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Where does the United States get its avocados? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United States imported $3.8 billion of avocados (1.2 million tonnes), 39.7% of the world total. Mexico sold 91% of the total, followed by Peru (5%) and Colombia (2%). The United States was the world’s largest importer of avocados.

Summary

Value
$3.8billion
Tonnes
1.2million tonnes
Share of world total
39.7%
World rank
1st
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 14 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Mexico3.5Tonnes: 1,052,532USD per tonne: $3,29691%Land
Peru0.17Tonnes: 66,903USD per tonne: $2,6154.6%Sea
Colombia0.08Tonnes: 30,958USD per tonne: $2,5552.1%Sea
Dominican Republic0.07Tonnes: 42,995USD per tonne: $1,6271.8%Sea
Chile0.02Tonnes: 5,854USD per tonne: $3,4630.53%Sea
New Zealand< 0.01Tonnes: 96USD per tonne: $3,2500.01%Sea
Guatemala< 0.01Tonnes: 23USD per tonne: $5,3940%Sea
Israel< 0.01Tonnes: 18USD per tonne: $5,4460%Sea
Kenya< 0.01Tonnes: 9USD per tonne: $3,3240%Sea
Norway< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $11,0000%Sea
Brazil< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $1,9440%Sea
Germany< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $5,7050%Sea
Belgium re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $2,6560%Sea
Mozambique< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $1,1830%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Mexico has been its main source since 2005

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Mexico 3.5
  • Peru 0.17
  • Colombia 0.08
  • Dominican Republic 0.07
  • Chile 0.02

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Mexico< 0.013.5
Peru00.17
Colombia00.08
Dominican Republic< 0.010.07
Chile0.010.02

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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