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Who Sells to America
Share of U.S. goods imports by country, trailing 12 months, %
2 of 4 series are above their level a year earlier·2 of 4 are at a five-year high·1 of 4 is at a five-year low
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.
Mexico · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 30 days
China · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 30 days
Canada · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 30 days
Vietnam · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 30 days
Dashed: the projection from the latest reading. A projection, not a promise.
How America’s import sources have shifted. China’s share has fallen since the 2018 tariffs while Mexico and Vietnam have gained.
What this chart reads
- Mexico's share of US goods imports (12 months)as “Mexico”behindlatest 2026-08-01
- China's share of US goods imports (12 months)as “China”behindlatest 2026-08-01
- Canada's share of US goods imports (12 months)as “Canada”behindlatest 2026-08-01
- Vietnam's share of US goods imports (12 months)as “Vietnam”behindlatest 2026-08-01
Sources
Mexico's share of US goods imports (12 months). Source: Palanor computes this series monthly from US Census Bureau trade data published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Palanor pulls the underlying series from the FRED API nightly.
China's share of US goods imports (12 months). Source: Palanor computes this series from US Census Bureau trade data published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Palanor pulls the underlying series from the FRED API nightly.
Canada's share of US goods imports (12 months). Source: Palanor computes this series monthly from US Census Bureau trade data (FT-900 tables) published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis via the FRED API. The numerator is goods imports from Canada; the denominator is goods imports from all origins, both summed over twelve months.
Vietnam's share of US goods imports (12 months). Source: Palanor computes this series monthly by dividing US goods imports from Vietnam by total US goods imports, both over a trailing twelve-month window, using Census FT-900 data published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Palanor pulls the underlying series from the FRED API nightly.
Charts are drawn from Palanor's signal library and recomputed from source data on every view. Transformations (changes, indexing, year-on-year rates) are Palanor's.