Overall spending on tomatoes imported during 2023 increased by 25.3% for all importing countries from five years earlier in 2019 when international buying of tomatoes amounted to $9.2 billion.
Year over year, the total cost for imported tomatoes grew by 9% compared to $10.6 billion during 2022.
The biggest international markets for tomatoes are the United States of America, Germany, France, United Kingdom and Poland. Combined, those 5 largest importers bought almost two-thirds (64.2%) worth of imported fresh or chilled tomatoes in 2023.
From a continental perspective, buyers located in European countries bought the highest dollar worth of imported tomatoes during 2023 with purchases valued at $7.3 billion or 63% of the global total. In second place were importers located in North America at 31.4%.
Another 4.8% of tomatoes imported worldwide was delivered to customers in Asia.
Tinier percentages arrived in Africa (0.4%), Latin America (0.3%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, then Oceania (0.03%) led by New Zealand, New Caledonia and Fiji.
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 0702 for fresh or chilled tomatoes.
Imports of Tomatoes by Country
Below are the 15 countries that spent the most on imported tomatoes during 2023.
- United States: US$3 billion (29.2% of imported tomatoes)
- Germany: $1.6 billion (15.1%)
- France: $946.1 million (9.2%)
- United Kingdom: $704.3 million (6.9%)
- Netherlands: $411.9 million (4%)
- Russia: $345.5 million (3.4%)
- Poland: $336.7 million (3.3%)
- Canada: $327.5 million (3.2%)
- Italy: $215.2 million (2.1%)
- Spain: $204 million (2%)
- Sweden: $166.3 million (1.6%)
- Romania: $135.8 million (1.3%)
- Czech Republic: $124.3 million (1.2%)
- Belgium: $118.9 million (1.2%)
- Austria: $117.1 million (1.1%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased 84.7% of all tomatoes imported in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for tomatoes from 2022 to 2023 were: Austria (up 86.6%), Poland (up 39.5%), Belgium (up 36.3%) and Romania (up 23.6%).
The sole top supplier that posted a decline in imported tomatoes purchases was Russia, recording a -16% slowdown.
For a comprehensive listing, please see the section Searchable List of Tomatoes Importer Countries below.
Searchable List of Tomatoes Importer Countries in 2023
The top 100 most valuable markets for imported tomatoes are listed in the automated database below. Combined, those tomatoes-importing nations accounted for 99.9% of importing nations in 2023.
| Rank | Importer | Imported Tomatoes | 2022-3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States | $3,279,274,000 | +9.4% |
| 2. | Germany | $1,754,130,000 | +11.6% |
| 3. | France | $1,140,003,000 | +20.5% |
| 4. | United Kingdom | $743,486,000 | +5.6% |
| 5. | Poland | $469,688,000 | +39.5% |
| 6. | Netherlands | $457,646,000 | +12.6% |
| 7. | Canada | $336,408,000 | +2.7% |
| 8. | Russia | $297,683,000 | -16% |
| 9. | Spain | $235,161,000 | +15.3% |
| 10. | Italy | $209,100,000 | +3.6% |
| 11. | Sweden | $179,251,000 | +8.2% |
| 12. | Austria | $175,749,000 | +86.6% |
| 13. | Romania | $167,812,000 | +23.6% |
| 14. | Belgium | $162,064,000 | +36.3% |
| 15. | Czech Republic | $141,686,000 | +13.6% |
| 16. | Switzerland | $121,057,000 | +20.9% |
| 17. | Ukraine | $116,804,000 | +31.1% |
| 18. | Bulgaria | $95,277,000 | +23.5% |
| 19. | Denmark | $94,495,000 | +10.4% |
| 20. | Portugal | $79,604,000 | +42.7% |
| 21. | Saudi Arabia | $74,610,000 | -47.1% |
| 22. | Finland | $69,942,000 | +3.4% |
| 23. | Norway | $67,916,000 | +7.5% |
| 24. | Slovakia | $63,474,000 | +5.5% |
| 25. | Ireland | $60,947,000 | +0.2% |
| 26. | Pakistan | $51,036,000 | -7.7% |
| 27. | Kazakhstan | $48,705,000 | -9.6% |
| 28. | Hungary | $47,823,000 | +34.4% |
| 29. | Lithuania | $47,667,000 | +15.2% |
| 30. | Serbia | $44,933,000 | +25.9% |
| 31. | Singapore | $41,882,000 | +7.3% |
| 32. | Kuwait | $36,984,000 | +7.8% |
| 33. | United Arab Emirates | $36,510,000 | -30.1% |
