Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$719 million$719M
vs 2010
1.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
69%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

The US buys the most space heaters from China: 25% of $719 million.

Vietnam is second at 18%. Electric space-heating apparatus.

Where US space heaters come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $719M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$177M24.6%
  2. 02Vietnam$131M18.2%
  3. 03Canada$105M14.6%
  4. 04Mexico$68.6M9.5%
  5. 05Thailand$57.5M8.0%
  6. 06Malaysia$41.4M5.8%
  7. 07Cambodia$35.6M5.0%
  8. 08Finland$22.8M3.2%
  9. 09South Korea$13.5M1.9%
  10. 10Germany$11.4M1.6%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $55.3M7.7%

Total US space heaters imports by year · $571M in 2010 to $719M 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 space heaters imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US space heaters imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Vietnam<0.1% → 18%
Canada5.7% → 15%
Thailand<0.1% → 8%
Mexico2.6% → 9.5%
Cambodia0% → 5%
Malaysia2.7% → 5.8%
Finland0.5% → 3.2%
Germany1.2% → 1.6%
South Korea1.5% → 1.9%
China83% → 25%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported space heaters are made in Asia. China and Vietnam send 43% between them, and Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia and South Korea add another 21%. Canada adds 15%.

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Where it lands

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

69% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 17%. Long Beach and Newark follow at 11% and 9%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $124M
  2. BLong Beach, CA $77.8M
  3. CNewark, NJ $66.5M
  4. DNorfolk, VA $47.3M
  5. ESavannah, GA $46.2M
  6. FLaredo, TX $43.6M
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 space heaters is used.

One state is listed for over $100M.

  1. 01California$106M
  2. 02Texas$79.8M
  3. 03Georgia$60.1M
  4. 04Tennessee$37.2M
  5. 05Illinois$34.2M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 851629. How we count.