The overall cost of imported pickles increased by an average 27.5% for all importing countries since 2018 when international purchases of pickles cost $654 million.
Year over year, globally imported pickles appreciated by 7.7% compared to $774.3 million during 2021.
The top 5 buyer countries of imported pickles are the United States of America, Germany, Canada, United Kingdom, then the Netherlands. Collectively, those 5 major importers accounted for 46% of international spending on pickles in 2022.
Applying a continental lens, European countries bought the highest dollar worth of imported pickles during 2022 with purchases costing $510.7 million or approaching two-thirds (61.3%) of the global total. In second place were North American importers at 22.3% while another 10.6% of pickles imported worldwide were delivered to buyers in Asia.
Smaller percentages went to buyers in Oceania (2.7%) led by Australia and New Zealand, Latin America (2.5%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, and Africa (0.6%).
For research purposes, the 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for pickles is 200110.
Imported Pickles by Country
Below are the 15 countries that imported the highest dollar value worth of pickles during 2022.
- United States: US$107.9 million (12.9% of total pickle imports)
- Germany: $98.9 million (11.9%)
- Canada: $71.4 million (8.6%)
- United Kingdom: $54.4 million (6.5%)
- Netherlands: $51.2 million (6.1%)
- France: $43.2 million (5.2%)
- Belgium: $24.1 million (2.9%)
- Russia: $21.1 million (2.5%)
- Poland: $19.8 million (2.4%)
- Czech Republic: $17 million (2%)
- Romania: $17 million (2%)
- China: $16.6 million (2%)
- Australia: $16.4 million (2%)
- Spain: $15.9 million (1.9%)
- Switzerland: $15.4 million (1.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased 70.8% of all pickles imported in 2021.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for pickles since 2021 were: mainland China (up 102.4%), United Kingdom (up 25%), Belgium (up 23.4%) and Australia (up 16.8%).
Four listed countries posted declines in their imported pickles purchases, namely: Russia (down -37.8% from 2021), Netherlands (down -22.4%), Czech Republic (down -12.5%) and Switzerland (down -2.9%).
Pickles Imported into the United States
America’s global purchases of imported pickles totaled US$107.9 million in 2022. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the US imported the highest dollar value worth of pickles during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022.
- India: US$66.4 million (up 21% from 2021)
- Mexico: $9.3 million (down -19.7%)
- Canada: $8.8 million (up 9.1%)
- Germany: $4.4 million (down -14.7%)
- Israel: $3.1 million (up 35.8%)
- France: $3 million (down -10.9%)
- Poland: $2.8 million (up 8.6%)
- Türkiye: $2.5 million (up 14.6%)
- Vietnam: $1.4 million (down -19.1%)
- Egypt: $1.11 million (up 142%)
- Lebanon: $1.08 million (up 2.7%)
- Bulgaria: $946,000 (up 28.5%)
- Greece: $523,000 (down -8.6%)
- Croatia: $279,000 (up 81.2%)
- mainland China: $261,000 (up 24.3%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 98.1% of pickles imported by the United States of America in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of pickles to the United States since 2021 were: Egypt (up 142%), Croatia (up 81.2%), Israel (up 35.8%) and Bulgaria (up 28.5%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their pickles supplied to American importers included: Mexico (down -19.7% from 2021), Vietnam (down -19.1%), Germany (down -14.7%) and France (down -10.9%).
Overall, the value of United States’s imported pickles rose by an average 11.9% from all supplying countries since 2021 when pickles purchased cost $96.4 million.
Pickles Imported into Germany
Germany’s global purchases of imported pickles totaled US$98.9 million in 2022. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of pickles during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022.
- Türkiye: US$47.9 million (up 21.1% from 2021)
- India: $19.2 million (down -2.5%)
- Netherlands: $15.9 million (down -3.6%)
- Poland: $6 million (up 0.1%)
- Serbia: $4.8 million (up 84.2%)
- Lithuania: $1.4 million (up 18.8%)
- Austria: $933,000 (up 169.7%)
- Egypt: $776,000 (up 60.3%)
- North Macedonia: $270,000 (up 16.9%)
- Belgium: $233,000 (up 64.1%)
- Ukraine: $232,000 (down -10.8%)
- Vietnam: $173,000 (2021 data unavailable)
- France: $167,000 (up 11.3%)
- Denmark: $166,000 (down -48.6%)
- Iran: $140,000 (down -55%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.3% of pickles imported by Germany in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of pickles to Germany since 2021 were: Austria (up 169.7%), Serbia (up 84.2%), Belgium (up 64.1%) and Egypt (up 60.3%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their pickles supplied to German importers included: Iran (down -55% from 2021), Denmark (down -48.6%), Ukraine (down -10.8%) and the Netherlands (down -3.6%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s imported pickles expanded by an average 11.7% from all supplying countries since 2021 when pickles purchased cost $88.6 million.
