Overall, the value of apples imports fell by -6% for all importing countries from 5 years earlier in 2019 when international purchases of apples were valued at $7.71 billion.
Year over year, the value of globally imported apples depreciated by -4.9% compared to $7.62 billion starting from 2022.
The top 5 largest importers of fresh apples as measured by dollar value are Germany, United Kingdom, India, Vietnam and Indonesia. Collectively, that cohort of major buying markets purchased over one quarter (26%) of all imported apples sold during 2023.
From a continental perspective, countries in Asia spent the most on imported apples during 2023 with purchases valued at $3.13 billion or 43.2% of the global total. In second place were exporters located in Europe at 33.3% while 9.1% of apples imported worldwide was procured from providers in Latin America excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean. Another 8.3% worth arrived from shippers in North America.
Smaller percentages went to customers in Africa (5.9%) then Oceania (0.2%) led by Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Australia.
For research purposes, the 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 080810 for fresh apples.
Apples Imports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that imported the highest dollar value worth of apples during 2023.
- Germany: US$516.1 million (7.1% of total imported apples)
- United Kingdom: $383.8 million (5.3%)
- India: $363.3 million (5%)
- Vietnam: $345.6 million (4.8%)
- Indonesia: $275.4 million (3.8%)
- Taiwan: $260.4 million (3.6%)
- Thailand: $235.4 million (3.2%)
- Hong Kong: $228 million (3.1%)
- Egypt: $222.7 million (3.1%)
- United States: $220.3 million (3%)
- Spain: $216.8 million (3%)
- Canada: $213 million (2.9%)
- Russia: $192.7 million (2.7%)
- Netherlands: $186.5 million (2.6%)
- mainland China: $181.1 million (2.5%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased more than half (55.8%) of all apples imported in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for apples since 2022 were: Vietnam (up 39.1%), Spain (up 29.6%), India (up 15.6%) and Hong Kong (up 10.8%).
Major suppliers that posted declines in their imported apples purchases were led by: Egypt (down -44% from 2022), Russia (down -39.1%), Indonesia (down -22.5%) and mainland China (down -16.1%).
Searchable List of Apples Importers in 2023
The 100 key importers of fresh apples in the following database purchased 98.3% of the overall value for fresh apples imported during 2023.
| Rank | Importer | Imported Apples | 2022-3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Germany | $516,051,000 | +5.7% |
| 2. | United Kingdom | $383,813,000 | -2.1% |
| 3. | India | $363,256,000 | +15.6% |
| 4. | Vietnam | $345,603,000 | +39.1% |
| 5. | Indonesia | $275,385,000 | -22.5% |
| 6. | Taiwan | $260,372,000 | +0.7% |
| 7. | Thailand | $235,418,000 | -7.3% |
| 8. | Hong Kong | $227,977,000 | +10.8% |
| 9. | Egypt | $222,693,000 | -44% |
| 10. | United States | $220,334,000 | +7.9% |
| 11. | Spain | $216,817,000 | +29.6% |
| 12. | Canada | $213,016,000 | -13.4% |
| 13. | Russia | $192,684,000 | -39.1% |
| 14. | Netherlands | $186,465,000 | -5.2% |
| 15. | mainland China | $181,078,000 | -16.1% |
| 16. | Philippines | $175,938,000 | -5.1% |
| 17. | Mexico | $165,233,000 | -27.1% |
| 18. | Brazil | $165,057,000 | +38.8% |
| 19. | Saudi Arabia | $155,270,000 | -13% |
| 20. | Bangladesh | $148,652,000 | -17.4% |
| 21. | United Arab Emirates | $146,534,000 | -12.4% |
| 22. | Colombia | $128,786,000 | +7.9% |
| 23. | Malaysia | $128,530,000 | +1.3% |
| 24. | Nepal | $97,313,000 | +76.2% |
| 25. | France | $95,330,000 | +6.7% |
