State of U.S. Imports: Q1 2020

U.S. ocean import activity from January 2020 through March 2020, from U.S. Customs bill of lading records.

Sourced from U.S. Customs bill of lading data · Updated monthly · Data through May 2026

Key findings

U.S. ocean imports totaled 1,934,212 shipments in Q1 2020.
The highest-volume import category was Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines, sparkling wine (HS 220410), with 19,178 shipments.
CHINA was the largest origin country with 540,812 shipments — 28.0% of all U.S. ocean imports.
The busiest U.S. port of entry was NEW YORK/NEWARK AREA, NEWARK, NJ, receiving 367,914 shipments.
The largest importer by shipment count was IKEA SUPPLY AG, with 23,011 shipments.

Shipments

1,934,212

Containers

2,649,030

Quarter over quarter

N/A

not available — dataset begins Jan 2020

Year over year

N/A

not available — dataset begins Jan 2020

Monthly shipment volume

760,459

January 2020

582,067

February 2020

591,686

March 2020

Top import categories

Product (HS code)	Shipments	QoQ
Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines, sparkling wine220410	19,178	N/A
Other wooden furniture940360	17,785	N/A
Parts of air conditioning machines, comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, including those machines in which the humidity cannot be separately regulated841590	16,031	N/A
Furniture of plastics940370	14,161	N/A
Not knitted or crocheted, of cotton630492	12,979	N/A
Roofing tiles, chimney pots, cowls, chimney liners, architectural ornaments and other ceramic constructional goods, roofing tiles690510	11,910	N/A
Prepared glues and other prepared adhesives, other350699	11,430	N/A
Any equipment, or any part of equipment, purchased for, or the repair parts or materials employed in, or the expense of repairs made in a foreign country with respect to, a LASH (Lighter Aboard Ship) barge utilized as a cargo container, upon first arrival of such barge in any port of the United States981800	10,300	N/A
Lavatory seats and covers392220	9,482	N/A
T-shirts, singlets, tank tops and similar garments, knitted or crocheted of cotton610910	9,344	N/A

Top origin countries

Country	Shipments	QoQ
CHINA	540,812	N/A
GERMANY	115,818	N/A
INDIA	88,990	N/A
REPUBLIC OF KOREA	82,613	N/A
VIET NAM	77,254	N/A
ITALY	76,948	N/A
TAIWAN	74,369	N/A
JAPAN	69,315	N/A
BELGIUM	52,911	N/A
MEXICO	47,003	N/A

Busiest U.S. ports

Port of entry	Shipments	QoQ
NEW YORK/NEWARK AREA, NEWARK, NJ	367,914	N/A
LOS ANGELES, CA	301,457	N/A
LONG BEACH, CA	274,411	N/A
HOUSTON, TX	118,819	N/A
SAVANNAH, GA	118,549	N/A
CHARLESTON, SC	99,100	N/A
TACOMA, WA	94,768	N/A
NORFOLK, VA	77,328	N/A
MIAMI, FL	72,534	N/A
OAKLAND, CA	59,855	N/A

Largest importers

Importer	Shipments
IKEA SUPPLY AG	23,011
DOLE FRESH FRUIT COMPANY	13,663
SOL GROUP	9,721
J C PENNEY PURCHASING CORP	6,511
WALMART INC	5,910
TO THE ORDER OF	5,073
UNTO THE ORDER OF	5,021
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA INC	4,735
SCHAEFFLER GROUP USA INC	3,385
ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD	3,204

Largest suppliers

Supplier	Shipments
UNION DE BANANEROS ECUATORIANOS S A	4,541
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD	4,299
ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD	3,374
GIORGIO GORI WAREHOUSE	3,043
HIGH Q INTERNATIONAL S A	3,017
YUSEN LOGISTICS CHINA CO LTD	2,537
MAGICAL CRUISE CO LTD	2,498
INTERNATIONAL AUTO LOGISTICS LLC	2,464
LG ELECTRONICS INC	2,317
THAI SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD	2,229

Methodology & citation

Figures are counts of U.S. Customs bill of lading records for ocean freight arriving at U.S. ports between January 2020 and March 2020. Product categories are 6-digit Harmonized System subheadings. Quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year comparisons are not available for this quarter — the dataset begins January 2020. Shipment counts are records, not TEU or customs value.

This report is free to cite with attribution: “ImportDoor, State of U.S. Imports: Q1 2020 — U.S. Customs bill of lading data”, linked to this page.