Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2.1 billion$2.1B
vs 2010
3.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
24%
Busiest portTop port
Pembina, ND

Most imported frozen fries come from Canada: 80% of $2.1 billion.

Belgium is second at 13%. Frozen fries and other frozen prepared potatoes.

Where US frozen fries come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2.1B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$1.65B80.1%
  2. 02Belgium$0.27B13.1%
  3. 03Netherlands$50.0M2.4%
  4. 04Egypt$24.1M1.2%
  5. 05France$16.1M0.8%
  6. 06Germany$12.1M0.6%
  7. 07Argentina$12.0M0.6%
  8. 08India$7.7M0.4%
  9. 09Italy$7.4M0.4%
  10. 10United Kingdom$2.6M0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $9.0M0.4%

Total US frozen fries imports by year · $630M in 2010 to $2.1B 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 frozen fries imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US frozen fries imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Belgium0.1% → 13%
Netherlands1% → 2.4%
Egypt0% → 1.2%
Argentina0% → 0.6%
France0.2% → 0.8%
Italy0% → 0.4%
India<0.1% → 0.4%
Germany0.3% → 0.6%
United Kingdom<0.1% → 0.1%
Canada98% → 80%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Canada alone sends 80%, and Belgium, the Netherlands and Egypt add another 17%. Europe is the next-largest source region at 17%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Belgium
  3. 03Netherlands
  4. 04Egypt
  5. 05France
  6. 06Germany
  7. 07Argentina
  8. 08India

Where it enters

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

75% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Pembina takes 24%. Houlton and Sweetgrass follow at 18% and 9%.

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

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  1. APembina, ND $0.49B
  2. BHoulton, ME $0.36B
  3. CSweetgrass, MT $0.19B
  4. DCharleston, SC $0.14B
  5. EPortal, ND $0.14B
  6. FBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $85.9M
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 frozen fries is used.

Seven states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Texas$0.21B
  2. 02New Jersey$0.21B
  3. 03Florida$0.16B
  4. 04New York$0.15B
  5. 05South Carolina$0.15B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 200410. How we count.