The overall value of oranges imported in 2023 increased by an average 6.9% for all importing countries from five years earlier in 2019 when international purchases of oranges were valued at $5.37 billion.
Year over year, purchases of globally imported oranges rose 4% compared to $5.52 billion starting from 2022.
In 2023, the largest importers of oranges were Germany, France, Netherlands, United States of America and mainland China. Collectively, that cohort of suppliers accounted for about one-third (33.4%) of worldwide purchases of imported oranges during 2023.
From a continental perspective, buyers located in European countries spent the most on imported oranges during 2023 with purchases costing $3.4 billion or 59.2% of the global total. In second place were importers in Asia at 29% trailed by those in North America at another 8.7%.
Smaller percentages were delivered to Latin America (1.5%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Africa (0.9%), then Oceania (0.6%) led by Australia and New Zealand.
For research purposes, the 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 080510 for fresh or dried oranges.
Oranges Imports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that paid the most for imported oranges during 2023.
- Germany: US$488.3 million (8.5% of total imported oranges)
- France: $486.6 million (8.5%)
- Netherlands: $457.8 million (8%)
- United States: $255.7 million (4.5%)
- mainland China: $228.8 million (4%)
- Canada: $223 million (3.9%)
- Russia: $218.5 million (3.8%)
- Hong Kong: $216.7 million (3.8%)
- United Kingdom: $197.5 million (3.4%)
- Spain: $196.3 million (3.4%)
- Italy: $183.3 million (3.2%)
- South Korea: $174.1 million (3%)
- United Arab Emirates: $146.8 million (2.6%)
- Poland: $144.3 million (2.5%)
- Portugal: $137.5 million (2.4%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased 65.4% of all oranges imported in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for oranges since 2022 were: Spain (up 100.7%), Portugal (up 80.1%), Italy (up 33.7%) and the Netherlands (up 20.8%).
Those countries that posted declines in their imported oranges purchases were led by: Hong Kong (down -11.3% from 2022), Russia (down -9%), United Kingdom (down -6.6%) and the United States of America (down -5.2%).
Searchable List of Oranges Importer Countries in 2023
The 100 key countries for buying oranges in the automated database below bought 99.4% of globally imported oranges in 2023.
| Rank | Importer | Imported Oranges | 2022-3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Germany | $488,293,000 | +17.6% |
| 2. | France | $486,589,000 | +16.4% |
| 3. | Netherlands | $457,790,000 | +20.8% |
| 4. | United States | $255,728,000 | -5.2% |
| 5. | mainland China | $228,845,000 | +0.3% |
| 6. | Canada | $222,979,000 | -1.1% |
| 7. | Russia | $218,527,000 | -9% |
| 8. | Hong Kong | $216,708,000 | -11.3% |
| 9. | United Kingdom | $197,450,000 | -6.6% |
| 10. | Spain | $196,347,000 | +100.7% |
| 11. | Italy | $183,311,000 | +33.7% |
| 12. | South Korea | $174,089,000 | +6.2% |
| 13. | United Arab Emirates | $146,764,000 | +7.8% |
| 14. | Poland | $144,272,000 | +13.5% |
| 15. | Portugal | $137,539,000 | +80.1% |
| 16. | Saudi Arabia | $132,104,000 | -42.7% |
| 17. | Belgium | $111,420,000 | +13.5% |
| 18. | Japan | $104,473,000 | -4.7% |
| 19. | Switzerland | $96,929,000 | +18.6% |
| 20. | Bangladesh | $96,274,000 | -29.5% |
| 21. | Malaysia | $92,373,000 | -15.4% |
| 22. | India | $76,770,000 | +13.6% |
| 23. | Romania | $66,375,000 | +17.9% |
| 24. | Austria | $65,939,000 | +30.5% |
| 25. | Sweden | $62,248,000 | +12.4% |
| 26. | Ukraine | $58,567,000 | +2.2% |
| 27. | Czech Republic | $47,544,000 | +27% |
| 28. | Vietnam | $46,407,000 | +17.4% |
| 29. | Norway | $43,238,000 | +19.3% |
| 30. | Denmark | $42,723,000 | +11.2% |
| 31. | Singapore | $42,466,000 | -1.8% |
| 32. | Iraq | $39,716,000 | -52.5% |
| 33. | Serbia | $33,515,000 | +24.9% |
| 34. | Syria | $33,136,000 | +117.9% |
| 35. | Indonesia | $32,095,000 | +6.6% |
| 36. | Ireland | $31,083,000 | +16.4% |
