Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$525 million$525M
vs 2010
1.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
40%
Busiest portTop port
Miami, FL

The US buys the most asparagus from Mexico: 49% of $525 million.

Peru is a close second at 48%. Fresh and chilled asparagus.

Where US asparagus comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $525M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$256M48.7%
  2. 02Peru$252M48.0%
  3. 03Canada$14.0M2.7%
  4. 04Ecuador$1.9M0.4%
  5. 05France$244K<0.1%
  6. 06El Salvador$233K<0.1%
  7. 07Argentina$213K<0.1%
  8. 08Australia$191K<0.1%
  9. 09India$163K<0.1%
  10. 10Chile$163K<0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $393K<0.1%

Total US asparagus imports by year · $418M in 2010 to $525M 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 asparagus imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US asparagus imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Canada0.9% → 2.7%
Ecuador<0.1% → 0.4%
France<0.1% → <0.1%
El Salvador0% → <0.1%
Australia<0.1% → <0.1%
India0% → <0.1%
Argentina<0.1% → <0.1%
Chile<0.1% → <0.1%
Mexico49% → 49%
Peru50% → 48%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's grown

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

Most imported asparagus comes from Latin America. Mexico and Peru send 97% between them. Canada adds 3%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Peru
  3. 03Canada
  4. 04Ecuador
  5. 05France
  6. 06El Salvador
  7. 07Argentina
  8. 08Australia

Where it enters

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

51% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Miami takes 39%. Calexico East and Miami Airport follow at 32% and 8%.

Goods crossing by land are recorded at Census ports of entry, which can be inland.

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  1. AMiami, FL $207M
  2. BCalexico East, CA $169M
  3. CMiami Airport, FL $42.7M
  4. DSan Luis, AZ $38.5M
  5. EOtay Mesa, CA $24.6M
  6. FHidalgo, TX $23.1M
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 asparagus is used.

Two states are listed for over $100M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01Florida$268M
  2. 02California$216M
  3. 03Arizona$9.1M
  4. 04Texas$7.6M
  5. 05New Jersey$7.2M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 070920. How we count.