Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$353 million$353M
vs 2010
29.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
69%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

The US buys the most baby formula from Mexico: 26% of $353 million.

Ireland is a close second at 23%. Infant food preparations for retail sale.

Where US baby formula comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $353M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$92.0M26.0%
  2. 02Ireland$80.5M22.8%
  3. 03United Kingdom$78.7M22.3%
  4. 04Spain$26.0M7.4%
  5. 05Netherlands$22.8M6.5%
  6. 06Australia$15.8M4.5%
  7. 07Germany$11.8M3.4%
  8. 08France$9.4M2.6%
  9. 09Austria$8.2M2.3%
  10. 10Chile$5.8M1.6%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $2.5M0.7%

Total US baby formula imports by year · $12.1M in 2010 to $353M 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 baby formula imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US baby formula imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Mexico0% → 26%
Ireland0.2% → 23%
United Kingdom2.5% → 22%
Spain0.3% → 7.4%
Australia0% → 4.5%
Germany0% → 3.4%
France0% → 2.6%
Austria0% → 2.3%
Brazil3.3% → 0.2%
Chile30% → 1.6%
Netherlands61% → 6.5%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported baby formula is made in Europe. Ireland and the United Kingdom send 45% between them, and Spain, the Netherlands, Germany and France add another 20%. Mexico and Chile send 28% from Latin America.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Ireland
  3. 03United Kingdom
  4. 04Spain
  5. 05Netherlands
  6. 06Australia
  7. 07Germany
  8. 08France

Where it lands

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

69% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Newark alone takes 41%. Laredo and Norfolk follow at 20% and 10%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $146M
  2. BLaredo, TX $69.5M
  3. CNorfolk, VA $35.7M
  4. DYsleta, TX $21.5M
  5. EChester, PA $15.9M
  6. FNew York, NY $14.6M
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 baby formula is used.

One state is listed for over $100M.

  1. 01Illinois$149M
  2. 02Ohio$61.6M
  3. 03Pennsylvania$43.7M
  4. 04Georgia$19.5M
  5. 05California$17.4M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 190110. How we count.