The overall value of yogurt exports increased by an average 7.5% from $2.58 billion five years earlier in 2017.
Year over year, sales of globally exported yogurt expanded by 9.8% compared to $2.52 billion during 2020.
The top 5 most lucrative exporters of yogurt are Germany, France, Greece, Belgium and Austria. Together, that leading group of international suppliers generated well over half (56.4%) of exported yogurt sales for 2021.
Among continents, countries in Europe rank as the strongest sales force for exporting yogurt during 2021 with shipments valued at $2.3 billion or more than four-fifths (82.4%) of the worldwide total.
In second place were Asian exporters at 8.9% while another 3.3% of worldwide yogurt shipments originated from North America.
Smaller percentages came from Africa (2.9%), Oceania’s (1.5%) Australia, New Zealand and Fiji, then Latin America (1%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean.
For research purposes, the 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 040310 for yogurt. That classification encompasses plain and sweetened types of yogurt.
Top Yogurt Exports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of yogurt during 2021.
- Germany: US$669.8 million (24.2% of total yogurt exports)
- France: $358.6 million (12.9%)
- Greece: $272.5 million (9.8%)
- Belgium: $134.3 million (4.8%)
- Austria: $127.4 million (4.6%)
- Spain: $124.2 million (4.5%)
- Saudi Arabia: $111 million (4%)
- Thailand: $70.8 million (2.6%)
- Czech Republic: $62.2 million (2.2%)
- Poland: $56.3 million (2%)
- Netherlands: $53.3 million (1.9%)
- United States: $52.2 million (1.9%)
- Romania: $50.4 million (1.8%)
- Belarus: $42.4 million (1.5%)
- Canada: $37.3 million (1.3%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 80.2% of globally exported yogurt in 2021.
Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing yogurt exporters since 2020 were: Belgium (up 161.2%), France (up 40.6%), United States of America (up 30.7%) and Belarus (up 30.5%).
Three major suppliers posted declines in their exported yogurt sales namely Canada (down -20.4%), Thailand (down -9.5%) and Austria (down -2.3%).
Countries Generating Best Trade Surpluses from Yogurt
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for yogurt during 2021. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the surplus between the value of each country’s exported yogurt and its import purchases for that same commodity.
- Germany: US$513.5 million (net export surplus down -1.5% from 2020)
- France: $271.2 million (up 54.2%)
- Greece: $256.8 million (up 16.8%)
- Saudi Arabia: $109.2 million (up 1.8%)
- Austria: $77.1 million (down -4.2%)
- Thailand: $65.7 million (down -11.4%)
- South Africa: $34.1 million (up 14.2%)
- Canada: $33.4 million (down -24.1%)
- Czech Republic: $32.1 million (up 16.3%)
- Belarus: $31.2 million (up 46.2%)
- Australia: $31.1 million (up 24.6%)
- Zambia: $29.7 million (up 296.2%)
- Romania: $13.1 million (down -9.9%)
- Iran: $12.4 million (down -58%)
- Poland: $11.2 million (up 14.2%)
Germany earned the highest surplus in the international trade of yogurt. In turn, this positive cashflow confirms strong German competitive advantage for this specific product category.
Countries Experiencing Worst Trade Deficits from Yogurt
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for yogurt during 2021. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the deficit between the value of each country’s imported yogurt purchases and its exports for that same commodity.
- United Kingdom: -$427.2 million net export deficit (up 19.8% from 2020)
- Italy: -$297.6 million (up 17.8%)
- Portugal: -$131 million (up 5.7%)
- Netherlands: -$108 million (down -9.3%)
- Sweden: -$76.6 million (up 13.8%)
- Spain: -$57.5 million (up 0.8%)
- United Arab Emirates: -$48.9 million (up 44.5%)
- China: -$41.7 million (down -0.9%)
- Belgium: -$39.9 million (down -60.3%)
- Ireland: -$39.4 million (down -9.4%)
- Singapore: -$37.9 million (down -1%)
- Hungary: -$35.8 million (down -4.5%)
- Hong Kong: -$33.7 million (down -1.3%)
- Kuwait: -$29.2 million (down -30.3%)
- Dem. Rep. Congo: -$27 million (up 7,756%)
The United Kingdom and Italy incurred the greatest deficits in the international trade of yogurt. In turn, those negative cashflows highlight both nations’ competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signal opportunities for yogurt-supplying countries that help satisfy their powerful demand.
