Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2.8 billion$2.8B
vs 2010
1.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
1%
Busiest portTop port
Hidalgo, TX

Most imported tomatoes come from Mexico: 81% of $2.8 billion.

Canada is second at 18%. Fresh and chilled tomatoes.

Where US tomatoes come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2.8B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$2.30B80.7%
  2. 02Canada$0.51B18.0%
  3. 03Guatemala$22.2M0.8%
  4. 04Dominican Republic$11.2M0.4%
  5. 05Honduras$3.8M0.1%
  6. 06New Zealand$136K<0.1%
  7. 07Australia$108K<0.1%
  8. 08Spain$83K<0.1%
  9. 09Portugal$21K<0.1%
  10. 10United Kingdom$3K<0.1%

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

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

Canada13% → 18%
Guatemala0.5% → 0.8%
Honduras<0.1% → 0.1%
Dominican Republic0.3% → 0.4%
Australia0% → <0.1%
Spain<0.1% → <0.1%
Portugal0% → <0.1%
United Kingdom0% → <0.1%
New Zealand<0.1% → <0.1%
Mexico86% → 81%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's grown

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

Mexico alone sends 81%, and Canada adds another 18%. North America is the next-largest source region at 18%.

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Where it enters

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

99% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Hidalgo and Nogales take 23% each. Laredo follows at 22%.

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

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  1. AHidalgo, TX $0.66B
  2. BNogales, AZ $0.64B
  3. CLaredo, TX $0.64B
  4. DDetroit, MI $0.46B
  5. EOtay Mesa, CA $0.28B
  6. FBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $46.5M
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 tomatoes is used.

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

  1. 01Texas$0.73B
  2. 02Arizona$0.68B
  3. 03Michigan$0.58B
  4. 04California$0.35B
  5. 05Florida$0.10B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 0702. How we count.