Tariff-related disruption is spreading as US shippers delay plans Top 100
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. Five of the six major categories of imported consumer goods tracked by the Journal of Commerce recorded double-digit percentage growth in 2024, led by household goods( 19.9 %), toys and games( 16.8 %), and clothing( 13.3 %). 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
Machinery And Mechanical Products 4,082,302
Mineral Products 3,159,753
Textile And Textile Products 2,289,069
Base Metals 2,039,390
Vegetable Products 1,601,110
Vehicles, Aircraft, Vessels 1,425,668
Chemical Products 1,187,211
Others 761,994
Foodstuffs 1,751,894
Wood And Articles Of Wood 642,372
Ceramic And Glass Products 1,012,066
Raw Hides And Skins, Leather 575,217
Pulp Of Wood, Paper And Paperboard
Footwear, Headgear, Umbrellas
696,385 567,409
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Contents
COLUMNS
6 Weighing scale By Peter Tirschwell
84 Sourcing paralysis By Lars Jensen
86‘ Continual chaos’ By William B. Cassidy
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Cover story‘ On pause’
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20 Importers 28 Exporters
8 Spotlight 82 By the Numbers 85 Classified Ads
ADVERTORIAL
52 Pacific Northwest Trade and Logistics 70 Philadelphia Trade and Logistics
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18 What’ s in the( import) box? 26 What’ s in the( export) box?
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