The overall cost of imports for all countries grew by an average 10.9% since five years earlier in 2021 when international purchases of bananas were valued at $16.7 billion.
Year over year, spending on imported bananas inflated by 6.7% compared to $17.3 billion starting from 2024.
By value, the largest 5 international buyers of imported bananas including plantains are the United States of America, Germany, mainland China, Japan and the Netherlands. Collectively, that group of 5 major importers bought 41.5% of the world’s bananas imported in 2025.
From a continental perspective, European nations spent the most on imported bananas during 2025 with purchases valued at $9.6 billion or 51.9% of the global total. In second place were importers in Asia at 22.3% ahead of competitors in North America (21.2%).
Smaller percentages of globally imported bananas arrived in Latin America (2.7%) plus the Caribbean, then Africa (1.4%) then Oceania (0.4%) mostly New Zealand.
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for fresh or dried bananas and plantains is 0803.
Bananas Imports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that imported the highest dollar value worth of bananas during 2025.
- United States: US$3.4 billion (18.2% of total imported bananas)
- Germany: $1.2 billion (6.7%)
- mainland China: $1.1 billion (5.8%)
- Japan: $1 billion (5.5%)
- Netherlands: $991.4 million (5.4%)
- France: $945.3 million (5.1%)
- United Kingdom: $871.2 million (4.7%)
- Belgium: $841.7 million (4.6%)
- Russia: $814.2 million (4.4%)
- Italy: $652.6 million (3.5%)
- Canada: $555.1 million (3%)
- Spain: $427.7 million (2.3%)
- Poland: $405.2 million (2.2%)
- Saudi Arabia: $350.2 million (1.9%)
- South Korea: $315.9 million (1.7%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased three-quarters (75%) of all bananas imported in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for bananas from 2024 to 2025 were: United Kingdom (up 24.4%), Spain (up 18.8%), Russia (up 18.8%) and mainland China (up 17.2%).
South Korea was the lone top country that posted a year-over-year decline in imported bananas purchases, pulled down by a -17.3% retreat.
Searchable List of Bananas Importing Countries in 2025
Shown below are 100 key countries that accounted for 99.9% of the value for globally imported bananas in 2025.
| Rank | Importer | Imported Bananas | 2024-5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | $3,366,750,000 | +4.2% |
| 2 | Germany | $1,237,845,000 | +11.5% |
| 3 | mainland China | $1,063,536,000 | +17.2% |
| 4 | Japan | $1,018,783,000 | +4.5% |
| 5 | Netherlands | $991,439,000 | +5% |
| 6 | France | $945,298,000 | +8.5% |
| 7 | United Kingdom | $871,204,000 | +24.4% |
| 8 | Belgium | $841,714,000 | +1.7% |
| 9 | Russia | $814,248,000 | +18.8% |
| 10 | Italy | $652,562,000 | +13.5% |
| 11 | Canada | $555,082,000 | +6.8% |
| 12 | Spain | $427,654,000 | +18.8% |
| 13 | Poland | $405,220,000 | +4.1% |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | $350,171,000 | +14.1% |
| 15 | South Korea | $315,900,000 | -17.3% |
| 16 | Iraq | $275,247,000 | +31.9% |
| 17 | Argentina | $257,946,000 | -9.7% |
| 18 | Türkiye | $222,917,000 | +293.7% |
| 19 | Romania | $218,874,000 | +11.4% |
| 20 | Greece | $212,102,000 | +21.8% |
| 21 | Portugal | $192,584,000 | +16.3% |
| 22 | Austria | $175,396,000 | +9.6% |
| 23 | Sweden | $169,124,000 | +11.4% |
| 24 | Czech Republic | $167,533,000 | +8.9% |
| 25 | Iran | $158,784,000 | +36.4% |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | $144,232,000 | -24.3% |
| 27 | Switzerland | $137,886,000 | +8% |
| 28 | Chile | $135,064,000 | +9.2% |
| 29 | Hungary | $103,619,000 | -0.8% |
| 30 | Denmark | $102,690,000 | +16.3% |
| 31 | Croatia | $89,602,000 | -0.5% |
| 32 | Uzbekistan | $88,840,000 | +41.1% |
| 33 | Slovenia | $88,634,000 | +10% |
| 34 | Slovakia | $87,464,000 | +6.5% |
| 35 | Ireland | $82,684,000 | +1.4% |
| 36 | Serbia | $81,749,000 | +12% |
| 37 | New Zealand | $81,387,000 | +2% |
| 38 | Norway | $75,725,000 | +6.3% |
| 39 | Bulgaria | $69,151,000 | +15.2% |
| 40 | Finland | $66,229,000 | +66.6% |
| 41 | South Africa | $64,555,000 | +24% |
| 42 | Kazakhstan | $64,256,000 | +6.3% |
| 43 | Algeria | $63,736,000 | -68.1% |
| 44 | Azerbaijan | $56,519,000 | +13.2% |
| 45 | Latvia | $53,787,000 | +39.8% |
| 46 | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $49,817,000 | +13.7% |
| 47 | Lithuania | $44,683,000 | +19.6% |
| 48 | Libya | $42,881,000 | +2.7% |
| 49 | Hong Kong | $40,581,000 | +4.7% |
| 50 | Georgia | $36,833,000 | +4.9% |
