Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2.3 billion$2.3B
vs 2010
4.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
75%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

The US buys the most pet food from Thailand: 42% of $2.3 billion.

Canada is second at 17%. Dog and cat food, packaged for retail sale.

Where US pet food comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2.3B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Thailand$0.97B42.4%
  2. 02Canada$0.39B17.0%
  3. 03Mexico$0.13B5.7%
  4. 04Cambodia$0.13B5.7%
  5. 05China$0.11B5.0%
  6. 06Vietnam$0.11B4.6%
  7. 07Poland$69.3M3.0%
  8. 08Germany$60.0M2.6%
  9. 09New Zealand$41.5M1.8%
  10. 10Serbia$32.3M1.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.25B10.7%

Total US pet food imports by year · $509M in 2010 to $2.3B 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 pet food imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US pet food imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Thailand26% → 42%
Mexico0.5% → 5.7%
Vietnam1.2% → 4.6%
Poland0% → 3%
Cambodia2.7% → 5.7%
Germany1.2% → 2.6%
Serbia0% → 1.4%
New Zealand1.3% → 1.8%
China16% → 5%
Canada41% → 17%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported pet food is made in Southeast Asia. Thailand and Cambodia send 48% between them, and China, Vietnam and Nepal add another 11%. Canada adds 17%.

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  1. 01Thailand
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03Mexico
  4. 04Cambodia
  5. 05China
  6. 06Vietnam
  7. 07Poland
  8. 08Germany

Where it lands

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

75% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles takes 19%. Long Beach and Newark follow at 17% and 13%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $0.43B
  2. BLong Beach, CA $0.39B
  3. CNewark, NJ $0.30B
  4. DPort Huron, MI $0.15B
  5. ESavannah, GA $0.13B
  6. FLaredo, TX $0.12B
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 pet food is used.

Seven states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Illinois$0.40B
  2. 02California$0.38B
  3. 03Indiana$0.17B
  4. 04Georgia$0.15B
  5. 05Pennsylvania$0.14B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 230910. How we count.