Frozen Yogurt Companies
Below are stores, manufacturers and distributors in the frozen yogurt business. Shown within parenthesis is the city and country where each company’s headquarters is located.
- Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Company (Madison, United States)
- Frosty Boy (Yatala, Australia)
- Goji’s Frozen Yogurt (Moncton, Canada)
- Jubili Frozen Yogurt and Cereal (San Francisco, United States)
- Llaollao (Murcia, Spain)
- Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt (Encino, United States)
- Red Mango (Dallas, United States)
- Spoon Me Frozen Yogurt (Salt Lake City, United States)
- Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurt (Fullerton, United States)
- Yogen Früz (Thornhill, Canada)
- Yogoberry (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Searchable List of Yogurt Exporting Countries
The 100 major suppliers of yogurt onto international markets are showcased in the automated database below. That leading group of exporters accounted for 99.998% of overall yogurt export sales.
| Rank | Exporter | Yogurt Exports | 2020-1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Germany | $669,797,000 | +0.5% |
| 2. | France | $358,648,000 | +40.6% |
| 3. | Greece | $272,520,000 | +16.8% |
| 4. | Belgium | $134,329,000 | +161.2% |
| 5. | Austria | $127,374,000 | -2.3% |
| 6. | Spain | $124,194,000 | +12.6% |
| 7. | Saudi Arabia | $111,012,000 | +2.1% |
| 8. | Thailand | $70,794,000 | -9.5% |
| 9. | Czech Republic | $62,241,000 | +11.9% |
| 10. | Poland | $56,272,000 | +9.9% |
| 11. | Netherlands | $53,331,000 | +24% |
| 12. | United States | $52,159,000 | +30.7% |
| 13. | Romania | $50,428,000 | +18.8% |
| 14. | Belarus | $42,405,000 | +30.5% |
| 15. | Canada | $37,333,000 | -20.4% |
| 16. | Australia | $36,384,000 | +19.1% |
| 17. | South Africa | $34,196,000 | +13.7% |
| 18. | United Kingdom | $33,416,000 | -55.9% |
| 19. | Luxembourg | $32,874,000 | +7.8% |
| 20. | Finland | $31,742,000 | -0.9% |
| 21. | Zambia | $30,556,000 | +274.1% |
| 22. | Russia | $27,966,000 | +12.5% |
| 23. | Sweden | $23,224,000 | -28.8% |
| 24. | Slovenia | $22,716,000 | +9.3% |
| 25. | Portugal | $21,313,000 | -22.6% |
| 26. | Denmark | $20,652,000 | +74.9% |
| 27. | Switzerland | $17,676,000 | +0.02% |
| 28. | Ireland | $16,588,000 | +22.3% |
| 29. | Bulgaria | $13,885,000 | +3.7% |
| 30. | Serbia | $13,674,000 | +101.2% |
| 31. | Italy | $12,635,000 | +6.2% |
| 32. | Iran | $12,407,000 | -58% |
| 33. | Croatia | $11,974,000 | +19.9% |
| 34. | Estonia | $11,033,000 | +6.9% |
| 35. | Kazakhstan | $10,064,000 | +17% |
| 36. | El Salvador | $7,577,000 | +3.6% |
| 37. | Costa Rica | $6,903,000 | -2.5% |
| 38. | China | $6,294,000 | +15.3% |
| 39. | South Korea | $6,274,000 | -2% |
| 40. | Indonesia | $6,197,000 | +12.2% |
| 41. | Slovakia | $6,001,000 | -42.1% |
| 42. | Malaysia | $4,747,000 | +8.4% |
| 43. | Tunisia | $4,652,000 | -3.2% |
