Chestnuts Imports
USDA Market News import movement · latest full week Sep 21 – Sep 27, 2026
In the four weeks to Sep 27, 2026, the U.S. imported 104,270 lb of fresh chestnuts, 15% more than the same weeks last year. Chile supplied 53%. Over the past year, 68% arrived by boat, most often through Newark-Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Weekly Import Volume
Fresh imports by week, Monday to Sunday · latest week highlighted · hover a bar for its numbers
Where It Comes From
| Country | Last 4 weeks | Share | 12-month share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | — | — | 46% |
| China | 42K lb | 40% | 39% |
| South Korea | 6.9K lb | 6.6% | 10% |
| Portugal | — | — | 2.1% |
| Chile | 56K lb | 53% | 1.0% |
| Haiti | — | — | 0.7% |
| Spain | — | — | 0.6% |
| Turkey | — | — | 0.1% |
| Greece | — | — | 0.1% |
| Hong Kong | — | — | <0.1% |
| Japan | — | — | <0.1% |
| India | 2 lb | <0.1% | <0.1% |
7 more countries shipped smaller volumes.
Ports of Entry
Sep 29, 2025 – Sep 27, 2026
| Port | Share | Volume | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newark-Elizabeth, New Jersey | 32% | 2.1M lb | |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach, California | 32% | 2.1M lb | |
| New York JFK Airport | 29% | 1.9M lb | |
| Philadelphia-Camden, Pennsylvania-New Jersey | 1.7% | 111K lb | |
| Newark Airport, New Jersey | 1.6% | 101K lb | |
| Brooklyn, New York | 1.4% | 87K lb | |
| Miami Airport, Florida | 0.7% | 45K lb | |
| Los Angeles Airport, California | 0.6% | 36K lb | |
| Houston, Texas | 0.4% | 24K lb | |
| Memphis, Tennessee | <0.1% | 5.4K lb |
9 more ports handled smaller volumes.
How It Arrives
Sep 29, 2025 – Sep 27, 2026
How these numbers are measured
Source: USDA AMS Specialty Crops Market News, import movement report (WA_FV170), which records fresh fruit and vegetable shipments entering the U.S. by commodity, country of origin, port of entry and mode, in pounds, every weekday. Lines USDA lists more than once are added together, since nothing in the report marks them as duplicates. Dried, frozen and for-processing lots are left out, and tree nuts are not counted as produce.
Weeks run Monday to Sunday and count once the Friday report is in. Comparisons with last year use the same weeks 52 weeks earlier, and are shown only when both periods carry at least 40,000 lb (one truckload) with shipments in 3 of the 4 weeks. USDA widened this report from about 27 to more than 70 ports of entry in December 2024, so nothing here reaches back before Dec 16, 2024.
A commodity with shipments in fewer than 8 of the last 12 weeks is marked sporadic: its weekly numbers can swing on a single container, so read them as a record of arrivals rather than a trend.
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