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

In 2024, the United States imported $1.6 billion of tuna (266 thousand tonnes), 10.8% of the world total. Its main sources were Thailand (35%), Vietnam (11%) and Mexico (10%). The United States was the world’s 2nd-largest importer of tuna.

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
266thousand tonnes
Share of world total
10.8%
World rank
2nd
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Thailand547Tonnes: 116,892USD per tonne: $4,67834.9%Sea
Vietnam172Tonnes: 30,347USD per tonne: $5,67711%Sea
Mexico151Tonnes: 19,590USD per tonne: $7,7029.6%Land
Ecuador122Tonnes: 21,454USD per tonne: $5,6687.8%Sea
Indonesia69.5Tonnes: 11,802USD per tonne: $5,8884.4%Sea
Spain66.8Tonnes: 3,827USD per tonne: $17,4464.3%Sea
Fiji63.5Tonnes: 10,844USD per tonne: $5,8554.1%Sea
Senegal59.2Tonnes: 11,429USD per tonne: $5,1813.8%Sea
Costa Rica38.2Tonnes: 5,894USD per tonne: $6,4752.4%Sea
Panama28.5Tonnes: 2,879USD per tonne: $9,8831.8%Sea
Philippines28Tonnes: 5,315USD per tonne: $5,2671.8%Sea
Australia22.1Tonnes: 1,308USD per tonne: $16,8621.4%Sea
Mauritius21.8Tonnes: 4,466USD per tonne: $4,8861.4%Sea
Peru21.4Tonnes: 4,591USD per tonne: $4,6521.4%Sea
Sri Lanka20.4Tonnes: 926USD per tonne: $22,0321.3%Sea
French Polynesia16.3Tonnes: 1,337USD per tonne: $12,2041%Sea
South Africa13.2Tonnes: 860USD per tonne: $15,3940.84%Sea
Brazil12Tonnes: 1,096USD per tonne: $10,9510.77%Sea
Suriname11.7Tonnes: 1,423USD per tonne: $8,2580.75%Sea
Marshall Islands11Tonnes: 840USD per tonne: $13,0880.7%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Thailand was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Thailand 547
  • Vietnam 172
  • Mexico 151
  • Ecuador 122
  • Indonesia 69.5

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Thailand167547
Vietnam0.04172
Mexico15.9151
Ecuador42.5122
Indonesia58.869.5

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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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