Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$451 million$451M
vs 2010
5.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
89%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Most imported ketchup comes from Italy: 80% of $451 million.

Canada is second at 8%. Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces.

Where US ketchup comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $451M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Italy$362M80.3%
  2. 02Canada$34.3M7.6%
  3. 03Costa Rica$23.3M5.2%
  4. 04Mexico$15.9M3.5%
  5. 05Dominican Republic$3.8M0.8%
  6. 06Guatemala$2.7M0.6%
  7. 07Spain$1.2M0.3%
  8. 08India$892K0.2%
  9. 09Egypt$861K0.2%
  10. 10Lithuania$686K0.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $5.2M1.1%

Total US ketchup imports by year · $90.8M in 2010 to $451M 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 ketchup imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US ketchup imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Italy12% → 80%
Costa Rica3.1% → 5.2%
Egypt<0.1% → 0.2%
Lithuania<0.1% → 0.2%
Spain0.3% → 0.3%
Guatemala0.9% → 0.6%
India0.8% → 0.2%
Dominican Republic9.3% → 0.8%
Mexico30% → 3.5%
Canada35% → 7.6%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Italy alone sends 80%, and Canada, Costa Rica and Mexico add another 16%. Latin America is the next-largest source region at 11%.

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  1. 01Italy
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03Costa Rica
  4. 04Mexico
  5. 05Dominican Republic
  6. 06Guatemala
  7. 07Spain
  8. 08India

Where it lands

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

89% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Most of it enters at Newark (61%). Los Angeles and Savannah follow at 9% and 6%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $277M
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $38.8M
  3. CSavannah, GA $28.6M
  4. DDetroit, MI $23.9M
  5. ENew York, NY $16.9M
  6. FPort Everglades, FL $8.8M
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 ketchup is used.

One state is listed for over $100M.

  1. 01New Jersey$280M
  2. 02Colorado$48.1M
  3. 03Texas$27.5M
  4. 04California$20.6M
  5. 05Florida$11.0M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 210320. How we count.