| 26. | Sweden | $87,538,000 | +2.2% |
| 27. | Ireland | $73,545,000 | +4.6% |
| 28. | Belgium | $67,711,000 | -18.6% |
| 29. | Ecuador | $63,501,000 | +11.2% |
| 30. | Singapore | $61,104,000 | -5.8% |
| 31. | Portugal | $59,391,000 | +72.6% |
| 32. | Romania | $58,396,000 | +25.2% |
| 33. | Israel | $57,813,000 | -8% |
| 34. | Norway | $55,598,000 | -1.6% |
| 35. | Denmark | $54,761,000 | +8.5% |
| 36. | Guatemala | $49,971,000 | +12.2% |
| 37. | Jordan | $44,975,000 | -4.2% |
| 38. | Czech Republic | $44,842,000 | +24.6% |
| 39. | Peru | $44,463,000 | +18% |
| 40. | Kazakhstan | $42,086,000 | +12.5% |
| 41. | Nigeria | $39,742,000 | -27% |
| 42. | Finland | $36,601,000 | +14.5% |
| 43. | Dominican Republic | $36,032,000 | +17.8% |
| 44. | Slovakia | $34,937,000 | +49.6% |
| 45. | Costa Rica | $26,723,000 | +34.4% |
| 46. | El Salvador | $25,878,000 | +19.3% |
| 47. | Italy | $25,757,000 | +5.1% |
| 48. | Libya | $25,340,000 | +10.4% |
| 49. | Austria | $25,229,000 | +15.2% |
| 50. | Honduras | $22,385,000 | 0% |
| 51. | Qatar | $20,571,000 | -27.2% |
| 52. | Mongolia | $20,569,000 | +10.9% |
| 53. | Bulgaria | $19,502,000 | +30.2% |
| 54. | Iraq | $19,083,000 | -78.2% |
| 55. | Hungary | $18,824,000 | -10.1% |
| 56. | Belarus | $17,969,000 | -38.4% |
| 57. | Uzbekistan | $16,856,000 | +45.7% |
| 58. | Panama | $15,785,000 | +0.3% |
| 59. | Venezuela | $15,606,000 | +29.1% |
| 60. | Lithuania | $14,821,000 | +3% |
| 61. | Switzerland | $14,603,000 | +60.6% |
| 62. | Croatia | $14,560,000 | +58.5% |
| 63. | Bahrain | $12,754,000 | +1.9% |
| 64. | Bolivia | $12,749,000 | -4% |
| 65. | Senegal | $11,728,000 | -4.2% |
| 66. | Kenya | $11,212,000 | -5.3% |
| 67. | Slovenia | $10,875,000 | +26% |
| 68. | Pakistan | $10,567,000 | -20.8% |
| 69. | Oman | $10,444,000 | -64.7% |
| 70. | Cyprus | $10,133,000 | +15.5% |
| 71. | Ivory Coast | $10,130,000 | +9.1% |
| 72. | Japan | $10,069,000 | -7% |
| 73. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $10,000,000 | +69.6% |
| 74. | Kuwait | $9,986,000 | -65.4% |
| 75. | Macao | $9,953,000 | +12.6% |
| 76. | Greece | $9,538,000 | +36.3% |
| 77. | Luxembourg | $9,349,000 | +11.6% |
| 78. | Estonia | $8,947,000 | +10.3% |
| 79. | Cameroon | $8,002,000 | +5.9% |
| 80. | Botswana | $7,938,000 | -1.2% |
| 81. | Ghana | $7,909,000 | -9.8% |
| 82. | Nicaragua | $7,602,000 | +11.5% |
| 83. | Tanzania | $7,201,000 | +36.8% |
| 84. | Chile | $6,725,000 | -22.2% |
| 85. | Albania | $6,676,000 | 0% |
| 86. | Serbia | $6,568,000 | -17.2% |
| 87. | Zambia | $6,521,000 | +17.9% |
| 88. | Iceland | $6,500,000 | +14.9% |
| 89. | Malta | $6,327,000 | +15.7% |
| 90. | Ethiopia | $6,247,000 | +12.9% |
| 91. | Sri Lanka | $5,981,000 | -4.1% |
| 92. | Paraguay | $5,975,000 | -8.6% |
| 93. | Namibia | $5,862,000 | +4.4% |
| 94. | Uganda | $5,696,000 | +17.5% |
| 95. | Myanmar | $5,382,000 | +29.3% |
| 96. | Mauritius | $5,328,000 | +13.7% |
| 97. | Cambodia | $4,949,000 | +23.2% |
| 98. | Morocco | $4,936,000 | -12.6% |
| 99. | Montenegro | $4,880,000 | +38.4% |
| 100. | Ukraine | $4,516,000 | +599.1% |
Posting triple-digit gains in the value of their imported fresh apples purchases from 2022 to 2023 were: Ukraine (up 599.1%), Nepal (up 76.2%), Portugal (up 72.6%), Bosnia and Herzegovina (up 69.6%) then Switzerland (up 60.6%).
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An entry of 0% in the right-most column means that 2022 data was unavailable at time of article publication.
Apples Imported into Germany
Germany’s global purchases of imported apples totaled US$516.1 million in 2023. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of apples during 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2023.
