2025 Top 100 Importers

Containerized imports to the US rebounded to a record high last year amid widespread frontloading aimed at mitigating the risk of longshore labor disruption and, later in the year, looming tariffs. Total containerized US imports spiked 15.3 % year over year to 25.66 million TEUs in 2024, more than offsetting a 13 % decline in 2023 and narrowly surpassing the previous high of 25.57 million TEUs achieved in both 2021 and 2022, according to PIERS, a sister product of the Journal of Commerce within S & P Global. Four of the five major categories of imported consumer goods tracked by the Journal of Commerce recorded double-digit percentage growth in 2024: household goods( 19.9 %), clothing( 13.3 %), alcoholic beverages( 12.8 %) and automobiles and auto parts( 11.6 %). Miscellaneous manufactured articles, a category that includes a wide variety of goods ranging from pencils, pens and other art materials to brooms and brushes, was the largest import commodity group last year, accounting for 17.6 % of total US imports, followed by machinery and mechanical products( 14.8 %), mineral products( 11.4 %), textiles and textile products( 8.3 %), and base metals( 7.4 %).

Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles 4,881,536

Mineral Products 3,159,753

Machinery And Mechanical Products 4,082,302

Textile And Textile Products 2,289,069

18 Journal of Commerce | May 5, 2025 www. joc. com