Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2.1 billion$2.1B
vs 2010
2.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
2%
Busiest portTop port
Nogales, AZ

Most imported bell peppers come from Mexico: 78% of $2.1 billion.

Canada is second at 20%. Fresh peppers of the genus Capsicum, chilies included.

Where US bell peppers come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2.1B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$1.62B77.8%
  2. 02Canada$0.42B20.0%
  3. 03Honduras$20.6M1.0%
  4. 04Dominican Republic$10.6M0.5%
  5. 05Netherlands$6.0M0.3%
  6. 06El Salvador$2.0M<0.1%
  7. 07Guatemala$1.9M<0.1%
  8. 08Israel$1.8M<0.1%
  9. 09Spain$1.7M<0.1%
  10. 10Nicaragua$595K<0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $1.2M<0.1%

Total US bell peppers imports by year · $917M in 2010 to $2.1B 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 bell peppers imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US bell peppers imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Mexico69% → 78%
Honduras0.6% → 1%
Dominican Republic0.4% → 0.5%
Nicaragua0% → <0.1%
El Salvador0.2% → <0.1%
Guatemala0.7% → <0.1%
Spain0.8% → <0.1%
Israel1% → <0.1%
Canada23% → 20%
Netherlands3.6% → 0.3%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's grown

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

Mexico alone sends 78%, and Canada adds another 20%. North America is the next-largest source region at 20%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03Honduras
  4. 04Dominican Republic
  5. 05Netherlands
  6. 06El Salvador
  7. 07Guatemala
  8. 08Israel

Where it enters

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

98% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Nogales alone takes 30%. Detroit and Laredo follow at 20% and 18%.

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

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  1. ANogales, AZ $0.63B
  2. BDetroit, MI $0.41B
  3. CLaredo, TX $0.37B
  4. DHidalgo, TX $0.31B
  5. ERoma, TX $72.4M
  6. FBlaine, WA $64.7M
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 bell peppers is used.

Five states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Arizona$0.53B
  2. 02Texas$0.43B
  3. 03Michigan$0.35B
  4. 04California$0.24B
  5. 05Ohio$0.13B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 070960. How we count.