Overall, the value of pineapple imports grew by an average 7.2% all buying countries from 5 years earlier in 2019 when international purchases of pineapples were valued at $2.71 billion.
Year over year, imports of pineapples increased by 4.5% compared to $2.78 billion starting from 2022.
Pineapples is a sweet tropical fruit imported around the globe into around 175 countries, islands or territories.
The top 5 major buyers are the United States of America, mainland China, Netherlands, Spain and Germany. Added together, that quintet of leading importers accounted for over half (54.8%) of the world’s spending on imported pineapples in 2023.
From a continental perspective, buyers in European countries bought the highest dollar worth of imported pineapples during 2023 with purchases valued at $1.26 billion or 43.5% of the global total. In second place were importers in North America at 36.1% while another 17.9% of pineapples bought on international markets went to Asia.
Smaller percentages was delivered to importers in Latin America (1.3%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Africa (0.7%), then Oceania (0.4%) mostly New Zealand and, to a lesser extent, Australia.
For research purposes, the 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 080430 for pineapples.
Pineapples Imports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that paid the most for imported pineapples during 2023.
- United States: US$932.4 million (32.1% of globally imported pineapples)
- mainland China: $186.8 million (6.4%)
- Netherlands: $162.6 million (5.6%)
- Spain: $162 million (5.6%)
- Germany: $147.1 million (5.1%)
- Belgium: $138.5 million (4.8%)
- Japan: $137.2 million (4.7%)
- France: $132.6 million (4.6%)
- Italy: $122.5 million (4.2%)
- Canada: $116.1 million (4%)
- United Kingdom: $83.9 million (2.9%)
- South Korea: $65.9 million (2.3%)
- Portugal: $60.6 million (2.1%)
- Russia: $46.6 million (1.6%)
- United Arab Emirates: $31 million (1.1%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased 87% of all pineapples imported in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for pineapples from 2022 to 2023 were: Spain (up 20.2%), Russia (up 17.7%), Netherlands (up 15.2%) and Germany (up 12.7%).
Three major buyer countries that declines in their imported pineapples purchases namely: United Arab Emirates (down -35%), Japan (down -4.2%) and Belgium (down -2.8%).
Searchable List of Pineapples Importers in 2023
The 100 major international buyers of pineapples in the database below accounted for 99.9% of all import purchases in 2023.
| Rank | Importer | Imported Pineapples | 2022-3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States | $932,387,000 | +5.1% |
| 2. | mainland China | $186,834,000 | +4.1% |
| 3. | Netherlands | $162,594,000 | +15.2% |
| 4. | Spain | $162,011,000 | +20.2% |
| 5. | Germany | $147,111,000 | +12.7% |
| 6. | Belgium | $138,465,000 | -2.8% |
| 7. | Japan | $137,162,000 | -4.2% |
| 8. | France | $132,585,000 | +3.9% |
| 9. | Italy | $122,490,000 | +2.8% |
| 10. | Canada | $116,140,000 | +4.9% |
| 11. | United Kingdom | $83,920,000 | +8.2% |
| 12. | South Korea | $65,872,000 | +5.9% |
| 13. | Portugal | $60,635,000 | +4% |
| 14. | Russia | $46,608,000 | +17.7% |
| 15. | United Arab Emirates | $31,045,000 | -35% |
| 16. | Switzerland | $24,840,000 | +3.1% |
| 17. | Austria | $23,016,000 | +35.8% |
| 18. | Poland | $22,329,000 | +7% |
| 19. | Greece | $16,477,000 | +15.3% |
| 20. | Israel | $15,088,000 | -9% |
| 21. | Denmark | $14,099,000 | +2.6% |
| 22. | Chile | $13,206,000 | -11% |
| 23. | Saudi Arabia | $11,789,000 | -30% |
| 24. | Ireland | $11,372,000 | +29.3% |
| 25. | New Zealand | $10,819,000 | +10.5% |
