Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$675 million$675M
vs 2012
0.7× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
73%
Busiest portTop port
Miami Airport, FL

The US buys the most tilapia from China: 47% of $675 million.

Colombia is second at 14%. Fresh and frozen tilapia, whole and filleted.

Where US tilapia comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $675M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$317M47.0%
  2. 02Colombia$96.8M14.3%
  3. 03Indonesia$60.5M9.0%
  4. 04Vietnam$49.0M7.3%
  5. 05Brazil$48.6M7.2%
  6. 06Taiwan$43.2M6.4%
  7. 07Honduras$37.5M5.6%
  8. 08Mexico$9.3M1.4%
  9. 09Malaysia$3.1M0.5%
  10. 10Thailand$2.5M0.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $7.4M1.1%

Total US tilapia imports by year · $911M in 2012 to $675M in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2012 to 2025

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

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

Colombia4.6% → 14%
Brazil0.1% → 7.2%
Vietnam0.9% → 7.3%
Taiwan2.9% → 6.4%
Indonesia7.7% → 9%
Malaysia0.2% → 0.5%
Thailand0.9% → 0.4%
Honduras7.5% → 5.6%
Mexico3.4% → 1.4%
China65% → 47%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most imported tilapia comes from East Asia. China and Indonesia send 56% between them, and Vietnam and Taiwan add another 14%. Colombia, Brazil and Honduras send 27% from Latin America.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Colombia
  3. 03Indonesia
  4. 04Vietnam
  5. 05Brazil
  6. 06Taiwan
  7. 07Honduras
  8. 08Mexico

Where it lands

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

73% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Miami Airport takes 23%. Los Angeles and Newark follow at 19% and 11%.

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  1. AMiami Airport, FL $153M
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $131M
  3. CNewark, NJ $72.0M
  4. DBaltimore, MD $45.5M
  5. EHouston, TX $45.0M
  6. FMobile, AL $35.6M
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 tilapia is used.

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

  1. 01Florida$224M
  2. 02California$125M
  3. 03Texas$59.5M
  4. 04New Jersey$41.5M
  5. 05Alabama$35.5M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 030271, 030323, 030431, 030461. How we count.