Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$3.1 billion$3.1B
vs 2010
1.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
91%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

The US buys the most vacuum cleaners from Vietnam: 44% of $3.1 billion.

Malaysia is second at 19%. Upright, canister and robot vacuums.

Where US vacuum cleaners 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. 01Vietnam$1.35B43.7%
  2. 02Malaysia$0.58B18.8%
  3. 03China$0.39B12.6%
  4. 04Philippines$0.27B8.8%
  5. 05Mexico$0.21B6.9%
  6. 06Germany$82.4M2.7%
  7. 07Indonesia$78.2M2.5%
  8. 08Thailand$44.1M1.4%
  9. 09Italy$18.6M0.6%
  10. 10Canada$18.5M0.6%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $43.4M1.4%

Total US vacuum cleaners imports by year · $1.6B in 2010 to $3.1B 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 vacuum cleaners imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US vacuum cleaners imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Vietnam0.2% → 44%
Philippines0% → 8.8%
Malaysia12% → 19%
Indonesia0% → 2.5%
Thailand0% → 1.4%
Canada0.5% → 0.6%
Italy0.6% → 0.6%
Germany2.9% → 2.7%
Mexico12% → 6.9%
China71% → 13%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported vacuum cleaners are made in Southeast Asia. Vietnam and Malaysia send 62% between them, and China, the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand add another 25%. Mexico ships from Latin America.

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

Where it lands

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

91% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 38%. Long Beach and Newark follow at 18% and 10%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $1.17B
  2. BLong Beach, CA $0.56B
  3. CNewark, NJ $0.32B
  4. DNorfolk, VA $0.27B
  5. EHidalgo, TX $0.17B
  6. FSavannah, GA $0.14B
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 vacuum cleaners is used.

One state is listed for over $1B.

  1. 01California$1.13B
  2. 02Kentucky$0.35B
  3. 03Virginia$0.23B
  4. 04Michigan$0.21B
  5. 05Arizona$0.17B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 850811, 850819, 850860. How we count.