That dollar amount results from a 27.7% advance eclipsing the $3.43 billion 5 years earlier in 2019.
Year over year, the value of exported jams grew by 3.9% compared to $4.22 billion one year earlier for 2022.
The 5 biggest sellers of jams on global markets are France, Italy, Türkiye, Belgium and Germany. Collectively, those 5 leading suppliers generated over two-fifths (41.9%) of the overall value for all exported jams during 2023.
From a continental perspective, suppliers located in Europe generated the highest dollar value worth of exported jams during 2023 with shipments valued at $2.7 billion or 61.6% of the worldwide total. In second place were exporters in Asia at 18.8%. Another 8.5% of jams supplied worldwide originated from Latin America excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, with a further 6.9% furnished by exporters based in North America.
Smaller percentages came from sellers in Africa (2.9%), then Oceania (1.2%) mostly New Zealand and Australia.
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 2007 encompassing jams, fruit jellies and marmalades.
Fruit Jams Exports by Country
Below are the 25 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of jams during 2023.
- France: US$588.5 million (13.4% of total exported jams)
- Italy: $406.1 million (9.3%)
- Türkiye: $294 million (6.7%)
- Belgium: $283.5 million (6.5%)
- Germany: $265.5 million (6.1%)
- Spain: $235.7 million (5.4%)
- Chile: $182 million (4.1%)
- India: $172.9 million (3.9%)
- Netherlands: $171.9 million (3.9%)
- United States: $154.1 million (3.5%)
- Poland: $139.8 million (3.2%)
- Greece: $111.3 million (2.5%)
- mainland China: $104.4 million (2.4%)
- Austria: $99.7 million (2.3%)
- Canada: $89.9 million (2%)
- Denmark: $67.1 million (1.5%)
- Ecuador: $60 million (1.4%)
- South Africa: $60 million (1.4%)
- Mexico: $58.8 million (1.3%)
- Thailand: $56.7 million (1.3%)
- Egypt: $48.1 million (1.1%)
- Costa Rica: $44.5 million (1%)
- United Kingdom: $43.9 million (1%)
- New Zealand: $36.8 million (0.8%)
- Sweden: $32 million (0.7%)
By value, the listed 25 countries shipped 86.8% of globally exported jams in 2023.
Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing exporters of jams since 2022 were: Canada (up 33.5%), Costa Rica (up 30.8%), South Africa (up 27.1%) and New Zealand (up 25.7%).
Those countries that posted declines in their international sales of jams were led by: India (down -18.3% from 2022), Chile (down -11.3%), Spain (down -10.6%), Thailand (down -10.1%) and Sweden (down -9.2%).
Countries Generating Best Trade Surpluses from Jams
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for jams 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 jams and its import purchases for that same commodity.
- France: US$334.6 million (net export surplus up 4.4% since 2022)
- Türkiye: $280.9 million (up 5.5%)
- Italy: $271.7 million (up 13.4%)
- Belgium: $167.1 million (up 25.7%)
- India: $164.4 million (down -18.7%)
- Chile: $161.1 million (down -9.5%)
- Spain: $136.4 million (down -19.4%)
- Poland: $94.9 million (up 44.4%)
- Greece: $93.7 million (down -5.8%)
- Thailand: $44.5 million (down -13.6%)
- South Africa: $43.1 million (up 37.5%)
- Mexico: $42 million (up 74.6%)
- Ecuador: $40.6 million (up 6.7%)
- Costa Rica: $38.1 million (up 46.3%)
- Egypt: $37.4 million (up 104.8%)
World-leading France generated the highest surplus in the international trade of jams. In turn, this positive cashflow confirms France’s strong competitive advantage for this specific product category.
Countries Causing Worst Trade Deficits from Jams
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for jams 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 jams purchases and its exports for that same commodity.
- United States: -US$499.9 million (net export deficit up 10.5% since 2022)
- Germany: -$145.6 million (up 55.4%)
- United Kingdom: -$142.6 million (up 23.9%)
- Canada: -$97.1 million (down -21.3%)
- Saudi Arabia: -$59.1 million (up 6.2%)
- Australia: -$57.4 million (up 7.4%)
- Portugal: -$42.5 million (up 16.1%)
- Japan: -$40.2 million (down -5.5%)
- United Arab Emirates: -$35 million (up 66%)
- Israel: -$33.7 million (down -3.9%)
- Kazakhstan: -$31.4 million (down -1.4%)
- Russia: -$31.3 million (down -22.1%)
- South Korea: -$29.8 million (down -7%)
- Finland: -$28 million (up 17%)
- Hong Kong: -$26.4 million (up 16.4%)
The United States of America incurred the highest deficit in the international trade of jams. In turn, this negative cashflow highlights America’s competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for jams-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful consumer demand.
Fruit Jams Exporting Companies
According to global trading platform Alibaba, the following suppliers are examples of fruit jams-trading exporters. The home-country location for each business is shown within parentheses.
- AB Trading (France)
- Azienda Agricola Piccaratico (Italy)
- Big Brands Group SP Z O O Spolka Komandytowa (Poland)
- Dimitrov Handelsagentur E.K. (Germany)
- Guangzhou Yilin Foodstuff Co. (China)
- Helsan Gida Sanayi VE Ticaret Limited (Turkey)
- Mazda Limited (India)
- Minerve Trade (Belgium)
- Panarro Foods S.L. (Spain)
- Tenafly Ltd. (United Kingdom)
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Research Sources:
Alibaba, Supplier showroom for fruit jam. Accessed on October 29, 2024
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on October 29, 2024
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on October 29, 2024
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on October 29, 2024