Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$8.4 billion$8.4B
vs 2010
1.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
56%
Busiest portTop port
New Orleans, LA

The US buys the most fertilizer from Canada: 43% of $8.4 billion.

Russia is second at 19%. Nitrogen, phosphate and potash fertilizers.

Where US fertilizer comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $8.4B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$3.62B43.3%
  2. 02Russia$1.58B18.9%
  3. 03Saudi Arabia$0.44B5.2%
  4. 04Qatar$0.43B5.1%
  5. 05Israel$0.27B3.3%
  6. 06Mexico$0.22B2.7%
  7. 07Trinidad and Tobago$0.20B2.4%
  8. 08Nigeria$0.16B1.9%
  9. 09Algeria$0.15B1.8%
  10. 10Lithuania$0.14B1.7%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $1.15B13.7%

Total US fertilizer imports by year · $6.7B in 2010 to $8.4B 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 fertilizer imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US fertilizer imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Russia12% → 19%
Saudi Arabia2.3% → 5.2%
Mexico0.5% → 2.7%
Nigeria0% → 1.9%
Lithuania0.2% → 1.7%
Algeria0.5% → 1.8%
Israel2.2% → 3.3%
Qatar5.4% → 5.1%
Trinidad and Tobago3.1% → 2.4%
Canada44% → 43%
China7.9% → <0.1%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's produced

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

No single region supplies most imported fertilizer. North America leads at 43%, then Europe at 27%. Canada and Russia send 62% between them, and Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Israel add another 14%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Russia
  3. 03Saudi Arabia
  4. 04Qatar
  5. 05Israel
  6. 06Mexico
  7. 07Trinidad and Tobago
  8. 08Nigeria

Where it lands

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

56% arrives by ship, mostly through Gulf and East Coast ports. New Orleans alone takes 30%. International Falls and Eastport follow at 12% and 11%.

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  1. ANew Orleans, LA $2.52B
  2. BInternational Falls, MN $1.03B
  3. CEastport, ID $0.92B
  4. DPembina, ND $0.71B
  5. EPortal, ND $0.35B
  6. FGramercy, LA $0.31B
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 fertilizer is used.

One state is listed for over $1B.

  1. 01Louisiana$2.49B
  2. 02Oregon$0.93B
  3. 03Minnesota$0.70B
  4. 04Indiana$0.58B
  5. 05Texas$0.31B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 3102, 3103, 3104, 3105. How we count.