Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$12.6 billion$12.6B
vs 2010
2.8× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
93%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

The US buys the most coffee from Colombia: 22% of $12.6 billion.

Brazil is a close second at 20%. The US grows almost none of its own coffee, so nearly every cup starts as an import.

Where US coffee comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share of the $12.6B the US imported, by country of origin

  1. Colombia$2.72B21.5%
  2. Brazil$2.48B19.6%
  3. Switzerland$1.29B10.2%
  4. Honduras$0.75B5.9%
  5. Mexico$0.67B5.3%
  6. Peru$0.65B5.2%
  7. Guatemala$0.63B5.0%
  8. Vietnam$0.56B4.4%
  9. Canada$0.48B3.8%
  10. Indonesia$0.41B3.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $1.99B15.8%

Total US coffee imports by year · $4.6B in 2010 to $12.6B 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 coffee imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US coffee imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Switzerland1.9% → 10%
Honduras3.6% → 5.9%
Peru3% → 5.2%
Mexico4.1% → 5.3%
Colombia21% → 22%
Guatemala5.5% → 5%
Vietnam6.1% → 4.4%
Indonesia5.8% → 3.2%
Brazil23% → 20%
Canada7.4% → 3.8%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's grown

Circle size = dollar value, 2025. Numbers match the list.

Most imported coffee comes from Latin America. Colombia and Brazil send 41% between them, and Honduras, Mexico, Peru and Guatemala add another 21%. Switzerland is the exception: it roasts coffee rather than growing it. Vietnam and Indonesia ship from Asia.

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  • 8← Vietnam, off map to the west

Off this map: 3 Switzerland, 8 Vietnam

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  1. 1Colombia
  2. 2Brazil
  3. 3Switzerland roasted
  4. 4Honduras
  5. 5Mexico
  6. 6Peru
  7. 7Guatemala
  8. 8Vietnam

Where it lands

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

93% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and Gulf Coast ports. Newark alone takes 19%. New Orleans and Houston follow at 13% and 10%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $2.40B
  2. BNew Orleans, LA $1.68B
  3. CHouston, TX $1.29B
  4. DCharleston, SC $1.15B
  5. EOakland, CA $0.87B
  6. FSeattle, WA $0.63B
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 coffee is used.

Five states are listed for over $1B each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. New Jersey$1.93B
  2. Louisiana$1.77B
  3. California$1.44B
  4. Texas$1.27B
  5. South Carolina$1.08B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 0901. How we count.