Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$130 million$130M
vs 2010
1.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
88%
Busiest portTop port
Ponce, PR

Molasses resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar: Guatemala leads with 20% of $130 million.

Nicaragua is second at 11%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $130M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Guatemala$25.8M19.8%
  2. 02Nicaragua$14.1M10.8%
  3. 03Dominican Republic$13.3M10.2%
  4. 04Colombia$12.2M9.4%
  5. 05El Salvador$11.8M9.1%
  6. 06Honduras$9.7M7.4%
  7. 07Mexico$8.3M6.4%
  8. 08Brazil$8.0M6.1%
  9. 09Poland$7.9M6.1%
  10. 10Egypt$6.1M4.7%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $13.1M10.0%

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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.

Guatemala8.7% → 20%
Nicaragua5.2% → 11%
Brazil1% → 6.1%
Colombia5.2% → 9.4%
Egypt0.6% → 4.7%
Dominican Republic12% → 10%
Honduras9.5% → 7.4%
Poland8.4% → 6.1%
El Salvador14% → 9.1%
Mexico13% → 6.4%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Latin America. Guatemala and Nicaragua send 31% between them, and the Dominican Republic, Colombia, El Salvador and Honduras add another 36%. Poland ships from Europe.

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  1. 01Guatemala
  2. 02Nicaragua
  3. 03Dominican Republic
  4. 04Colombia
  5. 05El Salvador
  6. 06Honduras
  7. 07Mexico
  8. 08Brazil

Where it lands

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

88% arrives by ship. Ponce alone takes 27%. Houston and San Juan follow at 13% each.

BDE
  • APonce, PR, off map
  • CSan Juan, PR, off map
  • FChristiansted, VI, off map

Off this map: A Ponce, PR, C San Juan, PR, F Christiansted, VI

BDE
  1. APonce, PR $34.7M
  2. BHouston, TX $17.6M
  3. CSan Juan, PR $17.4M
  4. DStockton, CA $11.8M
  5. EBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $11.7M
  6. FChristiansted, VI $11.3M
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. 01Ohio$13.5M
  2. 02New York$12.7M
  3. 03Louisiana$10.0M
  4. 04Texas$9.0M
  5. 05Wisconsin$5.9M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 1703. How we count.