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

COUNTRY ITEMPct. 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 Suriname Non-fillet fresh fish Angola Pig iron Armenia Diamonds Trinidad and Tobago Non-fillet fresh fish Macau Knitted hats North Macedonia Curbstones Togo Fake hair Bosnia and Herzegovina Non-knit women’s coats Republic of the Congo Antiques Azerbaijan Ironmaking alloys Iraq Antiques Libya Misc. vegetable products Cyprus Olive oil Kuwait Ironmaking alloys Malta Air conditioners British Virgin Islands Diamonds Brunei Knit T-shirts Cayman Islands Phones Equatorial Guinea Knitted hats Sint Maarten Hard liquor

Numbers are rounded. Goods that the U.S. exports at least 25 percent as much as it imports, and goods with under $20 million of imports in 2024, are excluded. Source: U.S. International Trade Commission

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%

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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.