Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2.4 billion$2.4B
vs 2010
2.8× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
98%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

The US buys the most olive oil from Spain: 36% of $2.4 billion.

Italy is a close second at 35%. Virgin and refined olive oil.

Where US olive oil comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2.4B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Spain$0.84B35.6%
  2. 02Italy$0.81B34.6%
  3. 03Tunisia$0.34B14.4%
  4. 04Greece$82.2M3.5%
  5. 05Turkey$64.8M2.8%
  6. 06Argentina$51.2M2.2%
  7. 07Chile$47.6M2.0%
  8. 08Portugal$34.8M1.5%
  9. 09Morocco$26.8M1.1%
  10. 10Lebanon$16.0M0.7%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $36.4M1.5%

Total US olive oil imports by year · $869M in 2010 to $2.4B 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 olive oil imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US olive oil imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Spain27% → 36%
Turkey1.2% → 2.8%
Portugal0.4% → 1.5%
Greece3.1% → 3.5%
Lebanon0.4% → 0.7%
Chile2.3% → 2%
Morocco2% → 1.1%
Argentina3.1% → 2.2%
Tunisia16% → 14%
Italy43% → 35%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most imported olive oil comes from Europe. Spain and Italy send 70% between them, and Greece and Portugal add another 5%. Tunisia and Morocco send 16% from Africa.

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  1. 01Spain
  2. 02Italy
  3. 03Tunisia
  4. 04Greece
  5. 05Turkey
  6. 06Argentina
  7. 07Chile
  8. 08Portugal

Where it lands

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

98% arrives by ship, mostly in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Newark alone takes 34%. Baltimore and Savannah follow at 15% and 8%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $0.79B
  2. BBaltimore, MD $0.34B
  3. CSavannah, GA $0.19B
  4. DLos Angeles, CA $0.19B
  5. ENorfolk, VA $0.17B
  6. FHouston, TX $0.16B
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 olive oil is used.

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

  1. 01New Jersey$0.52B
  2. 02Maryland$0.36B
  3. 03California$0.31B
  4. 04New York$0.29B
  5. 05Texas$0.22B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 1509. How we count.