Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.3 billion$1.3B
vs 2010
5.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
57%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Fixed vegetable or microbial fats and oils, including jojoba oil: Mexico leads with 34% of $1.3 billion.

Spain is second at 18%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.3B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$0.43B34.4%
  2. 02Spain$0.23B18.0%
  3. 03India$0.12B9.5%
  4. 04Italy$93.9M7.5%
  5. 05Canada$73.6M5.8%
  6. 06Japan$61.5M4.9%
  7. 07Kenya$37.0M2.9%
  8. 08France$30.3M2.4%
  9. 09China$23.2M1.8%
  10. 10Taiwan$14.4M1.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.15B11.6%

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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.

Mexico14% → 34%
Spain3% → 18%
Italy4.9% → 7.5%
Kenya0.9% → 2.9%
France4.5% → 2.4%
Canada8.2% → 5.8%
China4.3% → 1.8%
Taiwan4.2% → 1.1%
Japan9.5% → 4.9%
India23% → 9.5%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Latin America is the largest source at 38%, then Europe at 32%. Mexico and Spain send 52% between them, and India, Italy and Canada add another 23%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Spain
  3. 03India
  4. 04Italy
  5. 05Canada
  6. 06Japan
  7. 07Kenya
  8. 08France

Where it lands

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

57% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Laredo takes 28%. Newark and Los Angeles follow at 20% and 11%.

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  1. ALaredo, TX $0.35B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.25B
  3. CLos Angeles, CA $0.14B
  4. DNogales, AZ $77.8M
  5. EOakland, CA $63.1M
  6. FNorfolk, VA $51.9M
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.

Three states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01California$0.59B
  2. 02New Jersey$0.12B
  3. 03New York$0.11B
  4. 04Texas$83.0M
  5. 05Illinois$59.9M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 1515. How we count.