Imports: Children’s picture, drawing or coloring books

U.S. imports of Children's picture, drawing or coloring books decreased 11.90 percent through August to $314.45 million.

Top Sources

RankCountryYTD
1China$283.65 M
2Vietnam$12.17 M
3Malaysia$5.52 M
4India$3.38 M
5Italy$1.77 M
6United Kingdom$1.18 M
7Thailand$858,775
8South Korea$791,818
9Singapore$763,268
10Hong Kong$762,158

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U.S. imports of Children's picture, drawing or coloring books decreased 11.90 percent through August to $314.45 million

The category ranked 540 through August among the roughly 1,265 import commodity groupings as classified by Census. It ranked No. 513 for the last full year with a total value of $542.51 million, a $62.09 million, 12.92 percent increase from the 2023 total.

Through August of this year the leading sources were No. 1 China, No. 2 Vietnam, No. 3 Malaysia, No. 4 India and No. 5 Italy. The leading sources were No. 1 Port of Los Angeles, No. 2 Port of Newark, No. 3 Port of Long Beach, No. 4 Port of Baltimore, MD and No. 5 Port of Virginia.

In the last previous full year, the leading sources were No. 1 China, No. 2 Malaysia, No. 3 Vietnam, No. 4 Mexico and No. 5 Canada. The leading sources were No. 1 Port of Los Angeles, No. 2 Port of Long Beach, No. 3 Port of Newark, No. 4 Port of Chicago land-based cargo and No. 5 Port of Savannah, GA.

Looking at specific airports, seaports and border crossings, the top five through the first eight months of the year were:

Highlights for the top five ports:

  • Port of Los Angeles fell 3.46 percent compared to last year to $81.23 million.
  • Port of Newark fell 15.28 percent compared to last year to $57.29 million.
  • Port of Long Beach fell 23.39 percent compared to last year to $55.09 million.
  • Port of Baltimore, MD rose 98.85 percent compared to last year to $28.15 million.
  • Port of Virginia fell 11.94 percent compared to last year to $18.55 million.

There are several hundred airports, seaports and border crossings that handle international trade; they are, in turn, part of the roughly four dozen U.S. Customs districts.

Highlights for the top five foreign sources:

  • U.S. imports from No. 1 China decreased $50.46 million, 15.1 percent, (90.2 percent market share).
  • U.S. imports from No. 2 Vietnam increased $7.86 million, 182.36 percent, (3.87 percent market share).
  • U.S. imports from No. 3 Malaysia increased $632,171, 12.92 percent, (1.76 percent market share).
  • U.S. imports from No. 4 India increased $1.82 million, 115.71 percent, (1.08 percent market share).
  • U.S. imports from No. 5 Italy increased $556,445, 45.67 percent, (0.56 percent market share).

All totaled, 97.47 percent of all these Children's picture, drawing or coloring books imports to the United States were shipped from the top five sources through August of this year. That is equal to $306.51 million of the $314.45 million total.

All totaled, 76.42 percent of all these Children's picture, drawing or coloring books imports to the United States were shipped to the top five Ports through August of this year. That is equal to $240.32 million of the $314.45 million total.