Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$262 million$262M
vs 2010
2.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
84%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

The US buys the most garlic from China: 38% of $262 million.

Spain is second at 22%. Fresh and chilled garlic.

Where US garlic comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $262M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$100M38.3%
  2. 02Spain$58.7M22.4%
  3. 03Argentina$41.7M15.9%
  4. 04Mexico$39.2M14.9%
  5. 05Egypt$6.0M2.3%
  6. 06Turkey$4.6M1.7%
  7. 07Peru$4.0M1.5%
  8. 08Vietnam$3.1M1.2%
  9. 09Chile$1.8M0.7%
  10. 10Canada$1.2M0.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $1.7M0.6%

Total US garlic imports by year · $130M in 2010 to $262M 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 garlic imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US garlic imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Argentina4.5% → 16%
Spain14% → 22%
Mexico6.4% → 15%
Egypt<0.1% → 2.3%
Turkey0% → 1.7%
Peru0.1% → 1.5%
Vietnam0.7% → 1.2%
Chile0.3% → 0.7%
Canada0.2% → 0.5%
China73% → 38%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's grown

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

No single region supplies most imported garlic. Asia leads at 40%, then Latin America at 33%. China and Spain send 61% between them, and Argentina, Mexico and Egypt add another 33%.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Spain
  3. 03Argentina
  4. 04Mexico
  5. 05Egypt
  6. 06Turkey
  7. 07Peru
  8. 08Vietnam

Where it lands

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

84% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Newark alone takes 28%. Los Angeles and Miami follow at 19% and 14%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $72.8M
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $51.2M
  3. CMiami, FL $37.5M
  4. DPort Everglades, FL $29.8M
  5. EHidalgo, TX $23.1M
  6. FNew York, NY $10.0M
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 garlic is used.

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

  1. 01Florida$75.2M
  2. 02California$69.1M
  3. 03New Jersey$33.5M
  4. 04New York$26.6M
  5. 05Pennsylvania$25.8M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 070320. How we count.