| 44. | Nicaragua | $4,542,000 | +104.8% |
| 45. | New Zealand | $4,367,000 | -16.2% |
| 46. | Hong Kong | $4,230,000 | -12.1% |
| 47. | Vietnam | $4,225,000 | -66% |
| 48. | Latvia | $3,841,000 | -18.3% |
| 49. | Chile | $3,212,000 | -13.3% |
| 50. | Ghana | $3,021,000 | -15.4% |
| 51. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $2,915,000 | +9.5% |
| 52. | Mexico | $2,865,000 | +6% |
| 53. | Turkey | $2,662,000 | +27% |
| 54. | Bangladesh | $2,572,000 | +69.2% |
| 55. | Ukraine | $2,555,000 | +2.7% |
| 56. | Hungary | $2,336,000 | +11% |
| 57. | Lithuania | $2,220,000 | +2.2% |
| 58. | Honduras | $1,923,000 | +13.2% |
| 59. | Nigeria | $1,858,000 | +8% |
| 60. | Morocco | $1,816,000 | +19.9% |
| 61. | Senegal | $1,685,000 | +44.5% |
| 62. | Colombia | $1,360,000 | +3.3% |
| 63. | Japan | $1,358,000 | +4.1% |
| 64. | United Arab Emirates | $1,267,000 | -78.4% |
| 65. | Zimbabwe | $1,168,000 | +207.4% |
| 66. | Egypt | $1,132,000 | +117.7% |
| 67. | Singapore | $815,000 | -46.6% |
| 68. | Brazil | $461,000 | +1.5% |
| 69. | Benin | $450,000 | +30.1% |
| 70. | Norway | $418,000 | +19.4% |
| 71. | Eswatini | $356,000 | +26.7% |
| 72. | Kenya | $324,000 | +17% |
| 73. | Peru | $284,000 | +45.6% |
| 74. | Kyrgyzstan | $254,000 | -32.8% |
| 75. | Syria | $244,000 | +71.8% |
| 76. | Azerbaijan | $240,000 | -75% |
| 77. | Malta | $177,000 | 0% |
| 78. | Philippines | $79,000 | +163.3% |
| 79. | Sri Lanka | $69,000 | +7.8% |
| 80. | Suriname | $54,000 | 0% |
| 81. | Trinidad/Tobago | $48,000 | -40.7% |
| 82. | Ivory Coast | $45,000 | -93.3% |
| 83. | Iceland | $38,000 | +153.3% |
| 84. | Jordan | $32,000 | 0% |
| 85. | India | $31,000 | -6.1% |
| 86. | Curaçao | $27,000 | -12.9% |
| 87. | Taiwan | $21,000 | -70.8% |
| 88. | Lebanon | $21,000 | -4.5% |
| 89. | Ecuador | $20,000 | +122.2% |
| 90. | Panama | $16,000 | -33.3% |
| 91. | Armenia | $13,000 | -64.9% |
| 92. | Namibia | $10,000 | +900% |
| 93. | Myanmar | $9,000 | -10% |
| 94. | Cyprus | $9,000 | -43.8% |
| 95. | Dominican Republic | $9,000 | -90.3% |
| 96. | Mozambique | $6,000 | -83.3% |
| 97. | Cuba | $5,000 | 0% |
| 98. | Dem. Rep. Congo | $4,000 | 0% |
| 99. | Albania | $4,000 | 0% |
| 100. | Bermuda | $3,000 | 0% |
Focusing on those 100 suppliers, the fastest-growing yogurt exporters from 2020 to 2021 are Namibia (up 900%), Zambia (up 274.1%), Zimbabwe (up 207.4%), Philippines (up 163.3%), Belgium (up 161.2%) then Iceland (up 153.3%).
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Note that a value of 0% in the far-right column means that 2020 data was unavailable at time of publication.
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International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on September 26, 2022
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on September 26, 2022
Wikipedia, List of frozen yogurt companies. Accessed on September 26, 2022