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- Imports: $1.0 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials ($147.1 million)
--- Salt; sulfur; earth and stone; lime and cement plaster ($123.6 million)
--- Prepared vegetables, fruit, nuts or other plant parts ($66.8 million)

#30. Turkey

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- Imports: $1.1 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Edible fruit and nuts; citrus fruit or melon peel ($418.3 million)
--- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof ($102.6 million)
--- Prepared vegetables, fruit, nuts or other plant parts ($96.2 million)

#29. Costa Rica

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- Imports: $1.3 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Electrical machinery and equipment and parts; sound and TV recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories ($372.6 million)
--- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery etc.; parts ($205.7 million)
--- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof ($111.9 million)

#28. Taiwan

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- Imports: $1.3 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones and metals and articles thereof; immitation jewellery; coins ($397.7 million)
--- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes ($315.4 million)
--- Apparel articles and accessories, knit or crochet ($246.2 million)

#27. Nicaragua

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- Imports: $1.3 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Electrical machinery and equipment and parts; sound and TV recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories ($889.3 million)
--- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof ($74.7 million)
--- Special classification provisions not elsewhere specified or included ($68.8 million)

#26. Malaysia

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- Imports: $1.4 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Apparel articles and accessories, knit or crochet ($731.0 million)
--- Edible fruit and nuts; citrus fruit or melon peel ($180.4 million)
--- Fish, crustaceans and aquatic invertebrates ($83.7 million)

#25. Honduras

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- Imports: $1.4 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Electrical machinery and equipment and parts; sound and TV recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories ($380.1 million)
--- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery etc.; parts ($373.4 million)
--- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof ($88.2 million)

#24. South Korea

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- Imports: $1.4 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Ships, boats and floating structures ($316.0 million)
--- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes ($304.3 million)
--- Beverages, spirits and vinegar ($152.6 million)

#23. Netherlands

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- Imports: $1.5 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery etc.; parts ($280.3 million)
--- Rubber and articles thereof ($240.2 million)
--- Electrical machinery and equipment and parts; sound and TV recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories ($182.5 million)

#22. Thailand

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- Imports: $1.5 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Organic chemicals ($942.9 million)
--- Electrical machinery and equipment and parts; sound and TV recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories ($166.0 million)
--- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof ($111.0 million)

#21. Ireland

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- Imports: $1.5 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Edible fruit and nuts; citrus fruit or melon peel ($739.9 million)
--- Apparel articles and accessories, knit or crochet ($250.0 million)
--- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers ($225.3 million)

#20. Guatemala

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- Imports: $1.7 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Edible fruit and nuts; citrus fruit or melon peel ($411.4 million)
--- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers ($219.5 million)
--- Apparel articles and accessories, knit or crochet ($184.3 million)

#19. Peru

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- Imports: $1.7 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Clocks and watches and parts thereof ($750.3 million)
--- Coffee, tea, mate and spices ($308.6 million)
--- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof ($159.0 million)

#18. Switzerland

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- Imports: $1.7 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Live trees, plants, bulbs, cut flowers etc. ($472.5 million)
--- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones and metals and articles thereof; immitation jewellery; coins ($411.6 million)
--- Fish, crustaceans and aquatic invertebrates ($291.3 million)

#17. Ecuador

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- Imports: $1.9 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials ($203.4 million)
--- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery etc.; parts ($188.3 million)
--- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations ($131.0 million)

#16. Spain

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- Imports: $2.4 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes ($984.3 million)
--- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones and metals and articles thereof; immitation jewellery; coins ($321.9 million)
--- Electrical machinery and equipment and parts; sound and TV recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories ($251.1 million)

#15. Dominican Republic

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- Imports: $2.5 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Organic chemicals ($2.0 billion)
--- Special classification provisions not elsewhere specified or included ($279.7 million)
--- Electrical machinery and equipment and parts; sound and TV recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories ($69.0 million)

#14. Singapore

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- Imports: $2.9 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Electrical machinery and equipment and parts; sound and TV recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories ($946.3 million)
--- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery etc.; parts ($330.0 million)
--- Fish, crustaceans and aquatic invertebrates ($223.9 million)

#13. India

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- Imports: $3.2 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Special classification provisions not elsewhere specified or included ($573.0 million)
--- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery etc.; parts ($532.0 million)
--- Beverages, spirits and vinegar ($372.9 million)

#12. United Kingdom

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- Imports: $3.9 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Ships, boats and floating structures ($449.1 million)
--- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations ($408.9 million)
--- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery etc.; parts ($406.4 million)

#11. Italy

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- Imports: $4.0 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Fish, crustaceans and aquatic invertebrates ($2.1 billion)
--- Copper and articles thereof ($1.1 billion)
--- Special classification provisions not elsewhere specified or included ($304.7 million)

#10. Chile

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- Imports: $4.3 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Live trees, plants, bulbs, cut flowers etc. ($1.2 billion)
--- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones and metals and articles thereof; immitation jewellery; coins ($1.1 billion)
--- Aluminum and articles thereof ($601.6 million)

#9. Colombia

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- Imports: $4.4 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof ($960.2 million)
--- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery etc.; parts ($694.2 million)
--- Beverages, spirits and vinegar ($663.5 million)

#8. France

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- Imports: $4.6 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Electrical machinery and equipment and parts; sound and TV recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories ($1.9 billion)
--- Furniture, bedding, mattresses, luminaries, light fixtures, prefabricated buildings ($626.3 million)
--- Special classification provisions not elsewhere specified or included ($305.4 million)

#7. Vietnam

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- Imports: $5.9 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories ($4.4 billion)
--- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery etc.; parts ($590.7 million)
--- Electrical machinery and equipment and parts; sound and TV recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories ($158.5 million)

#6. Japan

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- Imports: $6.1 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof ($1.3 billion)
--- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard ($1.2 billion)
--- Special classification provisions not elsewhere specified or included ($1.0 billion)

#5. Brazil

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- Imports: $6.3 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery etc.; parts ($911.8 million)
--- Special classification provisions not elsewhere specified or included ($637.3 million)
--- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof ($458.8 million)

#4. Canada

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- Imports: $8.9 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof ($2.7 billion)
--- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories ($2.1 billion)
--- Special classification provisions not elsewhere specified or included ($1.0 billion)

#3. Germany

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- Imports: $9.9 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories ($2.7 billion)
--- Electrical machinery and equipment and parts; sound and TV recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories ($1.4 billion)
--- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery etc.; parts ($1.2 billion)

#2. Mexico

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- Imports: $12.6 billion
- Largest imports:
--- Electrical machinery and equipment and parts; sound and TV recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories ($4.3 billion)
--- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery etc.; parts ($1.5 billion)
--- Toys, games and sport equipment; parts and accessories ($834.2 million)

This story features data reporting by Wade Zhou, writing by Abby Monteil, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 51 states.

#1. China