Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$108 million$108M
vs 2010
1.8× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
87%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

The US buys the most soy sauce from China: 35% of $108 million.

Japan is second at 13%. Soy sauce.

Where US soy sauce comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $108M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$37.9M35.0%
  2. 02Japan$14.1M13.0%
  3. 03Canada$13.4M12.4%
  4. 04Thailand$11.2M10.4%
  5. 05Hong Kong$8.9M8.2%
  6. 06Taiwan$6.5M6.0%
  7. 07South Korea$4.8M4.4%
  8. 08Philippines$3.8M3.5%
  9. 09Indonesia$2.5M2.3%
  10. 10Dominican Republic$1.6M1.5%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $3.5M3.3%

Total US soy sauce imports by year · $61.7M in 2010 to $108M 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 soy sauce imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US soy sauce imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Canada2.4% → 12%
Thailand7.5% → 10%
Dominican Republic0.3% → 1.5%
South Korea3.5% → 4.4%
Indonesia2% → 2.3%
Philippines3.7% → 3.5%
Taiwan6.3% → 6%
China35% → 35%
Japan16% → 13%
Hong Kong19% → 8.2%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported soy sauce is made in East Asia. China and Japan send 48% between them, and Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea add another 29%. Canada adds 12%.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Japan
  3. 03Canada
  4. 04Thailand
  5. 05Hong Kong
  6. 06Taiwan
  7. 07South Korea
  8. 08Philippines

Where it lands

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

87% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 32%. Newark and Long Beach follow at 20% and 11%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $34.5M
  2. BNewark, NJ $21.8M
  3. CLong Beach, CA $11.5M
  4. DPort Huron, MI $8.7M
  5. EOakland, CA $4.8M
  6. FDetroit, MI $4.4M
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 soy sauce is used.

Three states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01California$43.0M
  2. 02New York$16.3M
  3. 03Indiana$11.9M
  4. 04New Jersey$7.7M
  5. 05Maryland$6.2M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 210310. How we count.