US IMPORT

America imports everything from computers and semiconductors to medicines, cars, crude oil, machinery and smartphones. Using the latest U.S. Census Bureau data available through July 2026, this guide ranks 10 major individual import commodities by their January–July 2026 import value and explains why the United States buys them from overseas. The data also show where these imports come from, how tariffs can affect prices, and why a large trade deficit does not automatically mean that every imported product represents an economic loss.