<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Walmart remained atop the list of the 100 largest US importers by a wide margin in 2020, while Koch Industries retained the No. 1 export spot.</p></div>

Walmart remained atop the list of the 100 largest US importers by a wide margin in 2020, while Koch Industries retained the No. 1 export spot.

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US imports of 24.5 million TEU in 2020 were up 2.4 percent from the year prior, a small gain on the surface, but a remarkable achievement when considering how global trade came to a near halt in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic last spring. That imports showed any gain at all is a testament to the historic surge that began in the second half of 2020 and continues today. That import surge begot the supply chain chaos that manifested itself in record-low vessel schedule reliability, port congestion, and equipment shortages. Those woes provided an additional headwind for US exports, which fell 7.5 percent last year to 12 million TEU, according to data from PIERS, a sister product of JOC.com within IHS Markit. That large drop in exports pushed overall US container trade to a year-on-year decline of 1.1 percent, to 36.50 million TEU. The top five US importers by volume remained unchanged in 2020, with Walmart again holding the number-one spot with 930,000 TEU, up 4 percent from the year prior. Rounding out the top five were Target , The Home Depot , Lowe’s , and Ashley Furniture . The top five imported a collective 2.72 million TEU last year, up from 2.47 million in 2019 and accounting for 11 percent of total US imports in 2020. Koch Industries retained its place atop the list of exporters, with its 283,286 TEU down marginally from 2019. International Paper’s export volume slipped 5 percent to 218,391 TEU, but the company remained in the second spot among US exporters last year. JOC.com’s annual list of Top 100 US importer and exporter rankings begins with data from PIERS and is enhanced by information gathered from other industry sources. The figures are expressed in TEU, the most common measurement of containerized ocean shipping. One standard 40 foot ocean container equals two TEU. These lists are restricted to shippers — beneficial owners of containerized cargo that entered or exited US ports by ocean vessel during 2020 — and do not include shippers associations, carriers, non-vessel operating common carriers, forwarders or brokers, third-party logistics providers, banks, or “to-order” negotiable bills of lading, or data falling under privacy strictures. International import and export cargoes moving into and out of the US via air, rail, or truck also are not included. The JOC analysis accounts for changes in ownership structures and impacts on volume by tallying volume at subsidiary companies to the best of our ability. We also rely on self-reported numbers backed by documentation from companies that fall under privacy strictures. Rankings compiled by Marcin Lejk, data analyst at IHS Markit, and updated on July 1 based on new data from importers and exporters. 2021 JOC Top 100 Importers US foreign trade via ocean container transport. Sector Headquarters Rank JOC Top 100 Importers TEU in 2020 1 Walmart 930,000 Retail Bentonville, Ark. 2 Target 650,000 Retail Minneapolis, Minn. 3 Home Depot 520,130 Retail Atlanta, Ga. 4 Lowe's 330,000 Retail Mooresville, N.C. 5 Ashley Furniture 296,000 Furniture Arcadia, Wis. 6 Dole Food 235,780 Foodstuffs Thousand Oaks, Calif. 7 Samsung America 221,458 Conglomerate Ridgefield Park, N.J. 8 Dollar Tree 180,000 Foodstuffs Chesapeake, Va. 9 Chiquita Brands International 168,154 Foodstuffs Charlotte, N.C. 10 LG Group 137,735 Conglomerate Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 11 Nike 122,000 Footwear and Apparel sport equipment Beaverton, Ore. 12 IKEA International 113,902 Retail/Household Goods Conshohocken, Pa. 13 GE Appliances, a Haier Company 90,000 Retail/Household Goods Louisville, K.Y. 14 Williams-Sonoma 89,710 Retail San Francisco, Calif. 