Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1.4 billion$1.4B
vs 2010
1.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
79%
Busiest portTop port
Newark, NJ

Most imported vitamins come from China: 56% of $1.4 billion.

Switzerland is second at 13%. Vitamins and provitamins as bulk ingredients.

Where US vitamins come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1.4B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$0.77B56.3%
  2. 02Switzerland$0.17B12.6%
  3. 03India$94.2M6.9%
  4. 04United Kingdom$71.3M5.2%
  5. 05France$66.8M4.9%
  6. 06Germany$62.4M4.6%
  7. 07Italy$25.7M1.9%
  8. 08Spain$18.9M1.4%
  9. 09Japan$18.2M1.3%
  10. 10South Korea$12.9M0.9%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $54.5M4.0%

Total US vitamins imports by year · $1.1B in 2010 to $1.4B 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 vitamins imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US vitamins imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

India3.5% → 6.9%
China54% → 56%
Spain0.4% → 1.4%
France4.6% → 4.9%
Italy1.7% → 1.9%
Japan1.4% → 1.3%
United Kingdom5.3% → 5.2%
South Korea1.2% → 0.9%
Germany7.2% → 4.6%
Switzerland16% → 13%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported vitamins are made in East Asia. China alone sends 56%, and India and Japan add another 8%. Switzerland, the United Kingdom and France send 23% from Europe.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Switzerland
  3. 03India
  4. 04United Kingdom
  5. 05France
  6. 06Germany
  7. 07Italy
  8. 08Spain

Where it lands

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

79% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East and West Coast ports. Newark and Los Angeles take 22% each. Chester follows at 17%.

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  1. ANewark, NJ $0.30B
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $0.30B
  3. CChester, PA $0.24B
  4. DJFK Airport, NY $95.6M
  5. ELong Beach, CA $74.9M
  6. FLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $55.3M
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 vitamins is used.

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

  1. 01New Jersey$0.34B
  2. 02California$0.24B
  3. 03Pennsylvania$0.21B
  4. 04Illinois$0.11B
  5. 05New York$93.7M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 2936. How we count.