USDA Market News import movement · latest full week Sep 21 – Sep 27, 2026
Last 4 weeks
4.2M lb
Aug 31 – Sep 27
vs last year
▼ 3.6%
same 4 weeks last year
Latest week
975K lb
week of Sep 21
Main origin
Mexico
98% of the last 4 weeks
In the four weeks to Sep 27, 2026, the U.S. imported 4.2 million lb of fresh peppers, mixed mini sweet types, 4% less than the same weeks last year. Mexico supplied 98%. Over the past year, all of it arrived by truck, most often through Nogales, Arizona.
FSMA 204Peppers, Mixed Mini Sweet Types is on the FDA Food Traceability List
under Peppers (fresh). Fresh peppers of every type are listed — bell, chili, and specialty. The 2008 Salmonella outbreak initially blamed on tomatoes was traced to serrano peppers, which is part of why both sit on the list. 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
4.2M lb
98%
99%
Canada
69K lb
1.6%
0.6%
Dominican Republic
418 lb
<0.1%
0.2%
Spain
—
—
<0.1%
Ports of Entry
Sep 29, 2025 – Sep 27, 2026
Port
Share
Volume
Nogales, Arizona
56%
48.5M lb
Laredo, Texas
24%
20.9M lb
Otay Mesa, California
7.6%
6.5M lb
Pharr, Texas
6.3%
5.4M lb
Calexico, California
4.9%
4.2M lb
Sumas, Washington
0.4%
374K lb
Miami Airport, Florida
0.2%
179K lb
Blaine, Washington
0.1%
95K lb
San Luis, Arizona
<0.1%
18K lb
New York JFK Airport
<0.1%
7.5K lb
9 more ports handled smaller volumes.
How It Arrives
Truck 100%Air 0.2%Boat <0.1%
Organic
0%
share of volume
Greenhouse
0.6%
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.
