TVs Not Made in China (2026)
As recently as 2018, most TVs sold in the United States were assembled in China. By January 2025, 65% of TVs imported into the US were assembled in Mexico. Tariffs drove most of that shift, and the result is that a TV built outside China is now easy to find, as long as you know which brands to look for and how to read the box.
One thing to say plainly before the list: almost every TV on the market, including the one American-assembled brand below, uses panels or components made in China. No mass-market TV avoids Chinese parts entirely. When this page says "not made in China," it means where the TV is assembled, which is also the country printed on the label and the one that determines tariff treatment.
Most brands here run more than one factory, so the same model can come from different countries. Each entry explains where that brand's US-bound TVs come from and what to check before you buy. For the rest of the setup, see our guides to phones and electronics, routers, headphones, and batteries and cables. For American-made electronics organized by category, our sister site covers American made electronics from the other direction.
We verify current country-of-origin disclosures, manufacturer statements, and independent sourcing information. When production locations change, we update our recommendations.
TVs Not Made in China - Quick Comparison
| Brand | Assembled In | Parent Company | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Element | 🇺🇸 South Carolina | Element Electronics (US) | Budget sets, US assembly |
| Samsung | 🇲🇽 Mexico* | Samsung (South Korea) | Entry-level 4K |
| LG | 🇲🇽 Mexico* | LG (South Korea) | OLED |
| Sony | 🇲🇽 Mexico* | Sony (Japan) | Picture processing, home theater |
| Hisense | 🇲🇽 Mexico* | Hisense (China) | Mini-LED value |
| TCL | 🇲🇽 Mexico* | TCL (China) | Large screens at low prices |
*See the entry below for manufacturing-location details.
Best TVs Not Made in China
1. 🇺🇸 Element
Manufactured: Winnsboro, South Carolina
Element was founded in 2007 and is the only company assembling TVs in the United States. Its Winnsboro plant opened in 2014 in a former Perry Ellis menswear building that had sat empty since 2008, part of Walmart's push to bring manufacturing home, and production moved there from China. In 2018, new tariffs on the Chinese components it assembles nearly shut the plant down. Element won an exclusion and kept the line running.
The company sells through national retailers, and in 2023 it partnered with Xumo, the streaming venture owned by Comcast and Charter, on a new line of smart TVs. The panels and boards still come from China, so this is American assembly rather than an American supply chain. The 40-inch model has Xumo streaming built in, so it needs no cable box or stick.
Best for: a budget set from the one US assembly line still running
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2. 🇲🇽 Samsung
Manufactured: Tijuana, Mexico (most US models)
Samsung opened its Tijuana operation in the late 1980s, and it has grown into the largest manufacturing plant in the city, built around TV production, with a research and development center added in 2013. Samsung's other Mexican factory, in Querétaro, makes refrigerators, washers, and dryers. Nikkei reports that most of the TVs Samsung sells in the US come from Mexico, though the company also builds TVs in Vietnam and elsewhere.
Tariffs have made the Mexican arrangement less settled. In 2025, Samsung reportedly halted new investment in Mexico and said relocating production to the US was one option under review. For now, the Tijuana lines keep running. The U8000H is the least expensive way into Samsung's current lineup.
âš "Most" is not "all": check the label on the specific size and model. "Made in Mexico" or "Assembled in Mexico" is what you want to see.
Best for: a big-screen Samsung at an entry-level price
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3. 🇲🇽 LG
Manufactured: Reynosa, Mexico
LG splits its Mexican production in two. A plant in Monterrey builds home appliances, and the one in Reynosa, just across the border from Texas, is committed to TVs. When tariffs threatened Mexican imports in 2025, LG went the other direction from some competitors and put $100 million into Reynosa to double its capacity, enough to build 6.5 million OLED sets a year for North America.
LG also runs a factory in Tennessee and has said it could shift appliance production there if trade conditions require it. TVs, for now, stay in Reynosa, and of all the brands on this list, LG has made the clearest public commitment to building its North American TVs in Mexico. The C5 is LG's mid-range OLED, where each pixel makes its own light, so dark scenes show true black.
Best for: OLED, with the clearest North American production commitment of any brand here
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4. 🇲🇽 Sony
Manufactured: Tijuana, Mexico (US models); Malaysia
Sony once ran its own North American TV plant in Tijuana. It later sold a 90% stake in the facility, along with its 3,300 workers, to Foxconn, the Taiwanese contract manufacturer, and kept 10% so it could concentrate on design, engineering, and picture processing. Sony also manufactures in Malaysia.
