Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.5 billion$1.5B
vs 2010
1.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
76%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

The US buys the most tuna from Thailand: 37% of $1.5 billion.

Vietnam is second at 11%. Canned, frozen and fresh tuna.

Where US tuna comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.5B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Thailand$0.55B37.1%
  2. 02Vietnam$0.15B10.5%
  3. 03Mexico$0.15B10.4%
  4. 04Ecuador$0.14B9.4%
  5. 05Indonesia$64.7M4.4%
  6. 06Spain$55.6M3.8%
  7. 07Costa Rica$44.2M3.0%
  8. 08Fiji$37.0M2.5%
  9. 09Panama$35.4M2.4%
  10. 10Senegal$29.1M2.0%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.21B14.4%

Total US tuna imports by year · $1.1B in 2010 to $1.5B 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 tuna imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US tuna imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Mexico2.8% → 10%
Thailand32% → 37%
Spain1.3% → 3.8%
Vietnam8.4% → 11%
Senegal<0.1% → 2%
Costa Rica1.2% → 3%
Panama0.6% → 2.4%
Indonesia5% → 4.4%
Ecuador11% → 9.4%
Fiji6.3% → 2.5%
China8.6% → 0.1%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

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

Most imported tuna comes from Southeast Asia. Thailand and Vietnam send 48% between them, and Indonesia and the Philippines add another 6%. Mexico, Ecuador and Costa Rica send 23% from Latin America.

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  1. 01Thailand
  2. 02Vietnam
  3. 03Mexico
  4. 04Ecuador
  5. 05Indonesia
  6. 06Spain
  7. 07Costa Rica
  8. 08Fiji

Where it lands

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

76% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Newark takes 20%. Los Angeles and Savannah follow at 18% and 17%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $0.29B
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $0.26B
  3. CSavannah, GA $0.25B
  4. DOtay Mesa, CA $95.0M
  5. EMiami Airport, FL $80.8M
  6. FLong Beach, CA $49.4M
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 tuna is used.

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

  1. 01California$0.49B
  2. 02Georgia$0.24B
  3. 03New Jersey$0.22B
  4. 04Florida$0.10B
  5. 05Texas$98.4M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 160414, 030231, 030232, 030233, 030234, 030235, 030239, 030341, 030342, 030343, 030344, 030345, 030346, 030349. How we count.