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Where does the United States get its excavators and construction machinery? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United States imported $11.1 billion of excavators and construction machinery (1.6 million tonnes), 18.6% of the world total. Its main sources were Japan (48%), Brazil (11%) and South Korea (6%). The United States was the world’s largest importer of excavators and construction machinery.

Summary

Value
$11.1billion
Tonnes
1.6million tonnes
Share of world total
18.6%
World rank
1st
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Japan5.3Tonnes: 804,735USD per tonne: $6,58447.8%Sea
Brazil1.2Tonnes: 143,098USD per tonne: $8,59411.1%Sea
South Korea0.7Tonnes: 102,678USD per tonne: $6,8036.3%Sea
United Kingdom0.6Tonnes: 70,546USD per tonne: $8,4635.4%Sea
Germany0.59Tonnes: 74,862USD per tonne: $7,9425.4%Sea
China0.56Tonnes: 115,671USD per tonne: $4,8485.1%Sea
Austria0.34Tonnes: 33,895USD per tonne: $9,8903%Sea
Czechia0.33Tonnes: 35,131USD per tonne: $9,4963%Sea
Italy0.29Tonnes: 39,198USD per tonne: $7,4032.6%Sea
Sweden0.26Tonnes: 28,505USD per tonne: $8,9662.3%Sea
France0.25Tonnes: 28,577USD per tonne: $8,8062.3%Sea
India0.15Tonnes: 17,809USD per tonne: $8,4761.4%Sea
Thailand0.14Tonnes: 31,162USD per tonne: $4,4451.3%Sea
Canada0.08Tonnes: 15,466USD per tonne: $5,4270.76%Land
Indonesia0.06Tonnes: 10,459USD per tonne: $5,7430.54%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.06Tonnes: 7,218USD per tonne: $8,0890.53%Sea
Finland0.05Tonnes: 5,348USD per tonne: $9,3340.45%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.03Tonnes: 6,604USD per tonne: $4,4710.27%Sea
Mexico0.01Tonnes: 3,892USD per tonne: $3,1900.11%Land
Belgium re-exports0.01Tonnes: 1,718USD per tonne: $6,9030.11%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Japan was its main source throughout the period

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Japan 5.3
  • Brazil 1.2
  • South Korea 0.7
  • United Kingdom 0.6
  • Germany 0.59

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Japan15.3
Brazil0.081.2
South Korea0.130.7
United Kingdom0.220.6
Germany0.10.59

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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