Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.5 billion$1.5B
vs 2010
2.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
97%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Most imported rice comes from Thailand: 58% of $1.5 billion.

India is second at 25%. Rice in the husk, husked, milled and broken.

Where US rice comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.5B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Thailand$0.88B58.3%
  2. 02India$0.37B24.6%
  3. 03Pakistan$47.4M3.2%
  4. 04Argentina$36.8M2.4%
  5. 05China$29.2M1.9%
  6. 06Vietnam$28.1M1.9%
  7. 07Canada$23.7M1.6%
  8. 08Japan$20.3M1.3%
  9. 09Italy$18.8M1.3%
  10. 10Brazil$13.4M0.9%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $39.5M2.6%

Total US rice imports by year · $574M in 2010 to $1.5B 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 rice imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US rice imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

India23% → 25%
Argentina0.6% → 2.4%
Japan0.1% → 1.3%
China0.8% → 1.9%
Canada0.7% → 1.6%
Thailand59% → 58%
Italy2% → 1.3%
Brazil1.9% → 0.9%
Vietnam3.6% → 1.9%
Pakistan5.1% → 3.2%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's grown

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

Most imported rice comes from Southeast Asia. Thailand alone sends 58%, and India, Pakistan, China, Vietnam and Japan add another 33%. Argentina ships from Latin America.

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  1. 01Thailand
  2. 02India
  3. 03Pakistan
  4. 04Argentina
  5. 05China
  6. 06Vietnam
  7. 07Canada
  8. 08Japan

Where it lands

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

97% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Newark alone takes 28%. Los Angeles and Savannah follow at 15% and 8%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $0.43B
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $0.22B
  3. CSavannah, GA $0.12B
  4. DHouston, TX $0.12B
  5. ELong Beach, CA $97.5M
  6. FSan Juan, PR $85.8M
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 rice is used.

Five states are listed for over $100M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01California$0.45B
  2. 02New Jersey$0.26B
  3. 03New York$0.14B
  4. 04Texas$0.12B
  5. 05Georgia$0.11B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 1006. How we count.