| 37. | Croatia | $30,947,000 | +31.4% |
| 38. | Finland | $28,709,000 | +10.8% |
| 39. | Slovakia | $24,175,000 | +17.4% |
| 40. | Brazil | $23,598,000 | +25% |
| 41. | Philippines | $20,315,000 | +1.8% |
| 42. | Hungary | $19,963,000 | +25.1% |
| 43. | Mexico | $19,266,000 | +13.7% |
| 44. | Oman | $17,115,000 | -75.7% |
| 45. | Lithuania | $17,071,000 | +12.4% |
| 46. | Australia | $16,884,000 | -17% |
| 47. | Bulgaria | $16,343,000 | +45.9% |
| 48. | Türkiye | $15,943,000 | +36.4% |
| 49. | Kuwait | $15,669,000 | -50.6% |
| 50. | Taiwan | $14,852,000 | -6.7% |
| 51. | Slovenia | $14,667,000 | +0.9% |
| 52. | Belarus | $14,442,000 | +14% |
| 53. | Azerbaijan | $14,036,000 | -0.3% |
| 54. | Costa Rica | $13,064,000 | +15.7% |
| 55. | New Zealand | $11,710,000 | +21.1% |
| 56. | Jordan | $11,643,000 | -27.2% |
| 57. | Bahrain | $10,624,000 | -14% |
| 58. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $10,487,000 | +19.3% |
| 59. | Armenia | $9,807,000 | -0.6% |
| 60. | Luxembourg | $9,648,000 | +15.9% |
| 61. | Qatar | $9,238,000 | -67.1% |
| 62. | Macao | $8,727,000 | +3.7% |
| 63. | Thailand | $7,930,000 | -4.3% |
| 64. | Myanmar | $7,643,000 | +80.8% |
| 65. | Dominican Republic | $7,467,000 | +12% |
| 66. | Kazakhstan | $6,853,000 | +11.7% |
| 67. | Georgia | $6,817,000 | +13.2% |
| 68. | Estonia | $6,730,000 | -14.8% |
| 69. | North Macedonia | $6,498,000 | +21.3% |
| 70. | Djibouti | $5,880,000 | +10.9% |
| 71. | Moldova | $5,483,000 | +19.6% |
| 72. | Malta | $5,482,000 | +27.5% |
| 73. | Montenegro | $5,277,000 | +44.6% |
| 74. | Ivory Coast | $5,150,000 | -15.3% |
| 75. | Ecuador | $4,998,000 | +12.7% |
| 76. | Cambodia | $4,778,000 | +62.8% |
| 77. | Nepal | $4,690,000 | -42.3% |
| 78. | Kenya | $4,664,000 | -13.3% |
| 79. | Guatemala | $4,616,000 | +38.2% |
| 80. | Greece | $4,566,000 | +76.8% |
| 81. | Bahamas | $4,103,000 | +13.1% |
| 82. | Maldives | $3,884,000 | -2.3% |
| 83. | Rwanda | $3,790,000 | -17.3% |
| 84. | Mauritius | $3,444,000 | -15.3% |
| 85. | Argentina | $3,333,000 | +137.2% |
| 86. | Barbados | $3,297,000 | +39.9% |
| 87. | Senegal | $3,000,000 | +36.2% |
| 88. | Uzbekistan | $2,991,000 | -55.9% |
| 89. | Peru | $2,922,000 | -18.6% |
| 90. | Albania | $2,917,000 | +794.8% |
| 91. | Iceland | $2,845,000 | +16.4% |
| 92. | Brunei Darussalam | $2,798,000 | -20.8% |
| 93. | El Salvador | $2,522,000 | +16.8% |
| 94. | Panama | $2,482,000 | -10.5% |
| 95. | Cabo Verde | $2,458,000 | +18.1% |
| 96. | Chile | $2,272,000 | -23.9% |
| 97. | Mozambique | $2,114,000 | +221.8% |
| 98. | French Polynesia | $2,103,000 | +8% |
| 99. | Aruba | $2,059,000 | +5.8% |
| 100. | Fiji | $1,984,000 | -2.4% |
Focusing on these top 100 purchasers of imported oranges, the fastest growers were Albania (up 794.8% from 2022), Mozambique (up 221.8%), Argentina (up 137.2%), Syria (up 117.9%) and Spain (up 100.7%).
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the above table’s columns. An entry of 0% in the right-most column means 2022 data was unavailable.
Oranges Imports into Germany
Germany’s global purchases of imported oranges totaled US$488.3 million in 2023. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of oranges during 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2023.
- Spain: US$352.4 million (up 12.5% from 2022)
- South Africa: $53.8 million (up 21%)
- Italy: $29.4 million (up 0.8%)
- Greece: $20.9 million (up 114%)
- Egypt: $9.8 million (up 163.9%)
- Zimbabwe: $5.4 million (up 28.5%)
- Türkiye: $2.44 million (up 121%)
- Netherlands: $2.39 million (up 43.9%)
- Portugal: $2.14 million (down -12.4%)
- France: $2.11 million (up 161.1%)
- Poland: $1.4 million (up 59.1%)
- Uruguay: $1.3 million (up 122.8%)
- Peru: $839,000 (up 1851.2%)
- Morocco: $762,000 (down -49.2%)
- Saudi Arabia: $678,000 (up 67,700%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.5% of oranges imported by Germany in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of oranges to Germany since 2022 were: Saudi Arabia (up 67,700%), Peru (up 1,851%), Egypt (up 163.9%) and France (up 161.1%).
