Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.1 billion$1.1B
vs 2010
2.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
88%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

The US buys the most black pepper & dried chilies from Vietnam: 39% of $1.1 billion.

India is second at 15%. Peppercorns and dried capsicum peppers, including chilies.

Where US black pepper & dried chilies come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.1B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Vietnam$0.44B39.4%
  2. 02India$0.17B15.0%
  3. 03Mexico$0.12B11.2%
  4. 04Spain$83.7M7.5%
  5. 05China$80.4M7.2%
  6. 06Indonesia$68.2M6.1%
  7. 07Peru$67.4M6.1%
  8. 08Brazil$15.8M1.4%
  9. 09Turkey$7.9M0.7%
  10. 10South Korea$6.7M0.6%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $52.7M4.7%

Total US black pepper & dried chilies imports by year · $463M in 2010 to $1.1B 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 black pepper & dried chilies imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US black pepper & dried chilies imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Vietnam28% → 39%
Mexico5.6% → 11%
Spain2.8% → 7.5%
Peru5% → 6.1%
Turkey<0.1% → 0.7%
South Korea0.3% → 0.6%
China7.8% → 7.2%
India17% → 15%
Indonesia16% → 6.1%
Brazil13% → 1.4%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's grown

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

Most imported black pepper & dried chilies come from Asia. Vietnam and India send 54% between them, and China and Indonesia add another 13%. Mexico, Peru and Brazil send 19% from Latin America.

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  1. 01Vietnam
  2. 02India
  3. 03Mexico
  4. 04Spain
  5. 05China
  6. 06Indonesia
  7. 07Peru
  8. 08Brazil

Where it lands

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

88% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Newark alone takes 27%. Baltimore and Los Angeles follow at 18% and 16%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $0.31B
  2. BBaltimore, MD $0.20B
  3. CLos Angeles, CA $0.17B
  4. DNew York, NY $45.0M
  5. ESanta Teresa, NM $43.7M
  6. FNorfolk, VA $41.6M
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 black pepper & dried chilies is used.

Four states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01California$0.22B
  2. 02Maryland$0.22B
  3. 03New Jersey$0.16B
  4. 04Texas$0.10B
  5. 05Illinois$98.8M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 090411, 090412, 090421, 090422, 090420. How we count.