diff --git a/litellm/llms/sagemaker.py b/litellm/llms/sagemaker.py
index 079951b935b..0e0fa8006e1 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/sagemaker.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/sagemaker.py
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ from litellm.utils import ModelResponse, EmbeddingResponse, get_secret, Usage
 import sys
 from copy import deepcopy
 import httpx  # type: ignore
+import boto3
+import aioboto3
+import io
 from .prompt_templates.factory import prompt_factory, custom_prompt
 
 
@@ -25,10 +28,6 @@ class SagemakerError(Exception):
         )  # Call the base class constructor with the parameters it needs
 
 
-import io
-import json
-
-
 class TokenIterator:
     def __init__(self, stream, acompletion: bool = False):
         if acompletion == False:
@@ -160,8 +159,6 @@ def completion(
     logger_fn=None,
     acompletion: bool = False,
 ):
-    import boto3
-
     # pop aws_secret_access_key, aws_access_key_id, aws_region_name from kwargs, since completion calls fail with them
     aws_secret_access_key = optional_params.pop("aws_secret_access_key", None)
     aws_access_key_id = optional_params.pop("aws_access_key_id", None)
@@ -416,10 +413,6 @@ async def async_streaming(
     aws_access_key_id: Optional[str],
     aws_region_name: Optional[str],
 ):
-    """
-    Use aioboto3
-    """
-    import aioboto3
 
     session = aioboto3.Session()
 
@@ -484,10 +477,6 @@ async def async_completion(
     aws_access_key_id: Optional[str],
     aws_region_name: Optional[str],
 ):
-    """
-    Use aioboto3
-    """
-    import aioboto3
 
     session = aioboto3.Session()
 
@@ -639,8 +628,6 @@ def embedding(
     """
     Supports Huggingface Jumpstart embeddings like GPT-6B
     """
-    ### BOTO3 INIT
-    import boto3
 
     # pop aws_secret_access_key, aws_access_key_id, aws_region_name from kwargs, since completion calls fail with them
     aws_secret_access_key = optional_params.pop("aws_secret_access_key", None)
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_provider_specific_config.py b/litellm/tests/test_provider_specific_config.py
index 08a84b5604e..e79b5769f92 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_provider_specific_config.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_provider_specific_config.py
@@ -512,6 +512,106 @@ def sagemaker_test_completion():
 
 # sagemaker_test_completion()
 
+
+def test_sagemaker_default_region(mocker):
+    """
+    If no regions are specified in config or in environment, the default region is us-west-2
+    """
+    mock_client = mocker.patch("litellm.llms.sagemaker.boto3.client")
+    try:
+        response = litellm.completion(
+            model="sagemaker/mock-endpoint",
+            messages=[
+                {
+                    "content": "Hello, world!",
+                    "role": "user"
+                }
+            ]
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        pass  # expected serialization exception because AWS client was replaced with a Mock
+    assert mock_client.call_args.kwargs["region_name"] == "us-west-2"
+
+# test_sagemaker_provided_region()
+
+
+def test_sagemaker_environment_region(mocker):
+    """
+    If a region is specified in the environment, use that region instead of us-west-2
+    """
+    expected_region = "us-east-1"
+    os.environ["AWS_REGION_NAME"] = expected_region
+    mock_client = mocker.patch("litellm.llms.sagemaker.boto3.client")
+    try:
+        response = litellm.completion(
+            model="sagemaker/mock-endpoint",
+            messages=[
+                {
+                    "content": "Hello, world!",
+                    "role": "user"
+                }
+            ]
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        pass  # expected serialization exception because AWS client was replaced with a Mock
+    del os.environ["AWS_REGION_NAME"]  # cleanup
+    assert mock_client.call_args.kwargs["region_name"] == expected_region
+
+# test_sagemaker_environment_region()
+
+
+def test_sagemaker_config_region(mocker):
+    """
+    If a region is specified as part of the optional parameters of the completion, including as
+    part of the config file, then use that region instead of us-west-2
+    """
+    expected_region = "us-east-1"
+    mock_client = mocker.patch("litellm.llms.sagemaker.boto3.client")
+    try:
+        response = litellm.completion(
+            model="sagemaker/mock-endpoint",
+            messages=[
+                {
+                    "content": "Hello, world!",
+                    "role": "user"
+                }
+            ],
+            aws_region_name=expected_region,
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        pass  # expected serialization exception because AWS client was replaced with a Mock
+    assert mock_client.call_args.kwargs["region_name"] == expected_region
+
+# test_sagemaker_config_region()
+
+
+def test_sagemaker_config_and_environment_region(mocker):
+    """
+    If both the environment and config file specify a region, the environment region is expected
+    """
+    expected_region = "us-east-1"
+    unexpected_region = "us-east-2"
+    os.environ["AWS_REGION_NAME"] = expected_region
+    mock_client = mocker.patch("litellm.llms.sagemaker.boto3.client")
+    try:
+        response = litellm.completion(
+            model="sagemaker/mock-endpoint",
+            messages=[
+                {
+                    "content": "Hello, world!",
+                    "role": "user"
+                }
+            ],
+            aws_region_name=unexpected_region,
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        pass  # expected serialization exception because AWS client was replaced with a Mock
+    del os.environ["AWS_REGION_NAME"]  # cleanup
+    assert mock_client.call_args.kwargs["region_name"] == expected_region
+
+# test_sagemaker_config_and_environment_region()
+
+
 #  Bedrock