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US imports of AI hardware, twelve months $355.4 bn

Aug 2026

US imports of AI hardware, twelve months rose 887% since Dec 2018

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Jesse Hawkins, “Grapher: US imports of AI hardware, twelve months”, jesseahawkins.com, data retrieved 10 Oct 2026. https://jesseahawkins.com/series/imports/. Data: U.S. Census Bureau, public domain.

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@misc{hawkins2026seriesimports,
  author = {Hawkins, Jesse},
  title = {{Grapher: US imports of AI hardware, twelve months}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://jesseahawkins.com/series/imports/}},
  note = {Data: U.S. Census Bureau, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10}
}

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US imports of servers, computer parts, other computer units, processors and memory chips from Taiwan, Mexico and South Korea, summed over the twelve months to each month (customs value, not seasonally adjusted). Retrieved by this site on 2026-10-10.

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Newest reading	Aug 2026	$355.4 bn
A year before	Aug 2025	$179.9 bn
Highest reading	Aug 2026	$355.4 bn
Lowest reading	Dec 2018	$36.0 bn
First reading	Dec 2018	$36.0 bn

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US imports of servers, computer parts, other computer units, processors and memory chips from Taiwan, Mexico and South Korea, summed over the twelve months to each month (customs value, not seasonally adjusted). Unit: USD, sum of twelve months.

Terms: Seasonally adjusted

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U.S. Census Bureau, public domain: US imports of AI hardware, twelve months. Retrieved 2026-10-10.