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Where does the United States get its cut flowers? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United States imported $2.5 billion of cut flowers (340 thousand tonnes), 25.1% of the world total. Colombia sold 71% of the total, followed by Ecuador (13%) and Canada (4%). The United States was the world’s largest importer of cut flowers.

Summary

Value
$2.5billion
Tonnes
340thousand tonnes
Share of world total
25.1%
World rank
1st
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Colombia1.8Tonnes: 242,217USD per tonne: $7,43771.1%Sea
Ecuador0.32Tonnes: 55,976USD per tonne: $5,73212.7%Sea
Canada0.11Tonnes: 11,242USD per tonne: $10,0614.5%Land
Netherlands re-exports0.11Tonnes: 11,062USD per tonne: $9,8264.3%Sea
Mexico0.04Tonnes: 4,024USD per tonne: $10,0261.6%Land
Costa Rica0.04Tonnes: 4,060USD per tonne: $9,1691.5%Sea
Guatemala0.03Tonnes: 3,022USD per tonne: $8,6441%Sea
Thailand0.02Tonnes: 1,873USD per tonne: $9,3720.69%Sea
Chile0.01Tonnes: 688USD per tonne: $19,8480.54%Sea
Peru0.01Tonnes: 980USD per tonne: $9,4610.37%Sea
Israel0.01Tonnes: 957USD per tonne: $8,3430.32%Sea
China< 0.01Tonnes: 497USD per tonne: $8,7480.17%Sea
Ethiopia< 0.01Tonnes: 479USD per tonne: $8,9860.17%Sea
Japan< 0.01Tonnes: 299USD per tonne: $13,1400.16%Sea
South Africa< 0.01Tonnes: 314USD per tonne: $11,4510.14%Sea
France< 0.01Tonnes: 219USD per tonne: $13,5360.12%Sea
New Zealand< 0.01Tonnes: 257USD per tonne: $11,2280.11%Sea
Italy< 0.01Tonnes: 169USD per tonne: $16,3520.11%Sea
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 275USD per tonne: $7,9570.09%Sea
Kenya< 0.01Tonnes: 286USD per tonne: $6,6510.08%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Colombia was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Colombia 1.8
  • Ecuador 0.32
  • Canada 0.11
  • Netherlands 0.11
  • Mexico 0.04

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Colombia0.371.8
Ecuador0.060.32
Canada0.010.11
Netherlands0.090.11
Mexico0.030.04

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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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