The bigger change is still ahead. In March 2026, Sony and TCL signed agreements to form BRAVIA Inc., a Tokyo-based joint venture with TCL holding 51% and Sony 49%. It takes over Sony's TV and home audio business in April 2027, and TCL takes full ownership of the Malaysian plant as part of the deal. Sony TVs sold today are made under the current arrangement, and we'll revisit this entry once the new company is running. The Bravia 7 is the pick for picture processing, which has long been Sony's strength.
Best for: picture quality and home-theater buyers
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5. 🇲🇽 Hisense
Manufactured: Rosarito, Mexico; also Qingdao, China
Hisense took a shortcut into North American manufacturing. In 2015 it bought Sharp's TV plant in Rosarito, Baja California, for $23.7 million, along with the rights to the Sharp TV brand, then put another $30 million into expanding it. The 1.3 million-square-foot facility became the company's largest TV factory outside China, and in a 2017 interview the plant's director said about 65% of its output went to the US.
Hisense runs its North American business from Georgia and also makes Toshiba-brand TVs under a long-term license. It still ships some US models from Qingdao, China, so this one depends entirely on the unit. The U8 is the pick for a bright room, since high brightness is what the U8 series is known for.
âš Check the label: Hisense sells the same models from both countries. Look for Mexico on the box or the label on the back of the set.
Best for: Mini-LED performance at a lower price than Samsung or LG
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6. 🇲🇽 TCL
Manufactured: Ciudad Juárez, Mexico (larger models); also China and Vietnam
TCL runs two plants in Mexico. Its Moka plant in Tijuana has supplied the Mexican market for years, and in June 2020 it opened a second plant in Ciudad Juárez, called Masa, after nine months of construction. Juárez builds about three million TVs a year for North America, mostly 55 inches and up, using panels from TCL's own factories in China, so the parts are Chinese even when the assembly isn't.
Smaller TCL models are more likely to come from its plants in Asia. The Mexico strategy has paid off: TCL ranked second in US TV shipments for the first three quarters of 2024. The QM7L puts a 65-inch Mini LED screen within reach of a mid-range budget.
âš Size matters: a 65-inch TCL is more likely to be Mexican-assembled than a 32-inch one. Confirm on the label either way.
Best for: 65 inches and up on a budget
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What to Avoid
Vizio. Now owned by Walmart and sold only at Walmart and Sam's Club, Vizio uses contract manufacturers in five countries: China, Mexico, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Any given set could come from any of them.
Insignia. Best Buy's house brand is built by contract manufacturers, mostly or entirely in China, and Best Buy doesn't say which ones.
How to Check Before You Buy
The country of origin is printed on the box and on a sticker on the back of the TV. "Made in Mexico" and "Assembled in Mexico" both mean final assembly happened there. If you see country codes instead of names, MX is Mexico, MY is Malaysia, and CN is China. Most online listings don't show country of origin, so for the brands above that sell the same model from more than one country, check the box when it arrives and keep the return window in mind. See how to tell where a product is made for more.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are any TVs made in the USA?
Not from scratch. No US factory builds TVs start to finish from raw components. Element's Winnsboro plant is the only large-scale assembly line, and in 2018 at least two smaller companies were also assembling specialty TVs here. Market research firm Omdia also describes Walmart's Onn brand as partially assembled in the US.
Why are so many TVs made in Mexico now?
Trade rules, mostly. Before the trade war, a Chinese-built TV entered the US at an 11.4% tariff, while a TV assembled in Mexico enters at 0% under USMCA. Size plays a part too: 65-inch and larger sets in retail boxes are costly to ship across the Pacific and too bulky to pack efficiently in containers. When Omdia ran 2025 tariff rates through a cost model for a 65-inch 4K set, a Mexico-built TV could hold a 30% margin at an average price around $541. The same set built in China would have needed to sell for about $1,395.
Where are Vizio TVs made?
In other companies' factories across five countries. Vizio doesn't run its own plants. Its 2022 annual report lists assembly in China, Mexico, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam, and its contract manufacturers handle buying the parts as well as building the sets. According to TrendForce, three of them, Innolux, BOEVT, and AMTC, handle about 80% of Vizio's production.
How We Verified
We check FTC guidance, manufacturer disclosures, company filings, official brand statements, and independent sourcing information, cross-checked at the time of publication. Manufacturing locations can change, so if you spot a brand that has moved production, let us know and we'll update the entry.
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