Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.8 billion$1.8B
vs 2010
0.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
90%
Busiest portTop port
Savannah, GA

The US buys the most sugar from Mexico: 26% of $1.8 billion.

Brazil is second at 13%. Cane and beet sugar.

Where US sugar comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.8B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$0.47B25.8%
  2. 02Brazil$0.23B13.0%
  3. 03Guatemala$0.17B9.2%
  4. 04Dominican Republic$0.15B8.3%
  5. 05Colombia$0.13B7.2%
  6. 06El Salvador$0.11B6.3%
  7. 07Australia$0.11B6.3%
  8. 08Argentina$78.2M4.3%
  9. 09Costa Rica$50.8M2.8%
  10. 10Peru$33.3M1.8%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.27B14.9%

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

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

Colombia2.8% → 7.2%
Brazil9.3% → 13%
Australia3.2% → 6.3%
Dominican Republic5.4% → 8.3%
Argentina1.8% → 4.3%
Guatemala6.9% → 9.2%
El Salvador4.1% → 6.3%
Peru0.7% → 1.8%
Costa Rica3.5% → 2.8%
Mexico46% → 26%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported sugar is made in Latin America. Mexico and Brazil send 39% between them, and Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, Colombia and El Salvador add another 31%. Australia ships from Oceania.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Brazil
  3. 03Guatemala
  4. 04Dominican Republic
  5. 05Colombia
  6. 06El Salvador
  7. 07Australia
  8. 08Argentina

Where it lands

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

90% arrives by ship, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Savannah takes 16%. Crockett and Baltimore follow at 15% and 13%.

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  1. ASavannah, GA $0.29B
  2. BCrockett, CA $0.26B
  3. CBaltimore, MD $0.24B
  4. DPhiladelphia, PA $0.21B
  5. ENewark, NJ $74.9M
  6. FHouston, TX $73.4M
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 sugar is used.

Six states are listed for over $100M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01California$0.46B
  2. 02Georgia$0.29B
  3. 03Maryland$0.20B
  4. 04Pennsylvania$0.16B
  5. 05Connecticut$0.15B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 1701. How we count.