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Mexico, not China, now sells America the most goods

Share of all US goods imports from four partners, 2000–2025.

Trade rewired
  1. 1. Mexico, not China, now sells America the most goods
  2. 2. China's ASEAN trade is now almost double its US trade
  3. 3. America's duty-free parcels grew almost tenfold in nine years
  4. 4. Mexico's factories now outproduce Britain's and France's
  5. 5. The UAE sold more goods abroad than France in 2025
  6. 6. The EU now buys more US gas than Russian gas
  7. 7. Malaysia again sells more to America than to China
  8. 8. Brazil mines 93% of the world's niobium
  9. 9. More Vietnamese now work in industry than on farms
  10. 10. Indonesia set to use more palm oil than it exports
  11. 11. Factories now make more of Cambodia's economy than China's
  12. 12. China now buys more from Brazil than from Germany
  13. 13. Kazakhstan now sells Russia more than Germany does
  14. 14. China fell to third among America's suppliers in 2025
  15. 15. America overtook China as Taiwan's biggest export market
  16. 16. Mongolia's coal exports hit a record 90 million tonnes
  17. 17. Viet Nam's ports now handle more containers than Japan's
  18. 18. Liberia overtook Panama as the biggest flag by ship capacity
  19. 19. Nickel made Indonesia the world's fifth-biggest iron and steel exporter
15.6%

Mexico's share of US goods imports in 2025, the largest of any country.

21.6% → 9.0%

China's share fell from its 2017 peak to its lowest level since 2001.

0.1% → 5.7%

Vietnam went from almost nothing in 2000 to a top supplier as factories moved south.

Source: US Census Bureau, Foreign Trade: Trade in Goods by Country (annual totals), 2025
the numbers & method
Mexico, not China, now sells America the most goods. Source: US Census Bureau, Foreign Trade: Trade in Goods by Country (annual totals), 2025.
YearMexico (%)China (%)Canada (%)Vietnam (%)
200011.28.219.00.1
200111.59.019.00.1
200211.610.818.00.2
200311.012.117.60.4
200410.613.417.40.4
200510.214.517.40.4
200610.715.516.30.5
200710.816.416.20.5
200810.316.116.10.6
200911.319.014.50.8
201012.019.114.50.8
201111.918.114.30.8
201212.218.714.20.9
201312.419.414.71.1
201412.619.914.81.3
201513.221.513.21.7
201613.421.112.71.9
201713.421.612.82.0
201813.621.212.61.9
201914.318.012.82.7
202013.918.611.63.4
202113.517.812.63.6
202214.016.613.53.9
202315.413.913.63.7
202415.413.512.64.2
202515.69.011.25.7

Claim types Fact

Shares derived by progrss: country general imports (census basis, nominal US$; pages c5700 China, c2010 Mexico, c1220 Canada, c5520 Vietnam) divided by total US goods imports from the World page c0004 (census basis). Mexico passed China in 2023. China figures exclude Hong Kong and Taiwan. 2026 is a partial year and is not shown.

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