Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$9.4 billion$9.4B
vs 2010
4.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
0.8%
Busiest portTop port
Chicago, IL

The US buys the most vaccines from Belgium: 39% of $9.4 billion.

Ireland is a close second at 33%. Vaccines for human use.

Where US vaccines come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $9.4B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Belgium$3.68B38.9%
  2. 02Ireland$3.09B32.7%
  3. 03Italy$0.92B9.8%
  4. 04France$0.59B6.3%
  5. 05Germany$0.42B4.4%
  6. 06Canada$0.27B2.9%
  7. 07United Kingdom$0.20B2.1%
  8. 08Denmark$0.15B1.6%
  9. 09Australia$31.1M0.3%
  10. 10Taiwan$28.8M0.3%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $60.8M0.6%

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

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

Belgium19% → 39%
Italy3.6% → 9.8%
France2.6% → 6.3%
Germany2.9% → 4.4%
Denmark<0.1% → 1.6%
Taiwan0% → 0.3%
Australia1.5% → 0.3%
United Kingdom5.5% → 2.1%
Canada7.1% → 2.9%
Ireland57% → 33%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported vaccines are made in Europe. Belgium and Ireland send 72% between them, and Italy, France, Germany and the United Kingdom add another 23%. Canada adds 3%.

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  1. 01Belgium
  2. 02Ireland
  3. 03Italy
  4. 04France
  5. 05Germany
  6. 06Canada
  7. 07United Kingdom
  8. 08Denmark

Where it lands

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

93% arrives by air. Chicago alone takes 45%. Washington Dulles and Atlanta follow at 27% and 9%.

Air cargo is recorded where it clears customs, which isn't always where the plane landed.

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  1. AChicago, IL $4.29B
  2. BWashington Dulles, DC $2.53B
  3. CAtlanta, GA $0.86B
  4. DNewark, NJ $0.51B
  5. EPhiladelphia Airport, PA $0.37B
  6. FJFK Airport, NY $0.23B
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 vaccines is used.

Four states are listed for over $1B each.

  1. 01Pennsylvania$3.81B
  2. 02Kentucky$2.54B
  3. 03Wisconsin$1.49B
  4. 04North Carolina$1.01B
  5. 05Tennessee$0.20B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 300220, 300241. How we count.