Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2.9 billion$2.9B
vs 2010
1.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
47%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

The US buys the most soda & soft drinks from Mexico: 34% of $2.9 billion.

Canada is second at 19%. Sweetened drinks and other non-alcoholic beverages, energy drinks included.

Where US soda & soft drinks come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2.9B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$0.96B33.8%
  2. 02Canada$0.53B18.5%
  3. 03Italy$0.15B5.2%
  4. 04Philippines$0.11B4.0%
  5. 05South Korea$0.10B3.6%
  6. 06United Kingdom$98.0M3.4%
  7. 07Switzerland$94.3M3.3%
  8. 08Thailand$86.3M3.0%
  9. 09Netherlands$77.0M2.7%
  10. 10France$65.0M2.3%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.58B20.3%

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US soda & soft drinks imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US soda & soft drinks imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Mexico11% → 34%
Canada3% → 19%
United Kingdom0.7% → 3.4%
Netherlands0.1% → 2.7%
Italy3.4% → 5.2%
Philippines2.7% → 4%
South Korea2.6% → 3.6%
France1.6% → 2.3%
Thailand7% → 3%
Austria22% → 0.4%
Switzerland35% → 3.3%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

No single region supplies most imported soda & soft drinks. Latin America leads at 40%, then Europe at 22%. Mexico and Canada send 52% between them, and Italy, the Philippines and South Korea add another 13%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03Italy
  4. 04Philippines
  5. 05South Korea
  6. 06United Kingdom
  7. 07Switzerland
  8. 08Thailand

Where it enters

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

52% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Laredo takes 17%. Newark and Los Angeles follow at 13% and 8%.

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

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  1. ALaredo, TX $0.49B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.37B
  3. CLos Angeles, CA $0.23B
  4. DPort Huron, MI $0.22B
  5. EOtay Mesa, CA $0.15B
  6. FCalexico East, CA $0.13B
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 soda & soft drinks is used.

Eight states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Texas$0.72B
  2. 02Georgia$0.40B
  3. 03California$0.38B
  4. 04New Jersey$0.29B
  5. 05Florida$0.19B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 2202. How we count.