Trade flows
Machinery and mechanical appliances imports
As of Apr 2026, machinery and mechanical appliances imports stands at $456.40B (Census International Trade), rising over the recent window.
What this measures and why it matters
- Machinery and mechanical appliances 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: $456.40B for Apr 2026.
- Prior period: $74.02B (Mar 2026), a rise of 382381452445.00.
- Compared with a year earlier, machinery and mechanical appliances imports is up 792.1%.
- Across the archived window the high was $456.40B in Apr 2026 and the low was $51.16B in Apr 2025.
- 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- 13 observations have been archived so far, and this page deepens automatically each time Census International Trade publishes a new figure.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: $456.40B
- Mar 2026: $74.02B
- Feb 2026: $59.96B
- Jan 2026: $61.32B
- Dec 2025: $64.71B
- Nov 2025: $59.06B
- Oct 2025: $61.53B
- Sep 2025: $52.56B
- Aug 2025: $55.40B
- Jul 2025: $59.04B
- Jun 2025: $53.79B
- May 2025: $52.82B
- Apr 2025: $51.16B
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.