Shipped Where
Imports through here, 2025
$45.9 billion
Share of all US imports
1.3%
Rank among ports
#21 of 209
Land & other
99%

Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY is the 21st busiest US port by import value: $45.9 billion in 2025.

That is 1.3% of everything the US imported. Most of it comes from Canada (88%). The top product line is cars, followed by medicines, natural gas and crude oil. The total is up 13% from 2015, in nominal dollars.

Top sources

Countries of origin for goods through Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, 2025. Gray line is 2015.

  1. 01Canada$40.2B · 87.6%
  2. 02Switzerland$895M · 2.0%
  3. 03China$799M · 1.7%
  4. 04Japan$661M · 1.4%
  5. 05Germany$459M · 1.0%
  6. 06Vietnam$347M · 0.8%
  7. 07South Korea$309M · 0.7%
  8. 08Italy$277M · 0.6%

Top products

Goods through Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015.

  1. 01Cars$5.1B · 11.2%
  2. 02Medicines$1.9B · 4.1%
  3. 03Natural gas$1.6B · 3.5%
  4. 04Crude oil$1.5B · 3.2%
  5. 05Cookies, crackers & baked goods$1.3B · 2.9%
  6. 06Silver$1.3B · 2.8%
  7. 07Precious metal articles$792M · 1.7%
  8. 08Blood products, antibodies and vaccines$748M · 1.6%

Excludes US goods returned after export and other special trade codes.

Where it comes from

Canada is the largest source at 88%. The top three together are 91% of the value.

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