Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$303 million$303M
vs 2010
5.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
88%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Sunflower-seed, safflower or cottonseed oil, and their fractions: Argentina leads with 26% of $303 million.

Ukraine is a close second at 23%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $303M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Argentina$79.1M26.1%
  2. 02Ukraine$70.8M23.4%
  3. 03Mexico$30.2M10.0%
  4. 04Turkey$29.3M9.7%
  5. 05Spain$26.3M8.7%
  6. 06Hungary$24.1M8.0%
  7. 07France$20.3M6.7%
  8. 08Italy$9.3M3.1%
  9. 09Netherlands$6.1M2.0%
  10. 10Belgium$1.3M0.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $6.1M2.0%

Total US HS 1512 imports by year · $60.9M in 2010 to $303M in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2010 to 2025

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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.

Ukraine9.5% → 23%
Turkey1.1% → 9.7%
Hungary0% → 8%
Spain4.2% → 8.7%
Belgium<0.1% → 0.4%
Italy2.7% → 3.1%
France7.8% → 6.7%
Argentina37% → 26%
Netherlands13% → 2%
Mexico22% → 10%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Europe. Ukraine and Spain send 32% between them, and Hungary, France, Italy and the Netherlands add another 20%. Argentina and Mexico send 36% from Latin America.

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  1. 01Argentina
  2. 02Ukraine
  3. 03Mexico
  4. 04Turkey
  5. 05Spain
  6. 06Hungary
  7. 07France
  8. 08Italy

Where it lands

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

88% arrives by ship, mostly in containers, mostly through East and Gulf Coast ports. Newark alone takes 21%. Savannah and New Orleans follow at 11% and 10%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $62.4M
  2. BSavannah, GA $32.1M
  3. CNew Orleans, LA $29.5M
  4. DLos Angeles, CA $28.9M
  5. EPhiladelphia, PA $22.0M
  6. FHouston, TX $17.6M
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.

Seven states are listed for over $10M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01California$82.7M
  2. 02Louisiana$43.8M
  3. 03New Jersey$33.5M
  4. 04Georgia$31.9M
  5. 05Pennsylvania$21.5M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 1512. How we count.