Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.8 billion$1.8B
vs 2010
2.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
86%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

The US buys the most pasta from Italy: 41% of $1.8 billion.

South Korea is second at 18%. Spaghetti, couscous and filled pasta in dried and fresh forms.

Where US pasta comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.8B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Italy$0.73B40.9%
  2. 02South Korea$0.32B18.2%
  3. 03Canada$0.18B9.9%
  4. 04Thailand$86.5M4.9%
  5. 05China$85.0M4.8%
  6. 06Vietnam$77.3M4.4%
  7. 07Mexico$63.6M3.6%
  8. 08Taiwan$41.3M2.3%
  9. 09Japan$36.3M2.0%
  10. 10Turkey$21.9M1.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.14B7.7%

Total US pasta imports by year · $655M in 2010 to $1.8B 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 pasta imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US pasta imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

South Korea7.1% → 18%
Italy33% → 41%
Vietnam1.6% → 4.4%
Turkey0.3% → 1.2%
Taiwan1.8% → 2.3%
Japan2.4% → 2%
Thailand6.8% → 4.9%
Mexico5.5% → 3.6%
China12% → 4.8%
Canada20% → 9.9%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

No single region supplies most imported pasta. Europe leads at 43%, then Asia at 39%. Italy and South Korea send 59% between them, and Canada, Thailand and China add another 20%.

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  1. 01Italy
  2. 02South Korea
  3. 03Canada
  4. 04Thailand
  5. 05China
  6. 06Vietnam
  7. 07Mexico
  8. 08Taiwan

Where it lands

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

86% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Newark takes 28%. Los Angeles and Savannah follow at 23% and 6%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $0.50B
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $0.41B
  3. CSavannah, GA $0.10B
  4. DBaltimore, MD $0.10B
  5. EOakland, CA $89.6M
  6. FNorfolk, VA $72.3M
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 pasta is used.

Four states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01California$0.64B
  2. 02New York$0.25B
  3. 03New Jersey$0.20B
  4. 04Illinois$0.16B
  5. 05Texas$88.1M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 1902. How we count.