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Plastic Spoons, Umbrellas, Violins: A Guide to What Americans Buy From China - The New York Times

"Plastic Spoons, Umbrellas, Violins: A Guide to What Americans Buy From China

The things the U.S. imports a lot, the things it doesn’t and everything in between.

May 24, 2025

Photo Illustration by Zak Bickel/The New York Times; Photographs via Getty; Unsplash

Tariffs are up. Tariffs are down. Shipping is frozen. Shipping is back on.

In the past several weeks, Chinese imports to the U.S. have been on a seesaw, leaving Americans uncertain how tariffs will affect their lives.

It’s impossible to say what tariffs will do to the price or availability of any particular item, although even the Trump administration’s current level of 30 percent tariffs — on top of previous levies — will certainly make many things more expensive.

But thanks to detailed trade data, we know what Americans buy from China, and how much of it, and thus what might be most sensitive to future swings in trade status.

Here are several ways of understanding what’s on those container ships, based on 2024 data from the U.S. International Trade Commission.

First, the products where the greatest share of our imports are Chinese imports:

Goods Americans import almost exclusively from China

	ITEM	Pct. from  China	Imports from China  in millions
1	Baby carriages	97%	$380
2	Artificial plants	96%	$991
3	Umbrellas	96%	$491
4	Filing cabinets	96%	$88
5	Vacuum flasks	96%	$1,634
6	Fireworks	95%	$465
7	Children’s picture books	93%	$505
8	Portable lighting	91%	$901
9	Combs	91%	$367
10	Travel kits	90%	$42

This list is the simplest way to think about which Chinese goods the U.S. relies on most. But percentages aren’t everything. Americans buy so much from China that even goods with smaller imported shares from there could still be significantly affected by tariffs.

Chinese goods that Americans spend the most on

	ITEM	Pct. from  China	Imports from China  in millions
1	Telephones	42%	$50,085
2	Computers	26%	$35,473
3	Electric batteries	58%	$17,022
4	Other toys	76%	$13,463
5	Motor vehicles; parts and accessories	11%	$9,059
6	Video and card games	78%	$7,083
7	Video displays	33%	$6,770
8	Electric heaters	55%	$6,607
9	Seats	26%	$6,582
10	Packaged medications	6%	$6,146

This list skews slightly toward more expensive goods that the average American purchases infrequently, particularly electronics. But the International Trade Commission also tracks how many of each good the U.S. imports.

Chinese goods with huge U.S. import quantities

	ITEM	Pct. from  China	Items imported from China  in millions
1	Plastic housewares	79%	67,895
2	Other plastic products	45%	19,158
3	Plastic lids	22%	13,688
4	Electrical capacitors	11%	12,125
5	Semiconductor devices	3%	11,368
6	Electrical resistors	11%	9,276
7	Other toys	76%	6,390
8	Other cloth articles	64%	5,466
9	Shaped paper	38%	3,895
10	Low-voltage protection equipment	15%	3,626

In that list, you can see Americans’ well-documented reliance on China for plastic products.

Many of America’s major imports from China are consumer goods: things you buy for yourself, like clothes, housewares or entertainment. Drill down into those categories and specific products stand out.

For example, American wardrobes are somewhat dependent on China: about a fifth of U.S. clothing imports. But a majority of neckties and gloves and pantyhose are imported from China.

Clothing

	ITEM	Pct. from  China	Imports from China  in millions
1	Hosiery	58%	$149
2	Neckties	57%	$52
3	Gloves	53%	$724
4	Handkerchiefs	53%	$13
5	Women’s and girls’ bathrobes	50%	$217

Includes knit and non-knit clothing. Excludes leather, plastic and rubber clothing. Various fibers combined into single categories.

The U.S. is more reliant on China for things made with polyester and nylon (like pantyhose) than for those made with cotton.

Athletes, especially racket-sport players, are also dependent on China:

Sporting goods

	ITEM	Pct. from  China	Imports from China  in millions
1	Badminton or similar rackets	94%	$64
2	Equipment for table tennis	81%	$34
3	Lawn-tennis rackets	70%	$41
4	Gym and athletic equipment	69%	$1,652
5	Other sports and pool equipment	64%	$1,345

There are also consumer-goods categories whose “Made in China” status may not be as well known. For example, the U.S. gets a lot of its imported string instruments — such as violins and cellos — from China.

Musical instruments

	ITEM	Pct. from  China	Imports from China  in millions
1	String musical instruments played with a bow	83%	$31
2	Brass-wind instruments	44%	$49
3	Percussion musical instruments	36%	$42
4	Wind musical instruments except brass	27%	$48
5	Grand and upright pianos	4%	$4.8

The Japanese company Yamaha manufactures some of its instruments in China, including trumpets and drums.

The U.S. also relies on China for many of its vitamins …

Vitamin derivatives

	ITEM	Pct. from  China	Imports from China  in millions
1	Vitamin B6	90%	$32
2	Vitamin B1	88%	$43
3	Vitamin B12	85%	$59
4	Vitamin C	73%	$139
5	Vitamin B3 and B5	72%	$35

… and eels. (China has a robust eel farming industry.)

Fish

	ITEM	Pct. from  China	Imports from China  in millions
1	Preserved eel	95%	$38
2	Frozen cod-like fish	91%	$8.5
3	Frozen tilapia fillets	75%	$308
4	Dried, salted and brined cod-like fish fillets	69%	$37
5	Frozen flatfish fillets	65%	$58

Includes processed, frozen, fresh and live fish.

Then there are the goods that the U.S. imports primarily to put inside other things, like car parts.

Car parts

	ITEM	Pct. from  China	Imports from China  in millions
1	Vehicle windshields and window parts	32%	$358
2	Motor vehicle wheels and accessories	31%	$1,338
3	Vehicle parts: brakes, servo-brake and parts	25%	$1,697
4	Bumpers and parts for motor vehicles	5%	$79
5	Seat belts for motor vehicles	4%	$11

The U.S. relies heavily on Chinese imports to build electric vehicles in particular: Some 70 percent of its imported lithium-ion batteries are from China.

Even batteries made in the U.S. often rely on raw materials from China, particularly graphite. (China tightened its export controls on graphite at the end of last year, so this year’s numbers could end up looking very different.)

Critical minerals used in E.V. batteries

	ITEM	Pct. from  China	Imports from China  in millions
1	Graphite and artificial graphite	62%	$376
2	Manganese ores, oxides and articles	37%	$86
3	Cobalt ores, oxides, hydroxides and articles	2%	$9.8
4	Nickel ores, oxides, hydroxides, sulphates and raw nickel	2%	$30
5	Lithium oxide, hydroxide and carbonate	1%	$2.6

Mr. Trump’s newest tariffs are not the only levies imposed on Chinese goods, and there’s a complicated interplay of which tariffs apply to which products. Some goods that a lot of Americans buy received exemptions from the latest tariffs (though perhaps not future ones), including one item the U.S. imports almost exclusively from China: children’s books.

Select exempted goods

	ITEM	Pct. from  China	Imports from China  in millions
1	Children's picture, drawing or coloring books	93%	$505
2	Smartphones	73%	$40,675
3	Portable computers	66%	$32,169

That’s a window into what Americans buy from China. But for some imports, the U.S. doesn’t rely on China. It’s a list that includes large vehicles, precious metals and tomatoes, all of which America imports largely from other countries.

Goods that the U.S. imports the least from China

	ITEM	Total imports in millions
1	Delivery trucks	$47,524
2	Other precious metal products	$21,231
3	Planes, helicopters, and/or spacecraft	$18,309
4	Diamonds	$15,938
5	Raw aluminum	$10,113
6	Refined copper	$8,627
7	Platinum	$6,973
8	Wine	$6,697
9	Other fruits	$5,923
10	Silver	$5,088

Imports value includes all countries, not just China. Includes categories where less than 0.5 percent of goods are from China.