Pickles Imported into Canada
Canada’s global purchases of imported pickles totaled US$71.4 million in 2022. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Canada imported the highest dollar value worth of pickles during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022.
- United States: US$50.6 million (up 15.6% from 2021)
- India: $13.6 million (down -14.7%)
- Hungary: $2.3 million (down -9.9%)
- Poland: $938,000 (up 1%)
- France: $857,000 (down -53.3%)
- Lebanon: $830,000 (up 15%)
- Germany: $552,000 (down -14.7%)
- Israel: $325,000 (up 58.5%)
- Türkiye: $212,000 (down -13.1%)
- North Macedonia: $181,000 (up 19.1%)
- Iran: $177,000 (down -19.2%)
- Egypt: $143,000 (up 85.7%)
- Greece: $64,000 (up 77.8%)
- Jordan: $64,000 (down -25.6%)
- Moldova: $53,000 (down -27.4%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.3% of pickles imported by Canada in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of pickles to Canada since 2021 were: Egypt (up 85.7%), Greece (up 77.8%), Israel (up 58.5%) and North Macedonia (up 19.1%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their pickles supplied to Canadian importers included: France (down -53.3% from 2021), Moldova (down -27.4%), Jordan (down -25.6%) and Iran (down -19.2%).
Overall, the value of Canada’s imported pickles went up by an average 5% from all supplying countries since 2021 when pickles purchased cost $67.9 million.
Pickles Imported into the United Kingdom
UK’s global purchases of imported pickles totaled US$54.4 million in 2022. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Britain imported the highest dollar value worth of pickles during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022.
- Türkiye: US$16.3 million (up 69.3% from 2021)
- Netherlands: $12.2 million (up 3.7%)
- India: $9.4 million (up 48.1%)
- Poland: $7 million (down -16.6%)
- Germany: $5 million (up 58.8%)
- Lebanon: $716,000 (up 36.9%)
- Egypt: $426,000 (up 15.4%)
- United States: $402,000 (up 101%)
- Romania: $342,000 (up 350%)
- Israel: $319,000 (down -4.5%)
- France: $316,000 (up 15,700%)
- Lithuania: $256,000 (down -6.2%)
- Spain: $245,000 (up 94.4%)
- Greece: $224,000 (up 157.5%)
- Iran: $178,000 (down -7.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 98% of pickles imported by Britain in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of pickles to the United Kingdom since 2021 were: France (up 15,700%), Romania (up 350%), Greece (up 157.5%) and the United States of America (up 101%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their pickles supplied to UK’s importers included: Poland (down -16.6% from 2021), Iran (down -7.8%), Lithuania (down -6.2%) and Israel (down -4.5%).
Overall, the value of United Kingdom’s imported pickles accelerated by an average 25% from all supplying countries since 2021 when pickles purchased cost $43.5 million.
Searchable List of Pickles Importer Countries in 2022
The 100 key importing countries of pickles showcased in the following automated database bought 99.7% of the total value for pickles imported in 2022.
| Rank | Importer | Imported Pickles | 2021-2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States | $107,914,000 | +11.9% |
| 2. | Germany | $98,921,000 | +11.7% |
| 3. | Canada | $71,354,000 | +5% |
| 4. | United Kingdom | $54,435,000 | +25% |
| 5. | Netherlands | $51,224,000 | -22.4% |
| 6. | France | $43,160,000 | +12.7% |
| 7. | Belgium | $24,099,000 | +23.4% |
| 8. | Russia | $21,075,000 | -37.8% |
| 9. | Poland | $19,784,000 | +6.8% |
| 10. | Czech Republic | $16,999,000 | -12.5% |
| 11. | Romania | $16,984,000 | +5.7% |
| 12. | China | $16,632,000 | +102.4% |
| 13. | Australia | $16,379,000 | +16.8% |
| 14. | Spain | $15,885,000 | +2.5% |
| 15. | Switzerland | $15,422,000 | -2.9% |
| 16. | Austria | $14,202,000 | -5% |
| 17. | Finland | $11,221,000 | +3.8% |
| 18. | Italy | $11,219,000 | +16.6% |
| 19. | South Korea | $9,980,000 | +9% |
| 20. | Sweden | $9,621,000 | +17.6% |
