The overall value of exported apples declined via an average -7.6% drop for all exporting countries since 2019 when worldwide shipments of apples were valued at $7.4 billion.
Year over year, spending on globally flatlined via a -0.8% slowdown compared to $6.86 billion for 2022.
The 5 biggest exporters of fresh apples in 2023 were Italy, mainland China, United States of America, New Zealand and South Africa. Collectively, that power cohort of international suppliers approached three-fifths (57.6%) of apples exported worldwide during 2023.
Switching our focus to continents, suppliers in European countries sold the highest dollar worth of exported fresh apples during 2023 with shipments valued at $2.6 billion or 38.6% of the worldwide total. In second place were exporters in Asia at 23.7% while another 14.4% of international apple sales originated from North America.
Providers in Latin America excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean generated 8.2% worth, trailed by Oceania at 7.9% mostly New Zealand, then apple sources in Africa at 7.2%.
For research purposes, the 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for fresh apples is 080810.
Apples Exports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of apples during 2023.
- Italy: US$995.2 million (14.6% of total exported apples)
- mainland China: $970.4 million (14.3%)
- United States: $931.2 million (13.7%)
- New Zealand: $532.9 million (7.8%)
- South Africa: $486.7 million (7.2%)
- Chile: $481.8 million (7.1%)
- Poland: $430.3 million (6.3%)
- France: $426.4 million (6.3%)
- Türkiye: $175.4 million (2.6%)
- Netherlands: $154.5 million (2.3%)
- Japan: $119.2 million (1.8%)
- Serbia: $98.6 million (1.4%)
- Spain: $93.6 million (1.4%)
- Belgium: $75 million (1.1%)
- Lebanon: $71.1 million (1%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 88.8% of globally exported apples in 2023.
Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing apples exporters since 2022 were: Lebanon (up 62.9%), Poland (up 35.9%), Netherlands (up 23.6%) and Italy (up 9.5%).
Those countries that posted declines in their exported apples sales were led by: Japan (down -16.8% from 2022), Chile (down -8.4%), Serbia (down -7.6%), mainland China (down -6.7%) and New Zealand (down -6.5%).
Searchable List of Apples Exporting Countries by Value
The 100 exporters of apples showcased in the database below represent 99.9999% worth of the total value of exported fresh apples during 2023.
| Rank | Exporter | Exported Apples | 2022-3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Italy | $995,166,000 | +9.5% |
| 2. | mainland China | $970,365,000 | -6.7% |
| 3. | United States | $931,226,000 | +5.1% |
| 4. | New Zealand | $532,863,000 | -6.5% |
| 5. | South Africa | $486,651,000 | -0.4% |
| 6. | Chile | $481,752,000 | -8.4% |
| 7. | Poland | $430,312,000 | +35.9% |
| 8. | France | $426,360,000 | +5.6% |
| 9. | Türkiye | $175,424,000 | +5.4% |
| 10. | Netherlands | $154,470,000 | +23.6% |
| 11. | Japan | $119,235,000 | -16.8% |
| 12. | Serbia | $98,570,000 | -7.6% |
| 13. | Spain | $93,648,000 | +3.2% |
| 14. | Belgium | $75,026,000 | +0.6% |
| 15. | Lebanon | $71,123,000 | +62.9% |
| 16. | Iran | $64,486,000 | -67.7% |
| 17. | Moldova | $62,601,000 | -31% |
| 18. | Azerbaijan | $57,246,000 | +10.1% |
| 19. | Portugal | $54,465,000 | +8.5% |
| 20. | Hong Kong | $52,450,000 | +67.7% |
| 21. | Austria | $50,879,000 | +49.8% |
| 22. | Canada | $49,695,000 | +26.1% |
| 23. | Argentina | $43,723,000 | +9.6% |
| 24. | Germany | $41,930,000 | +10.2% |
| 25. | Afghanistan | $39,877,000 | +178% |
| 26. | Brazil | $30,493,000 | +24% |
| 27. | Greece | $28,275,000 | +6.5% |
| 28. | Ukraine | $18,043,000 | -6.5% |
| 29. | Hungary | $15,873,000 | +49.6% |
| 30. | North Macedonia | $15,129,000 | -6.8% |
| 31. | Slovakia | $12,395,000 | +38.1% |
| 32. | Croatia | $10,903,000 | +14.9% |
| 33. | Czech Republic | $10,007,000 | -4.6% |
| 34. | India | $9,458,000 | -55.7% |
| 35. | United Arab Emirates | $8,846,000 | -90.7% |
| 36. | Uzbekistan | $8,434,000 | +13.9% |
| 37. | United Kingdom | $8,078,000 | -16% |
| 38. | Singapore | $6,760,000 | +1.8% |
