Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$351 million$351M
vs 2010
2.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
8%
Busiest portTop port
Houlton, ME

Most imported potatoes come from Canada: over 99% of $351 million.

Mexico is second at under 0.1%. Fresh and chilled potatoes.

Where US potatoes come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $351M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$350Mover 99%
  2. 02Mexico$73K<0.1%
  3. 03Colombia$23K<0.1%
  4. 04Netherlands$22K<0.1%
  5. 05Dominican Republic$8K<0.1%
  6. 06Peru$8K<0.1%

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

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

Mexico0% → <0.1%
Dominican Republic0% → <0.1%
Netherlands<0.1% → <0.1%
Peru<0.1% → <0.1%
Colombia<0.1% → <0.1%
Canadaover 99% → over 99%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's grown

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

Canada sends almost all of it (over 99%).

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02Mexico
  3. 03Colombia
  4. 04Netherlands
  5. 05Dominican Republic
  6. 06Peru

Where it enters

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

92% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Houlton alone takes 28%. Pembina and Buffalo-Niagara Falls follow at 17% and 11%.

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

ABCDE
  • FSan Juan, PR, off map

Off this map: F San Juan, PR

ABCDE
  1. AHoulton, ME $98.0M
  2. BPembina, ND $59.0M
  3. CBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $39.3M
  4. DSweetgrass, MT $28.1M
  5. EChamplain-Rouses Point, NY $26.6M
  6. FSan Juan, PR $25.9M
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 potatoes is used.

11 states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Wisconsin$52.1M
  2. 02North Dakota$29.0M
  3. 03Georgia$28.9M
  4. 04Pennsylvania$22.7M
  5. 05New York$22.6M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 0701. How we count.