Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$96 million$96M
vs 2010
2.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
30%
Busiest portTop port
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY

Most imported vanilla comes from Madagascar: 70% of $96 million.

Uganda is second at 12%. Vanilla beans, whole, crushed or ground.

Where US vanilla comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $96M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Madagascar$67.5M70.3%
  2. 02Uganda$11.8M12.3%
  3. 03Indonesia$10.1M10.6%
  4. 04France$2.9M3.0%
  5. 05Papua New Guinea$1.4M1.4%
  6. 06French Polynesia$577K0.6%
  7. 07Comoros$386K0.4%
  8. 08Mexico$269K0.3%
  9. 09Tanzania$252K0.3%
  10. 10Germany$178K0.2%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $550K0.6%

Total US vanilla imports by year · $36.8M in 2010 to $96M 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 vanilla imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US vanilla imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Uganda0.7% → 12%
France1% → 3%
Papua New Guinea0.6% → 1.4%
Mexico0.2% → 0.3%
French Polynesia0.6% → 0.6%
Tanzania0.3% → 0.3%
Comoros0.5% → 0.4%
Indonesia11% → 11%
Germany1.1% → 0.2%
Netherlands1.8% → <0.1%
Madagascar81% → 70%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's grown

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

Most imported vanilla comes from Africa. Madagascar alone sends 70%, and Uganda adds another 12%. Indonesia sends 11% from Asia.

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  1. 01Madagascar
  2. 02Uganda
  3. 03Indonesia
  4. 04France
  5. 05Papua New Guinea
  6. 06French Polynesia
  7. 07Comoros
  8. 08Mexico

Where it lands

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

53% arrives by air. Champlain-Rouses Point takes 15%. Newark and Washington Dulles follow at 13% and 11%.

Air cargo is recorded where it clears customs, which isn't always where the plane landed.

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  1. AChamplain-Rouses Point, NY $14.1M
  2. BNewark, NJ $12.6M
  3. CWashington Dulles, DC $10.9M
  4. DChicago, IL $10.7M
  5. EJFK Airport, NY $9.7M
  6. FNorfolk, VA $7.2M
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 vanilla is used.

Four states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Maryland$24.8M
  2. 02New Jersey$19.4M
  3. 03New York$12.4M
  4. 04Illinois$10.0M
  5. 05Missouri$6.3M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 0905. How we count.