Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$164 million$164M
vs 2010
3.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
17%
Busiest portTop port
Hidalgo, TX

The US buys the most carrots from Mexico: 44% of $164 million.

Canada is a close second at 39%. Carrots and turnips.

Where US carrots come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $164M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$72.9M44.4%
  2. 02Canada$64.4M39.3%
  3. 03Guatemala$17.2M10.5%
  4. 04Israel$8.7M5.3%
  5. 05Costa Rica$323K0.2%
  6. 06Colombia$303K0.2%
  7. 07Egypt$140K<0.1%
  8. 08Belgium$17K<0.1%
  9. 09Spain$8K<0.1%

Total US carrots imports by year · $51.6M in 2010 to $164M 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 carrots imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US carrots imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Guatemala2.2% → 11%
Mexico37% → 44%
Colombia0% → 0.2%
Egypt0% → <0.1%
Spain0% → <0.1%
Belgium<0.1% → <0.1%
Costa Rica0.7% → 0.2%
Israel8.6% → 5.3%
Canada51% → 39%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's grown

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

Most imported carrots come from Latin America. Mexico and Guatemala send 55% between them. Canada adds 39%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03Guatemala
  4. 04Israel
  5. 05Costa Rica
  6. 06Colombia
  7. 07Egypt
  8. 08Belgium

Where it enters

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

83% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Hidalgo alone takes 29%. Champlain-Rouses Point and Buffalo-Niagara Falls follow at 15% and 10%.

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

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ABCDEF
  1. AHidalgo, TX $47.5M
  2. BChamplain-Rouses Point, NY $24.8M
  3. CBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $16.9M
  4. DDetroit, MI $15.5M
  5. EMiami, FL $10.0M
  6. FOtay Mesa, CA $8.7M
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 carrots is used.

Four states are listed for over $10M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01Texas$40.6M
  2. 02Florida$28.0M
  3. 03California$24.2M
  4. 04New York$21.0M
  5. 05Illinois$7.2M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 070610. How we count.