It’s also worth noting what America exports to China. Though the U.S. sends fewer goods to China than it receives, these could still be affected in a trade war. (China has been instituting its own exemptions, which are broader than those of the U.S.)

Goods that the U.S. exports the most to China

	ITEM	Exports to China in millions
1	Soybeans	$12,761
2	Civilian aircraft	$11,522
3	Integrated circuits	$8,716
4	Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures	$6,680
5	Petroleum gas	$6,187
6	Crude petroleum	$6,160
7	Cars	$4,931
8	Machines used to manufacture semiconductor devices, electronic integrated circuits or flat panel displays	$4,170
9	Medical instruments	$3,460
10	Scrap copper	$2,795

Export value includes only exports to China, not other countries.

To let you take a closer look at what America does and doesn’t import from China, we’ve included a searchable list below of all goods for which the U.S. imported at least $20 million (from any country) in 2024, excluding America’s major exports.

	ITEM	Pct. from  China	Imports from China  in millions
1	Baby carriages	97%	$380
2	Artificial plants	96%	$991
3	Umbrellas	96%	$491
4	Filing cabinets	96%	$88
5	Vacuum flasks	96%	$1,634
6	Fireworks	95%	$465
7	Children’s picture books	93%	$505
8	Portable lighting	91%	$901
9	Combs	91%	$367
10	Travel kits	90%	$42
11	Chalkboards	90%	$124
12	Party decorations	89%	$4,699
13	Umbrella and walking stick accessories	85%	$71
14	Other footwear	84%	$972
15	Blankets	82%	$1,398
16	Other cutlery	82%	$140
17	Iron housewares	81%	$3,155
18	Bells and other metal ornaments	81%	$911
19	Ceramic tableware	80%	$835
20	Other domestic electric housewares	80%	$2,696
21	Other musical instruments	80%	$22
22	Other clocks	80%	$110
23	Scissors	79%	$123
24	Plastic housewares	79%	$6,079
25	Video and card games	78%	$7,083
26	Other toys	76%	$13,463
27	Cooking hand tools	74%	$106
28	Wood frames	74%	$149
29	Sound recording equipment	72%	$812
30	Aluminum housewares	72%	$1,143
31	Postcards	72%	$273
32	Glycosides	71%	$215
33	Manganese	71%	$85
34	Electric filament	70%	$1,882
35	Scent sprays	70%	$173
36	Cutlery sets	69%	$309
37	Image projectors	68%	$38
38	Graphite	68%	$96
39	Wood ornaments	68%	$394
40	Phosphoric esters and salts	67%	$82
41	Glass bricks	66%	$99
42	Wheelchairs	66%	$273
43	Pearl products	65%	$605
44	Walking sticks	65%	$28
45	Imitation jewelry	65%	$602
46	Brooms	64%	$1,241
47	Other cloth articles	64%	$3,589
48	Fake hair	64%	$879
49	Ornamental ceramics	63%	$328
50	Wood kitchenware	63%	$267
51	Other knit clothing accessories	63%	$186
52	Awnings, tents, and sails	62%	$546
53	Iron sewing needles	62%	$23
54	Iron stovetops	62%	$2,278
55	Pastes and waxes	62%	$200
56	Safes	62%	$212
57	Calendars	61%	$73
58	Interior decorative glassware	60%	$806
59	Artificial graphite	60%	$280
60	Knives	59%	$463
61	Fishing and hunting equipment	59%	$512
62	Watch straps	58%	$121
63	Electric batteries	58%	$17,022
64	Molybdenum	58%	$109
65	Other headwear	57%	$328
66	Neck ties	57%	$52
67	Sports equipment	56%	$4,283
68	Knit gloves	56%	$602
69	Knit socks and hosiery	55%	$1,320
70	Electric heaters	55%	$6,607
71	Hats	55%	$62
72	Mattresses	54%	$2,200
73	Processed mica	54%	$26
74	Other non-knit clothing accessories	54%	$111
75	Porcelain tableware	54%	$179
76	Rubber footwear	54%	$3,440
77	Bedspreads	54%	$422
78	Handkerchiefs	53%	$13
79	Woven fabrics	52%	$120
80	Bladed weapons and accessories	52%	$12
81	Other articles of twine and rope	51%	$76
82	Hair trimmers	51%	$343
83	Gimp yarn	51%	$41
84	Inedible fats and oils	50%	$1,177
85	Cameras	49%	$229
86	Artistry paints	48%	$63
87	Eyewear frames	47%	$595
88	Bathroom ceramics	46%	$725
89	Mannequins	46%	$32
90	Window dressings	46%	$564
91	Magnesium carbonate	46%	$97
92	Other carpets	45%	$132
93	Plastic wash basins	45%	$273
94	Smoking pipes	45%	$12
95	Electromagnets	45%	$487
96	Other zinc products	44%	$125
97	Pulley systems	44%	$653
98	Waterproof footwear	44%	$65
99	Non-knit gloves	43%	$122
100	Carbides	42%	$147
101	Telephones	42%	$50,085
102	Tool sets	42%	$38
103	Bicycles, delivery tricycles, other cycles	42%	$417
104	Medical furniture	42%	$537
105	Locust beans, seaweed, sugar beet, cane	41%	$100
106	Microphones and headphones	41%	$5,365
107	Iron anchors	41%	$18
108	Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles	41%	$24
109	Eyewear	40%	$1,023
110	Scarves	40%	$124
111	Other hand tools	39%	$570
112	Electric musical instruments	39%	$232
113	Rubber stamps	39%	$14
114	Iron toiletry	38%	$238
115	Scales	38%	$329
116	Iron oxides and hydroxides	38%	$82
117	Felt or coated fabric garments	38%	$825
118	Metal office supplies	38%	$57
119	Other knit garments	37%	$550
120	Motor-working tools	37%	$2,742
121	Light fixtures	36%	$3,344
122	Garments of impregnated fabric	36%	$67
123	Hand tools	36%	$169
124	Percussion	36%	$42
125	Pens	35%	$393
126	Textile footwear	35%	$2,760
127	Saddlery	35%	$198
128	Spring, air, and gas guns	35%	$73
129	Carboxyimide compounds	35%	$102
130	Other wood articles	35%	$597
131	Electrical insulators	34%	$135
132	Knit women’s undergarments	34%	$1,100
133	House linens	34%	$1,989
134	Toilet paper	34%	$678
135	Wind instruments	34%	$97
136	Metal mountings	34%	$2,945
137	Plastic floor coverings	34%	$1,419
138	Knit active wear	33%	$226
139	Garden tools	33%	$136
140	Titanium oxides	33%	$20
141	Video displays	33%	$6,770
142	Bi-wheel vehicle parts	33%	$519
143	Video recording equipment	33%	$179
144	Glass beads	32%	$45
145	Therapeutic appliances	32%	$2,033
146	Safety glass	31%	$416
147	Pencils and crayons	31%	$99
148	Iron chains	31%	$216
149	Knitted hats	31%	$654
150	Non-knit women’s coats	29%	$562
151	Printed circuit boards	29%	$747
152	Iron cloth	29%	$168
153	Vacuum cleaners	29%	$896
154	Other cast iron products	29%	$160
155	Sound recordings	29%	$448
156	Ketones and quinones	28%	$278
157	Paper notebooks	28%	$269
158	Ornamental trimmings	28%	$11
159	Rubber inner tubes	28%	$21
160	Non-knit men’s coats	28%	$547
161	Wrenches	27%	$227
162	Other women’s undergarments	27%	$640
163	Vending machines	27%	$70
164	Embroidery	27%	$29
165	Labels	26%	$11
166	Other metals	26%	$182
167	Seats	26%	$6,582
168	Oxygen heterocyclic compounds	26%	$432
169	Knit men’s undergarments	26%	$427
170	Chromium oxides and hydroxides	26%	$6.8
171	Computers	26%	$35,473
172	Copper housewares	26%	$25
173	Nucleic acids	25%	$880
174	Basketwork	24%	$140
175	Boat propellers	24%	$149
