Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$3.1 billion$3.1B
vs 2010
6.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
7%
Busiest portTop port
Otay Mesa, CA

Most imported trailers come from Mexico: 71% of $3.1 billion.

Canada is second at 21%. Trailers and semi-trailers, without parts or other unpowered vehicles.

Where US trailers come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $3.1B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$2.20B71.0%
  2. 02Canada$0.66B21.2%
  3. 03China$54.6M1.8%
  4. 04Belgium$44.4M1.4%
  5. 05Germany$36.1M1.2%
  6. 06Luxembourg$25.2M0.8%
  7. 07Greece$22.2M0.7%
  8. 08Vietnam$12.3M0.4%
  9. 09United Kingdom$8.4M0.3%
  10. 10Australia$5.4M0.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $34.6M1.1%

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US trailers imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US trailers imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Canada13% → 21%
Mexico65% → 71%
Belgium0.3% → 1.4%
Luxembourg0% → 0.8%
Vietnam0% → 0.4%
Australia<0.1% → 0.2%
United Kingdom0.1% → 0.3%
Greece0.9% → 0.7%
Germany2% → 1.2%
China18% → 1.8%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Mexico alone sends 71%, and Canada, China, Belgium and Germany add another 26%. North America is the next-largest source region at 21%.

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Where it enters

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

92% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Otay Mesa alone takes 37%. Eagle Pass and Santa Teresa follow at 11% and 8%.

Goods crossing by land are recorded at Census ports of entry, which can be inland.

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  1. AOtay Mesa, CA $1.13B
  2. BEagle Pass, TX $0.33B
  3. CSanta Teresa, NM $0.25B
  4. DYsleta, TX $0.20B
  5. ELaredo, TX $0.15B
  6. FPort Huron, MI $0.12B
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 trailers is used.

One state is listed for over $1B.

  1. 01California$1.19B
  2. 02Texas$0.81B
  3. 03Tennessee$0.12B
  4. 04New York$90.2M
  5. 05New Jersey$86.6M
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 871610, 871620, 871631, 871639, 871640. How we count.