Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$5.1 billion$5.1B
vs 2010
3.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
79%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

The US buys the most perfume from France: 49% of $5.1 billion.

Italy is second at 14%. Perfumes and toilet waters.

Where US perfume comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $5.1B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01France$2.52B49.2%
  2. 02Italy$0.73B14.2%
  3. 03United Arab Emirates$0.72B14.0%
  4. 04Spain$0.68B13.3%
  5. 05United Kingdom$88.8M1.7%
  6. 06Mexico$77.0M1.5%
  7. 07Switzerland$69.7M1.4%
  8. 08China$46.5M0.9%
  9. 09India$38.8M0.8%
  10. 10Canada$20.8M0.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.14B2.6%

Total US perfume imports by year · $1.6B in 2010 to $5.1B 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 perfume imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US perfume imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

United Arab Emirates0.8% → 14%
Spain6.2% → 13%
Italy11% → 14%
Canada0.4% → 0.4%
India1.5% → 0.8%
Mexico2.4% → 1.5%
China2.2% → 0.9%
Switzerland3.6% → 1.4%
United Kingdom8.3% → 1.7%
France58% → 49%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported perfume is made in Europe. France and Italy send 63% between them, and Spain, the United Kingdom and Switzerland add another 16%. The United Arab Emirates sends 14% from the Middle East.

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  1. 01France
  2. 02Italy
  3. 03United Arab Emirates
  4. 04Spain
  5. 05United Kingdom
  6. 06Mexico
  7. 07Switzerland
  8. 08China

Where it lands

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

79% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Newark alone takes 47%. Miami and JFK Airport follow at 11% and 7%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $2.39B
  2. BMiami, FL $0.55B
  3. CJFK Airport, NY $0.33B
  4. DNew York, NY $0.30B
  5. EPort Everglades, FL $0.28B
  6. FChester, PA $0.18B
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 perfume is used.

Three states are listed for over $1B each.

  1. 01New Jersey$1.48B
  2. 02New York$1.33B
  3. 03Florida$1.25B
  4. 04Texas$0.30B
  5. 05North Carolina$0.24B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 3303. How we count.