Most imported onions come from Mexico: 64% of $341 million.

Peru is second at 17%. Onions and shallots.

Where US onions come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $341M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

Total US onions imports by year · $268M in 2010 to $341M in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2010 to 2025

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

Canada9.8% → 15%

Peru11% → 17%

Netherlands0.9% → 1.7%

France0.3% → 0.9%

Chile<0.1% → 0.4%

Turkey0% → 0.1%

New Zealand<0.1% → 0.2%

China0.5% → 0.4%

Guatemala0.3% → 0.1%

Mexico76% → 64%

2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

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

Most imported onions come from Latin America. Mexico alone sends 64%, and Peru adds another 17%. Canada adds 15%.

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

79% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Calexico East alone takes 34%. Savannah and Champlain-Rouses Point follow at 11% and 10%.

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

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 onions is used.

One state is listed for over $100M.

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$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 070310. How we count.