| 39. | Georgia | $5,595,000 | -20.7% |
| 40. | Kazakhstan | $5,140,000 | +128.9% |
| 41. | Australia | $5,127,000 | +2.1% |
| 42. | Slovenia | $4,744,000 | +18.6% |
| 43. | Malaysia | $4,328,000 | +7.1% |
| 44. | Thailand | $4,280,000 | -4.8% |
| 45. | Syria | $3,984,000 | -85.7% |
| 46. | Denmark | $3,837,000 | -40.4% |
| 47. | Ireland | $3,549,000 | -4.9% |
| 48. | Armenia | $2,784,000 | +1.3% |
| 49. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $2,775,000 | -32.8% |
| 50. | Lithuania | $2,429,000 | +25.6% |
| 51. | South Korea | $1,996,000 | -58.3% |
| 52. | Sweden | $1,473,000 | -23.9% |
| 53. | Kyrgyzstan | $1,114,000 | -59.3% |
| 54. | Vietnam | $1,079,000 | +316.6% |
| 55. | Uruguay | $644,000 | -84.3% |
| 56. | Luxembourg | $616,000 | -22.6% |
| 57. | Kenya | $552,000 | +18.2% |
| 58. | Pakistan | $507,000 | +482.8% |
| 59. | Colombia | $484,000 | +181.4% |
| 60. | Tanzania | $469,000 | +187.7% |
| 61. | Costa Rica | $426,000 | -11.3% |
| 62. | Russia | $396,000 | -28.5% |
| 63. | Albania | $340,000 | 0% |
| 64. | Turkmenistan | $259,000 | +44.7% |
| 65. | Montenegro | $227,000 | +11250% |
| 66. | Finland | $219,000 | +36.9% |
| 67. | Romania | $217,000 | -2.3% |
| 68. | Bulgaria | $195,000 | +12.1% |
| 69. | Switzerland | $184,000 | -63.4% |
| 70. | Morocco | $166,000 | +3.8% |
| 71. | Mexico | $159,000 | -73.5% |
| 72. | Bhutan | $141,000 | +54.9% |
| 73. | Namibia | $138,000 | -48.9% |
| 74. | Guatemala | $137,000 | -3.5% |
| 75. | El Salvador | $126,000 | +96.9% |
| 76. | Zambia | $122,000 | -45.5% |
| 77. | Tajikistan | $103,000 | -21.4% |
| 78. | Egypt | $94,000 | -78.4% |
| 79. | Tunisia | $70,000 | +775% |
| 80. | Belarus | $62,000 | -65.9% |
| 81. | Norway | $53,000 | 0% |
| 82. | Peru | $45,000 | -8.2% |
| 83. | Taiwan | $44,000 | -59.3% |
| 84. | Uganda | $42,000 | -90.5% |
| 85. | Saudi Arabia | $38,000 | -99.2% |
| 86. | Trinidad/Tobago | $30,000 | -84.3% |
| 87. | Iceland | $23,000 | +15% |
| 88. | Honduras | $22,000 | -66.7% |
| 89. | Senegal | $19,000 | -52.5% |
| 90. | Estonia | $15,000 | -25% |
| 91. | Angola | $15,000 | +1400% |
| 92. | Zimbabwe | $13,000 | -87.4% |
| 93. | Eswatini | $7,000 | +600% |
| 94. | Niger | $7,000 | 0% |
| 95. | Mozambique | $5,000 | 0% |
| 96. | Indonesia | $4,000 | +300% |
| 97. | Fr. Southern/Antarctic Terr | $3,000 | 0% |
| 98. | Aruba | $3,000 | 0% |
| 99. | Malta | $2,000 | +100% |
| 100. | Ivory Coast | $2,000 | -33.3% |
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the columns below. The right-most column shows the percentage change in the value of exported apples from 2022 to 2023.
An entry of 0% in that column means that no 2022 data was available.
Expanding the scope to encompass the top 100 exporters of apples by value, the fastest growers from 2022 to 2023 were Montenegro (up 11,250%), Angola (up 1,400%), Tunisia (up 775%), Eswatini (up 600%), Pakistan (up 482.8%) and Vietnam (up 316.6%).
Countries Exporting Most Apples Ranked by Shipment Weight
The total volume shipped for the world’s exported apples amounted to 7.1 million tons in 2023, down by -21.8% from 9.1 million tons 5 years earlier in 2019.
Year over year, the total for exported apples by shipment weight shrank by -13.9% compared to 8.2 million tons during 2022.
The 15 biggest suppliers listed below generated 85.1% of the global shipment weight of exported apples during 2023.
- Italy: 864,430 tons of exported apples (down -0.8% from 2022)
- Poland: 809,436 tons (up 10.5%)
- mainland China: 795,982 tons (down -3.3%)
- United States of America: 730,115 tons (up 4.6%)
- South Africa: 607,256 tons (down -2.9%)
- Chile: 469,304 tons (down -22.1%)
- Türkiye: 370,904 tons (down -2.5%)
- New Zealand: 343,784 tons (down -9.6%)
- France: 313,321 tons (down -8.6%)
- Belgium: 137,987 tons (down -14.8%)
- Iran: 130,794 tons (down -81.9%)
- Serbia: 127,743 tons (down -13.6%)
- Netherlands: 126,191 tons (up 10.7%)
- Moldova: 116,660 tons (down -38.2%)
- Spain: 92,634 tons (down -9.8%)
Posting gains were top international apple suppliers in the Netherlands (up 10.7% from 2022), Poland (up 10.5%) and the United States of America (up 4.6%).