- Italy: US$247.9 million (up 17.6% from 2022)
- France: $53.1 million (up 2%)
- Netherlands: $46.9 million (up 16.8%)
- Chile: $40.9 million (down -20.6%)
- Poland: $34.1 million (up 45.3%)
- New Zealand: $26.4 million (down -19.8%)
- South Africa: $24.3 million (down -0.9%)
- Austria: $15 million (up 21%)
- Belgium: $10.8 million (down -44.5%)
- Spain: $7.1 million (down -39.3%)
- Argentina: $4.6 million (up 21.7%)
- Peru: $1.3 million (down -6.6%)
- Czech Republic: $1.2 million (up 126.9%)
- Türkiye: $456,000 (down -29.7%)
- Costa Rica: $314,000 (up 37.7%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.7% of apples imported by Germany in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of apples to Germany since 2022 were: Czech Republic (up 126.9%), Poland (up 45.3%), Costa Rica (up 37.7%) and Argentina (up 21.7%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their apples supplied to German importers included: Belgium (down -44.5% from 2022), Spain (down -39.3%), Türkiye (down -29.7%) and Chile (down -20.6%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s imported apples were up by an average 5.7% from all supplying countries since 2022 when apples purchased cost $488.4 million.
Apples Imported into the UK
The United Kingdom’s global purchases of imported apples totaled US$383.8 million in 2023. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the UK imported the highest dollar value worth of apples during 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2023.
- France: US$122.5 million (down -4.1% from 2022)
- South Africa: $87 million (up 1.8%)
- Italy: $59.4 million (up 2.9%)
- New Zealand: $24.6 million (up 0.5%)
- Poland: $19.8 million (up 55.4%)
- Spain: $17.2 million (up 2.2%)
- Chile: $12.6 million (down -49.2%)
- Germany: $7.3 million (down -6.3%)
- Serbia: $5.2 million (up 25.7%)
- Ireland: $4.6 million (up 54.5%)
- Austria: $4.4 million (up 31.7%)
- Belgium: $4.3 million (down -29.7%)
- Argentina: $3.6 million (down -0.4%)
- Netherlands: $2.9 million (up 12.6%)
- Croatia: $2.05 million (down -15.9%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 98.4% of apples imported by the United Kingdom in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of apples to the UK since 2022 were: Poland (up 55.4%), Ireland (up 54.5%), Austria (up 31.7%) and Serbia (up 25.7%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their apples supplied to British importers included: Chile (down -49.2% from 2022), Belgium (down -29.7%), Croatia (down -15.9%) and Germany (down -6.3%).
Overall, the value of the United Kingdom’s imported apples fell by an average -2.1% from all supplying countries since 2022 when apples purchased cost $392.1 million.
Apples Imported into India
India’s global purchases of imported apples totaled US$363.3 million in 2023. Below are the top suppliers from which India imported the highest dollar value worth of apples based on 2022 data. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2019 to 2022.
- Türkiye: US$99.1 million (up 11.4% from 2022)
- Iran: $61.9 million (up 62%)
- Poland: $36.1 million (up 157%)
- Italy: $35.9 million (down -24.7%)
- Afghanistan: $32.6 million (up 3401.9%)
- South Africa: $24.3 million (up 31.6%)
- New Zealand: $23.2 million (down -1.6%)
- Chile: $17.5 million (down -54.6%)
- Brazil: $12 million (up 14.6%)
- United States of America: $7.6 million (up 29.3%)
- Serbia: $5.6 million (up 33.5%)
- Belgium: $2.3 million (down -62.8%)
- France: $1.94 million (down -35.6%)
- Greece: $1.91 million (up 3800%)
- Argentina: $514,000 (down -18.3%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.7% of apples imported by India in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of apples to India since 2022 were: Greece (up 3,800%), Afghanistan (up 3,402%), Poland (up 157%) and Iran (up 62%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their apples supplied to Indian importers included: Belgium (down -62.8% from 2022), Chile (down -54.6%), France (down -35.6%) and Italy (down -24.7%).
Overall, the value of India’s imported apples grew by an average 15.6% from all supplying countries since 2022 when apples purchased cost $314.3 million.
Apples Imported into Indonesia
Indonesia’s global purchases of imported apples totaled US$275.4 million in 2023. Below are the top suppliers from which Indonesia imported the highest dollar value worth of apples during 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2023.
- mainland China: US$230.4 million (down -24.3% from 2022)
- United States of America: $30.7 million (down -14.8%)
- New Zealand: $11.4 million (down -8%)
- South Africa: $2.3 million (up 6.3%)
- Japan: $267,000 (up 256%)
- Australia: $196,000 (down -51.8%)
- South Korea: $59,000 (down -7.8%)
By value, the listed countries shipped 100% of apples imported by Indonesia in 2023.
Among the above countries, the growth suppliers of apples to Indonesia since 2022 were Japan (up 256%) and South Africa (up 6.3%).
Countries that experienced the severest declines in the value of their apples supplied to Indonesian importers included: Australia (down -51.8% from 2022), mainland China (down -24.3%) then the United States of America (down -14.8%).
Overall, the value of Indonesia’s imported apples shrank by an average -22.5% from all supplying countries since 2022 when apples purchased cost $355.5 million.
See also Apples Exports by Country Plus Average Prices, Germany’s Top Trading Partners, United Kingdom’s Top 10 Imports, Top Vitamins Exports & Imports by Country and Top Pears Exports & Imports by Country Plus Average Prices
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