Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.4 billion$1.4B
vs 2010
4.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
85%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Cocoa paste, whether or not defatted: Côte d'Ivoire leads with 45% of $1.4 billion.

Ghana is second at 15%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.4B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Côte d'Ivoire$0.64B44.5%
  2. 02Ghana$0.21B14.8%
  3. 03Ecuador$0.18B12.3%
  4. 04Cameroon$0.15B10.7%
  5. 05Malaysia$97.5M6.8%
  6. 06Canada$60.6M4.2%
  7. 07Indonesia$28.0M1.9%
  8. 08Netherlands$27.3M1.9%
  9. 09Spain$11.5M0.8%
  10. 10Germany$5.2M0.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $22.7M1.6%

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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.

Ghana2.3% → 15%
Ecuador2.6% → 12%
Cameroon9.1% → 11%
Netherlands0.5% → 1.9%
Malaysia5.4% → 6.8%
Spain0.5% → 0.8%
Germany2.8% → 0.4%
Canada8.6% → 4.2%
Indonesia7.7% → 1.9%
Côte d'Ivoire55% → 45%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Africa. Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana send 59% between them, and Cameroon adds another 11%. Ecuador sends 12% from Latin America.

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  1. 01Côte d'Ivoire
  2. 02Ghana
  3. 03Ecuador
  4. 04Cameroon
  5. 05Malaysia
  6. 06Canada
  7. 07Indonesia
  8. 08Netherlands

Where it lands

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

85% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Newark alone takes 46%. Philadelphia and Baltimore follow at 16% and 8%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $0.66B
  2. BPhiladelphia, PA $0.23B
  3. CBaltimore, MD $0.11B
  4. DNew York, NY $87.4M
  5. EChicago, IL $85.2M
  6. FNorfolk, VA $58.9M
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, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01New Jersey$0.59B
  2. 02Illinois$0.39B
  3. 03Pennsylvania$0.22B
  4. 04New York$72.3M
  5. 05California$60.4M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 1803. How we count.