Mexico replaced China as America's top computer supplier
Share of US computer imports by country of origin, 2018 vs 2025.
- 1. Mexico, not China, now sells America the most goods
- 2. China's ASEAN trade is now almost double its US trade
- 3. America's duty-free parcels grew almost tenfold in nine years
- 4. Mexico's factories now outproduce Britain's and France's
- 5. The UAE sold more goods abroad than France in 2025
- 6. The EU now buys more US gas than Russian gas
- 7. Malaysia again sells more to America than to China
- 8. Brazil mines 93% of the world's niobium
- 9. More Vietnamese now work in industry than on farms
- 10. Indonesia set to use more palm oil than it exports
- 11. Factories now make more of Cambodia's economy than China's
- 12. China now buys more from Brazil than from Germany
- 13. Kazakhstan now sells Russia more than Germany does
- 14. China fell to third among America's suppliers in 2025
- 15. America overtook China as Taiwan's biggest export market
- 16. Mongolia's coal exports hit a record 90 million tonnes
- 17. Viet Nam's ports now handle more containers than Japan's
- 18. Liberia overtook Panama as the biggest flag by ship capacity
- 19. Nickel made Indonesia the world's fifth-biggest iron and steel exporter
- 20. Mexico again hosts more US investment than China
- 21. Mexico replaced China as America's top computer supplier
Mexico's share of US computer imports in 2025, up from 28.2% in 2018.
China's share in 2025, down from 56.0%: $52.4bn to $11.0bn.
US computer imports grew from $93.6bn to $253.1bn; America's top supplier is now its neighbour, not its rival.
the numbers & method
| Mexico (bn) | China (bn) | Other Asia, nes (bn) | Viet Nam (bn) | Rest of world (bn) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 26.4 | 52.4 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 11.0 |
| 2025 | 89.9 | 11.0 | 86.4 | 34.4 | 31.3 |
Claim types Fact · Interpretation
UN Comtrade, annual goods trade, reporter United States (842), imports, HS 8471 (automatic data-processing machines and units: computers, servers and their units), primaryValue (CIF), read from the Comtrade public API (2025: same URL as the source link; 2018: https://comtradeapi.un.org/public/v1/preview/C/A/HS?reporterCode=842&period=2018&cmdCode=8471&flowCode=M&partnerCode=0,156,484,704,490). 2018 is classified in HS2017 (H5), 2025 in HS2022 (H6). Rows are isReported=false (processed by Comtrade from the US submission). US$ bn, 2018 / 2025: world 93.556 / 253.056; Mexico 26.368 / 89.936; China 52.435 / 11.010; Other Asia, nes (partner 490, largely Taiwan) 2.919 / 86.396; Viet Nam 0.854 / 34.374. 'Rest of world' = world minus the four partners shown (10.980 / 31.340), so no unlisted partner can exceed Mexico in 2025 or China in 2018. Mexico leads Other Asia, nes (Comtrade partner 490, largely Taiwan) by 1.4 points. Shares and the 2.7x ratio (253.056 / 93.556 = 2.70) are progrss calculations. China excludes Hong Kong and Macao. Current US$, not adjusted for prices. Takeaway 3's reading is an interpretation. Related: plate 176 (China fell to third among America's suppliers) and plate 219 (Viet Nam climbed to fifth in computer exports). Licence: UN Comtrade data, attribution required.
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