Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$6.5 billion$6.5B
vs 2010
1.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
83%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

The US buys the most t-shirts from Nicaragua: 11% of $6.5 billion.

Honduras is just behind, also at 11%. Knit T-shirts, singlets and tank tops.

Where US t-shirts come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $6.5B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Nicaragua$0.69B10.6%
  2. 02Honduras$0.68B10.5%
  3. 03Bangladesh$0.64B9.8%
  4. 04Vietnam$0.61B9.4%
  5. 05Mexico$0.49B7.5%
  6. 06India$0.45B6.9%
  7. 07China$0.36B5.6%
  8. 08Dominican Republic$0.31B4.7%
  9. 09Guatemala$0.31B4.7%
  10. 10El Salvador$0.27B4.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $1.69B26.1%

Total US t-shirts imports by year · $4.9B in 2010 to $6.5B 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 t-shirts imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US t-shirts imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Bangladesh3.7% → 9.8%
Vietnam6.3% → 9.4%
India4.3% → 6.9%
Nicaragua8.1% → 11%
Dominican Republic4.9% → 4.7%
Guatemala4.9% → 4.7%
Honduras12% → 11%
Mexico10% → 7.5%
El Salvador9.1% → 4.1%
China12% → 5.6%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported t-shirts are made in Latin America. Nicaragua and Honduras send 21% between them, and Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala and El Salvador add another 21%. Bangladesh, Vietnam and India send 26% from Asia.

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  1. 01Nicaragua
  2. 02Honduras
  3. 03Bangladesh
  4. 04Vietnam
  5. 05Mexico
  6. 06India
  7. 07China
  8. 08Dominican Republic

Where it lands

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

83% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Los Angeles takes 14%. Miami and Newark follow at 13% and 10%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.92B
  2. BMiami, FL $0.86B
  3. CNewark, NJ $0.65B
  4. DPort Everglades, FL $0.64B
  5. ESavannah, GA $0.43B
  6. FLaredo, TX $0.29B
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 t-shirts is used.

Two states are listed for over $1B each.

  1. 01California$1.24B
  2. 02North Carolina$1.21B
  3. 03Florida$0.98B
  4. 04Texas$0.50B
  5. 05New York$0.47B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 6109. How we count.