Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$510 million$510M
vs 2010
1.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
97%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives: New Zealand leads with 36% of $510 million.

Ireland is second at 19%.

Where it comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $510M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01New Zealand$186M36.5%
  2. 02Ireland$98.6M19.3%
  3. 03Denmark$87.7M17.2%
  4. 04France$53.5M10.5%
  5. 05Netherlands$41.8M8.2%
  6. 06Argentina$17.8M3.5%
  7. 07Poland$12.7M2.5%
  8. 08Ukraine$5.1M1.0%
  9. 09Germany$2.9M0.6%
  10. 10India$780K0.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $3.2M0.6%

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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.

Denmark3% → 17%
France2.1% → 10%
Ukraine<0.1% → 1%
Netherlands8.2% → 8.2%
Ireland19% → 19%
Argentina3.8% → 3.5%
Poland3.3% → 2.5%
India2.5% → 0.2%
Germany3.8% → 0.6%
New Zealand48% → 36%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most of it comes from Europe. Ireland and Denmark send 37% between them, and France, the Netherlands and Poland add another 21%. New Zealand sends 36% from Oceania.

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  1. 01New Zealand
  2. 02Ireland
  3. 03Denmark
  4. 04France
  5. 05Netherlands
  6. 06Argentina
  7. 07Poland
  8. 08Ukraine

Where it lands

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

97% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Newark takes 34%. Philadelphia and Norfolk follow at 32% and 16%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $173M
  2. BPhiladelphia, PA $165M
  3. CNorfolk, VA $83.9M
  4. DLong Beach, CA $19.2M
  5. ELos Angeles, CA $18.4M
  6. FChicago, IL $12.9M
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.

One state is listed for over $100M.

  1. 01Illinois$243M
  2. 02New Jersey$74.0M
  3. 03Pennsylvania$73.7M
  4. 04Wisconsin$61.3M
  5. 05California$31.9M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 3501. How we count.