Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$115 million$115M
vs 2012
1.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
99%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

The US buys the most macadamia nuts from South Africa: 37% of $115 million.

Kenya is second at 26%. Macadamia nuts, in shell and shelled.

Where US macadamia nuts come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $115M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01South Africa$43.2M37.4%
  2. 02Kenya$30.1M26.1%
  3. 03Vietnam$19.6M17.0%
  4. 04Guatemala$8.7M7.5%
  5. 05Malawi$7.8M6.8%
  6. 06Australia$3.8M3.3%
  7. 07Brazil$1.6M1.4%
  8. 08Rwanda$301K0.3%
  9. 09Spain$245K0.2%
  10. 10Hong Kong$67K<0.1%

Total US macadamia nuts imports by year · $88.7M in 2012 to $115M in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2012 to 2025

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US macadamia nuts imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US macadamia nuts imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Vietnam0.4% → 17%
Spain0% → 0.2%
South Africa37% → 37%
Rwanda0.2% → 0.3%
Hong Kong0% → <0.1%
Malawi7.2% → 6.8%
Guatemala8.9% → 7.5%
Kenya29% → 26%
Brazil4.4% → 1.4%
Australia13% → 3.3%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's grown

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

Most imported macadamia nuts come from Africa. South Africa and Kenya send 64% between them, and Malawi adds another 7%. Vietnam sends 17% from Asia.

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  1. 01South Africa
  2. 02Kenya
  3. 03Vietnam
  4. 04Guatemala
  5. 05Malawi
  6. 06Australia
  7. 07Brazil
  8. 08Rwanda

Where it lands

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

99% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 49%. Newark and Oakland follow at 21% and 8%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $56.0M
  2. BNewark, NJ $23.8M
  3. COakland, CA $9.6M
  4. DNorfolk, VA $7.1M
  5. EPort Everglades, FL $3.8M
  6. FMiami, FL $3.6M
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 macadamia nuts is used.

Two states are listed for over $10M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01California$63.2M
  2. 02New Jersey$23.0M
  3. 03Florida$8.4M
  4. 04New York$4.9M
  5. 05Virginia$3.9M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 080261, 080262. How we count.