Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$982 million$982M
vs 2010
1.8× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
41%
Busiest portTop port
Port Huron, MI

The US buys the most breakfast cereal from Canada: 42% of $982 million.

Mexico is second at 16%. Corn flakes, granola and other prepared cereals.

Where US breakfast cereal comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $982M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$416M42.4%
  2. 02Mexico$159M16.2%
  3. 03South Korea$116M11.8%
  4. 04Spain$54.4M5.5%
  5. 05India$43.8M4.5%
  6. 06Thailand$43.3M4.4%
  7. 07Germany$26.4M2.7%
  8. 08Italy$23.8M2.4%
  9. 09United Kingdom$14.3M1.5%
  10. 10Dominican Republic$10.5M1.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $74.2M7.5%

Total US breakfast cereal imports by year · $546M in 2010 to $982M 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 breakfast cereal imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US breakfast cereal imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

South Korea1.4% → 12%
Thailand0.5% → 4.4%
Spain2.1% → 5.5%
India1.4% → 4.5%
Germany1.3% → 2.7%
Italy1.1% → 2.4%
United Kingdom0.6% → 1.5%
Dominican Republic2% → 1.1%
Mexico25% → 16%
Canada55% → 42%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

No single region supplies most imported breakfast cereal. North America leads at 42%, then Asia at 23%. Canada and Mexico send 59% between them, and South Korea, Spain and India add another 22%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Mexico
  3. 03South Korea
  4. 04Spain
  5. 05India
  6. 06Thailand
  7. 07Germany
  8. 08Italy

Where it enters

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

59% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Port Huron takes 13%. Los Angeles and Buffalo-Niagara Falls follow at 11% and 10%.

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

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  1. APort Huron, MI $129M
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $107M
  3. CBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $99.1M
  4. DDetroit, MI $95.6M
  5. ENewark, NJ $76.8M
  6. FCalexico East, CA $74.8M
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 breakfast cereal is used.

Three states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01California$183M
  2. 02Illinois$163M
  3. 03Georgia$100M
  4. 04Texas$98.1M
  5. 05Pennsylvania$89.5M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 1904. How we count.