Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$921 million$921M
vs 2010
3.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
24%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Most imported water heaters come from Mexico: 66% of $921 million.

China is second at 15%. Electric storage and instant water heaters.

Where US water heaters come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $921M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$607M66.0%
  2. 02China$139M15.1%
  3. 03Canada$58.0M6.3%
  4. 04Germany$30.1M3.3%
  5. 05South Korea$24.7M2.7%
  6. 06Portugal$7.7M0.8%
  7. 07Japan$7.1M0.8%
  8. 08Sweden$6.3M0.7%
  9. 09Vietnam$4.8M0.5%
  10. 10France$4.0M0.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $32.0M3.5%

Total US water heaters imports by year · $260M in 2010 to $921M 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 water heaters imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US water heaters imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Mexico59% → 66%
Portugal0% → 0.8%
South Korea1.9% → 2.7%
Sweden<0.1% → 0.7%
Vietnam<0.1% → 0.5%
Japan0.4% → 0.8%
France0.1% → 0.4%
Canada6.5% → 6.3%
Germany3.5% → 3.3%
China24% → 15%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Mexico alone sends 66%, and China, Canada, Germany and South Korea add another 27%. Asia is the next-largest source region at 20%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02China
  3. 03Canada
  4. 04Germany
  5. 05South Korea
  6. 06Portugal
  7. 07Japan
  8. 08Sweden

Where it enters

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

73% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Laredo alone takes 36%. Calexico East and El Paso follow at 15% and 7%.

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

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  1. ALaredo, TX $333M
  2. BCalexico East, CA $134M
  3. CEl Paso, TX $68.1M
  4. DYsleta, TX $59.8M
  5. ELos Angeles, CA $58.3M
  6. FNewark, NJ $42.6M
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 water heaters is used.

One state is listed for over $100M.

  1. 01Texas$406M
  2. 02California$87.7M
  3. 03Georgia$59.5M
  4. 04Alabama$54.1M
  5. 05Arizona$38.7M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 851610. How we count.