Shipped Where
Imported from Zimbabwe, 2025
$79.8 million
Share of all US imports
under 0.1%
Rank among sources
#132 of 218
Arrived by ship
80%

Zimbabwe is the 132nd largest source of US imports: $79.8 million in 2025.

That is under 0.1% of everything the US imported. The top product line is tobacco, unmanufactured, followed by sugar, fine art and precious metal articles.

What the US buys from Zimbabwe

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

  1. 01Tobacco, unmanufactured$49.9M · 62.6%
  2. 02Sugar$8.7M · 10.9%
  3. 03Fine art$6.4M · 8.1%
  4. 04Precious metal articles$4.2M · 5.3%
  5. 05Tea$2.8M · 3.5%
  6. 06Pepper of the genus piper$1.6M · 2.1%
  7. 07Leather further preped after tanning/crusting$1.1M · 1.4%
  8. 08Live plants not elsewhere specified, cuttings and slips$798K · 1.0%
All 23 products from Zimbabwe
  1. 09Unused postage$586K · 0.7%
  2. 10Diamonds$439K · 0.6%
  3. 11Babies' garments and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted$350K · 0.4%
  4. 12Video game consoles and table games$325K · 0.4%
  5. 13Mineral substances not elsewhere specified$315K · 0.4%
  6. 14Original sculptures and statuary, in any material$311K · 0.4%
  7. 15Electric sound or visual signaling apparatus$207K · 0.3%
  8. 16Fixed vegetable or microbial fats and oils, including jojoba oil$130K · 0.2%
  9. 17Animal products not elsewhere specified$109K · 0.1%
  10. 18Worked monumental or building stone and articles thereof not$109K · 0.1%
  11. 19Leather footwear$79K · <0.1%
  12. 20Bells, gongs and the like, nonelectric$78K · <0.1%
  13. 21Granite, porphyry, basalt$54K · <0.1%
  14. 22Essential oils, concretes and absolutes$45K · <0.1%
  15. 23Basketwork, wickerwork and other articles$43K · <0.1%

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

US imports from Zimbabwe 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 Zimbabwe, 2025. Letters match the list.

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80% of goods from Zimbabwe arrived by ship. Norfolk, VA handled 50% on its own, more than the next five ports combined.

  1. ANorfolk, VA $40.2M · 50.4%
  2. BBaltimore, MD $9.6M · 12.0%
  3. CNewark, NJ $8.8M · 11.0%
  4. DJFK Airport, NY $7M · 8.7%
  5. ELos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $4.5M · 5.6%
  6. FSavannah, GA $2.2M · 2.8%

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