| 21. | Mongolia | $9,297,000 | +34.1% |
| 22. | Lithuania | $8,969,000 | +7.2% |
| 23. | Bulgaria | $8,771,000 | +39.7% |
| 24. | Denmark | $8,580,000 | -0.3% |
| 25. | Japan | $8,380,000 | +8.5% |
| 26. | Slovakia | $8,201,000 | +0.4% |
| 27. | Hungary | $7,893,000 | +2.4% |
| 28. | Latvia | $7,529,000 | +0% |
| 29. | Palestine | $6,749,000 | +3258% |
| 30. | Mexico | $6,727,000 | +125.3% |
| 31. | New Zealand | $5,963,000 | +21.9% |
| 32. | Kazakhstan | $5,928,000 | +48.1% |
| 33. | Chile | $5,307,000 | +43.8% |
| 34. | Serbia | $4,901,000 | +1.8% |
| 35. | Ireland | $4,798,000 | +19.2% |
| 36. | Israel | $3,897,000 | +20.8% |
| 37. | Estonia | $3,631,000 | +26.8% |
| 38. | Saudi Arabia | $3,430,000 | -34.9% |
| 39. | Brazil | $3,392,000 | +17% |
| 40. | Slovenia | $3,368,000 | -2% |
| 41. | United Arab Emirates | $2,755,000 | -32.8% |
| 42. | Croatia | $2,675,000 | +33.4% |
| 43. | Greece | $2,514,000 | +20.2% |
| 44. | Portugal | $2,396,000 | +9.1% |
| 45. | Belarus | $2,250,000 | -38% |
| 46. | Georgia | $2,163,000 | +62.9% |
| 47. | Iraq | $2,147,000 | -8.4% |
| 48. | Türkiye | $2,100,000 | +236% |
| 49. | Ukraine | $2,012,000 | +166.1% |
| 50. | South Africa | $1,995,000 | -21.1% |
| 51. | Colombia | $1,921,000 | +43.7% |
| 52. | Montenegro | $1,865,000 | +35.1% |
| 53. | Luxembourg | $1,739,000 | -5.3% |
| 54. | Costa Rica | $1,648,000 | +22.1% |
| 55. | Kuwait | $1,598,000 | -29.9% |
| 56. | Philippines | $1,453,000 | -23.5% |
| 57. | Azerbaijan | $1,449,000 | +46.1% |
| 58. | Taiwan | $1,339,000 | +14.2% |
| 59. | Singapore | $1,247,000 | -0.6% |
| 60. | Norway | $1,245,000 | +3.5% |
| 61. | Panama | $1,222,000 | +20.3% |
| 62. | Armenia | $1,221,000 | +127.8% |
| 63. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $1,186,000 | +16.7% |
| 64. | El Salvador | $1,154,000 | +4.6% |
| 65. | Malaysia | $1,049,000 | +52.5% |
| 66. | Hong Kong | $930,000 | +7.4% |
| 67. | Qatar | $827,000 | +82.2% |
| 68. | Guatemala | $824,000 | +13.3% |
| 69. | Paraguay | $739,000 | +14.2% |
| 70. | Dominican Republic | $716,000 | +31.6% |
| 71. | Iceland | $703,000 | +2% |
| 72. | Morocco | $634,000 | +7.6% |
| 73. | Egypt | $580,000 | -6.5% |
| 74. | Kyrgyzstan | $575,000 | +55.4% |
| 75. | Bahrain | $554,000 | +14.5% |
| 76. | Nicaragua | $552,000 | +23.2% |
| 77. | Cyprus | $484,000 | +37.9% |
| 78. | Argentina | $434,000 | -13% |
| 79. | Indonesia | $422,000 | +39.3% |
| 80. | Thailand | $389,000 | +78.4% |
| 81. | Oman | $376,000 | -17.7% |
| 82. | Bahamas | $322,000 | -28.6% |
| 83. | French Polynesia | $322,000 | -10.3% |
| 84. | Honduras | $314,000 | -43.4% |
| 85. | Peru | $299,000 | +65.2% |
| 86. | Uruguay | $271,000 | +2.3% |
| 87. | Côte d'Ivoire | $267,000 | +11.3% |
| 88. | Malta | $257,000 | -6.5% |
| 89. | Jamaica | $240,000 | +515.4% |
| 90. | Ecuador | $234,000 | +72.1% |
| 91. | Senegal | $234,000 | +80% |
| 92. | Mauritius | $232,000 | +74.4% |
| 93. | Uzbekistan | $228,000 | +208.1% |
| 94. | North Macedonia | $217,000 | -10.7% |
| 95. | Jordan | $210,000 | +15.4% |
| 96. | Namibia | $208,000 | +41.5% |
| 97. | Libya | $198,000 | +32.9% |
| 98. | Moldova | $183,000 | +13.7% |
| 99. | Lebanon | $179,000 | +118.3% |
| 100. | Bolivia | $163,000 | +4.5% |
Focusing on the 100 major buyers, the fastest-growing buyers of pickles were Palestine (up 3,258% from 2021), Jamaica (up 515.4%), Türkiye (up 236%), Uzbekistan (up 208.1%), Ukraine (up 166.1%), Armenia (up 127.8%) then Mexico (up 125.3%).
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An entry of 0% in the right-most column means that 2021 data was unavailable.
See also Top Pickles Exporters by Country, Canada’s Top Trading Partners and Top Cucumbers Exporting Countries
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Imports – Commodities. Accessed on October 23, 2023
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on October 23, 2023
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on October 23, 2023