176	Vegetable and mineral carvings	24%	$96
177	Knit women’s coats	24%	$199
178	Twine, cordage or rope; knotted netting, fishing nets and other nets, of textile materials	24%	$13
179	Time switches	24%	$15
180	Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds	24%	$1,167
181	Oxygen amino compounds	24%	$425
182	Motorcycles and cycles	23%	$907
183	Calculators	23%	$260
184	Non-knit active wear	23%	$536
185	Padlocks	23%	$662
186	Wool grease	23%	$5.8
187	Wallpaper	23%	$27
188	Trunks and cases	23%	$2,613
189	Iron nails	23%	$220
190	Aluminum ore	22%	$35
191	Air pumps	22%	$3,494
192	Coated textile fabric	22%	$23
193	Knit babies’ garments	22%	$374
194	Carboxyamide compounds	22%	$249
195	Household washing machines	22%	$502
196	Non-knit women’s undergarments	22%	$106
197	Other furniture	22%	$5,718
198	Woodworking machines	21%	$297
199	Worked slate	21%	$9.8
200	Vegetable saps	21%	$348
201	Non-knit women’s suits	21%	$2,160
202	Woven fabric of synthetic staple fibers	21%	$8.1
203	Commodities not elsewhere specified	21%	$5,136
204	Rubber apparel	21%	$558
205	Balances	21%	$25
206	Leather footwear	21%	$2,404
207	Glass bottles	21%	$343
208	Knit women’s suits	21%	$1,106
209	Plastic building materials	21%	$578
210	Barium sulphate	20%	$40
211	Knit sweaters	20%	$2,570
212	Refrigerators	19%	$2,585
213	Air conditioners	19%	$2,876
214	Wooden tool handles	19%	$9.2
215	Sanitary towels (pads)	19%	$341
216	Vegetable alkaloids	19%	$86
217	Navigation equipment	18%	$799
218	Carboxylic acids	18%	$267
219	Decals	18%	$20
220	Stone working machines	18%	$67
221	Non-knit women’s shirts	18%	$326
222	Non-knit babies’ garments	18%	$58
223	Aluminum foil	18%	$243
224	Watch cases and parts	18%	$4.6
225	Knit men’s coats	17%	$142
226	Copper pipe fittings	17%	$178
227	Gum coated textile fabric	17%	$14
228	Broadcasting equipment	17%	$1,924
229	Refractory bricks	17%	$47
230	Warp knit fabrics	16%	$55
231	Inhalable tobacco/nicotine products	16%	$93
232	Stranded iron wire	16%	$155
233	Metal molds	16%	$359
234	Hydrazine or hydroxylamine derivatives	16%	$23
235	Pearls	15%	$12
236	Spices	15%	$62
237	Onions	15%	$126
238	Building stone	14%	$395
239	Vegetable waxes and beeswax	14%	$9.4
240	Hand saws	14%	$126
241	Packing bags	14%	$98
242	Agglomerated cork	14%	$17
243	Audio alarms	14%	$519
244	Hot-rolled stainless steel bars	14%	$20
245	Book-binding machines	14%	$29
246	Silk fabrics	14%	$5.3
247	Metal stoppers	13%	$138
248	Letter stock	13%	$28
249	Conveyor belt textiles	13%	$15
250	Rolling machines	13%	$46
251	Electrical ignitions	13%	$590
252	Retail artificial filament yarn	13%	$5.3
253	Rubber belting	13%	$105
254	Other leather articles	13%	$19
255	Sewing machines	13%	$53
256	Other vegetable oils	13%	$31
257	Textile wall coverings	13%	$4.7
258	Tufted carpets	13%	$138
259	Casting machines	13%	$60
260	Fish fillets	13%	$951
261	Mirrors and lenses	13%	$195
262	Diazo, azo or azoxy compounds	13%	$6.2
263	Electric motors	12%	$1,603
264	Furskin apparel	12%	$12
265	Industrial printers	12%	$1,787
266	Iron wire	12%	$75
267	Electrical transformers	12%	$3,539
268	Milling stones	12%	$68
269	Other office machines	12%	$116
270	Granulated slag	12%	$26
271	Other heating machinery	12%	$1,066
272	Other clocks and watches	12%	$6.5
273	Sulfonamides	12%	$134
274	Dried/salted/smoked/brined fish	12%	$49
275	Leather apparel	12%	$164
276	Non-knit men’s undergarments	12%	$26
277	Polycarboxylic acids	12%	$181
278	Electrical parts	11%	$35
279	Antimony	11%	$11
280	Engine parts	11%	$1,228
281	Insulated wire	11%	$3,448
282	Rubber pipes	11%	$253
283	Aluminum structures	11%	$307
284	Electrical resistors	11%	$109
285	Non-knit men’s suits	11%	$884
286	Other electrical machinery	11%	$1,798
287	Electrical capacitors	11%	$200
288	Motor vehicles; parts and accessories	11%	$9,059
289	Worked ivory and bone	11%	$4.3
290	Hard rubber	11%	$3.3
291	Other processed fruits and nuts	11%	$449
292	Microscopes	11%	$60
293	Radio receivers	11%	$404
294	Unprocessed artificial staple fibers	11%	$26
295	Electric motor parts	11%	$368
296	Knit men’s suits	10%	$234
297	Other processed vegetables	10%	$202
298	Insulating glass	10%	$37
299	Other meat	10%	$6.6
300	Retail artificial staple fibers yarn	10%	$15
301	Tea	10%	$55
302	Razor blades	10%	$67
303	Iron structures	10%	$854
304	Non-knit men’s shirts	10%	$261
305	Non-mechanical removal machinery	10%	$90
306	Other slag and ash	10%	$3.6
307	Pepper	9%	$104
308	Wood fiberboard	9%	$120
309	Machinery having individual functions	9%	$1,265
310	Papermaking machines	9%	$67
311	Metalworking machines	9%	$30
312	Retail cotton yarn	9%	$4.5
313	Dried fruits	9%	$32
314	Office machine parts	9%	$4,499
315	Knit t-shirts	9%	$572
316	Knitting machines	9%	$11
317	Light pure woven cotton	9%	$32
318	Steel wire	9%	$20
319	Fork-lifts	8%	$691
320	Knit women’s shirts	8%	$167
321	Hand-woven rugs	8%	$130
322	Stone processing machines	8%	$178
323	Gelatin	8%	$24
324	Pumice	8%	$4.6
325	Drilling machines	8%	$30
326	Light mixed woven cotton	8%	$4.1
327	Electrical lighting and signaling equipment	8%	$532
328	Pharmaceutical rubber products	8%	$6.3
329	Cement articles	8%	$198
330	Jute woven fabric	8%	$3.0
331	Other live plants, cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn	8%	$70
332	Iron pipes	7%	$224
333	Other agricultural machinery	7%	$95
334	Washing and bottling machines	7%	$431
335	Sugar preserved foods	7%	$2.5
336	Knit men’s shirts	7%	$153
337	Leather machinery	7%	$2.3
338	Feldspar	7%	$18
339	Rubberworking machinery	7%	$228
340	Metal-rolling mills	7%	$95
341	Lifting machinery	7%	$545
342	Electrical control boards	7%	$1,252
343	Blown glass	6%	$4.8
344	Mollusks	6%	$78
345	Flax woven fabric	6%	$7.9
346	Magnesium	6%	$22
347	Used rubber tires	6%	$29
348	Central heating boilers	6%	$29
349	Pasta	6%	$109
350	Textile processing machines	6%	$117
351	Traffic signals	6%	$28
352	Glass with edge workings	6%	$14
353	Other vegetable products	6%	$10
354	Packaged medications	6%	$6,146
355	Plant foliage	6%	$15
356	Quilted textiles	6%	$1.5
357	Tobacco processing machines	6%	$5.4
358	Wood carpentry	6%	$188
359	Frozen vegetables	6%	$80
360	Candles	6%	$62
361	Perfume plants	6%	$29
362	Processed fish	6%	$116
363	Scrap nickel	6%	$22
364	Yeast	6%	$31
365	Tool plates	5%	$57
366	Copper plating	5%	$54
367	Other paper machinery	5%	$75
368	Polyamide fabric	5%	$16
369	Other non-metal removal machinery	5%	$14
370	Large construction vehicles	5%	$529
371	Fruit juice	5%	$189
