Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$178 million$178M
vs 2010
1.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
96%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Vinegar and substitutes for vinegar obtained from acetic acid: mostly from Italy, 69% of $178 million.

Spain is second at 10%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $178M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Italy$123M69.2%
  2. 02Spain$17.9M10.0%
  3. 03France$6.4M3.6%
  4. 04Japan$5.8M3.3%
  5. 05Canada$5.6M3.2%
  6. 06China$4.3M2.4%
  7. 07Philippines$3.8M2.1%
  8. 08Taiwan$1.8M1.0%
  9. 09Netherlands$1.6M0.9%
  10. 10Hong Kong$1.2M0.7%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $6.5M3.6%

Total US HS 2209 imports by year · $91.5M in 2010 to $178M 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.

Spain6% → 10%
Netherlands<0.1% → 0.9%
China2% → 2.4%
Taiwan0.7% → 1%
Philippines2.2% → 2.1%
Canada3.3% → 3.2%
Japan3.5% → 3.3%
Hong Kong1% → 0.7%
France4.7% → 3.6%
Italy73% → 69%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Europe. Italy alone sends 69%, and Spain and France add another 14%. Japan, China and the Philippines ship from Asia.

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  1. 01Italy
  2. 02Spain
  3. 03France
  4. 04Japan
  5. 05Canada
  6. 06China
  7. 07Philippines
  8. 08Taiwan

Where it lands

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

96% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Newark alone takes 40%. Los Angeles and Norfolk follow at 16% and 9%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $71.9M
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $29.1M
  3. CNorfolk, VA $15.3M
  4. DOakland, CA $10.4M
  5. ENew York, NY $10.0M
  6. FSavannah, GA $9.3M
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.

Five states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01New Jersey$59.2M
  2. 02California$35.0M
  3. 03Illinois$14.8M
  4. 04New York$11.6M
  5. 05Washington$10.2M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 2209. How we count.