietnam0.6% → 9.3%
Pakistan5.7% → 12%
Cambodia<0.1% → 4.6%
Turkey0.6% → 2.6%
India0.7% → 1.5%
Mexico3.1% → 1.8%
Honduras8.5% → 5.3%
South Korea4.6% → 1.3%
El Salvador11% → 6.8%
China56% → 44%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported socks are made in Asia. China and Pakistan send 56% between them, and Vietnam, Cambodia, India and South Korea add another 17%. El Salvador, Honduras and Mexico send 14% from Latin America.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Pakistan
  3. 03Vietnam
  4. 04El Salvador
  5. 05Honduras
  6. 06Cambodia
  7. 07Turkey
  8. 08Mexico

Where it lands

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

90% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 32%. Newark and Norfolk follow at 16% and 7%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.73B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.36B
  3. CNorfolk, VA $0.16B
  4. DSavannah, GA $0.16B
  5. ELong Beach, CA $0.13B
  6. FPort Everglades, FL $0.12B
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 socks is used.

Six states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01California$0.55B
  2. 02North Carolina$0.34B
  3. 03New York$0.28B
  4. 04New Jersey$0.16B
  5. 05Florida$0.13B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 6115. How we count.