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

	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 fat	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%

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.

We grouped goods using the first four digits of their code in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, which lists categories of products.

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