Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$972 million$972M
vs 2010
4.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
24%
Busiest portTop port
Hidalgo, TX

Most imported lemons & limes come from Mexico: 76% of $972 million.

Colombia is second at 11%. Lemons and limes, fresh or dried.

Where US lemons & limes come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $972M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$741M76.2%
  2. 02Colombia$111M11.4%
  3. 03Chile$45.9M4.7%
  4. 04Argentina$41.4M4.3%
  5. 05Peru$15.9M1.6%
  6. 06Honduras$8.7M0.9%
  7. 07Guatemala$3.8M0.4%
  8. 08New Zealand$1.2M0.1%
  9. 09South Africa$966K<0.1%
  10. 10Uruguay$523K<0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $2.1M0.2%

Total US lemons & limes imports by year · $215M in 2010 to $972M 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 lemons & limes imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US lemons & limes imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Colombia0.7% → 11%
Argentina0% → 4.3%
Peru<0.1% → 1.6%
Honduras0.1% → 0.9%
South Africa0% → <0.1%
Guatemala0.5% → 0.4%
Uruguay0.4% → <0.1%
New Zealand0.5% → 0.1%
Spain1.6% → <0.1%
Chile11% → 4.7%
Mexico85% → 76%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's grown

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

Most imported lemons & limes come from Latin America. Mexico alone sends 76%, and Colombia, Chile, Argentina and Peru add another 22%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Colombia
  3. 03Chile
  4. 04Argentina
  5. 05Peru
  6. 06Honduras
  7. 07Guatemala
  8. 08New Zealand

Where it enters

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

76% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Most of it enters at Hidalgo (63%). Philadelphia and Otay Mesa follow at 10% and 9%.

Goods crossing by land are recorded at Census ports of entry, which can be inland.

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ABCDEF
  1. AHidalgo, TX $611M
  2. BPhiladelphia, PA $98.5M
  3. COtay Mesa, CA $84.7M
  4. DMiami, FL $59.1M
  5. EPort Everglades, FL $24.8M
  6. FProgreso, TX $23.3M
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 lemons & limes is used.

Three states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Texas$530M
  2. 02California$112M
  3. 03Florida$104M
  4. 04New Jersey$80.1M
  5. 05Minnesota$39.5M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 080550. How we count.