372	Other edible animal products	5%	$1.1
373	Plywood	5%	$138
374	Processed crustaceans	5%	$148
375	Unprocessed synthetic staple fibers	5%	$36
376	Confectionery sugar	5%	$149
377	Other animals	5%	$15
378	Radioactive chemicals	5%	$324
379	Metal-clad products	5%	$2.7
380	Nitrites and nitrates	5%	$6.4
381	Antiques	4%	$36
382	Coffee and tea extracts	4%	$56
383	Pianos	4%	$4.5
384	Reclaimed rubber	4%	$4.5
385	Metal finishing machines	4%	$22
386	Tapioca	4%	$2.3
387	Forging machines	4%	$70
388	Insect resins	4%	$5.4
389	Rubber tires	4%	$760
390	Photographic plates	4%	$28
391	Textile scraps	4%	$4.5
392	Other oily seeds	4%	$16
393	Processed mushrooms	4%	$4.9
394	Cranes	4%	$66
395	Tungsten ore	3%	$1.6
396	Animal extracts	3%	$0.78
397	Base metal watches	3%	$160
398	Paper pulp filter blocks	3%	$0.65
399	Felt machinery	3%	$3.4
400	Revolution counters	3%	$49
401	Curbstones	3%	$2.7
402	Other small iron pipes	3%	$111
403	Salt	3%	$15
404	Jewelry	3%	$411
405	Blank audio media	3%	$504
406	Pickled foods	3%	$17
407	Cobalt oxides and hydroxides	3%	$0.90
408	Other pure vegetable oils	3%	$27
409	Semiconductor devices	3%	$557
410	Aircraft parts for spacecraft, UAVs, and ground equipment	2%	$384
411	Iron blocks	2%	$26
412	Starches	2%	$11
413	Carded wool or animal hair fabric	2%	$0.58
414	Collector’s items	2%	$7.3
415	Utility meters	2%	$41
416	Densified wood	2%	$0.65
417	Linoleum	2%	$0.69
418	Copper pipes	2%	$23
419	Photographic paper	2%	$0.46
420	Metal lathes	2%	$19
421	Vegetable parchment	2%	$7.5
422	Coated flat-rolled iron	2%	$102
423	Spice seeds	2%	$2.2
424	Cars	2%	$3,588
425	Gas turbines	2%	$497
426	Gravel and crushed stone	2%	$4.1
427	Knotted carpets	2%	$5.7
428	Non-retail artificial staple fibers yarn	2%	$0.32
429	Synthetic reconstructed jewelry stones	2%	$17
430	Cigarette paper	1%	$3.9
431	Chlorates and perchlorates	1%	$2.4
432	Ground nut oil	1%	$0.94
433	Shaped wood	1%	$19
434	Cloves	1%	$0.35
435	Retail wool or animal hair yarn	1%	$0.65
436	Dolomite	1%	$0.52
437	Ferroalloys	1%	$28
438	Hydrochloric acid	1%	$0.77
439	Combed wool or animal hair fabric	1%	$0.59
440	Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting of animals (other than ovine)	1%	$0.30
441	Wood charcoal	1%	$1.1
442	Aquatic invertebrates, other than crustaceans and mollusks	0.9%	$0.50
443	Non-retail combed wool yarn	0.9%	$0.42
444	Other large iron pipes	0.9%	$6.8
445	Baked goods	0.8%	$88
446	Coin	0.8%	$22
447	Leather of other animals	0.8%	$2.7
448	Nutmeg, mace and cardamons	0.8%	$0.37
449	Other firearms	0.8%	$5.4
450	Perfumes	0.8%	$45
451	Preserved vegetables	0.8%	$0.38
452	Watch movements	0.8%	$0.24
453	Tissue	0.7%	$4.1
454	Aluminum wire	0.6%	$5.7
455	Cinnamon	0.6%	$0.96
456	Raw iron bars	0.6%	$5.0
457	Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures	0.6%	$618
458	Hard liquor	0.5%	$59
459	Jams	0.5%	$3.2
460	Sawn wood	0.5%	$38
461	Stranded aluminum wire	0.5%	$2.0
462	Vehicle bodies for the motor vehicles	0.5%	$3.8
463	Biodiesel and mixtures thereof	0.4%	$6.9
464	Coconut and other vegetable fibers	0.4%	$0.19
465	Live fish	0.4%	$0.34
466	Natural cork articles	0.4%	$0.66
467	Chocolate	0.3%	$15
468	Frozen fruits and nuts	0.3%	$3.8
469	Hat forms	0.3%	$0.14
470	Metalworking transfer machines	0.3%	$3.9
471	Particle board	0.3%	$7.3
472	Pitch coke	0.3%	$0.27
473	Tractors	0.3%	$48
474	Zinc oxide and peroxide	0.3%	$0.94
475	Citrus	0.2%	$3.2
476	Coffee	0.2%	$22
477	Crustaceans	0.2%	$13
478	Cut flowers	0.2%	$3.8
479	Gypsum	0.2%	$0.40
480	Halogens	0.2%	$0.67
481	Linseed	0.2%	$0.25
482	Motor vehicle chassis fitted with engine	0.2%	$0.39
483	Other fermented beverages	0.2%	$0.70
484	Other vegetables	0.2%	$11
485	Precious stones	0.2%	$4.7
486	Processed cereals	0.2%	$0.95
487	Raw lead	0.2%	$1.5
488	Seed oils	0.2%	$0.49
489	Semi-finished iron	0.2%	$5.6
490	Stainless steel ingots	0.2%	$1.1
491	Uncoated paper	0.2%	$3.7
492	Wheat flours	0.2%	$0.61
493	Wheat gluten	0.2%	$0.67
494	Aircraft launch gear	0.1%	$0.48
495	Bananas	0.1%	$1.7
496	Beer	0.1%	$3.9
497	Cereal flours	0.1%	$0.42
498	Chromium ore	0.1%	<$100k
499	Cocoa powder	0.1%	$0.23
500	Nitrogenous fertilizers	0.1%	$2.3
501	Other vegetable residues	0.1%	$1.1
502	Precious metal watches	0.1%	$2.2
503	Raw sugar	0.1%	$2.5
504	Raw zinc	0.1%	$2.0
505	Sulphur	0.1%	$0.48
506	Tropical fruits	0.1%	$4.2
507	Unglazed ceramics	0.1%	$1.2
508	Water	0.1%	$0.67
509	Ammonia	<0.1%	<$100k
510	Asphalt mixtures	<0.1%	<$100k
511	Borax	<0.1%	<$100k
512	Bovine	<0.1%	<$100k
513	Bovine, sheep, and goat fat	<0.1%	<$100k
514	Bulbs and roots	<0.1%	<$100k
515	Butter	<0.1%	<$100k
516	Calcium phosphates	<0.1%	<$100k
517	Casein	<0.1%	<$100k
518	Cement	<0.1%	$0.52
519	Cocoa beans	<0.1%	<$100k
520	Cocoa butter	<0.1%	<$100k
521	Cocoa paste	<0.1%	<$100k
522	Coconut oil	<0.1%	$0.52
523	Coconuts, brazil nuts, and cashews	<0.1%	<$100k
524	Cucumbers	<0.1%	<$100k
525	Delivery trucks	<0.1%	$12
526	Diamonds	<0.1%	$0.93
527	Electricity	<0.1%	<$100k
528	Grapes	<0.1%	$0.20
529	Handguns	<0.1%	<$100k
530	Honey	<0.1%	<$100k
531	Horses	<0.1%	<$100k
532	Hot-rolled iron bars	<0.1%	$0.25
533	Iron reductions	<0.1%	<$100k
534	Legumes	<0.1%	$0.13
535	Manganese ore	<0.1%	<$100k
536	Melons	<0.1%	<$100k
537	Molasses	<0.1%	<$100k
538	Newsprint	<0.1%	<$100k
539	Non-fillet fresh fish	<0.1%	$0.92
540	Oats	<0.1%	<$100k
541	Olive oil	<0.1%	<$100k
542	Other animal fats	<0.1%	<$100k
543	Other fruits	<0.1%	$2.9
544	Other precious metal products	<0.1%	$2.9
545	Palm oil	<0.1%	<$100k
546	Peat	<0.1%	<$100k
547	Phosphatic fertilizers	<0.1%	<$100k
548	Pig iron	<0.1%	<$100k
549	Pigs	<0.1%	<$100k
550	Planes, helicopters, and/or spacecraft	<0.1%	$0.14
551	Platinum	<0.1%	$0.32
552	Potassic fertilizers	<0.1%	$0.28
553	Pure olive oil	<0.1%	<$100k
554	Rapeseed oil	<0.1%	$0.56
555	Raw aluminum	<0.1%	$2.7
556	Raw nickel	<0.1%	$0.48
557	Raw tin	<0.1%	$0.11
558	Refined copper	<0.1%	$2.3
559	Rolled tobacco	<0.1%	$0.49
560	Rubber	<0.1%	$0.40
561	Rye	<0.1%	<$100k
562	Self-propelled rail transport	<0.1%	<$100k
563	Semi chemical woodpulp	<0.1%	<$100k
564	Sheep and goat meat	<0.1%	<$100k
565	Silver	<0.1%	$0.48
566	Steel bars	<0.1%	<$100k
567	Steel ingots	<0.1%	$0.16
568	Sulfite chemical woodpulp	<0.1%	<$100k
569	Sulfuric acid	<0.1%	<$100k
570	Titanium ore	<0.1%	<$100k
571	Tomatoes	<0.1%	<$100k
572	Uranium and thorium ore	<0.1%	<$100k
573	Vanilla	<0.1%	<$100k
574	Vermouth	<0.1%	<$100k
575	Wine	<0.1%	$0.12
576	Zinc powder	<0.1%	<$100k

