Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.7 billion$1.7B
vs 2010
3.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
96%
Busiest portTop port
Philadelphia, PA

Most imported lamb comes from Australia: 75% of $1.7 billion.

New Zealand is second at 24%. Fresh, chilled and frozen lamb, mutton and goat meat.

Where US lamb comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.7B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Australia$1.26B75.1%
  2. 02New Zealand$0.40B24.2%
  3. 03Chile$5.6M0.3%
  4. 04Mexico$1.7M0.1%
  5. 05Canada$1.5M<0.1%
  6. 06United Kingdom$1.3M<0.1%
  7. 07Uruguay$780K<0.1%
  8. 08Spain$500K<0.1%
  9. 09Brazil$110K<0.1%
  10. 10Iceland$13K<0.1%

Total US lamb imports by year · $569M in 2010 to $1.7B 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 lamb imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US lamb imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Australia72% → 75%
United Kingdom0% → <0.1%
Canada<0.1% → <0.1%
Uruguay0% → <0.1%
Spain0% → <0.1%
Brazil0% → <0.1%
Mexico0.2% → 0.1%
Chile0.5% → 0.3%
Iceland0.4% → <0.1%
New Zealand27% → 24%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's raised

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

Most imported lamb comes from Oceania. Australia alone sends 75%, and New Zealand adds another 24%.

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  1. 01Australia
  2. 02New Zealand
  3. 03Chile
  4. 04Mexico
  5. 05Canada
  6. 06United Kingdom
  7. 07Uruguay
  8. 08Spain

Where it lands

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

96% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Most of it enters at Philadelphia (73%). Long Beach and Oakland follow at 9% and 5%.

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  1. APhiladelphia, PA $1.22B
  2. BLong Beach, CA $0.15B
  3. COakland, CA $88.8M
  4. DPort Everglades, FL $58.4M
  5. ELos Angeles, CA $44.6M
  6. FLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $35.6M
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 lamb is used.

Three states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01New Jersey$0.68B
  2. 02Pennsylvania$0.52B
  3. 03California$0.35B
  4. 04Florida$65.9M
  5. 05Texas$18.8M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 0204. How we count.