Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$128 million$128M
vs 2010
1.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
over 99%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

Most imported pears come from Argentina: 54% of $128 million.

South Korea is second at 25%. Fresh pears and quinces.

Where US pears come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $128M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Argentina$69.7M54.4%
  2. 02South Korea$31.4M24.5%
  3. 03Chile$15.8M12.3%
  4. 04China$10.3M8.0%
  5. 05Canada$389K0.3%
  6. 06New Zealand$331K0.3%
  7. 07South Africa$126K<0.1%
  8. 08Australia$49K<0.1%
  9. 09Japan$15K<0.1%

Total US pears imports by year · $83.2M in 2010 to $128M 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 pears imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US pears imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Argentina46% → 54%
South Korea21% → 25%
Canada<0.1% → 0.3%
Australia0% → <0.1%
Japan0.1% → <0.1%
South Africa1.2% → <0.1%
New Zealand1.8% → 0.3%
China12% → 8%
Chile18% → 12%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's grown

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

Most imported pears come from Latin America. Argentina alone sends 54%, and Chile adds another 12%. South Korea and China send 33% from Asia.

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  1. 01Argentina
  2. 02South Korea
  3. 03Chile
  4. 04China
  5. 05Canada
  6. 06New Zealand
  7. 07South Africa
  8. 08Australia

Where it lands

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

Over 99% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles takes 42%. Philadelphia and Seattle follow at 39% and 6%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $54.0M
  2. BPhiladelphia, PA $50.3M
  3. CSeattle, WA $7.3M
  4. DNewark, NJ $6.2M
  5. ELong Beach, CA $2.0M
  6. FNew York, NY $1.2M
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 pears is used.

Three states are listed for over $10M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01California$63.4M
  2. 02New Jersey$31.0M
  3. 03Pennsylvania$23.0M
  4. 04New York$3.5M
  5. 05Florida$3.0M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 080830, 080820. How we count.