Pumpkin exports by country totaled US$1.574 billion in 2023, up by 15.2% for all pumpkin shippers over the 5-year period starting from $1.365 billion for 2019.
Year over year, the value of globally exported pumpkins fell by -2% gain compared to $1.6 billion during 2022.
The top 5 most lucrative exporters of pumpkins were Spain, Mexico, Türkiye, Netherlands and the United States of America. That quintet of leading pumpkin suppliers generated over three-quarters (76.4%) of the total value of pumpkins sold on international markets during 2023. Such a high percentage indicates a concentrated set of sellers.
Among continents, suppliers in European countries accounted for the highest dollar worth of exported pumpkin during 2023 with shipments valued at $750.6 million or approaching half (47.7%) of the global total. In second place were exporters located in North America at 36.8% well ahead of the 7.6% for worldwide shipments of pumpkins originating from sellers in Asia.
Smaller percentages came from suppliers located in Africa (4.3%), Oceania (2%) led by New Zealand, then Latin America (1.6%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean.
For research purposes, the 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 070993 for pumpkins encompassing other types of squash and gourds.
Pumpkin Exports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that sold the highest dollar value worth of exported pumpkins during 2023.
- Spain: US$498.5 million (31.7% of total exported pumpkins)
- Mexico: $495.7 million (31.5%)
- Türkiye: $76 million (4.8%)
- Netherlands: $68 million (4.3%)
- United States: $64.1 million (4.1%)
- Italy: $50.1 million (3.2%)
- Morocco: $48.1 million (3.1%)
- France: $45 million (2.9%)
- Portugal: $29.4 million (1.9%)
- New Zealand: $26.8 million (1.7%)
- Canada: $19.9 million (1.3%)
- mainland China: $14.8 million (0.9%)
- Austria: $12.5 million (0.8%)
- Belgium: $12.4 million (0.8%)
- Germany: $11.8 million (0.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 93.6% of globally exported pumpkins in 2023.
Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing exporters of pumpkins since 2022 were: Austria (up 287%), mainland China (up 48.4%), Germany (up 15.2%) and Belgium (up 11.2%).
Major suppliers that posted declines in their international sales of pumpkins were: Canada (down -24.5% from 2022), New Zealand (down -21.2%), Italy (down -9.1%), Spain (down -7%) and Netherlands (down -0.7%).
Searchable List of Pumpkin Exporting Countries
The 100 international suppliers showcased in the automated database below collected 99.99% of the overall revenues for globally exported pumpkins.
| Rank | Exporter | Pumpkin Exports | 2022-3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Spain | $498,527,000 | -7% |
| 2. | Mexico | $495,655,000 | +4.2% |
| 3. | Türkiye | $76,040,000 | +4.1% |
| 4. | Netherlands | $68,032,000 | -0.7% |
| 5. | United States | $64,114,000 | +5.7% |
| 6. | Italy | $50,108,000 | -9.1% |
| 7. | Morocco | $48,054,000 | +3.2% |
| 8. | France | $45,017,000 | +10.1% |
| 9. | Portugal | $29,382,000 | +4.6% |
| 10. | New Zealand | $26,794,000 | -21.2% |
| 11. | Canada | $19,910,000 | -24.5% |
| 12. | mainland China | $14,779,000 | +48.4% |
| 13. | Austria | $12,491,000 | +287% |
| 14. | Belgium | $12,365,000 | +11.2% |
| 15. | Germany | $11,803,000 | +15.2% |
| 16. | South Africa | $11,129,000 | -25.3% |
| 17. | India | $10,996,000 | +9% |