| 26. | Czech Republic | $10,315,000 | +1.7% |
| 27. | Hong Kong | $10,100,000 | -6.2% |
| 28. | Romania | $9,663,000 | +15.5% |
| 29. | Ukraine | $8,474,000 | +60.6% |
| 30. | Singapore | $8,101,000 | +13% |
| 31. | Türkiye | $7,937,000 | +16.6% |
| 32. | Morocco | $7,269,000 | +15.9% |
| 33. | Argentina | $7,098,000 | -3.3% |
| 34. | Maldives | $6,996,000 | +6.8% |
| 35. | Croatia | $6,897,000 | +38.7% |
| 36. | Sweden | $6,865,000 | +11.7% |
| 37. | El Salvador | $6,688,000 | +6.5% |
| 38. | Slovakia | $6,684,000 | +8.1% |
| 39. | Iran | $6,423,000 | -35.4% |
| 40. | Norway | $5,486,000 | +0.2% |
| 41. | Egypt | $5,157,000 | +0.02% |
| 42. | Hungary | $4,913,000 | +9.4% |
| 43. | Finland | $4,898,000 | +15.8% |
| 44. | Serbia | $4,163,000 | +36% |
| 45. | Lithuania | $4,120,000 | +8.6% |
| 46. | Slovenia | $4,025,000 | +8.7% |
| 47. | Brunei Darussalam | $3,914,000 | +33.2% |
| 48. | Kazakhstan | $3,222,000 | +103.4% |
| 49. | Luxembourg | $3,071,000 | -0.1% |
| 50. | Qatar | $3,007,000 | -60.5% |
| 51. | Bulgaria | $3,003,000 | +6.6% |
| 52. | Bahrain | $2,653,000 | -5.5% |
| 53. | Armenia | $2,343,000 | +26.2% |
| 54. | Azerbaijan | $2,324,000 | +9.2% |
| 55. | Belarus | $2,181,000 | +41.3% |
| 56. | Jordan | $2,067,000 | +33.8% |
| 57. | Kuwait | $2,040,000 | -63.4% |
| 58. | Cyprus | $1,940,000 | +22.1% |
| 59. | Seychelles | $1,891,000 | +25.9% |
| 60. | Moldova | $1,855,000 | +17.8% |
| 61. | Uruguay | $1,844,000 | +14.3% |
| 62. | Bahamas | $1,820,000 | +24.6% |
| 63. | Macao | $1,655,000 | +89.6% |
| 64. | Estonia | $1,502,000 | +7.1% |
| 65. | Kyrgyzstan | $1,417,000 | +107.2% |
| 66. | Oman | $1,318,000 | -77.1% |
| 67. | Taiwan | $1,313,000 | +8.5% |
| 68. | Malta | $1,264,000 | +46.3% |
| 69. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $1,185,000 | +21.2% |
| 70. | Curaçao | $1,179,000 | -19.7% |
| 71. | Georgia | $1,164,000 | -14% |
| 72. | Aruba | $1,052,000 | +12% |
| 73. | Iraq | $957,000 | -24.9% |
| 74. | Montenegro | $891,000 | +36.9% |
| 75. | Tunisia | $882,000 | +23.9% |
| 76. | Nepal | $873,000 | -20.9% |
| 77. | Cayman Islands | $834,000 | +24.7% |
| 78. | Iceland | $808,000 | +21.5% |
| 79. | Barbados | $804,000 | +18.2% |
| 80. | Senegal | $795,000 | +46.7% |
| 81. | Australia | $784,000 | -1% |
| 82. | Cabo Verde | $730,000 | +10.9% |
| 83. | Lebanon | $722,000 | -62.8% |
| 84. | Libya | $720,000 | +4% |
| 85. | Tajikistan | $596,000 | +61.1% |
| 86. | Bermuda | $581,000 | +19.8% |
| 87. | Botswana | $568,000 | +12.7% |
| 88. | Malaysia | $551,000 | -0.4% |
| 89. | North Macedonia | $524,000 | +10.8% |
| 90. | Antigua/Barbuda | $439,000 | +16.4% |
| 91. | Turks/Caicos Islands | $437,000 | +42.3% |
| 92. | Albania | $393,000 | 0% |
| 93. | Namibia | $363,000 | +9.7% |
| 94. | Mali | $340,000 | +134.5% |
| 95. | Uzbekistan | $323,000 | -64.5% |
| 96. | Mexico | $317,000 | -68.4% |
| 97. | Togo | $253,000 | +36.8% |
| 98. | Mongolia | $249,000 | +47.3% |
| 99. | Rwanda | $243,000 | +912.5% |
| 100. | Cuba | $236,000 | 0% |
Drilling down on the top 100 importers of pineapples, the fastest growers were Rwanda (up 912.5% from 2022), Mali (up 134.5%), Kyrgyzstan (up 107.2%), Kazakhstan (up 103.4%) then Macao (up 89.6%).
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the columns in the above table. An entry of 0% in the right-most column means no 2022 data was available.
Pineapples Imported into the United States
America’s global purchases of imported pineapples totaled US$932.4 million in 2023. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the US imported the highest dollar value worth of pineapples during 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2023.