About the data

We analyzed U.S. International Trade Commission data on goods imported for consumption in 2024. We used product descriptions from the Observatory of Economic Complexity to label the goods, and edited these descriptions lightly.

For the lists of major imports and exports, and the full searchable list, we grouped goods using the first four digits of their code in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, which lists categories of products. For more specific lists of goods within these categories, we looked at the first six digits of the product code.

We excluded goods that are widely produced in the U.S., using export data to remove goods where the U.S. exports at least 50 percent of what it imports by value. (We did not do this for the critical minerals or imports by quantity data.)looking very different.)

Critical minerals used in E.V. batteries

	ITEM	Pct. from  China	Imports from China  in millions
1	Graphite and artificial graphite	62%	$376
2	Manganese ores, oxides and articles	37%	$86
3	Cobalt ores, oxides, hydroxides and articles	2%	$9.8
4	Nickel ores, oxides, hydroxides, sulphates and raw nickel	2%	$30
5	Lithium oxide, hydroxide and carbonate	1%	$2.6

Mr. Trump’s newest tariffs are not the only levies imposed on Chinese goods, and there’s a complicated interplay of which tariffs apply to which products. Some goods that a lot of Americans buy received exemptions from the latest tariffs (though perhaps not future ones), including one item the U.S. imports almost exclusively from China: children’s books.

Select exempted goods

	ITEM	Pct. from  China	Imports from China  in millions
1	Children's picture, drawing or coloring books	93%	$505
2	Smartphones	73%	$40,675
3	Portable computers	66%	$32,169

That’s a window into what Americans buy from China. But for some imports, the U.S. doesn’t rely on China. It’s a list that includes large vehicles, precious metals and tomatoes, all of which America imports largely from other countries.

Goods that the U.S. imports the least from China

	ITEM	Total imports in millions
1	Delivery trucks	$47,524
2	Other precious metal products	$21,231
3	Planes, helicopters, and/or spacecraft	$18,309
4	Diamonds	$15,938
5	Raw aluminum	$10,113
6	Refined copper	$8,627
7	Platinum	$6,973
8	Wine	$6,697
9	Other fruits	$5,923
10	Silver	$5,088

Imports value includes all countries, not just China. Includes categories where less than 0.5 percent of goods are from China.

It’s also worth noting what America exports to China. Though the U.S. sends fewer goods to China than it receives, these could still be affected in a trade war. (China has been instituting its own exemptions, which are broader than those of the U.S.)

Goods that the U.S. exports the most to China

	ITEM	Exports to China in millions
1	Soybeans	$12,761
2	Civilian aircraft	$11,522
3	Integrated circuits	$8,716
4	Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures	$6,680
5	Petroleum gas	$6,187
6	Crude petroleum	$6,160
7	Cars	$4,931
8	Machines used to manufacture semiconductor devices, electronic integrated circuits or flat panel displays	$4,170
9	Medical instruments	$3,460
10	Scrap copper	$2,795

Export value includes only exports to China, not other countries.

To let you take a closer look at what America does and doesn’t import from China, we’ve included a searchable list below of all goods for which the U.S. imported at least $20 million (from any country) in 2024, excluding America’s major exports.