| 18. | Costa Rica | $8,926,000 | +12.1% |
| 19. | Poland | $5,816,000 | +41.1% |
| 20. | Malaysia | $5,328,000 | +24.9% |
| 21. | Dominican Republic | $3,480,000 | +25.8% |
| 22. | Australia | $3,400,000 | +26.9% |
| 23. | Egypt | $2,854,000 | +69.5% |
| 24. | Albania | $2,666,000 | +429% |
| 25. | Peru | $2,441,000 | +15.9% |
| 26. | Panama | $2,438,000 | -12.6% |
| 27. | United Kingdom | $2,370,000 | +56.6% |
| 28. | Czech Republic | $2,325,000 | -1.1% |
| 29. | Honduras | $2,157,000 | 0% |
| 30. | Pakistan | $1,750,000 | +128.8% |
| 31. | Greece | $1,736,000 | +10.5% |
| 32. | Brazil | $1,706,000 | -38.3% |
| 33. | Myanmar | $1,530,000 | +0.9% |
| 34. | Namibia | $1,499,000 | +90.7% |
| 35. | Bulgaria | $1,479,000 | -0.6% |
| 36. | Oman | $1,451,000 | -30.1% |
| 37. | Bangladesh | $1,331,000 | -83.9% |
| 38. | Tunisia | $1,267,000 | +489.3% |
| 39. | Guatemala | $1,184,000 | -16.4% |
| 40. | Luxembourg | $1,124,000 | +10.2% |
| 41. | Hungary | $1,076,000 | -13.9% |
| 42. | New Caledonia | $1,014,000 | +1168% |
| 43. | Cambodia | $1,005,000 | 0% |
| 44. | Croatia | $861,000 | +30.7% |
| 45. | South Korea | $853,000 | -35.9% |
| 46. | Uzbekistan | $787,000 | +62.6% |
| 47. | Japan | $781,000 | -37.1% |
| 48. | Denmark | $729,000 | +62.4% |
| 49. | Singapore | $572,000 | +3.1% |
| 50. | Slovenia | $535,000 | -13.1% |
| 51. | Ireland | $509,000 | +121.3% |
| 52. | Nicaragua | $500,000 | +86.6% |
| 53. | Jamaica | $451,000 | +15.9% |
| 54. | Romania | $415,000 | -19.9% |
| 55. | Senegal | $401,000 | +91.9% |
| 56. | Georgia | $401,000 | +20.4% |
| 57. | Lithuania | $393,000 | +34.1% |
| 58. | Algeria | $361,000 | +556.4% |
| 59. | Libya | $358,000 | +49.8% |
| 60. | Tonga | $345,000 | -57.9% |
| 61. | Uganda | $334,000 | +45.9% |
| 62. | Indonesia | $322,000 | +49.1% |
| 63. | Kyrgyzstan | $299,000 | -29% |
| 64. | United Arab Emirates | $267,000 | -96.4% |
| 65. | Thailand | $259,000 | -26.2% |
| 66. | Sri Lanka | $249,000 | +42.3% |
| 67. | Estonia | $241,000 | +119.1% |
| 68. | Iran | $229,000 | -98.3% |
| 69. | Kazakhstan | $206,000 | +126.4% |
| 70. | Tanzania | $203,000 | -68.3% |
| 71. | Serbia | $191,000 | +46.9% |
| 72. | Chile | $190,000 | +5% |
| 73. | Vietnam | $179,000 | -64.8% |
| 74. | Kenya | $178,000 | +72.8% |
| 75. | Israel | $174,000 | -51% |
| 76. | Colombia | $169,000 | -23.2% |
| 77. | Argentina | $163,000 | -77.3% |
| 78. | Guyana | $155,000 | +162.7% |
| 79. | Jordan | $142,000 | +317.6% |
| 80. | Dominica | $132,000 | 0% |
| 81. | Ethiopia | $130,000 | -73.6% |
| 82. | Uruguay | $127,000 | -38% |
| 83. | Slovakia | $113,000 | -32.3% |
| 84. | El Salvador | $91,000 | +51.7% |
| 85. | Saudi Arabia | $90,000 | +181.3% |
| 86. | Rwanda | $76,000 | 0% |
| 87. | Haiti | $74,000 | +21.3% |
| 88. | Azerbaijan | $74,000 | 0% |
| 89. | Eswatini | $71,000 | -16.5% |
| 90. | Syria | $65,000 | 0% |
| 91. | Madagascar | $62,000 | +1.6% |
| 92. | North Macedonia | $60,000 | -51.6% |
| 93. | Sweden | $57,000 | +23.9% |
| 94. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $56,000 | +64.7% |
| 95. | Moldova | $55,000 | -31.3% |
| 96. | Lebanon | $47,000 | -93.7% |
| 97. | Ecuador | $35,000 | +1650% |
| 98. | Bahrain | $34,000 | -54.1% |
| 99. | Taiwan | $33,000 | +10% |
| 100. | Russia | $29,000 | -23.7% |
Focusing on the 100 leading exporters, the fastest growers were Ecuador (up 1,650% from 2022), New Caledonia (up 1,168%), Algeria (up 556.4%), Tunisia (up 489.3%) and Albania (up 429%).