- Costa Rica: US$807.3 million (up 7% from 2022)
- Honduras: $42 million (down -8.1%)
- Mexico: $37.2 million (down -3.5%)
- Ecuador: $15.3 million (up 168.3%)
- Guatemala: $13.1 million (up 17%)
- Thailand: $7.5 million (down -40.2%)
- Philippines: $3.6 million (up 25.8%)
- Peru: $2.3 million (down -46.3%)
- mainland China: $1.5 million (down -75.8%)
- Colombia: $505,000 (down -71.6%)
- South Africa: $465,000 (up 2.4%)
- India: $420,000 (down -42.5%)
- Malaysia: $376,000 (down -14.4%)
- Ghana: $342,000 (down -50.5%)
- Togo: $93,000 (2022 data unavailable)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.9% of pineapples imported by the United States of America in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of pineapples to United States since 2022 were: Ecuador (up 168.3%), Philippines (up 25.8%), Guatemala (up 17%) and Costa Rica (up 7%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their pineapples supplied to American importers included: mainland China (down -75.8% from 2022), Colombia (down -71.6%), Ghana (down -50.5%) and Peru (down -46.3%).
Overall, the value of America’s imported pineapples rose by an average 5.1% from all supplying countries since 2022 when pineapples purchased cost $887.1 million.
Pineapples Imported into China
Mainland China’s global purchases of imported pineapples totaled US$186.8 million in 2023. Below are the suppliers from which China imported the highest dollar value worth of pineapples during 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2023.
- Philippines: US$175.7 million (up 3.1% from 2022)
- Thailand: $8 million (down -7.6%)
- Indonesia: $3.1 million (up 1,384%)
- Malaysia: $41,000 (down -74.4%)
Among the above suppliers, Indonesia recorded the strongest gain via a 1,384% increase compared to 2022.
The severest percentage decline belonged to providers in Malaysia via a -74.4% year-on-year drop.
Overall, the value of mainland China’s imported pineapples grew by an average 19.1% from all supplying countries since 2022 when pineapples purchased cost $150.6 million.
Pineapples Imported into Netherlands
The Netherlands’ global purchases of imported pineapples totaled US$162.6 million in 2023. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the Netherlands imported the highest dollar value worth of pineapples during 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2023.
- Costa Rica: US$119 million (up 12.9% from 2022)
- Belgium: $14.2 million (up 11.4%)
- Ecuador: $7.2 million (up 26.6%)
- Germany: $6.4 million (up 57.9%)
- France: $5.3 million (up 12.7%)
- Spain: $3.9 million (up 104.2%)
- Kenya: $2.1 million (up 176.6%)
- Panama: $622,000 (down -37.4%)
- Ivory Coast: $616,000 (down -29.4%)
- Italy: $601,000 (down -28.1%)
- Mauritius: $487,000 (up 48%)
- South Africa: $337,000 (down -35.6%)
- Thailand: $308,000 (up 11.2%)
- Togo: $183,000 (up 30.7%)
- Ghana: $165,000 (up 1275%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.3% of pineapples imported by the Netherlands in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of pineapples to the Netherlands since 2022 were: Ghana (up 1,275%), Kenya (up 176.6%), Spain (up 104.2%) and Germany (up 57.9%).
Four major buyer countries that experienced declines in the value of their pineapples supplied to Dutch importers were: Panama (down -37.4% from 2022), South Africa (down -35.6%), Ivory Coast (down -29.4%) and Italy (down -28.1%).
Overall, the value of the Netherlands’ imported pineapples increased by an average 15.2% from all supplying countries since 2022 when pineapples purchased cost $141.1 million.
Pineapples Imported into Spain
Spain’s global purchases of imported pineapples totaled US$162 million in 2023. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Spain imported the highest dollar value worth of pineapples during 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2023.
- Costa Rica: US$144.1 million (up 21.5% from 2022)
- Panama: $7 million (up 19.7%)
- Ecuador: $4.4 million (up 492.4%)
- Portugal: $2 million (down -46.6%)
- Ivory Coast: $1.7 million (down -35.7%)
- Netherlands: $1 million (up 18.3%)
- France: $688,000 (down -16.9%)
- Italy: $299,000 (down -10.2%)
- Kenya: $265,000 (up 44.8%)
- Belgium: $176,000 (up 63%)
- Dominican Republic: $57,000 (down -64.2%)
- Germany: $57,000 (up 256.3%)
- Thailand: $49,000 (down -69.9%)
- South Africa: $38,000 (down -17.4%)
- Mauritius: $37,000 (up 32.1%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.9% of pineapples imported by Spain in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of pineapples to Spain since 2022 were: Ecuador (up 492.4%), Germany (up 256.3%), Belgium (up 63%) and Kenya (up 44.8%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their pineapples supplied to Spanish importers included: Thailand (down -69.9%), Dominican Republic (down -64.2%), Portugal (down -46.6%) and Ivory Coast (down -35.7%).
Overall, the value of Spain’s imported pineapples expanded by an average 20.2% from all supplying countries since 2022 when pineapples purchased cost $134.7 million.
See also Pineapples Exports by Country, Apples Imports by Country, Top Imported Fruits Most Loved by Americans and Top Vitamins Exports & Imports by Country
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