Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2.8 billion$2.8B
vs 2010
2.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
over 99%
Busiest portTop port
Philadelphia, PA

The US buys the most cocoa beans from Ecuador: 34% of $2.8 billion.

Côte d'Ivoire is a close second at 26%. Whole or broken cocoa beans, raw or roasted.

Where US cocoa beans come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2.8B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Ecuador$0.95B34.1%
  2. 02Côte d'Ivoire$0.72B25.9%
  3. 03Ghana$0.43B15.6%
  4. 04Dominican Republic$0.25B8.8%
  5. 05Peru$0.15B5.5%
  6. 06Nigeria$0.14B5.1%
  7. 07Colombia$50.1M1.8%
  8. 08Uganda$34.6M1.2%
  9. 09Papua New Guinea$21.2M0.8%
  10. 10Venezuela$19.1M0.7%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $14.9M0.5%

Total US cocoa beans imports by year · $1.3B in 2010 to $2.8B 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 cocoa beans imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US cocoa beans imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Ecuador21% → 34%
Peru0.6% → 5.5%
Nigeria0.4% → 5.1%
Dominican Republic5.6% → 8.8%
Ghana14% → 16%
Colombia0.1% → 1.8%
Uganda0% → 1.2%
Venezuela0.6% → 0.7%
Papua New Guinea2.3% → 0.8%
Côte d'Ivoire54% → 26%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's grown

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

Most imported cocoa beans come from Latin America. Ecuador and the Dominican Republic send 43% between them, and Peru and Colombia add another 7%. Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria send 47% from Africa.

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  1. 01Ecuador
  2. 02Côte d'Ivoire
  3. 03Ghana
  4. 04Dominican Republic
  5. 05Peru
  6. 06Nigeria
  7. 07Colombia
  8. 08Uganda

Where it lands

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

Over 99% arrives by ship, mostly in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Most of it enters at Philadelphia (69%). Newark and New York follow at 14% and 7%.

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  1. APhiladelphia, PA $1.91B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.39B
  3. CNew York, NY $0.19B
  4. DOakland, CA $0.12B
  5. EChester, PA $0.11B
  6. FNorfolk, VA $19.3M
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 cocoa beans is used.

One state is listed for over $1B.

  1. 01New Jersey$1.85B
  2. 02Pennsylvania$0.66B
  3. 03California$0.12B
  4. 04New York$93.3M
  5. 05Delaware$46.9M
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 1801. How we count.