15 Sumitomo 83,000 Foodstuffs Pompano Beach, Fla. 16 Heineken USA 78,000 Beverages White Plains, N.Y. 17 Newell Brands 76,328 Electronics Hoboken, N.J. 18 Olam International 70,000 Cotton/spices and vegetables Fresno, Calif. 19 Rooms to Go 70,000 Retail furniture Seffner, Fla. 20 Dollar General 69,046 Retail Goodlettsville, Tenn. 21 Red Bull North America 67,756 Foodstuffs Santa Monica, Calif. 22 MS International 67,119 Countertops and flooring Orange, Calif. 23 Ross Stores 60,000 Retail Dublin, Calif. 24 Bob’s Discount Furniture 54,646 Household goods Manchester, Conn. 25 Electrolux 51,270 Electronics/household Charlotte, N.C.; Stockholm 26 Bissell Homecare 50,000 Household Grand Rapids, Mich. 27 Kohl's 50,000 Retail Menomonee, Wis.; Chesapeake, Va. 28 Hyundai Mobis 49,082 Automotive goods West Point, Ga.; Montgomery, Ala. 29 Fresh Del Monte Produce 47,294 Foodstuffs Coral Gables, Fla. 30 Amazon 46,259 Retail Seattle, Wash. 31 Dorel Industries 43,141 Conglomerate Foxborough, Mass. 32 Arauco Wood Products 43,100 Forest Products Atlanta, Ga. 33 Toyota Tsusho America 42,326 Automotive goods Georgetown, Ky. 34 Best Buy 41,300 Retail Richfield, Minn. 35 Hankook Tire America 39,693 Automotive goods Wayne, N.J. 36 Tractor Supply 39,175 Retail Brentwood, Tenn. 37 Anheuser Busch InBev 38,448 Foodstuffs St. Louis, Mo. 38 Kubota Tractor 35,682 Heavy Machinery Grapevine, Texas 39 Living Spaces Furniture 34,311 Retail furniture La Mirada, Calif. 40 Adidas Group 33,302 Footwear and Apparel sport equipment Portland, Ore. 41 Bridgestone Tires 30,951 Automotive goods Nashville, Tenn. 42 At Home Procurement 30,411 Retail Plano, Texas 43 Mercedes Benz USA/Daimler Trucks 30,107 Automotive goods Atlanta, Ga. 44 VF Corp. 30,001 Apparel and footwear Greensboro, N.C. 45 Hewlett-Packard 29,600 Computer Technology Palo Alto, Calif. 46 Continental Tire 29,513 Automotive goods Fort Mill, S.C. 47 Costco Wholesale 28,831 Retail Issaquah, Wash. 48 PVH 28,500 Electronics New York, N.Y. 49 Nextracker 28,479 Solar Fremont, Calif. 50 E&E 26,332 Household goods Fremont, Calif 51 Euromarket Designs 25,330 Retail Northbrook, Ill. 52 Shark Ninja 22,500 Appliances Newton, Mass. 53 Conair 24,672 Electronics East Windsor, N.J. 54 CMPC Maderas 24,408 Paper and Forest Products Atlanta, Ga. 55 TTE Technology 24,364 Electronics Corona, Calif. 56 General Electric 24,251 Conglomerate Fairfield, Conn. 57 Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits 24,183 Foodstuffs Miami, Fla. 58 Mitsubishi Motors 24,163 Automotive goods Cypress, Calif. 59 LKQ Corp. 23,984 Auto parts Chicago, Ill. 60 Under Armour 22,802 Footwear and Apparel sport equipment Balitmore, Md. 61 Goya Foods 22,578 Foodstuffs Secaucus, N.Y. 62 John Deere 22,329 Mfg-Equipment Moline, Ill. 63 EGA America 21,373 Manufacturin, Metals & Mineral Creve Coeur, Miss. 64 Icon Health & Fitness 21,069 Mfg-consumer products Logan, Utah 65 Q Cells 20,873 Solar Irving, Calif. 66 Caterpillar 20,367 Mfg-machinery Peoria, Ill. 67 Mattel 20,191 Toys El Segundo, Calif. 68 Spectrum Brands 20,045 Mfg-consumer products Madison, Wis. 69 Starbucks 20,036 Beverages Seattle, Wash. 70 LONGi Solar 19,603 Solar San Ramon, Calif. 71 Gildan Activewear 19,098 Apparel and footwear Charleston, S.C. 72 Keter North America 19,094 Storage Anderson, Ind. 73 Toyo Tires 19,020 Automotive goods Cypress, Calif. 74 American Honda Motor, Honda Trading America 18,391 Automotive goods Torrance, Calif.; Marysville, Ohio 75 Subaru 18,292 Automotive goods Camden, N.J. 76 Panasonic of North America 18,190 Electronics New York, N.Y. 77 Yokohama Tire 17,989 Automotive goods Fullerton, Calif. 78 Trina Solar 17,872 Solar Fremont, Calif. 79 Yamaha Motor 17,858 Automotive goods Cypress, Calif. 