Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$11.1 billion$11.1B
vs 2010
0.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
18%
Busiest portTop port
Otay Mesa, CA

Most imported TVs come from Mexico: 81% of $11.1 billion.

Vietnam is second at 14%. Flat-screen televisions.

Where US TVs come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $11.1B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$9.02B81.5%
  2. 02Vietnam$1.50B13.5%
  3. 03China$0.20B1.8%
  4. 04Taiwan$0.17B1.6%
  5. 05Thailand$71.1M0.6%
  6. 06Indonesia$58.7M0.5%
  7. 07South Korea$33.2M0.3%
  8. 08Malaysia$3.1M<0.1%
  9. 09Turkey$2.8M<0.1%
  10. 10France$2.5M<0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $7.9M<0.1%

Total US TVs imports by year · $24.2B in 2010 to $11.1B 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 TVs imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US TVs imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Mexico63% → 81%
Vietnam<0.1% → 14%
Taiwan0.1% → 1.6%
Indonesia<0.1% → 0.5%
South Korea0.2% → 0.3%
Turkey<0.1% → <0.1%
France<0.1% → <0.1%
Malaysia<0.1% → <0.1%
Thailand4.8% → 0.6%
China30% → 1.8%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Mexico alone sends 81%, and Vietnam, China and Taiwan add another 17%. Asia is the next-largest source region at 18%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Vietnam
  3. 03China
  4. 04Taiwan
  5. 05Thailand
  6. 06Indonesia
  7. 07South Korea
  8. 08Malaysia

Where it enters

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

82% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Most of it enters at Otay Mesa (58%). Hidalgo and Los Angeles follow at 14% and 12%.

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

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  1. AOtay Mesa, CA $6.41B
  2. BHidalgo, TX $1.52B
  3. CLos Angeles, CA $1.34B
  4. DYsleta, TX $0.83B
  5. ELong Beach, CA $0.22B
  6. FEl Paso, TX $0.22B
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 TVs is used.

Three states are listed for over $1B each.

  1. 01California$7.22B
  2. 02Georgia$1.28B
  3. 03Texas$1.19B
  4. 04South Carolina$0.26B
  5. 05New Jersey$0.23B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 852872, 852873, 852871. How we count.