Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2.3 billion$2.3B
vs 2010
2.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
4%
Busiest portTop port
Miami Airport, FL

Most imported cut flowers come from Colombia: 59% of $2.3 billion.

Ecuador is second at 25%. Fresh-cut roses and other flowers.

Where US cut flowers come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2.3B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Colombia$1.34B59.4%
  2. 02Ecuador$0.56B24.9%
  3. 03Canada$0.11B4.9%
  4. 04Netherlands$93.5M4.1%
  5. 05Mexico$42.3M1.9%
  6. 06Costa Rica$28.1M1.2%
  7. 07Guatemala$22.8M1.0%
  8. 08Chile$10.3M0.5%
  9. 09Peru$8.5M0.4%
  10. 10Thailand$8.4M0.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $30.2M1.3%

Total US cut flowers imports by year · $847M in 2010 to $2.3B 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 cut flowers imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US cut flowers imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Ecuador20% → 25%
Canada4.7% → 4.9%
Chile0.4% → 0.5%
Guatemala1% → 1%
Colombia59% → 59%
Peru0.7% → 0.4%
Thailand0.8% → 0.4%
Mexico2.9% → 1.9%
Netherlands5.2% → 4.1%
Costa Rica2.4% → 1.2%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's grown

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

Most imported cut flowers come from Latin America. Colombia alone sends 59%, and Ecuador, Mexico, Costa Rica and Guatemala add another 29%. Canada adds 5%.

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  1. 01Colombia
  2. 02Ecuador
  3. 03Canada
  4. 04Netherlands
  5. 05Mexico
  6. 06Costa Rica
  7. 07Guatemala
  8. 08Chile

Where it lands

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

89% arrives by air. Most of it enters at Miami Airport (81%). Los Angeles Airport (LAX) follows at 5%.

Air cargo is recorded where it clears customs, which isn't always where the plane landed.

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  1. AMiami Airport, FL $1.83B
  2. BLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $0.12B
  3. CBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $58.9M
  4. DMiami, FL $46.8M
  5. EJFK Airport, NY $37.3M
  6. FOtay Mesa, CA $31.5M
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 cut flowers is used.

One state is listed for over $1B.

  1. 01Florida$1.76B
  2. 02California$0.29B
  3. 03Massachusetts$38.6M
  4. 04New York$37.4M
  5. 05New Jersey$23.3M
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 0603. How we count.