80 Raymour & Flanigan Furniture 17,655 Retail/Household Goods Liverpool, N.Y. 81 Liberty Procurement 17,393 Retail Liberty Avenue Union, N.J. 82 Coaster of America 17,069 Household goods Santa Fe Springs, Calif. 83 Canadian Solar 16,871 Solar Walnut Creek, Calif. 84 American Furniture Warehouse 16,525 Furniture Englewood, Colo. 85 BJ's Wholesale 16,231 Retail Westborough, Mass. 86 Brother International 16,096 Electronics Bridgewater, N.Y. 87 Fred Meyer 16,063 Retail Portland, Ore. 88 Vestas American Wind Technology 15,921 Heavy Machinery Ellsworth, Ill. 89 Stanley Black & Decker 15,855 Retail New Britain, Conn. 90 Nissan North America/Nissan Trading 15,810 Automotive goods Franklin, Tenn.; Farmington Hills, Mich. 91 Element Electronics 15,662 Electronics Winnsboro, S.C. 92 Enchante Accessories Inc 15,620 Mfg-consumer products New York, N.Y. 93 QVC 15,312 Retail West Chester, Penn. 94 BMW of North America 15,158 Automotive goods Woodcliff Lake, N.J. Spartansburg, S.C. 95 Joann Fabric and Craft Stores 15,058 Retail Hudson, Ohio 96 L Brands 15,000 Retail Columbus, Ohio 97 BSH Hausgeräte 14,929 Mfg-consumer products Irving, Calif. 98 Procter & Gamble 14,370 Conglomerate Cincinnati, Ohio 99 Badcock Home Furniture 14,213 Household goods Mulberry, Fla. 100 Michaels Stores 13,760 Retail Irving, Texas 2021 JOC Top 100 Exporters US foreign trade via ocean container transport. TEU in 2020 Sector Headquarters Rank JOC Top 100 Exporters 1 Koch Industries 283,286 Conglomerate Wichita, Kan. 2 International Paper 218,391 Paper/packaging Memphis, Tenn. 3 CellMark Group 191,280 Diversified Norwalk and Stamford, Conn.; Pearl River, N.Y.; San Rafael, Calif. 4 DeLong 156,314 Animal Feed and Grain Clinton, Wis. 5 America Chung Nam 153,347 Paper and plastics recyclables City of Industry, Calif. 6 Louis Dreyfus 117,440 Cotton Cordova, Tenn. 7 International Forest Products 109,600 Packaging/paper products/pulp/forest products/recyclables Foxborough, Mass. 8 Winfibre 97,677 Paper/Recyclables Chino, Calif. 9 Scoular 93,000 Animal Feed and Grain Omaha, Neb. 10 BMW of North America 74,741 Automotive goods Woodcliff Lake, N.J. Spartansburg, S.C. 11 The Andersons 69,500 Agriculture Maumee, Ohio 12 Cycle Link USA 67,906 Paper/recyclables Diamond Bar, Calif. 13 WestRock 66,479 Paper/packaging Atlanta, Ga. 14 Olam International 65,760 Cotton/spices and vegetables Fresno, Calif. 15 Ravago Group 57,894 Plastics, rubber, and chemicals Orlando, Fla. 16 Dow Chemical 54,490 Chemicals Midland, Mich. 17 Smithfield Foods 53,830 Food/refrigerated Smithfield, Va. 18 JBS USA 53,608 Refrigerated meats/poultry Greeley, Colo. 19 Cargill 53,374 Conglomerate Wayzata, Minn. 20 Shintech 52,147 Chemicals Houston, Texas 21 Tyson Foods 51,127 Refrigerated meats/poultry Springdale, Ark. 22 Eastman Chemical 50,965 Chemicals/fibers/plastics Kingsport, Tenn. 23 Domtar 47,506 Paper/forest products Fort Mill, S.C.; Montreal, Canada 24 WM Recycle America 47,480 Diversified/recyclables Houston, Texas 25 Rayonier Advanced Materials 45,800 Chemicals/forest products Jacksonville, Fla. 26 Sims Metal Management 45,410 Metals and electronics/recyclables New York, N.Y. 27 Newport CH International 44,705 Paper/Metals /Plastics Recyclables Orange, Calif. 28 Archer Daniels Midland 43,737 Agriculture Chicago, Ill. 29 Vinmar International 38,422 Chemicals/Plastics Houston, Texas 30 Staple Cotton Cooperative Association 37,413 Cotton Greenwood, Miss. 31 Dupont 34,000 Diversified Wilmington, Del. 32 Gavilon 32,850 Animal Feed and Grain Omaha, Neb. 33 AJC International 32,407 Food/refrigerated Atlanta, Ga. 34 Walmart 32,231 Retail Bentonville, Ark. 35 Al Dahra ACX 32,148 Animal Feed and Grain Wilmington, Calif. 36 Montachem 31,959 Plastics/Chemicals Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 37 PriceSmart 31,322 Membership warehouse club San Francisco, Calif. 