Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.4 billion$1.4B
vs 2010
2.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
42%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

The US buys the most frozen vegetables from Mexico: 43% of $1.4 billion.

Canada is second at 14%. Frozen peas, spinach, corn and vegetable mixes.

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

Share by value of the $1.4B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$0.62B43.5%
  2. 02Canada$0.20B14.2%
  3. 03Spain$81.0M5.7%
  4. 04Belgium$73.6M5.2%
  5. 05Ecuador$71.6M5.0%
  6. 06China$70.8M5.0%
  7. 07Guatemala$61.5M4.3%
  8. 08Netherlands$38.1M2.7%
  9. 09Egypt$33.5M2.4%
  10. 10Peru$31.6M2.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.14B9.8%

Total US frozen vegetables imports by year · $631M in 2010 to $1.4B 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 frozen vegetables imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US frozen vegetables imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Spain0.2% → 5.7%
Belgium3.2% → 5.2%
Ecuador3.8% → 5%
Egypt1.2% → 2.4%
Netherlands2.9% → 2.7%
Peru3.7% → 2.2%
Canada16% → 14%
Guatemala6.8% → 4.3%
China7.6% → 5%
Mexico47% → 43%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's grown

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

Most imported frozen vegetables come from Latin America. Mexico and Ecuador send 49% between them, and Guatemala, Peru and Chile add another 9%. Canada adds 14%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03Spain
  4. 04Belgium
  5. 05Ecuador
  6. 06China
  7. 07Guatemala
  8. 08Netherlands

Where it enters

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

58% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Laredo alone takes 31%. Newark and Hidalgo follow at 11% and 8%.

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

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  1. ALaredo, TX $0.43B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.15B
  3. CHidalgo, TX $0.12B
  4. DPhiladelphia, PA $67.6M
  5. ESavannah, GA $66.3M
  6. FHouston, TX $55.4M
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 vegetables is used.

Four states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Texas$0.38B
  2. 02California$0.16B
  3. 03New Jersey$0.12B
  4. 04Georgia$0.12B
  5. 05Delaware$97.1M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 0710. How we count.