The Imports the U.S. Relies On Most From 140 Nations, From Albania to Zimbabwe

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The Imports the U.S. Relies On Most From 140 Nations, From Albania to Zimbabwe

President Trump’s on-and-off tariffs have created deep uncertainty about the cost of imported goods — and it’s not always clear what goods will be most affected with any given country.

The largest U.S. imports from many countries are oil and gas, electronics, cars and pharmaceuticals. But there’s another way to look at what Americans import: trying to measure a country’s distinct contribution to the U.S.’s total needs.

For example, China’s largest exports to the U.S. — by dollar value — are electronics. But the U.S. also imports large quantities of electronics from elsewhere. Nearly 100 percent of imported baby carriages, however, come from China.

Switzerland, meanwhile, is responsible for nearly all of America’s imported precious metal watches. Ethiopia, on the other hand, sends the U.S. around 2 percent of its imported knit babies’ clothes — but that’s a larger share than for any other item it exports to the U.S.

The table below shows the item the U.S. relies on most from each of 140 trading partners. (We took out items that the U.S. also exports in large quantities, such as petroleum.)

What the U.S. is most reliant on from each country

COUNTRY		ITEM

Pct. of
U.S. imports
from here

Canada Live pigs

>99%

Peru Calcium phosphates

>99%

South Africa Chromium ore

98%

Switzerland Precious metal watches

98%

China Baby carriages

97%

Mexico Self-propelled rail transport

94%

Portugal Natural cork articles

93%

India Synthetic reconstructed jewelry stones

89%

Italy Vermouth

86%

Indonesia Palm oil

85%

Madagascar Vanilla

80%

Turkey Retail artificial filament yarn

79%

Brazil Semi-finished iron

76%

Vietnam Coconuts, brazil nuts, and cashews

75%

Australia Sheep and goat meat

74%

New Zealand Misc. animal fats

73%

Gabon Manganese ore

71%

Chile Refined copper

71%

Netherlands Bulbs and roots

70%

Spain Olive oil

62%

Taiwan Tapioca

62%

Argentina Groundnut oil

60%

Colombia Cut flowers

60%

Bolivia Tungsten ore

59%

Dominican Republic Rolled tobacco

59%

Cote d’Ivoire Cocoa paste

59%

Germany Felt machinery

58%

Finland Cobalt oxides and hydroxides

56%

Japan Pianos

52%

Israel Phosphatic fertilizers

50%

Philippines Coconut oil

50%

France Insect resins

50%

Thailand Sugar preserved foods

47%

Malaysia Rubber apparel

46%

Ireland Sulfonamides

45%

Pakistan Light mixed woven cotton

43%

Singapore Glass with edge workings

39%

Guatemala Bananas

38%

Ecuador Cocoa beans

38%

South Korea Rubber inner tubes

33%

Jamaica Aluminum ore

33%

Bangladesh Non-knit babies’ garments

31%

Austria Handguns

29%

United Kingdom Antiques

28%

Cambodia Gum coated textile fabric

25%

Nicaragua Rolled tobacco

24%

Guyana Aluminum ore

24%

Ukraine Seed oils

24%

Belgium Flax woven fabric

22%

Bahrain Stranded aluminum wire

22%

Sri Lanka Coconut and other vegetable fibers

21%

Morocco Barium sulphate

20%

Romania Steel ingots

19%

Norway Carbides

19%

Sweden Stainless steel ingots

17%

Costa Rica Bananas

16%

Honduras Molasses

16%

Paraguay Wood charcoal

16%

Denmark Casein

15%

Tunisia Pure olive oil

15%

Russia Phosphatic fertilizers

15%

Fiji Water

15%

Hong Kong Pearls

13%

Nepal Knotted carpets

13%

Poland Processed mushrooms

12%

Lebanon Phosphatic fertilizers

12%

Croatia Handguns

12%

Bulgaria Non-retail combed wool yarn

12%

Laos Barium sulphate

12%

Mozambique Titanium ore

11%

Ghana Cocoa beans

11%

Bahamas Gravel and crushed stone

10%

Greece Dried, salted, smoked or brined fish

10%

Jordan Knit men’s coats

10%

Czech Republic Rolling machines

10%

El Salvador Molasses

10%

Egypt Spice seeds

10%

United Arab Emirates Raw aluminum

9%

Uganda Vanilla

9%

Nigeria Raw lead

9%

Uruguay Bovine, sheep, and goat ****

9%

Latvia Book-binding machines

9%

Kazakhstan Ironmaking alloys

8%

Cameroon Cocoa paste

8%

Lithuania Wheat gluten

8%

Oman Metal office supplies

8%

Hungary Seed oils

7%

Belize Molasses

7%

Faroe Islands Non-fillet fresh fish

6%

Qatar Pearls

6%

Myanmar Misc. knit clothing accessories

5%

Zambia Precious stones

5%

Slovenia Packaged medications

5%

Senegal Titanium ore

5%

Algeria Cement

4%

Haiti Knit T-shirts

4%

Kenya Titanium ore

4%

Liechtenstein Iron nails

4%

Georgia Ironmaking alloys

4%

Liberia Rubber

4%

Serbia Rubber inner tubes

4%

Iceland Fish fillets

4%

Democratic Republic of the Congo Refined copper

3%

Botswana Diamonds

3%

Chad Insect resins

3%

Zimbabwe Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting

3%

Luxembourg Polyamide fabric

3%

Panama Non-fillet fresh fish

3%

Albania Ironmaking alloys

3%

Estonia Fishing and hunting equipment

2%

Ethiopia Knit babies’ garments

2%

Namibia Wood charcoal

2%

Venezuela Processed crustaceans

2%

Slovakia Rubber tires

2%

Lesotho Knit men’s shirts

2%

Tanzania Precious stones

2%

Papua New Guinea Vanilla

1%

Mauritius Processed fish

1%

Saudi Arabia Iron nails

1%

Moldova Wine

<1%

Suriname Non-fillet fresh fish

<1%

Angola Pig iron

<1%

Armenia Diamonds

<1%

Trinidad and Tobago Non-fillet fresh fish

<1%

Macau Knitted hats

<1%

North Macedonia Curbstones

<1%

Togo Fake hair

<1%

Bosnia and Herzegovina Non-knit women’s coats

<1%

Republic of the Congo Antiques

<1%

Azerbaijan Ironmaking alloys

<1%

Iraq Antiques

<1%

Libya Misc. vegetable products

<1%

Cyprus Olive oil

<1%

Kuwait Ironmaking alloys

<1%

Malta Air conditioners

<1%

British Virgin Islands Diamonds

<1%

Brunei Knit T-shirts

<1%

Cayman Islands Phones

<1%

Equatorial Guinea Knitted hats

<1%

Sint Maarten Hard liquor

<1%

Curious where the U.S. imports a particular item from? You can look it up below.

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Computers $138.5 billion in imports

Mexico

35%

China

26%

Taiwan

19%

Vietnam

11%

Thailand

5%

Phones $119 billion

China

42%

Vietnam

17%

Mexico

9%

India

7%

Thailand

7%

Packaged medications $100.4 billion

Ireland

16%

Switzerland

12%

India

12%

Italy

7%

China

6%

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About the data

We analyzed

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on goods imported for consumption in 2024. We used product descriptions from

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to label the goods, and edited these descriptions lightly.

We grouped goods using the first four digits of their code in the

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, which lists categories of products.

We excluded goods that are widely produced in the U.S., using

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to remove goods where the U.S. exports at least 25 percent of what it imports by value.

We included only trading partners that export at least $50 million of goods each year to the U.S.

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