Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.3 billion$1.3B
vs 2010
1.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
79%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

The US buys the most suitcases from China: 23% of $1.3 billion.

Thailand is a close second at 19%. Trunks, suitcases and briefcases.

Where US suitcases come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.3B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$0.30B23.4%
  2. 02Thailand$0.25B19.5%
  3. 03Cambodia$0.17B12.7%
  4. 04Indonesia$0.16B12.3%
  5. 05Canada$77.1M5.9%
  6. 06Mexico$70.3M5.4%
  7. 07Vietnam$64.0M4.9%
  8. 08France$42.3M3.2%
  9. 09Philippines$39.4M3.0%
  10. 10Italy$25.7M2.0%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $99.7M7.7%

Total US suitcases imports by year · $952M in 2010 to $1.3B 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 suitcases imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US suitcases imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Thailand4% → 19%
Cambodia<0.1% → 13%
Indonesia<0.1% → 12%
Mexico0.6% → 5.4%
Philippines0.2% → 3%
Canada3.7% → 5.9%
France2.6% → 3.2%
Vietnam4.3% → 4.9%
Italy2.1% → 2%
China77% → 23%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported suitcases are made in Asia. China and Thailand send 43% between them, and Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines add another 33%. Canada adds 6%.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Thailand
  3. 03Cambodia
  4. 04Indonesia
  5. 05Canada
  6. 06Mexico
  7. 07Vietnam
  8. 08France

Where it lands

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

79% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 31%. Newark and Savannah follow at 9% each.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.41B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.12B
  3. CSavannah, GA $0.11B
  4. DLong Beach, CA $0.10B
  5. EJacksonville, FL $89.2M
  6. FBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $40.6M
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 suitcases is used.

Three states are listed for over $100M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01California$0.36B
  2. 02Florida$0.15B
  3. 03New Jersey$0.12B
  4. 04New York$98.7M
  5. 05Tennessee$88.9M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 420211, 420212, 420219. How we count.