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I can find alternatives with enough effort, but I love me some heavy peated Scotch. The smokier the flavor the better
Marmite. I enjoy it on toast, but I use it more often as a vegan beef bullion replacement and umami booster, of which I think it's unparalleled.
Probably just the swiss chocolate in the Holls chocolates I get for some holidays. The bonbons/truffles themselves are made in Vienna....West Virginia.
W SAUCE
I'm Canadian, but... Fruit, I guess. Some fruit we get from places like Greece, Spain or Italy, both canned and fresh. We could live without them, but surely there'd be moments in the year when we couldn't get fresh peaches, for example, at the supermarket, without European imports.
But it's not a majority. We get quite a bit from South America, North Africa, and, astonishingly, as far as South Africa, too.
Though there isn't much else. It's rarely worth it to import food from another rich country, all the way across the ocean, in today's world.
Though interestingly, I bought "canned" soup (actually packaged in a plastic bag) that came from Lithuania, of all places.
I've moved and become Canadian... but I was born American and raised in it.
I love the shit out of quality marzipan.
Proper pickled onions and Branston pickle.
Mayonnaise, as explained here:
https://theonion.com/new-high-viscosity-mayonnaise-to-aid-in-american-swallo-1819564964/
Banoffee pie.
Can't find bakeries nearby that make it. Silly.
Jelly Babies.
Blackcurrant Jam.
I dunno if they count, but Swedish Fish.
I don't think I've ever seen Swedish fish outside of America
Malaco Pastellfiskar is the parallel product. They're made by different companies now, the recipes have diverged over the past 70ish years, and the US version does not meet EU food safety standards. I can find Pastellfiskar in almost any grocery store.
Yeah, I know they originated in Sweden, but I don't know how long that was maintained.
The red Swedish fish are not from Sweden
Apparently they were originally, just not in my lifetime. :)
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/23125/brief-history-swedish-fish
And now I know more about Swedish Fish than I ever, really, necessarily needed to know!
Oh, interesting! I didn't realize malaco made Swedish fish and was Swedish.
And they have a black liccorice flavor in Sweden(!)
McCann Oatmeal
Bob's Red Mill makes an adequate substitute. It's not as uniform as McCann, but it is good.