	ITEM	Pct. from  China	Imports from China  in millions
1	Baby carriages	97%	$380
2	Artificial plants	96%	$991
3	Umbrellas	96%	$491
4	Filing cabinets	96%	$88
5	Vacuum flasks	96%	$1,634
6	Fireworks	95%	$465
7	Children’s picture books	93%	$505
8	Portable lighting	91%	$901
9	Combs	91%	$367
10	Travel kits	90%	$42
11	Chalkboards	90%	$124
12	Party decorations	89%	$4,699
13	Umbrella and walking stick accessories	85%	$71
14	Other footwear	84%	$972
15	Blankets	82%	$1,398
16	Other cutlery	82%	$140
17	Iron housewares	81%	$3,155
18	Bells and other metal ornaments	81%	$911
19	Ceramic tableware	80%	$835
20	Other domestic electric housewares	80%	$2,696
21	Other musical instruments	80%	$22
22	Other clocks	80%	$110
23	Scissors	79%	$123
24	Plastic housewares	79%	$6,079
25	Video and card games	78%	$7,083
26	Other toys	76%	$13,463
27	Cooking hand tools	74%	$106
28	Wood frames	74%	$149
29	Sound recording equipment	72%	$812
30	Aluminum housewares	72%	$1,143
31	Postcards	72%	$273
32	Glycosides	71%	$215
33	Manganese	71%	$85
34	Electric filament	70%	$1,882
35	Scent sprays	70%	$173
36	Cutlery sets	69%	$309
37	Image projectors	68%	$38
38	Graphite	68%	$96
39	Wood ornaments	68%	$394
40	Phosphoric esters and salts	67%	$82
41	Glass bricks	66%	$99
42	Wheelchairs	66%	$273
43	Pearl products	65%	$605
44	Walking sticks	65%	$28
45	Imitation jewelry	65%	$602
46	Brooms	64%	$1,241
47	Other cloth articles	64%	$3,589
48	Fake hair	64%	$879
49	Ornamental ceramics	63%	$328
50	Wood kitchenware	63%	$267
51	Other knit clothing accessories	63%	$186
52	Awnings, tents, and sails	62%	$546
53	Iron sewing needles	62%	$23
54	Iron stovetops	62%	$2,278
55	Pastes and waxes	62%	$200
56	Safes	62%	$212
57	Calendars	61%	$73
58	Interior decorative glassware	60%	$806
59	Artificial graphite	60%	$280
60	Knives	59%	$463
61	Fishing and hunting equipment	59%	$512
62	Watch straps	58%	$121
63	Electric batteries	58%	$17,022
64	Molybdenum	58%	$109
65	Other headwear	57%	$328
66	Neck ties	57%	$52
67	Sports equipment	56%	$4,283
68	Knit gloves	56%	$602
69	Knit socks and hosiery	55%	$1,320
70	Electric heaters	55%	$6,607
71	Hats	55%	$62
72	Mattresses	54%	$2,200
73	Processed mica	54%	$26
74	Other non-knit clothing accessories	54%	$111
75	Porcelain tableware	54%	$179
76	Rubber footwear	54%	$3,440
77	Bedspreads	54%	$422
78	Handkerchiefs	53%	$13
79	Woven fabrics	52%	$120
80	Bladed weapons and accessories	52%	$12
81	Other articles of twine and rope	51%	$76
82	Hair trimmers	51%	$343
83	Gimp yarn	51%	$41
84	Inedible fats and oils	50%	$1,177
85	Cameras	49%	$229
86	Artistry paints	48%	$63
87	Eyewear frames	47%	$595
88	Bathroom ceramics	46%	$725
89	Mannequins	46%	$32
90	Window dressings	46%	$564
91	Magnesium carbonate	46%	$97
92	Other carpets	45%	$132
93	Plastic wash basins	45%	$273
94	Smoking pipes	45%	$12
95	Electromagnets	45%	$487
96	Other zinc products	44%	$125
97	Pulley systems	44%	$653
98	Waterproof footwear	44%	$65
99	Non-knit gloves	43%	$122
100	Carbides	42%	$147
101	Telephones	42%	$50,085
102	Tool sets	42%	$38
103	Bicycles, delivery tricycles, other cycles	42%	$417
104	Medical furniture	42%	$537
105	Locust beans, seaweed, sugar beet, cane	41%	$100
106	Microphones and headphones	41%	$5,365
107	Iron anchors	41%	$18
108	Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles	41%	$24
109	Eyewear	40%	$1,023
110	Scarves	40%	$124
111	Other hand tools	39%	$570
112	Electric musical instruments	39%	$232
113	Rubber stamps	39%	$14
114	Iron toiletry	38%	$238
115	Scales	38%	$329
116	Iron oxides and hydroxides	38%	$82
117	Felt or coated fabric garments	38%	$825
118	Metal office supplies	38%	$57
119	Other knit garments	37%	$550
120	Motor-working tools	37%	$2,742
121	Light fixtures	36%	$3,344
122	Garments of impregnated fabric	36%	$67
123	Hand tools	36%	$169
124	Percussion	36%	$42
125	Pens	35%	$393
126	Textile footwear	35%	$2,760
127	Saddlery	35%	$198
128	Spring, air, and gas guns	35%	$73
129	Carboxyimide compounds	35%	$102
130	Other wood articles	35%	$597
131	Electrical insulators	34%	$135
132	Knit women’s undergarments	34%	$1,100
133	House linens	34%	$1,989
134	Toilet paper	34%	$678
135	Wind instruments	34%	$97
136	Metal mountings	34%	$2,945
137	Plastic floor coverings	34%	$1,419
138	Knit active wear	33%	$226
139	Garden tools	33%	$136
140	Titanium oxides	33%	$20
141	Video displays	33%	$6,770
142	Bi-wheel vehicle parts	33%	$519
143	Video recording equipment	33%	$179
144	Glass beads	32%	$45
145	Therapeutic appliances	32%	$2,033
146	Safety glass	31%	$416
147	Pencils and crayons	31%	$99
148	Iron chains	31%	$216
149	Knitted hats	31%	$654
150	Non-knit women’s coats	29%	$562
151	Printed circuit boards	29%	$747
152	Iron cloth	29%	$168
153	Vacuum cleaners	29%	$896
154	Other cast iron products	29%	$160
155	Sound recordings	29%	$448
156	Ketones and quinones	28%	$278
157	Paper notebooks	28%	$269
158	Ornamental trimmings	28%	$11
159	Rubber inner tubes	28%	$21
160	Non-knit men’s coats	28%	$547
161	Wrenches	27%	$227
162	Other women’s undergarments	27%	$640
163	Vending machines	27%	$70
164	Embroidery	27%	$29
165	Labels	26%	$11
166	Other metals	26%	$182
167	Seats	26%	$6,582
168	Oxygen heterocyclic compounds	26%	$432
169	Knit men’s undergarments	26%	$427
170	Chromium oxides and hydroxides	26%	$6.8
171	Computers	26%	$35,473
172	Copper housewares	26%	$25
173	Nucleic acids	25%	$880
174	Basketwork	24%	$140
175	Boat propellers	24%	$149
176	Vegetable and mineral carvings	24%	$96
177	Knit women’s coats	24%	$199
178	Twine, cordage or rope; knotted netting, fishing nets and other nets, of textile materials	24%	$13
179	Time switches	24%	$15
180	Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds	24%	$1,167
181	Oxygen amino compounds	24%	$425
182	Motorcycles and cycles	23%	$907
183	Calculators	23%	$260
184	Non-knit active wear	23%	$536
185	Padlocks	23%	$662
186	Wool grease	23%	$5.8
187	Wallpaper	23%	$27
188	Trunks and cases	23%	$2,613
189	Iron nails	23%	$220
190	Aluminum ore	22%	$35
191	Air pumps	22%	$3,494
192	Coated textile fabric	22%	$23
193	Knit babies’ garments	22%	$374
194	Carboxyamide compounds	22%	$249
195	Household washing machines	22%	$502
196	Non-knit women’s undergarments	22%	$106
197	Other furniture	22%	$5,718
198	Woodworking machines	21%	$297
199	Worked slate	21%	$9.8
200	Vegetable saps	21%	$348
201	Non-knit women’s suits	21%	$2,160
202	Woven fabric of synthetic staple fibers	21%	$8.1
