Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$120 million$120M
vs 2010
7.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
57%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

The US buys the most dates from Mexico: 42% of $120 million.

Israel is second at 12%. Dates, fresh or dried.

Where US dates come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $120M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$49.9M41.7%
  2. 02Israel$14.5M12.2%
  3. 03Turkey$13.8M11.6%
  4. 04Tunisia$13.0M10.9%
  5. 05Algeria$10.3M8.6%
  6. 06Saudi Arabia$9.8M8.2%
  7. 07United Arab Emirates$4.0M3.3%
  8. 08West Bank$1.2M1.0%
  9. 09Pakistan$1.0M0.8%
  10. 10Jordan$901K0.8%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $1.2M1.0%

Total US dates imports by year · $17.1M in 2010 to $120M 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 dates imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US dates imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Mexico8.7% → 42%
Turkey0.7% → 12%
Saudi Arabia1.8% → 8.2%
Algeria4.1% → 8.6%
United Arab Emirates0.6% → 3.3%
West Bank<0.1% → 1%
Jordan0.3% → 0.8%
Israel23% → 12%
Pakistan11% → 0.8%
Tunisia44% → 11%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's grown

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

No single region supplies most imported dates. Latin America leads at 42%, then the Middle East at 37%. Mexico and Israel send 54% between them, and Turkey, Tunisia and Algeria add another 31%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Israel
  3. 03Turkey
  4. 04Tunisia
  5. 05Algeria
  6. 06Saudi Arabia
  7. 07United Arab Emirates
  8. 08West Bank

Where it lands

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

57% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Newark alone takes 44%. Calexico East and San Luis follow at 21% and 20%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $52.9M
  2. BCalexico East, CA $25.1M
  3. CSan Luis, AZ $24.5M
  4. DOakland, CA $5.8M
  5. ELos Angeles, CA $3.0M
  6. FNew York, NY $2.6M
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 dates is used.

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

  1. 01Arizona$39.5M
  2. 02New Jersey$31.5M
  3. 03California$20.7M
  4. 04New York$12.6M
  5. 05Illinois$5.5M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 080410. How we count.