Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$8.8 billion$8.8B
vs 2010
2.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
82%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

The US buys the most solar panels from Indonesia: 35% of $8.8 billion.

Laos is second at 18%. Photovoltaic modules and cells.

Where US solar panels come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $8.8B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Indonesia$3.06B34.6%
  2. 02Laos$1.58B17.9%
  3. 03Malaysia$0.88B10.0%
  4. 04India$0.78B8.9%
  5. 05Vietnam$0.76B8.6%
  6. 06Thailand$0.60B6.8%
  7. 07South Korea$0.44B4.9%
  8. 08Ethiopia$0.29B3.3%
  9. 09Singapore$0.11B1.2%
  10. 10Philippines$86.6M1.0%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.26B2.9%

Total US solar panels imports by year · $4.3B in 2010 to $8.8B 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 solar panels imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US solar panels imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Indonesia<0.1% → 35%
Laos0% → 18%
India0.2% → 8.9%
Vietnam2.2% → 8.6%
Thailand1% → 6.8%
Ethiopia0% → 3.3%
Philippines1.6% → 1%
South Korea7.6% → 4.9%
Singapore5.1% → 1.2%
Malaysia18% → 10%
Mexico12% → <0.1%
China28% → 0.7%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported solar panels are made in Southeast Asia. Indonesia and Laos send 52% between them, and Malaysia, India, Vietnam and Thailand add another 34%. Ethiopia ships from Africa.

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  1. 01Indonesia
  2. 02Laos
  3. 03Malaysia
  4. 04India
  5. 05Vietnam
  6. 06Thailand
  7. 07South Korea
  8. 08Ethiopia

Where it lands

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

82% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 30%. Charleston and Newark follow at 16% and 13%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $2.63B
  2. BCharleston, SC $1.42B
  3. CNewark, NJ $1.16B
  4. DHouston, TX $0.82B
  5. EAtlanta, GA $0.41B
  6. FLong Beach, CA $0.39B
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 solar panels is used.

Three states are listed for over $1B each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01California$2.75B
  2. 02Texas$1.23B
  3. 03South Carolina$1.20B
  4. 04Georgia$0.63B
  5. 05Florida$0.44B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 854140, 854142, 854143. How we count.