Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$209 million$209M
vs 2010
3.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
59%
Busiest portTop port
Philadelphia, PA

Most imported cherries come from Chile: 71% of $209 million.

Canada is second at 24%. Fresh sweet and tart cherries.

Where US cherries come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $209M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Chile$148M70.8%
  2. 02Canada$49.1M23.5%
  3. 03Argentina$9.1M4.4%
  4. 04New Zealand$1.6M0.8%
  5. 05Australia$1.2M0.6%

Total US cherries imports by year · $65.7M in 2010 to $209M 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 cherries imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US cherries imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Chile54% → 71%
Argentina3% → 4.4%
New Zealand0.1% → 0.8%
Australia0% → 0.6%
Canada43% → 24%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's grown

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

Chile alone sends 71%, and Canada and Argentina add another 28%. North America is the next-largest source region at 24%.

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Where it lands

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

59% arrives by ship, mostly in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Philadelphia alone takes 41%. Oroville and Los Angeles follow at 21% and 12%.

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  1. APhiladelphia, PA $85.5M
  2. BOroville, WA $44.3M
  3. CLos Angeles, CA $25.5M
  4. DMiami Airport, FL $23.8M
  5. EChester, PA $5.7M
  6. FJFK Airport, NY $4.8M
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 cherries is used.

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

  1. 01Pennsylvania$53.7M
  2. 02California$46.5M
  3. 03New Jersey$42.7M
  4. 04Florida$25.2M
  5. 05New York$7.3M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 080920, 080921, 080929. How we count.