203	Commodities not elsewhere specified	21%	$5,136
204	Rubber apparel	21%	$558
205	Balances	21%	$25
206	Leather footwear	21%	$2,404
207	Glass bottles	21%	$343
208	Knit women’s suits	21%	$1,106
209	Plastic building materials	21%	$578
210	Barium sulphate	20%	$40
211	Knit sweaters	20%	$2,570
212	Refrigerators	19%	$2,585
213	Air conditioners	19%	$2,876
214	Wooden tool handles	19%	$9.2
215	Sanitary towels (pads)	19%	$341
216	Vegetable alkaloids	19%	$86
217	Navigation equipment	18%	$799
218	Carboxylic acids	18%	$267
219	Decals	18%	$20
220	Stone working machines	18%	$67
221	Non-knit women’s shirts	18%	$326
222	Non-knit babies’ garments	18%	$58
223	Aluminum foil	18%	$243
224	Watch cases and parts	18%	$4.6
225	Knit men’s coats	17%	$142
226	Copper pipe fittings	17%	$178
227	Gum coated textile fabric	17%	$14
228	Broadcasting equipment	17%	$1,924
229	Refractory bricks	17%	$47
230	Warp knit fabrics	16%	$55
231	Inhalable tobacco/nicotine products	16%	$93
232	Stranded iron wire	16%	$155
233	Metal molds	16%	$359
234	Hydrazine or hydroxylamine derivatives	16%	$23
235	Pearls	15%	$12
236	Spices	15%	$62
237	Onions	15%	$126
238	Building stone	14%	$395
239	Vegetable waxes and beeswax	14%	$9.4
240	Hand saws	14%	$126
241	Packing bags	14%	$98
242	Agglomerated cork	14%	$17
243	Audio alarms	14%	$519
244	Hot-rolled stainless steel bars	14%	$20
245	Book-binding machines	14%	$29
246	Silk fabrics	14%	$5.3
247	Metal stoppers	13%	$138
248	Letter stock	13%	$28
249	Conveyor belt textiles	13%	$15
250	Rolling machines	13%	$46
251	Electrical ignitions	13%	$590
252	Retail artificial filament yarn	13%	$5.3
253	Rubber belting	13%	$105
254	Other leather articles	13%	$19
255	Sewing machines	13%	$53
256	Other vegetable oils	13%	$31
257	Textile wall coverings	13%	$4.7
258	Tufted carpets	13%	$138
259	Casting machines	13%	$60
260	Fish fillets	13%	$951
261	Mirrors and lenses	13%	$195
262	Diazo, azo or azoxy compounds	13%	$6.2
263	Electric motors	12%	$1,603
264	Furskin apparel	12%	$12
265	Industrial printers	12%	$1,787
266	Iron wire	12%	$75
267	Electrical transformers	12%	$3,539
268	Milling stones	12%	$68
269	Other office machines	12%	$116
270	Granulated slag	12%	$26
271	Other heating machinery	12%	$1,066
272	Other clocks and watches	12%	$6.5
273	Sulfonamides	12%	$134
274	Dried/salted/smoked/brined fish	12%	$49
275	Leather apparel	12%	$164
276	Non-knit men’s undergarments	12%	$26
277	Polycarboxylic acids	12%	$181
278	Electrical parts	11%	$35
279	Antimony	11%	$11
280	Engine parts	11%	$1,228
281	Insulated wire	11%	$3,448
282	Rubber pipes	11%	$253
283	Aluminum structures	11%	$307
284	Electrical resistors	11%	$109
285	Non-knit men’s suits	11%	$884
286	Other electrical machinery	11%	$1,798
287	Electrical capacitors	11%	$200
288	Motor vehicles; parts and accessories	11%	$9,059
289	Worked ivory and bone	11%	$4.3
290	Hard rubber	11%	$3.3
291	Other processed fruits and nuts	11%	$449
292	Microscopes	11%	$60
293	Radio receivers	11%	$404
294	Unprocessed artificial staple fibers	11%	$26
295	Electric motor parts	11%	$368
296	Knit men’s suits	10%	$234
297	Other processed vegetables	10%	$202
298	Insulating glass	10%	$37
299	Other meat	10%	$6.6
300	Retail artificial staple fibers yarn	10%	$15
301	Tea	10%	$55
302	Razor blades	10%	$67
303	Iron structures	10%	$854
304	Non-knit men’s shirts	10%	$261
305	Non-mechanical removal machinery	10%	$90
306	Other slag and ash	10%	$3.6
307	Pepper	9%	$104
308	Wood fiberboard	9%	$120
309	Machinery having individual functions	9%	$1,265
310	Papermaking machines	9%	$67
311	Metalworking machines	9%	$30
312	Retail cotton yarn	9%	$4.5
313	Dried fruits	9%	$32
314	Office machine parts	9%	$4,499
315	Knit t-shirts	9%	$572
316	Knitting machines	9%	$11
317	Light pure woven cotton	9%	$32
318	Steel wire	9%	$20
319	Fork-lifts	8%	$691
320	Knit women’s shirts	8%	$167
321	Hand-woven rugs	8%	$130
322	Stone processing machines	8%	$178
323	Gelatin	8%	$24
324	Pumice	8%	$4.6
325	Drilling machines	8%	$30
326	Light mixed woven cotton	8%	$4.1
327	Electrical lighting and signaling equipment	8%	$532
328	Pharmaceutical rubber products	8%	$6.3
329	Cement articles	8%	$198
330	Jute woven fabric	8%	$3.0
331	Other live plants, cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn	8%	$70
332	Iron pipes	7%	$224
333	Other agricultural machinery	7%	$95
334	Washing and bottling machines	7%	$431
335	Sugar preserved foods	7%	$2.5
336	Knit men’s shirts	7%	$153
337	Leather machinery	7%	$2.3
338	Feldspar	7%	$18
339	Rubberworking machinery	7%	$228
340	Metal-rolling mills	7%	$95
341	Lifting machinery	7%	$545
342	Electrical control boards	7%	$1,252
343	Blown glass	6%	$4.8
344	Mollusks	6%	$78
345	Flax woven fabric	6%	$7.9
346	Magnesium	6%	$22
347	Used rubber tires	6%	$29
348	Central heating boilers	6%	$29
349	Pasta	6%	$109
350	Textile processing machines	6%	$117
351	Traffic signals	6%	$28
352	Glass with edge workings	6%	$14
353	Other vegetable products	6%	$10
354	Packaged medications	6%	$6,146
355	Plant foliage	6%	$15
356	Quilted textiles	6%	$1.5
357	Tobacco processing machines	6%	$5.4
358	Wood carpentry	6%	$188
359	Frozen vegetables	6%	$80
360	Candles	6%	$62
361	Perfume plants	6%	$29
362	Processed fish	6%	$116
363	Scrap nickel	6%	$22
364	Yeast	6%	$31
365	Tool plates	5%	$57
366	Copper plating	5%	$54
367	Other paper machinery	5%	$75
368	Polyamide fabric	5%	$16
369	Other non-metal removal machinery	5%	$14
370	Large construction vehicles	5%	$529
371	Fruit juice	5%	$189
372	Other edible animal products	5%	$1.1
373	Plywood	5%	$138
374	Processed crustaceans	5%	$148
375	Unprocessed synthetic staple fibers	5%	$36
376	Confectionery sugar	5%	$149
377	Other animals	5%	$15
378	Radioactive chemicals	5%	$324
379	Metal-clad products	5%	$2.7
380	Nitrites and nitrates	5%	$6.4
381	Antiques	4%	$36
382	Coffee and tea extracts	4%	$56
383	Pianos	4%	$4.5
384	Reclaimed rubber	4%	$4.5
385	Metal finishing machines	4%	$22
386	Tapioca	4%	$2.3
387	Forging machines	4%	$70
388	Insect resins	4%	$5.4
389	Rubber tires	4%	$760
390	Photographic plates	4%	$28
391	Textile scraps	4%	$4.5
392	Other oily seeds	4%	$16
393	Processed mushrooms	4%	$4.9
394	Cranes	4%	$66
395	Tungsten ore	3%	$1.6
396	Animal extracts	3%	$0.78
397	Base metal watches	3%	$160
398	Paper pulp filter blocks	3%	$0.65
399	Felt machinery	3%	$3.4
400	Revolution counters	3%	$49
401	Curbstones	3%	$2.7
402	Other small iron pipes	3%	$111
403	Salt	3%	$15
