Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$818 million$818M
vs 2010
1.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
48%
Busiest portTop port
Nogales, AZ

Most imported watermelons & melons come from Mexico: 52% of $818 million.

Guatemala is second at 35%. Fresh watermelon, cantaloupe and honeydew.

Where US watermelons & melons come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $818M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$423M51.8%
  2. 02Guatemala$287M35.1%
  3. 03Honduras$86.6M10.6%
  4. 04Costa Rica$17.4M2.1%
  5. 05Dominican Republic$1.3M0.2%
  6. 06Brazil$1.2M0.1%
  7. 07Panama$287K<0.1%
  8. 08Canada$248K<0.1%
  9. 09Japan$157K<0.1%
  10. 10Italy$121K<0.1%

Total US watermelons & melons imports by year · $479M in 2010 to $818M 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 watermelons & melons imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US watermelons & melons imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Honduras5.7% → 11%
Guatemala30% → 35%
Dominican Republic0.1% → 0.2%
Japan0% → <0.1%
Italy0% → <0.1%
Canada<0.1% → <0.1%
Panama<0.1% → <0.1%
Brazil0.2% → 0.1%
Costa Rica4.6% → 2.1%
Mexico59% → 52%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's grown

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

Most imported watermelons & melons come from Latin America. Mexico alone sends 52%, and Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica add another 48%.

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

Where it enters

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

51% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Nogales alone takes 46%. Port Everglades and Philadelphia follow at 19% and 9%.

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

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ABCDEF
  1. ANogales, AZ $376M
  2. BPort Everglades, FL $157M
  3. CPhiladelphia, PA $72.3M
  4. DMiami, FL $53.1M
  5. EPort Hueneme, CA $49.9M
  6. FFreeport, TX $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 watermelons & melons is used.

Three states are listed for over $100M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01Florida$292M
  2. 02Arizona$259M
  3. 03California$134M
  4. 04Texas$42.1M
  5. 05New Jersey$36.4M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 080711, 080719. How we count.