A pair of major buyer countries experienced declines in the value of their oranges supplied to German importers namely Morocco (down -49.2% from 2022) and Portugal (down -12.4%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s imported oranges rose by an average 17.6% from all supplying countries since 2022 when oranges purchased cost $415.2 million.
Oranges Imports into France
France’s global purchases of imported oranges totaled US$486.6 million in 2023. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which France imported the highest dollar value worth of oranges during 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2023.
- Spain: US$293.9 million (up 7.1% from 2022)
- South Africa: $73.3 million (up 38.3%)
- Portugal: $34.8 million (up 16.8%)
- Egypt: $27.6 million (up 342.9%)
- Italy: $22.3 million (up 9.1%)
- Tunisia: $7.1 million (down -10.5%)
- Netherlands: $4.7 million (up 52.3%)
- Colombia: $4.43 million (down -1.4%)
- Zimbabwe: $4.38 million (up 48.6%)
- Argentina: $3.4 million (up 6.5%)
- Afghanistan: $1.8 million (up 1677.2%)
- Greece: $1.78 million (up 205.5%)
- Morocco: $1.7 million (down -80.4%)
- Türkiye: $830,000 (up 1527.5%)
- Germany: $810,000 (up 28%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.2% of oranges imported by France in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of oranges to France since 2022 were: Afghanistan (up 1,677%), Türkiye (up 1,528%), Egypt (up 342.9%) and Greece (up 205.5%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their oranges supplied to French importers were: Morocco (down -80.4% from 2022), Tunisia (down -10.5%) and Colombia (down -1.4%).
Overall, the value of France’s imported oranges increased by an average 16.4% from all supplying countries since 2022 when oranges purchased cost $418.2 million.
Oranges Imports into the Netherlands
Dutch global purchases of imported oranges totaled US$457.8 million in 2023. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the Netherlands imported the highest dollar value worth of oranges during 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2023.
- South Africa: US$218.7 million (up 18.8% from 2022)
- Egypt: $126 million (up 87.2%)
- Spain: $39.7 million (down -24.2%)
- Germany: $25 million (up 13.5%)
- Belgium: $7.2 million (down -18.2%)
- Zimbabwe: $6.2 million (up 1027.7%)
- Argentina: $5.4 million (down -0.6%)
- Peru: $4.6 million (up 10.5%)
- Uruguay: $4.1 million (up 65%)
- Poland: $4.1 million (up 17.5%)
- Türkiye: $2.7 million (up 5906.7%)
- Morocco: $2.6 million (down -81.5%)
- France: $2.4 million (down -30.3%)
- Sweden: $1.9 million (up 55.1%)
- Italy: $1.8 million (down -41.9%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 98.8% of oranges imported by the Netherlands in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of oranges to the Netherlands since 2022 were: Türkiye (up 5,907%), Zimbabwe (up 1,028%), Egypt (up 87.2%) and Uruguay (up 65%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their oranges supplied to Dutch importers included: Morocco (down -81.5% from 2022), Italy (down -41.9%), France (down -30.3%) and Spain (down -24.2%).
Overall, the value of Netherlands’s imported oranges advanced by an average 20.8% from all supplying countries since 2022 when oranges purchased cost $378.9 million.
Oranges Imports into the United States
The United States of America’s global purchases of imported oranges totaled US$255.7 million in 2023. Below are the top suppliers from which America imported the highest dollar value worth of oranges during 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2023.
- Chile: US$121 million (up 8.8% from 2022)
- South Africa: $68 million (up 5.3%)
- Mexico: $37.9 million (down -26.4%)
- Australia: $7.95 million (up 130.5%)
- Morocco: $7.89 million (down -67.5%)
- Dominican Republic: $4.5 million (up 14.1%)
- Uruguay: $3.9 million (down -39.6%)
- Colombia: $3 million (down -1.6%)
- Peru: $642,000 (up 20.7%)
- Türkiye: $579,000 (up 2,417%)
- Spain: $167,000 (down -69.2%)
- Italy: $92,000 (down -29.2%)
- Japan: $41,000 (2022 data unavailable)
- South Korea: $29,000 (2022 data unavailable)
- Greece: $22,000 (2022 data unavailable)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.95% of oranges imported by America in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of oranges to United States since 2022 were: Türkiye (up 2,417%), Australia (up 130.5%), Peru (up 20.7%) and the Dominican Republic (up 14.1%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their oranges supplied to American importers included: Spain (down -69.2% from 2022), Morocco (down -67.5%), Uruguay (down -39.6%) and Italy (down -29.2%).
Overall, the value of America’s imported oranges fell by an average -5.2% from all supplying countries since 2022 when oranges purchased cost $269.9 million.
See also Oranges Exports by Country, Grapes Exports by Country, Kiwifruit Exports by Country, Netherlands Top Trading Partners and France’s Top 10 Imports
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International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on September 19, 2024
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on September 19, 2024