404	Jewelry	3%	$411
405	Blank audio media	3%	$504
406	Pickled foods	3%	$17
407	Cobalt oxides and hydroxides	3%	$0.90
408	Other pure vegetable oils	3%	$27
409	Semiconductor devices	3%	$557
410	Aircraft parts for spacecraft, UAVs, and ground equipment	2%	$384
411	Iron blocks	2%	$26
412	Starches	2%	$11
413	Carded wool or animal hair fabric	2%	$0.58
414	Collector’s items	2%	$7.3
415	Utility meters	2%	$41
416	Densified wood	2%	$0.65
417	Linoleum	2%	$0.69
418	Copper pipes	2%	$23
419	Photographic paper	2%	$0.46
420	Metal lathes	2%	$19
421	Vegetable parchment	2%	$7.5
422	Coated flat-rolled iron	2%	$102
423	Spice seeds	2%	$2.2
424	Cars	2%	$3,588
425	Gas turbines	2%	$497
426	Gravel and crushed stone	2%	$4.1
427	Knotted carpets	2%	$5.7
428	Non-retail artificial staple fibers yarn	2%	$0.32
429	Synthetic reconstructed jewelry stones	2%	$17
430	Cigarette paper	1%	$3.9
431	Chlorates and perchlorates	1%	$2.4
432	Ground nut oil	1%	$0.94
433	Shaped wood	1%	$19
434	Cloves	1%	$0.35
435	Retail wool or animal hair yarn	1%	$0.65
436	Dolomite	1%	$0.52
437	Ferroalloys	1%	$28
438	Hydrochloric acid	1%	$0.77
439	Combed wool or animal hair fabric	1%	$0.59
440	Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting of animals (other than ovine)	1%	$0.30
441	Wood charcoal	1%	$1.1
442	Aquatic invertebrates, other than crustaceans and mollusks	0.9%	$0.50
443	Non-retail combed wool yarn	0.9%	$0.42
444	Other large iron pipes	0.9%	$6.8
445	Baked goods	0.8%	$88
446	Coin	0.8%	$22
447	Leather of other animals	0.8%	$2.7
448	Nutmeg, mace and cardamons	0.8%	$0.37
449	Other firearms	0.8%	$5.4
450	Perfumes	0.8%	$45
451	Preserved vegetables	0.8%	$0.38
452	Watch movements	0.8%	$0.24
453	Tissue	0.7%	$4.1
454	Aluminum wire	0.6%	$5.7
455	Cinnamon	0.6%	$0.96
456	Raw iron bars	0.6%	$5.0
457	Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures	0.6%	$618
458	Hard liquor	0.5%	$59
459	Jams	0.5%	$3.2
460	Sawn wood	0.5%	$38
461	Stranded aluminum wire	0.5%	$2.0
462	Vehicle bodies for the motor vehicles	0.5%	$3.8
463	Biodiesel and mixtures thereof	0.4%	$6.9
464	Coconut and other vegetable fibers	0.4%	$0.19
465	Live fish	0.4%	$0.34
466	Natural cork articles	0.4%	$0.66
467	Chocolate	0.3%	$15
468	Frozen fruits and nuts	0.3%	$3.8
469	Hat forms	0.3%	$0.14
470	Metalworking transfer machines	0.3%	$3.9
471	Particle board	0.3%	$7.3
472	Pitch coke	0.3%	$0.27
473	Tractors	0.3%	$48
474	Zinc oxide and peroxide	0.3%	$0.94
475	Citrus	0.2%	$3.2
476	Coffee	0.2%	$22
477	Crustaceans	0.2%	$13
478	Cut flowers	0.2%	$3.8
479	Gypsum	0.2%	$0.40
480	Halogens	0.2%	$0.67
481	Linseed	0.2%	$0.25
482	Motor vehicle chassis fitted with engine	0.2%	$0.39
483	Other fermented beverages	0.2%	$0.70
484	Other vegetables	0.2%	$11
485	Precious stones	0.2%	$4.7
486	Processed cereals	0.2%	$0.95
487	Raw lead	0.2%	$1.5
488	Seed oils	0.2%	$0.49
489	Semi-finished iron	0.2%	$5.6
490	Stainless steel ingots	0.2%	$1.1
491	Uncoated paper	0.2%	$3.7
492	Wheat flours	0.2%	$0.61
493	Wheat gluten	0.2%	$0.67
494	Aircraft launch gear	0.1%	$0.48
495	Bananas	0.1%	$1.7
496	Beer	0.1%	$3.9
497	Cereal flours	0.1%	$0.42
498	Chromium ore	0.1%	<$100k
499	Cocoa powder	0.1%	$0.23
500	Nitrogenous fertilizers	0.1%	$2.3
501	Other vegetable residues	0.1%	$1.1
502	Precious metal watches	0.1%	$2.2
503	Raw sugar	0.1%	$2.5
504	Raw zinc	0.1%	$2.0
505	Sulphur	0.1%	$0.48
506	Tropical fruits	0.1%	$4.2
507	Unglazed ceramics	0.1%	$1.2
508	Water	0.1%	$0.67
509	Ammonia	<0.1%	<$100k
510	Asphalt mixtures	<0.1%	<$100k
511	Borax	<0.1%	<$100k
512	Bovine	<0.1%	<$100k
513	Bovine, sheep, and goat fat	<0.1%	<$100k
514	Bulbs and roots	<0.1%	<$100k
515	Butter	<0.1%	<$100k
516	Calcium phosphates	<0.1%	<$100k
517	Casein	<0.1%	<$100k
518	Cement	<0.1%	$0.52
519	Cocoa beans	<0.1%	<$100k
520	Cocoa butter	<0.1%	<$100k
521	Cocoa paste	<0.1%	<$100k
522	Coconut oil	<0.1%	$0.52
523	Coconuts, brazil nuts, and cashews	<0.1%	<$100k
524	Cucumbers	<0.1%	<$100k
525	Delivery trucks	<0.1%	$12
526	Diamonds	<0.1%	$0.93
527	Electricity	<0.1%	<$100k
528	Grapes	<0.1%	$0.20
529	Handguns	<0.1%	<$100k
530	Honey	<0.1%	<$100k
531	Horses	<0.1%	<$100k
532	Hot-rolled iron bars	<0.1%	$0.25
533	Iron reductions	<0.1%	<$100k
534	Legumes	<0.1%	$0.13
535	Manganese ore	<0.1%	<$100k
536	Melons	<0.1%	<$100k
537	Molasses	<0.1%	<$100k
538	Newsprint	<0.1%	<$100k
539	Non-fillet fresh fish	<0.1%	$0.92
540	Oats	<0.1%	<$100k
541	Olive oil	<0.1%	<$100k
542	Other animal fats	<0.1%	<$100k
543	Other fruits	<0.1%	$2.9
544	Other precious metal products	<0.1%	$2.9
545	Palm oil	<0.1%	<$100k
546	Peat	<0.1%	<$100k
547	Phosphatic fertilizers	<0.1%	<$100k
548	Pig iron	<0.1%	<$100k
549	Pigs	<0.1%	<$100k
550	Planes, helicopters, and/or spacecraft	<0.1%	$0.14
551	Platinum	<0.1%	$0.32
552	Potassic fertilizers	<0.1%	$0.28
553	Pure olive oil	<0.1%	<$100k
554	Rapeseed oil	<0.1%	$0.56
555	Raw aluminum	<0.1%	$2.7
556	Raw nickel	<0.1%	$0.48
557	Raw tin	<0.1%	$0.11
558	Refined copper	<0.1%	$2.3
559	Rolled tobacco	<0.1%	$0.49
560	Rubber	<0.1%	$0.40
561	Rye	<0.1%	<$100k
562	Self-propelled rail transport	<0.1%	<$100k
563	Semi chemical woodpulp	<0.1%	<$100k
564	Sheep and goat meat	<0.1%	<$100k
565	Silver	<0.1%	$0.48
566	Steel bars	<0.1%	<$100k
567	Steel ingots	<0.1%	$0.16
568	Sulfite chemical woodpulp	<0.1%	<$100k
569	Sulfuric acid	<0.1%	<$100k
570	Titanium ore	<0.1%	<$100k
571	Tomatoes	<0.1%	<$100k
572	Uranium and thorium ore	<0.1%	<$100k
573	Vanilla	<0.1%	<$100k
574	Vermouth	<0.1%	<$100k
575	Wine	<0.1%	$0.12
576	Zinc powder	<0.1%	<$100k

About the data

We analyzed U.S. International Trade Commission data on goods imported for consumption in 2024. We used product descriptions from the Observatory of Economic Complexity to label the goods, and edited these descriptions lightly.

For the lists of major imports and exports, and the full searchable list, we grouped goods using the first four digits of their code in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, which lists categories of products. For more specific lists of goods within these categories, we looked at the first six digits of the product code.

We excluded goods that are widely produced in the U.S., using export data to remove goods where the U.S. exports at least 50 percent of what it imports by value. (We did not do this for the critical minerals or imports by quantity data.)"

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