| 34. | Israel | $35,626,000 | -24.9% |
| 35. | Hong Kong | $34,296,000 | -15.2% |
| 36. | Croatia | $32,890,000 | +37.8% |
| 37. | Greece | $29,998,000 | +73.9% |
| 38. | Estonia | $28,949,000 | +12.6% |
| 39. | Vietnam | $28,705,000 | +365.8% |
| 40. | Moldova | $21,897,000 | +30.9% |
| 41. | Slovenia | $21,536,000 | +29.9% |
| 42. | Japan | $20,836,000 | -9.1% |
| 43. | Luxembourg | $20,171,000 | +10.8% |
| 44. | El Salvador | $16,028,000 | -3% |
| 45. | Bahrain | $15,765,000 | +2.2% |
| 46. | Qatar | $15,272,000 | -33.1% |
| 47. | Iraq | $15,155,000 | -86.8% |
| 48. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $13,663,000 | +35.5% |
| 49. | Belarus | $12,815,000 | -10.1% |
| 50. | Kyrgyzstan | $11,992,000 | +2.9% |
| 51. | Bangladesh | $11,779,000 | +6.8% |
| 52. | Oman | $10,726,000 | -53.2% |
| 53. | Georgia | $10,094,000 | +47.4% |
| 54. | Montenegro | $8,796,000 | +29.4% |
| 55. | South Africa | $8,697,000 | +18.9% |
| 56. | Afghanistan | $8,058,000 | -82.8% |
| 57. | Maldives | $7,492,000 | +2.2% |
| 58. | Armenia | $6,883,000 | +25.8% |
| 59. | Somalia | $6,868,000 | -13.9% |
| 60. | Syria | $6,116,000 | -34.2% |
| 61. | North Macedonia | $5,635,000 | +30.1% |
| 62. | Bahamas | $5,617,000 | +8.4% |
| 63. | Mauritania | $5,528,000 | +225.6% |
| 64. | Malta | $4,984,000 | +11.3% |
| 65. | Djibouti | $4,890,000 | +47% |
| 66. | Iceland | $4,431,000 | +37.6% |
| 67. | Cyprus | $4,280,000 | +14.8% |
| 68. | Nepal | $4,201,000 | -16% |
| 69. | Malaysia | $3,758,000 | +1% |
| 70. | Aruba | $3,077,000 | +3.2% |
| 71. | Brunei Darussalam | $2,612,000 | -11.1% |
| 72. | Ivory Coast | $2,587,000 | +39.8% |
| 73. | Macao | $2,534,000 | -2.2% |
| 74. | Cayman Islands | $2,114,000 | +20.3% |
| 75. | Mozambique | $2,086,000 | +7% |
| 76. | Libya | $2,007,000 | -83.6% |
| 77. | Tajikistan | $1,872,000 | +170.9% |
| 78. | Bhutan | $1,850,000 | -21% |
| 79. | Chile | $1,849,000 | +19.7% |
| 80. | Paraguay | $1,804,000 | -46.9% |
| 81. | Albania | $1,786,000 | +2381% |
| 82. | Curaçao | $1,762,000 | -15.1% |
| 83. | Seychelles | $1,662,000 | +8.9% |
| 84. | New Zealand | $1,610,000 | +89.2% |
| 85. | Trinidad/Tobago | $1,588,000 | +44.2% |
| 86. | Bermuda | $1,546,000 | -10.7% |
| 87. | Lesotho | $1,461,000 | +5.4% |
| 88. | Uganda | $1,256,000 | -26.2% |
| 89. | Rwanda | $1,178,000 | +81.5% |
| 90. | Tunisia | $1,137,000 | +307.5% |
| 91. | Dominican Republic | $1,056,000 | 0% |
| 92. | Mexico | $962,000 | 0% |
| 93. | South Sudan | $931,000 | +3.2% |
| 94. | New Caledonia | $905,000 | -36.4% |
| 95. | Fiji | $877,000 | +22.5% |
| 96. | Azerbaijan | $873,000 | -15.8% |
| 97. | Namibia | $858,000 | -18.8% |
| 98. | Türkiye | $803,000 | -43.7% |
| 99. | Cabo Verde | $699,000 | +30.2% |
| 100. | Thailand | $693,000 | +429% |
Focusing on the 100 main international buyers of tomatoes, the fastest growers from 2022 to 2023 were those in Albania (up 2,381%), Thailand (up 429%), Vietnam (up 365.8%), Tunisia (up 307.5%) and Mauritania (up 225.6%).
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 that no 2022 data was available.
Tomatoes Imported into the United States
America’s global purchases of imported tomatoes totaled US$3.28 billion in 2023. Below are the top suppliers from which the U.S. imported the highest dollar value worth of tomatoes during 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2023.
- Mexico: US$2.8 billion (up 9.3% from 2022)
- Canada: $410.8 million (up 11.1%)
- Guatemala: $23.2 million (down -5.9%)
- Dominican Republic: $20.7 million (down -5.6%)
- Honduras: $2.9 million (up 325%)
- New Zealand: $160,000 (2022 data unavailable)
- Australia: $82,000 (down -1.2%)
- Ecuador: $78,000 (up 1460%)
By value, the listed countries shipped 100% of tomatoes imported by the United States of America in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of tomatoes to the United States from 2022 to 2023 were: Ecuador (up 1,460%), Honduras (up 325%), Canada (up 11.1%) and Mexico (up 9.3%).