38 Anderson Hay & Grain 30,632 Animal Feed Ellensburg, Wash. 39 Graphic Packaging Holding 29,236 Paper products Atlanta, Ga. 40 Rio Tinto Minerals 28,810 Minerals Greenwood Village, Colo. 41 Vipa Group 27,308 Paper/Recyclables Brea, Calif. 42 Perdue 25,841 Food Salisburgy, Md. 43 Fornazor International 25,808 Animal Feed Hillsdale, N.J. 44 Mercedes Benz USA/Daimler Trucks 25,664 Automotive goods Atlanta, Ga. 45 Ekman Group 24,166 Paper/recyclables Gothenburg; Miami; Hong Kong 46 CHS 24,081 Agriculture/energy/food Inver Grove Heights, Minn. 47 Khanna Paper 23,640 Paper products North Bergen, N.J. 48 International Feed 23,338 Agricultural goods Excelsior, Minn. 49 Costco Wholesale 23,220 Retail Issaquah, Wash. 50 Chevron Phillips Chemical 22,718 Chemicals The Woodlands, Texas 51 Procter & Gamble 22,250 Mfg-Consumer Goods Cincinnati, Ohio 52 Central National Gottesman Inc. 22,075 Paper products Purchase, N.Y. 53 POET Nutrition 22,022 Animal Feed and Grain Sioux Falls, S.D. 54 Imerys 21,132 Minerals Roswell, Ga. 55 Potential Industries 20,537 Paper/recyclables Wilmington, Calif. 56 Sigma Recycling 19,385 Paper/Metals /Plastics Recyclables Norcross, Ga. 57 Genesis Resource Enterprises 19,382 Paper/recyclables Springfield, N.J. 58 Active Minerals International 19,020 Minerals Sparks, Md. 59 Dole Food 18,400 Foodstuffs Thousand Oaks, Calif. 60 Mitsui & Co. 18,381 Conglomerate New York, N.Y. 61 Stone Arch Commodities 18,098 Animal Feed and Grain Minneapolis, Minn. 62 American Honda Motor, Honda Trading America 18,097 Automotive goods Torrance, Calif.; Marysville, Ohio 63 Prairie Creek Grain 18,088 Animal Feed and Grain Elwood, Ill. 64 KaMin 18,059 Minerals-clay Macon, Ga. 65 Chemours 17,750 Chemicals Wilmington, Del. 66 Ascend Performance Materials 17,491 Chemicals/fibers/plastics Houston, Texas 67 Michelin North America 17,400 Mfg-tire and rubber Greenville, S.C. 68 BASF North America 17,170 Chemicals-diversified Florham Park, N.J. 69 Anheuser Busch InBev 16,509 Foodstuffs St. Louis, Mo. 70 Alco Iron and Metal 16,270 Metal/recyclables San Leandro, Calif. 71 Sasol 15,736 Chemicals Houston, Texas 72 Fibre Trade 15,240 Paper/Recyclables Burlingame, Calif. 73 John Deere 14,657 Mfg-Equipment Moline, Ill. 74 Nippon Dynawave 14,564 Paper products Longview, Wash. 75 Caterpillar 14,559 Mfg-machinery Peoria, Ill. 76 Toyota Tsusho America 14,130 Automotive goods Georgetown, Ky. 77 Tesla 13,981 Automotive goods Palo Alto, Calif. 78 Lamb Weston 13,873 Food/refrigerated Eagle, Idaho 79 America Metal Export 13,585 Chemicals Alhambra, Calif. 80 Advanced Steel Recovery 13,562 Metal/recyclables Fontana, Calif. 81 Almarai 12,734 Animal Feed Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 82 Sappi Cloquet 12,445 Paper/pulp/paper products Cloquet, Minn. 83 Army & Air Force Exchange Service 12,316 Retail Dallas, Texas 84 Mountaire Farms 12,311 Animal Feed and Grain Little Rock, Ark. 85 Seaboard Foods 12,265 Food/refrigerated Kansas City, Mo. 86 Zen Trading 11,868 Animal Feed and Grain San Francisco, Calif. 87 Zen-Noh Grain 11,491 Animal Feed and Grain New Orleans, La. 88 Kimberly-Clark 11,480 Paper products Irving, Texas 89 World Food Programme 11,220 Food Washington, D.C 90 Home Depot 10,876 Retail Atlanta, Ga. 91 National Beef 10,737 Beef Kansas City, Mo. 92 Canusa Hershman Recycling 10,479 Diversified/Recycler Branford, Conn. 93 Hakan Food USA 10,162 Food Broadway, Va 94 Nissan North America/Nissan Trading 9,847 Automotive goods Franklin, Tenn.; Farmington Hills, Mich. 95 Sonoco Products 9,834 Food Hartsville, S.C. 96 Darigold 9,785 Agriculture Seattle, Wash. 97 Perez Trading 9,783 Paper/packaging Miami, Fla. 98 Allan Co. 9,303 Paper/Recyclables Baldwin Park, Calif. 99 Border Valley Trading 9,267 Animal Feed Brawley, Calif. 100 OGO Fibers 9,151 Paper/Recyclables Richmond Hill, Ontario; Summerville, S.C.

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