Trade flows
Electrical machinery and equipment imports
As of Apr 2026, electrical machinery and equipment imports stands at $281.59B (Census International Trade), rising over the recent window.
What this measures and why it matters
- Electrical machinery and equipment imports tracks the monthly dollar value crossing the U.S. border in this commodity group. Import volume is the pressure gauge behind tariff, reshoring, and sourcing decisions: when it climbs, domestic suppliers face more foreign competition, and when it falls, it often signals reshoring or softening demand.
- The figure comes from Census International Trade and is reported in USD/month. MFG Calcs archives every published value, so the chart and table below show the full recorded history rather than a single snapshot, and they extend automatically as new data lands.
Current reading and trend
- Latest reading: $281.59B for Apr 2026.
- Prior period: $48.12B (Mar 2026), a rise of 233478536201.00.
- Compared with a year earlier, electrical machinery and equipment imports is up 607.9%.
- Across the archived window the high was $281.59B in Apr 2026 and the low was $39.38B in Feb 2026.
- The series has moved up for 2 consecutive periods.
- 13 observations have been archived so far, and this page deepens automatically each time Census International Trade publishes a new figure.
Recent observations
- Apr 2026: $281.59B
- Mar 2026: $48.12B
- Feb 2026: $39.38B
- Jan 2026: $43.17B
- Dec 2025: $46.11B
- Nov 2025: $43.16B
- Oct 2025: $46.15B
- Sep 2025: $42.87B
- Aug 2025: $39.70B
- Jul 2025: $43.07B
- Jun 2025: $41.77B
- May 2025: $39.62B
- Apr 2025: $39.78B
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.