US Importers Sourced 18.2M Smartphones in July, the Most in 2020

July smartphone imports of 18.2 million to the U.S. was their highest monthly volume of 2020 but remain on pace to finish the year with 20% fewer shipments than 2019, according to Census Bureau data we accessed Sunday through the International Trade Commission’s DataWeb. Unit imports were up 15% sequentially and 6.2% from July 2019. That's improvement from Q2 (see 2008160001). The average July smartphone import was priced at $244.68, up 6.3% from June and 6.9% year on year. China generated 75% of July smartphone imports. PC monitors, a connectivity tool throughout much of telework and remote-learning mandates, cooled off from their torrid Q2 performance.