Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$30.2 billion$30.2B
vs 2010
2.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
under 0.1%
Busiest portTop port
JFK Airport, NY

The US buys the most gold from Switzerland: 27% of $30.2 billion.

Canada is a close second at 21%. Bars and other unwrought gold.

Where US gold comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $30.2B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Switzerland$8.24B27.3%
  2. 02Canada$6.27B20.8%
  3. 03Australia$3.86B12.8%
  4. 04Mexico$2.88B9.6%
  5. 05South Africa$1.88B6.2%
  6. 06Colombia$1.81B6.0%
  7. 07Argentina$0.95B3.2%
  8. 08Nicaragua$0.65B2.1%
  9. 09Japan$0.52B1.7%
  10. 10Ecuador$0.51B1.7%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $2.62B8.7%

Total US gold imports by year · $12.3B in 2010 to $30.2B 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 gold imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US gold imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Switzerland2.2% → 27%
Australia<0.1% → 13%
South Africa<0.1% → 6.2%
Argentina0.2% → 3.2%
Japan<0.1% → 1.7%
Nicaragua3.1% → 2.1%
Canada25% → 21%
Ecuador5.9% → 1.7%
Colombia13% → 6%
Mexico25% → 9.6%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

No single region supplies most imported gold. Europe leads at 29%, then Latin America at 28%. Switzerland and Canada send 48% between them, and Australia, Mexico and South Africa add another 29%.

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  1. 01Switzerland
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03Australia
  4. 04Mexico
  5. 05South Africa
  6. 06Colombia
  7. 07Argentina
  8. 08Nicaragua

Where it lands

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

75% arrives by air. Most of it enters at JFK Airport (70%). Miami Airport follows at 14%.

Air cargo is recorded where it clears customs, which isn't always where the plane landed.

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  1. AJFK Airport, NY $21.13B
  2. BMiami Airport, FL $4.32B
  3. CLaredo, TX $1.00B
  4. DAtlanta, GA $0.88B
  5. EBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $0.67B
  6. FLouisville, KY $0.52B
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 gold is used.

One state is listed for over $10B.

  1. 01New York$14.70B
  2. 02Utah$5.00B
  3. 03Illinois$2.65B
  4. 04Florida$2.47B
  5. 05Texas$1.46B
$10B+$4–10B$1–4B$100M–1BUnder $100M

Counted under HS 7108. How we count.