Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.3 billion$1.3B
vs 2010
3.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
0.8%
Busiest portTop port
Detroit, MI

Most imported cucumbers come from Mexico: 54% of $1.3 billion.

Canada is a close second at 46%. Cucumbers and gherkins.

Where US cucumbers come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.3B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$0.71B53.8%
  2. 02Canada$0.60B45.7%
  3. 03Honduras$3.0M0.2%
  4. 04Dominican Republic$2.9M0.2%
  5. 05Spain$452K<0.1%
  6. 06Ecuador$180K<0.1%
  7. 07Netherlands$36K<0.1%
  8. 08Dominica$13K<0.1%

Total US cucumbers imports by year · $370M in 2010 to $1.3B 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 cucumbers imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US cucumbers imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Canada25% → 46%
Ecuador0% → <0.1%
Dominica0% → <0.1%
Netherlands<0.1% → <0.1%
Spain0.6% → <0.1%
Honduras0.9% → 0.2%
Dominican Republic1.3% → 0.2%
Mexico72% → 54%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's grown

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

Mexico alone sends 54%, and Canada adds another 46%. North America is the next-largest source region at 46%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03Honduras
  4. 04Dominican Republic
  5. 05Spain
  6. 06Ecuador
  7. 07Netherlands
  8. 08Dominica

Where it enters

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

99% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Detroit alone takes 41%. Nogales and Laredo follow at 26% and 9%.

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

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  1. ADetroit, MI $0.54B
  2. BNogales, AZ $0.34B
  3. CLaredo, TX $0.12B
  4. DHidalgo, TX $0.12B
  5. EOtay Mesa, CA $87.9M
  6. FBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $37.9M
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 cucumbers is used.

Four states are listed for over $100M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01Arizona$0.33B
  2. 02Michigan$0.26B
  3. 03Texas$0.21B
  4. 04California$0.12B
  5. 05Ohio$65.5M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 0707. How we count.