President Trump’s on-off tariffs create deep uncertainty regarding the costs of imported goods.
The largest imports in the United States from many countries are oil and gas, electronics, automobiles and pharmaceuticals. But there is another way to see what Americans import. It seeks to measure the country’s clear contribution to the total US needs.
For example, China’s biggest exports to the US are electronics – by dollar value. However, the US also imports large quantities of electronic equipment from elsewhere. However, almost 100% of imported infant carriages come from China.
Meanwhile, Switzerland is responsible for almost all of America’s imported precious metal watches. Meanwhile, Ethiopia sends about 2% of imported knitted baby clothes to the US, but that’s a larger share than other items exported to the US.
The table below shows the items that the US relies mostly on from each of its 140 trading partners. (The US also took out items that are exported in large quantities such as oil.)
What the US depends most from each country
US imports
From hereCanada Rib Pig > 99% Phosphate 199%> 99% South African Chromium Ore 98% Switzerland Pre-Made Metal Watch 98% Chinababy Carriage 97% Mexican Self-Propel Railway Transport 94% portugalnatural cork arturces 93% Indianasyncetic jewer stones 89% indine 89% itylyvermouth 86% Italyvermouth 86% Oil 85% Madagascarvanilla 80% Turkey Retail Artificial Filament Yarn 79% Brazilsemi-Dished Iron 76% Vietnamcoconuts, Brazil Nuts, and Casheews 75% Australiashep and Goat Meat 74% New Zealand Misc. Animal Fat 73% Gabon Manganese Ore 71% Tyra Elefin Copper 71% Dutch Producing Cells and Roots 70% Spain Live Oil 62% Tiwan Tapioca 62% Argentine Grand Nut Oil D’Ivoire Cocoa Paste Mixed Woven Cotton 43% Singapore Grass and Edge Working 39% Guatemala Bananas 38% Ecuador Cocoa Beans 38% Korea Barber Inner Tube 33% Jamaican Aluminum Ore Fabric 25% Nicaraguarol Tobacco 24% Guyana Aluminum Ore 24% Ukrainian Seed Oil 24% Belgian Flux Fabric Fabric 22% Burrain Strand Aluminum Wire 22% Sri Lanka Coconut and Other Vegetable Fiber 21% Morock Volium Sulfinate Molophate – Romantic Astrium Ingots19% norwaycarbides19% Swedenstainless Steel Gots17% Costa Ricabananas16% Hondurasmolasses16% Paraguaywood Charcoal16% Denmarkcasein15% Tunisiapure Olive Oil15% Rusiaphosphatic fertilizer15% Carpet13% Poland Process Mushroom12% Lebanon Phosphorus Fertilizer112% Croatian Handgun12% Bulgariannon-Retail Comb Yarn12% Laos Barium Sulfate Sulfate Sulfate or Brined Fish10% Jordanknit Men’s coats10% czech Republic machine10% El Salvad Rothers10% Egyptian Spice Seed 10% United Arab Emirates Aluminum 9% ugandavanilla9 Alloy 8% Cameroon Cocoa Paste 8% Lithuania Wheat Gluten 8% Oman Metal Office Supplies 8% Hungary Seed Oil Knit Clothing Accessories Fillet 4% Democratic Republic Composite Copper 3% Botswana Diamond 3% Chadintect Resin 3% Zimbabwe Leather was further prepared after sunburn or crust Luxembourg Polyamide Fabric. Clothing 2% Namibian Wood Charcoal 2% Venezuela Processes Crustacean 2% Slovakiara Bar Tire 2% Lesothok knit men’s shirt 2% Tanzania ap haughty stone fish <1% Angola Pihi iron <1% Armenian diamond <1% Trinidad and Tobagon Philfret fresh fish <1% Macadon knit hat <1% North Macedonatia kalbstone <1% Togo hair <1% Bosnia and Herzegovinanon knit women's coat
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About the data
We analyzed data from the US International Trade Commission on goods imported for consumption in 2024. Product descriptions were labeled using product descriptions from the Economic Complexity Observatory, and these descriptions were lightly edited.
The first four digits of the code were used to group products in a harmonious tariff schedule that lists product categories.
We excluded goods that are widely produced in the United States and used export data to remove goods that export at least 25% of what the United States imports by value.
Includes only trading partners who export at least $50 million in goods to the US each year
