Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$3.7 billion$3.7B
vs 2010
2.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
70%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

The US buys the most speakers from Vietnam: 31% of $3.7 billion.

China is a close second at 30%. Loudspeakers, enclosed and otherwise.

Where US speakers come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $3.7B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Vietnam$1.13B30.9%
  2. 02China$1.09B29.8%
  3. 03Mexico$0.64B17.4%
  4. 04Malaysia$0.19B5.2%
  5. 05Thailand$0.13B3.5%
  6. 06Italy$81.3M2.2%
  7. 07France$67.4M1.8%
  8. 08Germany$57.5M1.6%
  9. 09Canada$39.7M1.1%
  10. 10Japan$31.1M0.9%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.20B5.6%

Total US speakers imports by year · $1.7B in 2010 to $3.7B 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 speakers imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US speakers imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Vietnam2.2% → 31%
Thailand0.2% → 3.5%
Malaysia2.6% → 5.2%
Italy0.9% → 2.2%
France0.9% → 1.8%
Germany1% → 1.6%
Japan0.3% → 0.9%
Canada1.2% → 1.1%
Mexico28% → 17%
China57% → 30%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported speakers are made in Asia. Vietnam and China send 61% between them, and Malaysia and Thailand add another 9%. Mexico sends 17% from Latin America.

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  1. 01Vietnam
  2. 02China
  3. 03Mexico
  4. 04Malaysia
  5. 05Thailand
  6. 06Italy
  7. 07France
  8. 08Germany

Where it lands

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

70% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 37%. Long Beach and Ysleta follow at 9% and 7%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $1.34B
  2. BLong Beach, CA $0.33B
  3. CYsleta, TX $0.27B
  4. DNorfolk, VA $0.25B
  5. EOtay Mesa, CA $0.22B
  6. FNewark, NJ $0.14B
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 speakers is used.

One state is listed for over $1B.

  1. 01California$1.13B
  2. 02Texas$0.48B
  3. 03Kentucky$0.43B
  4. 04Illinois$0.21B
  5. 05Florida$0.14B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 851821, 851822, 851829. How we count.