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of the above table’s columns. An entry reading ‘0’ in the right-most column means that 2022 data was unavailable.
Countries Reaping Biggest Trade Surpluses from Pumpkins
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for pumpkins 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 exported pumpkins and its import purchases for that same commodity.
- Mexico: US$492.5 million (net export surplus up 4.3% since 2022)
- Spain: $467.5 million (down -8.7%)
- Türkiye: $76 million (up 4.2%)
- Morocco: $48 million (up 3.1%)
- New Zealand: $24.2 million (down -26.2%)
- mainland China: $14 million (up 116.2%)
- Portugal: $13.5 million (down -15.5%)
- India: $11 million (up 9.1%)
- South Africa: $9.5 million (down -33.1%)
- Costa Rica: $8.9 million (up 12.2%)
- Australia: $3.4 million (up 28.1%)
- Dominican Republic: $3.3 million (up 26.2%)
- Malaysia: $3 million (up 73.7%)
- Egypt: $2.9 million (up 69.5%)
- Albania: $2.6 million (up 430.8%)
Mexico and Spain generated the highest surpluses in the international trade of pumpkins. In turn, those positive cashflows confirm both countries’ competitive advantages for this specific product category.
Countries Enduring Worst Trade Deficits from Pumpkins
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for pumpkins 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 imported pumpkin purchases and its exports for that same commodity.
- United States: -US$435.9 million (net export deficit up 3.7% since 2022)
- Germany: -$159.4 million (down -15.4%)
- France: -$151.4 million (down -6.9%)
- United Kingdom: -$104.5 million (down -0.5%)
- Japan: -$60.7 million (down -9.6%)
- Canada: -$45.4 million (up 33%)
- Switzerland: -$33.8 million (down -7.2%)
- Russia: -$31.7 million (down -5.5%)
- Poland: -$29.2 million (down -6.9%)
- Netherlands: -$26 million (down -14.3%)
- Belgium: -$25.8 million (down -5.1%)
- Austria: -$25.4 million (up 3.9%)
- Singapore: -$22.3 million (up 1.8%)
- Romania: -$13.9 million (up 16.6%)
- Sweden: -$13.2 million (down -0.1%)
The United States of America incurred the highest deficit in the international trade of pumpkins. In turn, this negative cashflow highlights America’s competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for pumpkin-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful consumer demand.
Pumpkin Exporting Companies
According to global trading platform Alibaba, the following suppliers are examples of pumpkin-trading exporters. The home-country location for each business is shown within parentheses.
- AB2T (France)
- Shouguang Peiling Vegetable & Food Co. (China)
- Alfafood GmbH (Germany)
- Algo Imports & Exports (United States)
- HBE Trading (Netherlands)
- Integrow Marketing Ltd (New Zealand)
- Minerve Trade (Belgium)
- Oyewale Akinpelumi (Turkey)
- Sotrapex (Portugal)
- W Agripacking S.A DE C.V (Mexico)
See also Pumpkin Imports by Country, Pineapples Exports by Country, Apples Exports by Country and Oranges Exports by Country
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Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on November 13, 2024
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