Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$5.5 billion$5.5B
vs 2012
2.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
33%
Busiest portTop port
Miami Airport, FL

The US buys the most salmon from Chile: 47% of $5.5 billion.

Norway is second at 19%. Fresh, chilled and frozen salmon, whole and filleted.

Where US salmon comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $5.5B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Chile$2.55B46.7%
  2. 02Norway$1.04B19.0%
  3. 03Canada$0.73B13.4%
  4. 04Faroe Islands$0.25B4.5%
  5. 05United Kingdom$0.20B3.6%
  6. 06Netherlands$0.19B3.5%
  7. 07China$0.15B2.7%
  8. 08Denmark$61.5M1.1%
  9. 09New Zealand$60.4M1.1%
  10. 10Thailand$51.9M1.0%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.18B3.2%

Total US salmon imports by year · $1.9B in 2012 to $5.5B in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2012 to 2025

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

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

Norway13% → 19%
Netherlands<0.1% → 3.5%
Chile44% → 47%
Faroe Islands3.4% → 4.5%
Denmark<0.1% → 1.1%
New Zealand0.5% → 1.1%
United Kingdom3.7% → 3.6%
Thailand1.2% → 1%
China8.7% → 2.7%
Canada23% → 13%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

No single region supplies most imported salmon. Latin America leads at 47%, then Europe at 34%. Chile and Norway send 66% between them, and Canada, the Faroe Islands and the United Kingdom add another 22%.

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  1. 01Chile
  2. 02Norway
  3. 03Canada
  4. 04Faroe Islands
  5. 05United Kingdom
  6. 06Netherlands
  7. 07China
  8. 08Denmark

Where it lands

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

53% arrives by air. Miami Airport alone takes 27%. Newark and Los Angeles Airport (LAX) follow at 7% each.

Air cargo is recorded where it clears customs, which isn't always where the plane landed.

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  1. AMiami Airport, FL $1.46B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.40B
  3. CLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $0.39B
  4. DBlaine, WA $0.37B
  5. EJFK Airport, NY $0.29B
  6. FPort Everglades, FL $0.24B
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 salmon is used.

One state is listed for over $1B.

  1. 01Florida$2.02B
  2. 02California$0.87B
  3. 03Massachusetts$0.43B
  4. 04New York$0.39B
  5. 05Maryland$0.30B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 030213, 030214, 030311, 030312, 030313, 030441, 030481, 160411. How we count.