Shipped Where
Headed to Rhode Island, 2025
$11.3 billion
Share of all US imports
0.3%
Rank among states
#36 of 51
Largest source
Costa Rica, 18%

Rhode Island is the 36th largest destination for US imports: $11.3 billion in 2025.

That is 0.3% of everything the US imported. The largest source is Costa Rica (18%), followed by Germany (15%). The top product line is cars, followed by medical instruments, gasoline & refined fuels and steel structures. The total is up 37% from 2015, in nominal dollars.

Top sources

Countries of origin for goods headed to Rhode Island, 2025. Gray line is 2015.

  1. 01Costa Rica$2.1B · 18.2%
  2. 02Germany$1.7B · 15.4%
  3. 03Canada$1.5B · 13.0%
  4. 04Mexico$1.4B · 12.5%
  5. 05Japan$750M · 6.6%
  6. 06Netherlands$616M · 5.4%
  7. 07Slovakia$584M · 5.2%
  8. 08China$461M · 4.1%

Top products

Goods headed to Rhode Island by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015.

  1. 01Cars$3.9B · 34.4%
  2. 02Medical instruments$2.4B · 21.5%
  3. 03Gasoline & refined fuels$1.7B · 14.8%
  4. 04Steel structures$249M · 2.2%
  5. 05Orthopedic and implantable devices$169M · 1.5%
  6. 06Insulated wire, cable and other insulated electrical conductors$98.8M · 0.9%
  7. 07Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective$96.1M · 0.9%
  8. 08Petroleum coke$84.4M · 0.7%

Excludes US goods returned after export.

Where it comes from

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

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Costa Rica is the largest source at 18%. The top three together are 47% of the value.

  1. 01Costa Rica
  2. 02Germany
  3. 03Canada
  4. 04Mexico
  5. 05Japan
  6. 06Netherlands
  7. 07Slovakia
  8. 08China

Other top destinations