Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$13.2 billion$13.2B
vs 2010
5.1× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
60%
Busiest portTop port
Philadelphia, PA

The US buys the most beef from Australia: 28% of $13.2 billion.

Canada is a close second at 21%. Fresh, chilled and frozen beef.

Where US beef comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $13.2B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Australia$3.65B27.7%
  2. 02Canada$2.80B21.3%
  3. 03Mexico$2.18B16.6%
  4. 04New Zealand$1.25B9.5%
  5. 05Brazil$1.22B9.3%
  6. 06Uruguay$0.80B6.1%
  7. 07Nicaragua$0.41B3.1%
  8. 08Argentina$0.32B2.5%
  9. 09Paraguay$0.28B2.1%
  10. 10Japan$99.5M0.8%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.14B1.1%

Total US beef imports by year · $2.6B in 2010 to $13.2B 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 beef imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US beef imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Brazil0% → 9.3%
Canada18% → 21%
Argentina0% → 2.5%
Uruguay3.8% → 6.1%
Paraguay0% → 2.1%
Mexico16% → 17%
Japan0.2% → 0.8%
Nicaragua2.8% → 3.1%
New Zealand19% → 9.5%
Australia40% → 28%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's raised

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

No single region supplies most imported beef. Latin America leads at 40%, then Oceania at 37%. Australia and Canada send 49% between them, and Mexico, New Zealand and Brazil add another 35%.

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  1. 01Australia
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03Mexico
  4. 04New Zealand
  5. 05Brazil
  6. 06Uruguay
  7. 07Nicaragua
  8. 08Argentina

Where it lands

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

60% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Philadelphia alone takes 33%. Sweetgrass and Laredo follow at 15% and 13%.

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  1. APhiladelphia, PA $4.38B
  2. BSweetgrass, MT $1.91B
  3. CLaredo, TX $1.66B
  4. DHouston, TX $0.99B
  5. ELos Angeles, CA $0.67B
  6. FCalexico East, CA $0.44B
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 beef is used.

Four states are listed for over $1B each.

  1. 01California$3.42B
  2. 02Pennsylvania$2.81B
  3. 03New Jersey$2.04B
  4. 04Texas$1.79B
  5. 05Florida$0.54B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 0201, 0202. How we count.