Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$131 million$131M
vs 2010
8.1× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
83%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Buckwheat, millet and canary seeds: mostly from Peru, 54% of $131 million.

Bolivia is second at 21%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $131M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Peru$70.7M53.9%
  2. 02Bolivia$27.7M21.1%
  3. 03Canada$16.2M12.4%
  4. 04India$3.8M2.9%
  5. 05Russia$2.2M1.6%
  6. 06South Africa$1.6M1.2%
  7. 07France$1.3M1.0%
  8. 08China$1.1M0.8%
  9. 09Spain$837K0.6%
  10. 10Ecuador$696K0.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $4.9M3.7%

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Peru43% → 54%
Canada11% → 12%
India1.8% → 2.9%
Russia1% → 1.6%
France0.4% → 1%
Spain0.2% → 0.6%
South Africa1.5% → 1.2%
Ecuador1.4% → 0.5%
China3% → 0.8%
Bolivia35% → 21%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

Bigger circle = more value, 2025. Numbers match the list.

Most of it comes from Latin America. Peru alone sends 54%, and Bolivia adds another 21%. Canada adds 12%.

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  1. 01Peru
  2. 02Bolivia
  3. 03Canada
  4. 04India
  5. 05Russia
  6. 06South Africa
  7. 07France
  8. 08China

Where it lands

US port where it entered, 2025. Letters match the list.

83% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Newark alone takes 28%. Los Angeles and Oakland follow at 9% and 8%.

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ABCDEF
  1. ANewark, NJ $36.4M
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $11.8M
  3. COakland, CA $10.9M
  4. DLong Beach, CA $8.3M
  5. ESan Francisco, CA $6.6M
  6. FPort Everglades, FL $6.3M
More detail: states listed on entry paperworkMore detail: states on paperwork

This is the destination written on customs forms, often a warehouse or distributor near the port. It is not where the product is used.

Two states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01California$39.5M
  2. 02New Jersey$27.1M
  3. 03Florida$8.6M
  4. 04New York$7.7M
  5. 05Texas$6.5M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 1008. How we count.