Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.9 billion$1.9B
vs 2010
3.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
52%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

The US buys the most sauces & condiments from Canada: 24% of $1.9 billion.

Mexico is a close second at 22%. Sauces, dressings, spice mixes and other mixed condiments.

Where US sauces & condiments come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.9B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$0.47B24.5%
  2. 02Mexico$0.43B22.4%
  3. 03Italy$0.27B13.8%
  4. 04Thailand$0.12B6.4%
  5. 05Japan$98.8M5.1%
  6. 06China$82.7M4.3%
  7. 07South Korea$64.1M3.3%
  8. 08Jamaica$33.3M1.7%
  9. 09Philippines$30.1M1.5%
  10. 10Germany$24.4M1.3%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.31B15.7%

Total US sauces & condiments imports by year · $565M in 2010 to $1.9B 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 sauces & condiments imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US sauces & condiments imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Mexico19% → 22%
Canada23% → 24%
Japan4.3% → 5.1%
Germany0.5% → 1.3%
South Korea2.6% → 3.3%
Jamaica1.2% → 1.7%
Philippines1.6% → 1.5%
China5.3% → 4.3%
Italy15% → 14%
Thailand8.7% → 6.4%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

No single region supplies most imported sauces & condiments. Latin America leads at 29%, then Asia at 26%. Canada and Mexico send 47% between them, and Italy, Thailand and Japan add another 25%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Mexico
  3. 03Italy
  4. 04Thailand
  5. 05Japan
  6. 06China
  7. 07South Korea
  8. 08Jamaica

Where it lands

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

52% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Laredo takes 18%. Newark and Los Angeles follow at 17% and 12%.

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  1. ALaredo, TX $0.35B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.34B
  3. CLos Angeles, CA $0.23B
  4. DPort Huron, MI $0.16B
  5. EBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $0.15B
  6. FDetroit, MI $0.12B
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 sauces & condiments is used.

Five states are listed for over $100M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01California$0.48B
  2. 02Texas$0.34B
  3. 03New Jersey$0.22B
  4. 04New York$0.16B
  5. 05Illinois$0.12B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 210390. How we count.