Overall, the value of America’s imported tomatoes rose by an average 9.4% from all supplying countries since 2022 when tomatoes purchased cost $3 billion.
Tomatoes Imported into Germany
Germany’s global purchases of imported tomatoes totaled US$1.754 billion in 2023. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of tomatoes during 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2023.
- Netherlands: US$796.6 million (up 4.2% from 2022)
- Spain: $410.7 million (up 10.7%)
- Morocco: $198 million (up 26.4%)
- Belgium: $110 million (down -12.2%)
- Italy: $71.2 million (up 50.5%)
- France: $61.9 million (up 15.6%)
- Türkiye: $41.5 million (up 51.6%)
- Tunisia: $30 million (up 279.5%)
- Poland: $19.6 million (up 66%)
- Austria: $3.7 million (up 169.9%)
- Hungary: $3.2 million (up 797.7%)
- Senegal: $2.3 million (up 26%)
- Croatia: $1.4 million (up 42.6%)
- Israel: $872,000 (up 21,700%)
- Saudi Arabia: $708,000 (up 85.3%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.9% of tomatoes imported by Germany in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of tomatoes to Germany from 2022 to 2023 were: Israel (up 21,700%), Hungary (up 797.7%), Tunisia (up 279.5%) and Austria (up 169.9%).
Belgium was the lone top supplier to experience a decline in the value of tomatoes supplied to German importers, recording a -12.2% slowdown.
Overall, the value of Germany’s imported tomatoes increased by an average 11.6% from all supplying countries since 2022 when tomatoes purchased cost $1.6 billion.
Tomatoes Imported into France
France’s global purchases of imported tomatoes totaled US$1.14 billion in 2023. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which France imported the highest dollar value worth of tomatoes during 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2023.
- Morocco: US$892.2 million (up 26.2% from 2022)
- Spain: $141 million (up 1.9%)
- Belgium: $33.1 million (down -6.5%)
- Tunisia: $25 million (up 13.7%)
- Italy: $19.4 million (up 126.9%)
- Netherlands: $17.3 million (down -12.2%)
- Poland: $4.9 million (down -35.3%)
- Dominican Republic: $2.5 million (up 65.5%)
- Portugal: $1.2 million (up 20.9%)
- Türkiye: $806,000 (down -33%)
- Costa Rica: $375,000 (down -9.2%)
- Senegal: $300,000 (down -12.3%)
- Germany: $153,000 (down -64.6%)
- Chile: $137,000 (up 2,640%)
- Luxembourg: $64,000 (down -68.5%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.9% of tomatoes imported by France in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of tomatoes to France from 2022 to 2023 were: Chile (up 2,640%), Italy (up 126.9%), Dominican Republic (up 65.5%) and Morocco (up 26.2%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their tomatoes supplied to French importers included: Luxembourg (down -68.5%), Germany (down -64.6%), Poland (down -35.3%) and Türkiye (down -33%).
Overall, the value of France’s imported tomatoes rose by an average 20.5% from all supplying countries since 2022 when tomatoes purchased cost $946.2 million.
Tomatoes Imported into the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom’s global purchases of imported tomatoes totaled US$743.5 million in 2023. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the UK imported the highest dollar value worth of tomatoes during 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2023.
- Netherlands: US$257.8 million (up 8.3% from 2022)
- Morocco: $198.8 million (down -3.4%)
- Spain: $182 million (up 14.3%)
- Belgium: $39.8 million (down -10.3%)
- Italy: $27.2 million (up 48.3%)
- Poland: $14.4 million (down -24.8%)
- Türkiye: $8.6 million (up 265.9%)
- Tunisia: $3.8 million (down -9.8%)
- France: $2.9 million (down -10.2%)
- Portugal: $2.7 million (down -38.1%)
- Germany: $2.2 million (up 12.4%)
- Ireland: $808,000 (down -47.3%)
- Egypt: $713,000 (up 457%)
- North Macedonia: $675,000 (up 56.6%)
- Bulgaria: $409,000 (up 18.6%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.9% of tomatoes imported by the United Kingdom in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of tomatoes to the UK from 2022 to 2023 were: Egypt (up 457%), Türkiye (up 265.9%), North Macedonia (up 56.6%) and Italy (up 48.3%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their tomatoes supplied to UK importers included: Ireland (down -47.3% from 2022), Portugal (down -38.1%), Poland (down -24.8%) and Belgium (down -10.3%).
Overall, the value of United Kingdom’s imported tomatoes went up by an average 5.6% from all supplying countries since 2022 when tomatoes purchased cost $704.3 million.
See also Tomatoes Exports by Country, Cheese Imports by Country, Onions Exports by Country, America’s Top Trading Partners and Top Imported Fruits Most Loved by Americans
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