Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$162 million$162M
vs 2010
4.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
96%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

The US buys the most cinnamon from Indonesia: 35% of $162 million.

Vietnam is a close second at 34%. Cinnamon bark, whole, crushed or ground.

Where US cinnamon comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $162M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Indonesia$57.2M35.4%
  2. 02Vietnam$54.6M33.7%
  3. 03Sri Lanka$39.1M24.2%
  4. 04India$6.5M4.0%
  5. 05Turkey$1.4M0.8%
  6. 06China$889K0.5%
  7. 07Mexico$832K0.5%
  8. 08Madagascar$258K0.2%
  9. 09Spain$136K<0.1%
  10. 10Germany$135K<0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $714K0.4%

Total US cinnamon imports by year · $38.2M in 2010 to $162M in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2010 to 2025

2025Press play to replay the ranking

Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US cinnamon imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US cinnamon imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Vietnam12% → 34%
India0.8% → 4%
Turkey0% → 0.8%
Mexico0% → 0.5%
Spain<0.1% → <0.1%
Madagascar<0.1% → 0.2%
Germany0.2% → <0.1%
Sri Lanka25% → 24%
China1.4% → 0.5%
Indonesia61% → 35%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's grown

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

Most imported cinnamon comes from Southeast Asia. Indonesia and Vietnam send 69% between them, and Sri Lanka and India add another 28%.

0102030405060708
0102030405060708
  1. 01Indonesia
  2. 02Vietnam
  3. 03Sri Lanka
  4. 04India
  5. 05Turkey
  6. 06China
  7. 07Mexico
  8. 08Madagascar

Where it lands

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

96% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Newark takes 27%. Los Angeles and Baltimore follow at 23% and 19%.

ABCDEF
ABCDEF
  1. ANewark, NJ $43.7M
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $36.6M
  3. CBaltimore, MD $31.1M
  4. DNorfolk, VA $7.3M
  5. EOakland, CA $7.1M
  6. FMiami, FL $7.1M
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 cinnamon is used.

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

  1. 01California$44.8M
  2. 02Maryland$35.8M
  3. 03New Jersey$17.8M
  4. 04Florida$12.0M
  5. 05New York$11.1M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 0906. How we count.