Imports: Cereal flours, excluding wheat, meslin

U.S. imports of Cereal flours, excluding wheat, meslin decreased 12.66 percent through August to $185.15 million.

Top Sources

RankCountryYTD
1Mexico$116.34 M
2Canada$22.36 M
3India$13.98 M
4Thailand$9.16 M
5Italy$6.02 M
6Colombia$4.93 M
7Chile$2.82 M
8Ecuador$822,615
9Ethiopia$820,913
10Guatemala$704,119

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U.S. imports of Cereal flours, excluding wheat, meslin decreased 12.66 percent through August to $185.15 million

The category ranked 663 through August among the roughly 1,265 import commodity groupings as classified by Census. It ranked No. 635 for the last full year with a total value of $332.24 million, a $50.83 million, 18.06 percent increase from the 2023 total.

Through August of this year the leading sources were No. 1 Mexico, No. 2 Canada, No. 3 India, No. 4 Thailand and No. 5 Italy. The leading sources were No. 1 Calexico/Mexicali (East) Border Crossing, CA, No. 2 Port Laredo, No. 3 Port of Newark, No. 4 Port of Houston and No. 5 Port of Los Angeles.

In the last previous full year, the leading sources were No. 1 Mexico, No. 2 India, No. 3 Canada, No. 4 Thailand and No. 5 Colombia. The leading sources were No. 1 Calexico/Mexicali (East) Border Crossing, CA, No. 2 Port Laredo, No. 3 Port of Houston, No. 4 Port of Newark and No. 5 Port of Los Angeles.

Looking at specific airports, seaports and border crossings, the top five through the first eight months of the year were:

Highlights for the top five ports:

  • Calexico/Mexicali (East) Border Crossing, CA fell 15.04 percent compared to last year to $74.15 million.
  • Port Laredo fell 8.71 percent compared to last year to $30.52 million.
  • Port of Newark rose 8.31 percent compared to last year to $12.18 million.
  • Port of Houston fell 49.11 percent compared to last year to $11.56 million.
  • Port of Los Angeles rose 3.57 percent compared to last year to $7.63 million.

There are several hundred airports, seaports and border crossings that handle international trade; they are, in turn, part of the roughly four dozen U.S. Customs districts.

Highlights for the top five foreign sources:

  • U.S. imports from No. 1 Mexico decreased $17.54 million, 13.1 percent, (62.84 percent market share).
  • U.S. imports from No. 2 Canada increased $2.5 million, 12.57 percent, (12.07 percent market share).
  • U.S. imports from No. 3 India decreased $7.84 million, 35.94 percent, (7.55 percent market share).
  • U.S. imports from No. 4 Thailand increased $180,297, 2.01 percent, (4.95 percent market share).
  • U.S. imports from No. 5 Italy decreased $235,848, 3.77 percent, (3.25 percent market share).

All totaled, 90.66 percent of all these Cereal flours, excluding wheat, meslin imports to the United States were shipped from the top five sources through August of this year. That is equal to $167.86 million of the $185.15 million total.

All totaled, 73.48 percent of all these Cereal flours, excluding wheat, meslin imports to the United States were shipped to the top five Ports through August of this year. That is equal to $136.04 million of the $185.15 million total.