Recording double-digit annual declines were exporters in Iran (down -81.9% from 2022), Moldova (down -38.2%), Chile (down -22.1%), Belgium (down -14.8%) and Serbia (down -13.6%).
Average Prices for Major Apples Exporters
In 2023, the world’s average unit price for globally exported apples was US$959 per ton. That dollar metric represents an 18.1% inflation rate from $812 during 2019.
Compared to the global average $833 per ton in 2022, the latest average unit price results from a 15.1% year-over-year acceleration.
Sorted by the top 15 international suppliers of apples by dollar value, the following analysis highlights the average unit prices per ton of exported apples in 2023.
- Indonesia: US$4,000 per ton (up 1,101% from 2022)
- Japan: $3,566 per ton (down -6.5%)
- Iceland: $3,286 per ton (up 15%)
- South Korea: $3,129 per ton (up 10.6%)
- Trinidad/Tobago: $3,000 per ton (down -63.9%)
- Niger: $2,333 per ton (2022 data unavailable)
- Mexico: $2,271 per ton (up 9%)
- Australia: $2,209 per ton (up 30.7%)
- Ivory Coast: $2,000 per ton (down -33.3%)
- Saudi Arabia: $2,000 per ton (up 33.4%)
- Costa Rica: $1,972 per ton (up 15.9%)
- Taiwan: $1,913 per ton (down -27.4%)
- Luxembourg: $1,822 per ton (up 3.2%)
- Bulgaria: $1,806 per ton (up 7.9%)
- Finland: $1,634 per ton (down -21.4%)
The least expensive apples were exported from Kazakhstan ($143 per ton), Senegal ($146 per ton), Albania ($163 per ton) then Mozambique ($200 per ton).
The costliest exported apples were sold by suppliers in Indonesia ($4,000 per ton), Japan ($3,566 per ton), Iceland ($3,286) and South Korea ($3,129 per ton).
Countries Earning Highest Trade Surpluses for Apples
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for apples during 2023. 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 apples exports and its import purchases for that same commodity.
- Italy: US$969.4 million (net export surplus up 9.6% since 2022)
- mainland China: $789.3 million (down -4.3%)
- United States of America: $710.9 million (up 4.3%)
- New Zealand: $531.6 million (down -6.7%)
- South Africa: $486.6 million (down -0.4%)
- Chile: $475 million (down -8.2%)
- Poland: $428.7 million (up 36.1%)
- France: $331 million (up 5.3%)
- Türkiye: $175.2 million (up 5.4%)
- Japan: $109.2 million (down -17.6%)
- Serbia: $92 million (down -6.8%)
- Lebanon: $70.5 million (up 64.5%)
- Iran: $64.1 million (down -67.9%)
- Moldova: $61.8 million (down -31.2%)
- Azerbaijan: $57 million (up 13.9%)
Italy and mainland China earned the highest surpluses in the international trade of apples. In turn, these positive cashflows confirm strong competitive advantages for this specific product category.
Countries Posting Worst Trade Deficits for Apples
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for apples during 2023. 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 apples import purchases and its exports for that same commodity.
- Germany: -US$474.1 million (net export deficit up 5.3% since 2022)
- United Kingdom: -$375.7 million (down -1.8%)
- India: -$353.8 million (up 20.8%)
- Vietnam: -$344.5 million (up 38.8%)
- Indonesia: -$275.4 million (down -22.5%)
- Taiwan: -$260.3 million (up 0.7%)
- Thailand: -$231.1 million (down -7.3%)
- Egypt: -$222.6 million (down -43.9%)
- Russia: -$192.3 million (down -39.2%)
- Philippines: -$175.9 million (down -5.1%)
- Hong Kong: -$175.5 million (up 0.6%)
- Mexico: -$165.1 million (down -27%)
- Canada: -$163.3 million (down -21%)
- Saudi Arabia: -$154.9 million (down -10.6%)
- Bangladesh: -$148.4 million (down -17.5%)
Germany incurred the highest deficit in the international trade of apples. In turn, this negative cashflow highlights the Germany’s strong competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for apples-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful consumer demand.
Major Apples Exporting Companies
Alibaba lists international suppliers of fresh apples. Below are global apples-selling companies in global trade markets. Shown within parenthesis is the country where the company is located.
- Casco Agro Trading (PTY) Ltd (South Africa)
- Cheze RVC (France)
- Clover Trading Co Ltd (Japan)
- Firma Handlowo-Usugowa Rozwoj Grzegorz Krzysztofik (Poland)
- K.E. Investments Limited (United Kingdom)
- Macfarlane Consultancy BV (Netherlands)
- S.A.C. Corporation (United States)
- Shandong Kingland Industrial Co Ltd (China)
See also Apples Imports by Country, Top Pears Exports & Imports by Country Plus Average Prices, Kiwifruit Exports by Country, Pineapples Exports by Country, Oranges Exports by Country, Lemons Exporters by Country, Top Vitamins Exports & Imports by Country and World’s Top Food Exports Special Data Report
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Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on July 25, 2024
Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on July 25, 2024
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