Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$592 million$592M
vs 2010
1.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
82%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

The US buys the most tea from Japan: 31% of $592 million.

India is second at 10%. Green tea, black tea and other teas.

Where US tea comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $592M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Japan$185M31.2%
  2. 02India$60.4M10.2%
  3. 03China$52.1M8.8%
  4. 04Argentina$49.5M8.4%
  5. 05Sri Lanka$45.7M7.7%
  6. 06Canada$29.5M5.0%
  7. 07United Kingdom$22.5M3.8%
  8. 08United Arab Emirates$18.6M3.1%
  9. 09Taiwan$18.1M3.1%
  10. 10Germany$17.9M3.0%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $93.0M15.7%

Total US tea imports by year · $379M in 2010 to $592M 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 tea imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US tea imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Japan8.3% → 31%
United Arab Emirates0.4% → 3.1%
Taiwan1.9% → 3.1%
United Kingdom2.9% → 3.8%
Sri Lanka7.4% → 7.7%
Canada5.4% → 5%
Germany4.9% → 3%
India13% → 10%
Argentina18% → 8.4%
China22% → 8.8%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most imported tea comes from Asia. Japan and India send 41% between them, and China, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Pakistan add another 21%. Argentina ships from Latin America.

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  1. 01Japan
  2. 02India
  3. 03China
  4. 04Argentina
  5. 05Sri Lanka
  6. 06Canada
  7. 07United Kingdom
  8. 08United Arab Emirates

Where it lands

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

82% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Los Angeles takes 25%. Newark and Savannah follow at 21% and 7%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $147M
  2. BNewark, NJ $125M
  3. CSavannah, GA $44.0M
  4. DNorfolk, VA $42.6M
  5. EOakland, CA $21.0M
  6. FBlaine, WA $19.1M
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 tea is used.

One state is listed for over $100M.

  1. 01California$184M
  2. 02New Jersey$76.0M
  3. 03Georgia$48.5M
  4. 04New York$45.3M
  5. 05Illinois$34.0M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 0902. How we count.