Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$6.1 billion$6.1B
vs 2010
1.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
2%
Busiest portTop port
JFK Airport, NY

Most imported watches come from Switzerland: 87% of $6.1 billion.

Japan is second at 7%. Wristwatches and pocket watches.

Where US watches come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $6.1B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Switzerland$5.31B87.5%
  2. 02Japan$0.42B7.0%
  3. 03China$0.12B2.0%
  4. 04Germany$72.7M1.2%
  5. 05Thailand$43.5M0.7%
  6. 06Singapore$27.3M0.5%
  7. 07Philippines$14.1M0.2%
  8. 08France$13.3M0.2%
  9. 09United Kingdom$7.8M0.1%
  10. 10Italy$6.5M0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $27.5M0.5%

Total US watches imports by year · $3.2B in 2010 to $6.1B 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 watches imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US watches imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Switzerland58% → 87%
Germany0.7% → 1.2%
Singapore0.4% → 0.5%
United Kingdom0.1% → 0.1%
France0.3% → 0.2%
Italy0.4% → 0.1%
Philippines1% → 0.2%
Thailand2% → 0.7%
Japan19% → 7%
China16% → 2%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Switzerland alone sends 87%, and Japan, China and Germany add another 10%. Asia is the next-largest source region at 11%.

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  1. 01Switzerland
  2. 02Japan
  3. 03China
  4. 04Germany
  5. 05Thailand
  6. 06Singapore
  7. 07Philippines
  8. 08France

Where it lands

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

96% arrives by air. Most of it enters at JFK Airport (63%). Dallas-Fort Worth and Los Angeles Airport (LAX) follow at 10% and 7%.

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

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  1. AJFK Airport, NY $3.84B
  2. BDallas-Fort Worth, TX $0.58B
  3. CLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $0.43B
  4. DNewark, NJ $0.41B
  5. EMiami Airport, FL $0.23B
  6. FNew Orleans, LA $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 watches is used.

One state is listed for over $1B.

  1. 01New York$3.07B
  2. 02New Jersey$0.86B
  3. 03Texas$0.66B
  4. 04Florida$0.55B
  5. 05California$0.51B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 9101, 9102. How we count.