USDA Market News import movement · latest full week Sep 21 – Sep 27, 2026
Last 4 weeks
672K lb
Aug 31 – Sep 27
vs last year
▲ 38.4%
same 4 weeks last year
Latest week
218K lb
week of Sep 21
Main origin
Mexico
84% of the last 4 weeks
In the four weeks to Sep 27, 2026, the U.S. imported 671,778 lb of fresh oregano, 38% more than the same weeks last year. Mexico supplied 84%. Over the past year, 71% arrived by truck, most often through Ysleta, Texas.
FSMA 204Oregano is on the FDA Food Traceability List
under Herbs (fresh). Fresh culinary herbs are listed. Dried herbs are not — the category covers herbs sold and consumed fresh. Every buyer, distributor, and receiver in the chain must record the traceability
lot code and its source at receipt — compliance is required by July 20, 2028. What buyers need to record →
Weekly Import Volume
Fresh imports by week, Monday to Sunday · latest week highlighted · hover a bar for its numbers
This yearSame week last year
Where It Comes From
Country
Last 4 weeks
Share
12-month share
Mexico
564K lb
84%
77%
Colombia
59K lb
8.8%
12%
Dominican Republic
16K lb
2.3%
5.1%
Turkey
4 lb
<0.1%
4.1%
Peru
4.7K lb
0.7%
0.4%
Greece
—
—
0.4%
Albania
26K lb
3.9%
0.4%
Canada
257 lb
<0.1%
0.1%
India
758 lb
0.1%
<0.1%
Spain
—
—
<0.1%
China
—
—
<0.1%
Israel
253 lb
<0.1%
<0.1%
17 more countries shipped smaller volumes.
Ports of Entry
Sep 29, 2025 – Sep 27, 2026
Port
Share
Volume
Ysleta, Texas
29%
1.9M lb
El Paso, Texas
13%
862K lb
Miami Airport, Florida
13%
815K lb
Santa Teresa, New Mexico
8.5%
552K lb
Otay Mesa, California
8.4%
549K lb
Pharr, Texas
7.2%
466K lb
Brooklyn, New York
6.7%
436K lb
Laredo, Texas
3.7%
239K lb
San Juan, Puerto Rico
3.5%
225K lb
Newark-Elizabeth, New Jersey
2.8%
182K lb
27 more ports handled smaller volumes.
How It Arrives
Truck 71%Boat 15%Air 13%
Organic
0%
share of volume
Greenhouse
2.3%
share of volume
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.
