Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$3.3 billion$3.3B
vs 2010
1.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
87%
Busiest portTop port
Baltimore, MD

The US buys the most tractors from Germany: 28% of $3.3 billion.

Japan is second at 21%. Farm-type and other tractors, without semi trucks or track-laying tractors.

Where US tractors come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $3.3B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Germany$0.93B27.9%
  2. 02Japan$0.68B20.5%
  3. 03South Korea$0.54B16.3%
  4. 04India$0.24B7.1%
  5. 05Mexico$0.19B5.8%
  6. 06Canada$0.19B5.6%
  7. 07Turkey$0.13B4.0%
  8. 08France$0.12B3.5%
  9. 09United Kingdom$0.11B3.4%
  10. 10Italy$60.3M1.8%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.13B4.0%

Total US tractors imports by year · $2.1B in 2010 to $3.3B 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 tractors imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US tractors imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Germany19% → 28%
South Korea11% → 16%
France1.3% → 3.5%
Canada5.4% → 5.6%
Mexico6.9% → 5.8%
Italy4.1% → 1.8%
Turkey6.5% → 4%
India9.9% → 7.1%
United Kingdom7.7% → 3.4%
Japan26% → 21%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

No single region supplies most imported tractors. Asia leads at 45%, then Europe at 38%. Germany and Japan send 48% between them, and South Korea, India and Mexico add another 29%.

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  1. 01Germany
  2. 02Japan
  3. 03South Korea
  4. 04India
  5. 05Mexico
  6. 06Canada
  7. 07Turkey
  8. 08France

Where it lands

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

87% arrives by ship, mostly in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Baltimore takes 24%. Savannah and Los Angeles follow at 18% and 7%.

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  1. ABaltimore, MD $0.80B
  2. BSavannah, GA $0.61B
  3. CLos Angeles, CA $0.24B
  4. DHouston, TX $0.21B
  5. ENorfolk, VA $0.21B
  6. FGalveston, TX $0.20B
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 tractors is used.

Seven states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Georgia$0.83B
  2. 02Kansas$0.79B
  3. 03Maryland$0.40B
  4. 04Texas$0.29B
  5. 05North Carolina$0.22B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 870110, 870190, 870191, 870192, 870193, 870194, 870195. How we count.