Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1 billion$1B
vs 2010
4.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
under 0.1%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Most imported strawberries come from Mexico: 98% of $1 billion.

Canada is second at 2%. Fresh strawberries.

Where US strawberries come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$1.01B97.6%
  2. 02Canada$22.8M2.2%
  3. 03South Korea$597K<0.1%
  4. 04Spain$581K<0.1%
  5. 05Japan$487K<0.1%
  6. 06Peru$436K<0.1%
  7. 07Costa Rica$21K<0.1%
  8. 08Egypt$7K<0.1%
  9. 09Netherlands$2K<0.1%

Total US strawberries imports by year · $219M in 2010 to $1B 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 strawberries imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US strawberries imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Canada0.4% → 2.2%
South Korea<0.1% → <0.1%
Spain0% → <0.1%
Japan<0.1% → <0.1%
Costa Rica0% → <0.1%
Egypt0% → <0.1%
Netherlands<0.1% → <0.1%
Peru<0.1% → <0.1%
Mexico99% → 98%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's grown

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

Mexico sends almost all of it (98%). Canada is next at 2%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03South Korea
  4. 04Spain
  5. 05Japan
  6. 06Peru
  7. 07Costa Rica
  8. 08Egypt

Where it enters

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

Nearly all of it comes in by land or other routes. Laredo takes 34%. Hidalgo and Otay Mesa follow at 32% and 31%.

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

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  1. ALaredo, TX $0.35B
  2. BHidalgo, TX $0.33B
  3. COtay Mesa, CA $0.32B
  4. DDetroit, MI $15.0M
  5. EDerby Line, VT $4.2M
  6. FRoma, TX $2.6M
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 strawberries is used.

Two states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01California$0.77B
  2. 02Texas$0.18B
  3. 03Delaware$17.1M
  4. 04Washington$11.4M
  5. 05Michigan$8.7M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 081010. How we count.