Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$183 million$183M
vs 2010
2.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
91%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

The US buys the most rum from Jamaica: 15% of $183 million.

Dominican Republic is second at 10%. Rum and tafia.

Where US rum comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $183M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Jamaica$28.1M15.3%
  2. 02Dominican Republic$18.1M9.9%
  3. 03Guatemala$17.9M9.8%
  4. 04Venezuela$16.6M9.1%
  5. 05Barbados$16.5M9.0%
  6. 06France$11.6M6.3%
  7. 07Canada$11.5M6.3%
  8. 08Haiti$10.9M6.0%
  9. 09Nicaragua$10.1M5.5%
  10. 10Guyana$7.0M3.8%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $34.6M18.9%

Total US rum imports by year · $76.6M in 2010 to $183M 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 rum imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US rum imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Venezuela3.1% → 9.1%
Canada1.1% → 6.3%
Haiti1.3% → 6%
France2.9% → 6.3%
Jamaica13% → 15%
Dominican Republic9.7% → 9.9%
Guatemala10% → 9.8%
Guyana4.4% → 3.8%
Nicaragua6.2% → 5.5%
Barbados16% → 9%
Mexico12% → 1%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported rum is made in Latin America. Jamaica and the Dominican Republic send 25% between them, and Guatemala, Venezuela, Barbados and Haiti add another 34%. France ships from Europe.

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  1. 01Jamaica
  2. 02Dominican Republic
  3. 03Guatemala
  4. 04Venezuela
  5. 05Barbados
  6. 06France
  7. 07Canada
  8. 08Haiti

Where it lands

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

91% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Newark alone takes 33%. New York and Miami follow at 14% and 11%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $59.6M
  2. BNew York, NY $24.9M
  3. CMiami, FL $19.6M
  4. DJacksonville, FL $8.7M
  5. EWilmington, DE $7.6M
  6. FPort Everglades, FL $7.1M
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 rum is used.

Five states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01New Jersey$44.6M
  2. 02Florida$33.7M
  3. 03New York$31.3M
  4. 04Kentucky$15.2M
  5. 05Texas$12.4M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 220840. How we count.