Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$109 million$109M
vs 2010
11.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
2%
Busiest portTop port
Otay Mesa, CA

Most imported broccoli & cauliflower comes from Mexico: 72% of $109 million.

Canada is second at 26%. Fresh cauliflower and broccoli.

Where US broccoli & cauliflower comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $109M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$78.5M71.9%
  2. 02Canada$28.0M25.7%
  3. 03China$1.3M1.2%
  4. 04Guatemala$696K0.6%
  5. 05Egypt$352K0.3%
  6. 06Belgium$110K0.1%
  7. 07Ecuador$108K<0.1%
  8. 08India$21K<0.1%
  9. 09Kenya$7K<0.1%

Total US broccoli & cauliflower imports by year · $9.9M in 2010 to $109M 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 broccoli & cauliflower imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US broccoli & cauliflower imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Mexico58% → 72%
China0.4% → 1.2%
Guatemala<0.1% → 0.6%
Egypt0% → 0.3%
Belgium0% → 0.1%
Ecuador0% → <0.1%
India0% → <0.1%
Kenya0% → <0.1%
Canada42% → 26%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's grown

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

Mexico alone sends 72%, and Canada and China add another 27%. North America is the next-largest source region at 26%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03China
  4. 04Guatemala
  5. 05Egypt
  6. 06Belgium
  7. 07Ecuador
  8. 08India

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. Otay Mesa takes 26%. Hidalgo and Laredo follow at 19% and 14%.

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

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  1. AOtay Mesa, CA $27.9M
  2. BHidalgo, TX $20.5M
  3. CLaredo, TX $14.9M
  4. DBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $12.5M
  5. EChamplain-Rouses Point, NY $11.1M
  6. FRoma, TX $10.2M
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 broccoli & cauliflower is used.

Three states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Texas$37.4M
  2. 02California$29.5M
  3. 03New York$12.1M
  4. 04Florida$9.6M
  5. 05Pennsylvania$3.9M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 070410. How we count.