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Sweet Potatoes Imports

USDA Market News import movement · latest full week Sep 21 – Sep 27, 2026

Last 4 weeks
32K lb
Aug 31 – Sep 27
vs last year
—
too little volume to compare
Latest week
—
week of Sep 21
Main origin
Canada
100% of the last 4 weeks

In the four weeks to Sep 27, 2026, the U.S. imported 32,382 lb of fresh sweet potatoes. Canada supplied 100%. Over the past year, all of it arrived by truck, most often through Buffalo, New York.

Weekly Import Volume

Fresh imports by week, Monday to Sunday · latest week highlighted · hover a bar for its numbers

This year Same week last year
0100K200K300K400K Week of Sep 29, 2025: 5.2K lbWeek of Oct 6, 2025: 179K lbWeek of Oct 13, 2025: 0 lbWeek of Oct 20, 2025: 190K lbWeek of Oct 27, 2025: 100K lbWeek of Nov 3, 2025: 88K lbWeek of Nov 10, 2025: 17K lbWeek of Nov 17, 2025: 13K lbWeek of Nov 24, 2025: 111K lbWeek of Dec 1, 2025: 26K lbWeek of Dec 8, 2025: 172K lbWeek of Dec 15, 2025: 61K lb (last year 18K lb)Week of Dec 22, 2025: 101K lb (last year 69K lb)Week of Dec 29, 2025: 11K lb (last year 10K lb)Week of Jan 5, 2026: 203K lb (last year 114K lb)Week of Jan 12, 2026: 152K lb (last year 34K lb)Week of Jan 19, 2026: 85K lb (last year 76K lb)Week of Jan 26, 2026: 160K lb (last year 96K lb)Week of Feb 2, 2026: 72K lb (last year 101K lb)Week of Feb 9, 2026: 68K lb (last year 21K lb)Week of Feb 16, 2026: 34K lb (last year 25K lb)Week of Feb 23, 2026: 260K lb (last year 303K lb)Week of Mar 2, 2026: 24K lb (last year 74K lb)Week of Mar 9, 2026: 47K lb (last year 222K lb)Week of Mar 16, 2026: 120K lb (last year 388K lb)Week of Mar 23, 2026: 120K lb (last year 333K lb)Week of Mar 30, 2026: 120K lb (last year 84K lb)Week of Apr 6, 2026: 0 lb (last year 2.8K lb)Week of Apr 13, 2026: 0 lb (last year 0 lb)Week of Apr 20, 2026: 0 lb (last year 0 lb)Week of Apr 27, 2026: 0 lb (last year 0 lb)Week of May 4, 2026: 0 lb (last year 0 lb)Week of May 11, 2026: 11 lb (last year 40 lb)Week of May 18, 2026: 0 lb (last year 0 lb)Week of May 25, 2026: 0 lb (last year 0 lb)Week of Jun 1, 2026: 0 lb (last year 0 lb)Week of Jun 8, 2026: 0 lb (last year 0 lb)Week of Jun 15, 2026: 0 lb (last year 9.1K lb)Week of Jun 22, 2026: 0 lb (last year 13K lb)Week of Jun 29, 2026: 0 lb (last year 16K lb)Week of Jul 6, 2026: 0 lb (last year 17K lb)Week of Jul 13, 2026: 13K lb (last year 17K lb)Week of Jul 20, 2026: 26K lb (last year 33K lb)Week of Jul 27, 2026: 25K lb (last year 16K lb)Week of Aug 3, 2026: 18K lb (last year 21K lb)Week of Aug 10, 2026: 13K lb (last year 47K lb)Week of Aug 17, 2026: 3.5K lb (last year 9.2K lb)Week of Aug 24, 2026: 16K lb (last year 6.2K lb)Week of Aug 31, 2026: 14K lb (last year 0 lb)Week of Sep 7, 2026: 13K lb (last year 0 lb)Week of Sep 14, 2026: 4.8K lb (last year 11K lb)Week of Sep 21, 2026: 0 lb (last year 7.9K lb) Sep 2025 Mar 2026 Sep 2026

Where It Comes From

CountryLast 4 weeksShare12-month share
Canada 32K lb 100% 100%
Argentina — — <0.1%

Ports of Entry

Sep 29, 2025 – Sep 27, 2026

PortShareVolume
Buffalo, New York 62% 1.7M lb
Lake Champlain, New York 15% 402K lb
Port Huron, Michigan 15% 390K lb
Detroit, Michigan 9.0% 241K lb
Memphis, Tennessee <0.1% 202 lb
Miami Airport, Florida <0.1% 11 lb
Sumas, Washington <0.1% 2 lb

How It Arrives

Truck 100%Air <0.1%
Organic
0%
share of volume
Greenhouse
0%
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.

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