Shipped Where
Imported from Benin, 2025
$40.4 million
Share of all US imports
under 0.1%
Rank among sources
#150 of 218
Arrived by ship
99%

Benin is the 150th largest source of US imports: $40.4 million in 2025.

That is under 0.1% of everything the US imported. The top product line is soybean oilcake and other solid residues resulting from.

What the US buys from Benin

Top products by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015 for comparison.

  1. 01Soybean oilcake and other solid residues resulting from$28.2M · 69.8%
  2. 02Coconuts, brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried$5.2M · 12.8%
  3. 03Women's or girls' blouses and shirts, knitted or crocheted$2.4M · 6.0%
  4. 04Bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen$2.4M · 6.0%
  5. 05Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits$512K · 1.3%
  6. 06Women's or girls' suits, ensembles, suit-type jackets, blazers$445K · 1.1%
  7. 07Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants$234K · 0.6%
  8. 08Fruit juice$175K · 0.4%
All 22 products from Benin
  1. 09Lumber$140K · 0.3%
  2. 10Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades$128K · 0.3%
  3. 11Seats and chairs$98K · 0.2%
  4. 12Animals, live, not elsewhere specified$67K · 0.2%
  5. 13Festive, carnival or other entertainment articles$62K · 0.2%
  6. 14Carpets and other textile floor coverings, woven$58K · 0.1%
  7. 15Furniture other than seats$23K · <0.1%
  8. 16Babies' garments and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted$20K · <0.1%
  9. 17Fixed vegetable or microbial fats and oils, including jojoba oil$14K · <0.1%
  10. 18Flour and meal of dried leguminous vegetables$13K · <0.1%
  11. 19Soda & soft drinks$12K · <0.1%
  12. 20Coin$9K · <0.1%
  13. 21Plastic kitchenware$8K · <0.1%
  14. 22Printed books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter$6K · <0.1%

Excludes US goods returned after export and other special trade codes.

US imports from Benin by year

Total value of goods, in nominal dollars. Labels mark the first year, the peak and the latest year.

Where it lands

US ports of entry for goods from Benin, 2025. Letters match the list.

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99% of goods from Benin arrived by ship. Baltimore, MD handled 50% on its own, more than the next five ports combined.

  1. ABaltimore, MD $20.2M · 49.9%
  2. BOakland, CA $6.7M · 16.6%
  3. CNewark, NJ $6.3M · 15.6%
  4. DSavannah, GA $2.3M · 5.6%
  5. ESeattle, WA $1.3M · 3.3%
  6. FCharleston, SC $893K · 2.2%

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