Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2.5 billion$2.5B
vs 2010
142.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
92%
Busiest portTop port
San Pablo Bay, CA

Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions: China leads with 24% of $2.5 billion.

Australia is second at 16%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2.5B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$0.61B24.5%
  2. 02Australia$0.39B15.9%
  3. 03Malaysia$0.32B13.0%
  4. 04Canada$0.27B11.0%
  5. 05South Korea$0.26B10.6%
  6. 06Indonesia$0.12B4.9%
  7. 07New Zealand$97.8M4.0%
  8. 08Belgium$62.4M2.5%
  9. 09United Kingdom$60.8M2.5%
  10. 10Germany$40.4M1.6%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.24B9.6%

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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.

Australia<0.1% → 16%
Malaysia0% → 13%
South Korea0% → 11%
China17% → 24%
Indonesia0% → 4.9%
New Zealand0% → 4%
Belgium0.8% → 2.5%
United Kingdom1.3% → 2.5%
Germany2.2% → 1.6%
France14% → 0.2%
Canada58% → 11%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Asia. China and Malaysia send 38% between them, and South Korea, Indonesia and Vietnam add another 17%. Australia and New Zealand send 20% from Oceania.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Australia
  3. 03Malaysia
  4. 04Canada
  5. 05South Korea
  6. 06Indonesia
  7. 07New Zealand
  8. 08Belgium

Where it lands

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

92% arrives by ship, mostly through West and Gulf Coast ports. San Pablo Bay alone takes 34%. Beaumont and Martinez follow at 20% and 14%.

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  1. ASan Pablo Bay, CA $0.83B
  2. BBeaumont, TX $0.50B
  3. CMartinez, CA $0.34B
  4. DPort Arthur, TX $0.22B
  5. ENew Orleans, LA $0.19B
  6. FBaton Rouge, LA $0.12B
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.

One state is listed for over $1B.

  1. 01California$1.24B
  2. 02Texas$0.86B
  3. 03Louisiana$0.35B
  4. 04Hawaii$6.3M
  5. 05Ohio$4.3M
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 1518. How we count.