Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$3.2 billion$3.2B
vs 2010
2.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
40%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

The US buys the most candy from Mexico: 38% of $3.2 billion.

Canada is second at 20%. Sugar confectionery without cocoa: gummies, hard candy and chewing gum.

Where US candy comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $3.2B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$1.24B38.4%
  2. 02Canada$0.65B20.1%
  3. 03Turkey$0.21B6.4%
  4. 04Germany$0.20B6.4%
  5. 05Spain$0.14B4.3%
  6. 06China$0.12B3.8%
  7. 07Switzerland$53.5M1.7%
  8. 08Thailand$52.0M1.6%
  9. 09Brazil$50.5M1.6%
  10. 10Colombia$48.5M1.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.46B14.3%

Total US candy imports by year · $1.3B in 2010 to $3.2B 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 candy imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US candy imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Mexico33% → 38%
Turkey3.1% → 6.4%
Spain3% → 4.3%
Germany5.5% → 6.4%
Brazil1.6% → 1.6%
Thailand1.9% → 1.6%
Colombia1.8% → 1.5%
Switzerland2.1% → 1.7%
China8.6% → 3.8%
Canada30% → 20%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

No single region supplies most imported candy. Latin America leads at 43%, then North America at 20%. Mexico and Canada send 58% between them, and Turkey, Germany and Spain add another 17%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03Turkey
  4. 04Germany
  5. 05Spain
  6. 06China
  7. 07Switzerland
  8. 08Thailand

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. Laredo takes 19%. Newark and Santa Teresa follow at 18% and 9%.

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

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  1. ALaredo, TX $0.61B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.59B
  3. CSanta Teresa, NM $0.30B
  4. DPort Huron, MI $0.24B
  5. EDetroit, MI $0.14B
  6. FBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $0.14B
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 candy is used.

Seven states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Texas$0.66B
  2. 02Illinois$0.53B
  3. 03Pennsylvania$0.51B
  4. 04California$0.37B
  5. 05New Jersey$0.27B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 1704. How we count.