Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$3.8 billion$3.8B
vs 2010
5.1× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
26%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

Most imported tequila & other spirits come from Mexico: 96% of $3.8 billion.

South Korea is second at 1%. Tequila, mezcal and other spirits with no heading of their own.

Where US tequila & other spirits come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $3.8B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$3.68B95.7%
  2. 02South Korea$52.8M1.4%
  3. 03France$22.6M0.6%
  4. 04China$20.4M0.5%
  5. 05Canada$17.0M0.4%
  6. 06Italy$13.5M0.3%
  7. 07New Zealand$5.0M0.1%
  8. 08Japan$4.7M0.1%
  9. 09Brazil$4.5M0.1%
  10. 10Barbados$4.3M0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $22.0M0.6%

Total US tequila & other spirits imports by year · $742M in 2010 to $3.8B 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 tequila & other spirits imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US tequila & other spirits imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Mexico93% → 96%
South Korea1% → 1.4%
Canada0.2% → 0.4%
Barbados<0.1% → 0.1%
Brazil<0.1% → 0.1%
Italy0.3% → 0.3%
New Zealand0.2% → 0.1%
Japan0.4% → 0.1%
China1.3% → 0.5%
France1.5% → 0.6%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Mexico sends almost all of it (96%). South Korea is next at 1%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02South Korea
  3. 03France
  4. 04China
  5. 05Canada
  6. 06Italy
  7. 07New Zealand
  8. 08Japan

Where it enters

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

74% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Most of it enters at Laredo (59%). Eagle Pass and Newark follow at 8% and 7%.

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

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  1. ALaredo, TX $2.29B
  2. BEagle Pass, TX $0.32B
  3. CNewark, NJ $0.28B
  4. DPort Manatee, FL $0.15B
  5. ELos Angeles, CA $0.12B
  6. FJacksonville, FL $0.11B
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 tequila & other spirits is used.

Eight states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01California$0.69B
  2. 02Florida$0.45B
  3. 03Illinois$0.39B
  4. 04Texas$0.38B
  5. 05Kentucky$0.37B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 220890. How we count.