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Where does the United States get its electric cables? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United States imported $31.6 billion of electric cables (1.6 million tonnes), 18.8% of the world total. Mexico sold 52% of the total, followed by China (12%) and Vietnam (6%). The United States was the world’s largest importer of electric cables.

Summary

Value
$31.6billion
Tonnes
1.6million tonnes
Share of world total
18.8%
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
Mexico16.6Tonnes: 816,356USD per tonne: $20,28852.3%Land
China3.7Tonnes: 201,958USD per tonne: $18,48811.8%Sea
Vietnam1.9Tonnes: 78,461USD per tonne: $21,9986%Sea
Philippines1.1Tonnes: 45,558USD per tonne: $24,2053.5%Sea
Honduras1.1Tonnes: 37,964USD per tonne: $27,6803.3%Sea
South Korea0.86Tonnes: 91,382USD per tonne: $9,4112.7%Sea
Canada0.78Tonnes: 52,524USD per tonne: $14,5732.5%Land
Taiwan0.53Tonnes: 17,739USD per tonne: $29,7651.7%Air
India0.51Tonnes: 41,609USD per tonne: $10,6181.6%Sea
Germany0.5Tonnes: 13,573USD per tonne: $36,4981.6%Air
Japan0.4Tonnes: 11,495USD per tonne: $34,7961.3%Air
Indonesia0.39Tonnes: 19,969USD per tonne: $19,3101.2%Air
Nicaragua0.33Tonnes: 5,197USD per tonne: $64,3601.1%Air
Poland0.32Tonnes: 29,437USD per tonne: $10,8181%Sea
Thailand0.28Tonnes: 15,660USD per tonne: $18,1960.9%Sea
France0.24Tonnes: 4,634USD per tonne: $50,8590.74%Air
United Kingdom0.22Tonnes: 5,159USD per tonne: $41,9650.68%Air
Netherlands re-exports0.16Tonnes: 6,377USD per tonne: $25,4090.51%Sea
Turkey0.14Tonnes: 25,301USD per tonne: $5,6790.45%Sea
Cambodia0.14Tonnes: 24,519USD per tonne: $5,1830.45%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Mexico was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Mexico 16.6
  • China 3.7
  • Vietnam 1.9
  • Philippines 1.1
  • Honduras 1.1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Mexico3.316.6
China0.343.7
Vietnam01.9
Philippines0.31.1
Honduras0.011.1

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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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