Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$573 million$573M
vs 2010
3.1× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
99%
Busiest portTop port
Philadelphia, PA

The US buys the most mandarins & clementines from Chile: 44% of $573 million.

Peru is second at 23%. Mandarins, clementines and similar citrus.

Where US mandarins & clementines come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $573M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Chile$253M44.2%
  2. 02Peru$131M22.8%
  3. 03Morocco$99.8M17.4%
  4. 04South Africa$40.2M7.0%
  5. 05Uruguay$23.7M4.1%
  6. 06Israel$10.4M1.8%
  7. 07Australia$9.4M1.6%
  8. 08Mexico$3.9M0.7%
  9. 09China$898K0.2%
  10. 10South Korea$770K0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $588K0.1%

Total US mandarins & clementines imports by year · $185M in 2010 to $573M 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 mandarins & clementines imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US mandarins & clementines imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Chile31% → 44%
Peru14% → 23%
South Africa3.6% → 7%
Australia0.7% → 1.6%
Mexico0.6% → 0.7%
China<0.1% → 0.2%
South Korea0.3% → 0.1%
Israel2.1% → 1.8%
Uruguay5.6% → 4.1%
Morocco27% → 17%
Spain15% → <0.1%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's grown

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

Most imported mandarins & clementines come from Latin America. Chile and Peru send 67% between them, and Uruguay adds another 4%. Morocco and South Africa send 24% from Africa.

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  1. 01Chile
  2. 02Peru
  3. 03Morocco
  4. 04South Africa
  5. 05Uruguay
  6. 06Israel
  7. 07Australia
  8. 08Mexico

Where it lands

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

99% arrives by ship, mostly in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Most of it enters at Philadelphia (57%). Port Hueneme and Long Beach follow at 7% and 6%.

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  1. APhiladelphia, PA $326M
  2. BPort Hueneme, CA $41.5M
  3. CLong Beach, CA $34.4M
  4. DChester, PA $31.6M
  5. ELos Angeles, CA $31.1M
  6. FSavannah, GA $26.6M
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 mandarins & clementines is used.

Three states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01New Jersey$261M
  2. 02Pennsylvania$118M
  3. 03California$108M
  4. 04Florida$30.0M
  5. 05Georgia$20.7M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 080520, 080521, 080522, 080529. How we count.