Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.5 billion$1.5B
vs 2010
4.8× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
58%
Busiest portTop port
Norfolk, VA

The US buys the most syringes from Mexico: 23% of $1.5 billion.

Taiwan is second at 16%. Syringes, with or without needles.

Where US syringes come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.5B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$0.34B22.8%
  2. 02Taiwan$0.24B15.9%
  3. 03Italy$0.21B14.2%
  4. 04China$0.12B7.8%
  5. 05Switzerland$0.11B7.3%
  6. 06Israel$0.11B7.3%
  7. 07Germany$87.2M5.8%
  8. 08France$68.7M4.6%
  9. 09United Kingdom$36.6M2.4%
  10. 10Japan$31.3M2.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.15B9.9%

Total US syringes imports by year · $312M in 2010 to $1.5B 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 syringes imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US syringes imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Taiwan1.9% → 16%
Italy3.1% → 14%
Israel3% → 7.3%
Switzerland4.6% → 7.3%
Mexico21% → 23%
France3.6% → 4.6%
Germany7% → 5.8%
United Kingdom6.6% → 2.4%
Japan7.7% → 2.1%
China15% → 7.8%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

No single region supplies most imported syringes. Europe leads at 38%, then Asia at 31%. Mexico and Taiwan send 39% between them, and Italy, China and Switzerland add another 29%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Taiwan
  3. 03Italy
  4. 04China
  5. 05Switzerland
  6. 06Israel
  7. 07Germany
  8. 08France

Where it lands

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

58% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Norfolk takes 21%. Laredo and Newark follow at 19% and 16%.

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  • ESan Juan, PR, off map

Off this map: E San Juan, PR

ABCDF
  1. ANorfolk, VA $0.32B
  2. BLaredo, TX $0.28B
  3. CNewark, NJ $0.24B
  4. DLos Angeles, CA $0.12B
  5. ESan Juan, PR $61.4M
  6. FChicago, IL $60.0M
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 syringes is used.

Four states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Indiana$0.37B
  2. 02North Carolina$0.29B
  3. 03New York$0.12B
  4. 04Ohio$0.12B
  5. 05California$89.5M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 901831. How we count.