How much does US import from China?
China is currently our largest goods trading partner with $635.4 billion in total (two way) goods trade during 2017. Goods exports totaled $129.9 billion; goods imports totaled $505.5 billion. The U.S. goods trade deficit with China was $375.6 billion in 2017.
The People's Republic of China | United States Trade Representative
https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/china-mongolia-taiwan/peoples-republic-china.
That's an awful lot of junk that needs recycling, imported by us into this country. (TVs, Phones, Electronics etc etc)