| 51 | Uruguay | $36,459,000 | +5.8% |
| 52 | Singapore | $33,051,000 | +5.5% |
| 53 | Montenegro | $32,713,000 | +202.7% |
| 54 | Kyrgyzstan | $32,704,000 | +21.1% |
| 55 | Kuwait | $30,934,000 | -47.6% |
| 56 | Syria | $29,918,000 | +125.9% |
| 57 | Oman | $27,840,000 | +19.5% |
| 58 | Qatar | $26,467,000 | -40.3% |
| 59 | Jordan | $25,051,000 | +3.5% |
| 60 | Moldova | $21,285,000 | +12.5% |
| 61 | Honduras | $20,645,000 | +32.9% |
| 62 | Tunisia | $20,572,000 | +34.3% |
| 63 | Estonia | $19,649,000 | +13.3% |
| 64 | El Salvador | $18,314,000 | +1.9% |
| 65 | Malaysia | $17,085,000 | +5.7% |
| 66 | Morocco | $15,550,000 | -17.6% |
| 67 | Senegal | $13,714,000 | +12.5% |
| 68 | Nepal | $13,092,000 | +10.4% |
| 69 | Cyprus | $12,818,000 | +28.4% |
| 70 | Luxembourg | $12,699,000 | +13.7% |
| 71 | Bahrain | $12,051,000 | -41.8% |
| 72 | Mali | $10,712,000 | +12.7% |
| 73 | Ukraine | $10,695,000 | -94.7% |
| 74 | Malta | $10,309,000 | +10% |
| 75 | Afghanistan | $9,359,000 | -14.3% |
| 76 | Botswana | $9,226,000 | -8.6% |
| 77 | Bermuda | $8,743,000 | +1565% |
| 78 | Trinidad/Tobago | $7,680,000 | +5.4% |
| 79 | Iceland | $7,577,000 | -1.5% |
| 80 | Thailand | $5,924,000 | -51.4% |
| 81 | North Korea | $5,695,000 | -14.6% |
| 82 | Namibia | $4,812,000 | +2.7% |
| 83 | Albania | $4,288,000 | -83.6% |
| 84 | Bahamas | $4,147,000 | -42.8% |
| 85 | Vietnam | $3,899,000 | +136.6% |
| 86 | Mongolia | $3,832,000 | +71.4% |
| 87 | Costa Rica | $3,265,000 | +87.3% |
| 88 | Turks/Caicos Islands | $3,235,000 | +6.8% |
| 89 | Maldives | $3,180,000 | +15.6% |
| 90 | Zambia | $3,012,000 | +32.6% |
| 91 | Armenia | $2,932,000 | -87.5% |
| 92 | Egypt | $2,781,000 | +64.7% |
| 93 | Macao | $2,697,000 | -22.3% |
| 94 | Cayman Islands | $2,015,000 | -21.3% |
| 95 | Barbados | $1,901,000 | +8.9% |
| 96 | Curaçao | $1,564,000 | +3% |
| 97 | Mauritania | $1,429,000 | -7.1% |
| 98 | Lesotho | $1,287,000 | +1.5% |
| 99 | Brazil | $1,225,000 | +121.5% |
| 100 | Malawi | $1,020,000 | -5.5% |
Focusing on the above document database, the fastest growing importers of bananas including plantains are Bermuda (up 1,565% from 2024), Türkiye (up 293.7%), Montenegro (up 202.7%), Vietnam (up 136.6%), Syria (up 125.9%) and Brazil (up 121.5%).
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the columns below. An entry in the right-most column means that no 2024 data is available.
Bananas Imports into the United States
Below are the top suppliers from which America imported the highest dollar value worth of bananas during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- Guatemala: US$1.3 billion (up 6.9% from 2024)
- Ecuador: $698.8 million (up 7.7%)
- Costa Rica: $403.6 million (down -19.6%)
- Colombia: $364.8 million (up 17.3%)
- Mexico: $267.1 million (up 24.6%)
- Honduras: $233.5 million (down -9.2%)
- Peru: $36.3 million (up 36.3%)
- Panama: $20.6 million (up 6.7%)
- Dominican Republic: $10.7 million (up 41.6%)
- Nicaragua: $7.6 million (up 47.2%)
- Thailand: $5.5 million (up 3.4%)
- Philippines: $1.3 million (down -20.1%)
- mainland China: $1.2 million (down -33.7%)
- Belize: $1.1 million (down -47.5%)
- Vietnam: $880,000 (up 80%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.91% of bananas imported by the United States of America in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of bananas to United States from 2024 to 2025 were: Vietnam (up 80%), Nicaragua (up 47.2%), Dominican Republic (up 41.6%) and Peru (up 36.3%).
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their bananas supplied to American importers included: Belize (down -47.5%), mainland China (down -33.7%), Philippines (down -20.1%) and Costa Rica (down -19.6%).
Overall, the value of United States’s imported bananas rose by an average 4.2% from all supplying countries since 2024 when bananas purchased cost $3.2 billion.
Bananas Imports into Germany
Below are the top suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of bananas during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country 2024 to 2025.
- Colombia: US$400.7 million (up 28.1% from 2024)
- Ecuador: $381.7 million (up 24.9%)
- Costa Rica: $174.5 million (down -2%)
- Dominican Republic: $88.4 million (up 11.4%)
- Guatemala: $50.7 million (up 10.4%)
- Panama: $37.5 million (down -39.6%)
- Peru: $33.8 million (up 13.3%)
- Cameroon: $21.5 million (down -29.8%)
- Netherlands: $15.7 million (down -10.9%)
- Italy: $12.5 million (up 4.9%)
- Ghana: $7.8 million (down -2.2%)
- Nicaragua: $3.2 million (down -59.5%)
- mainland China: $1.3 million (up 273.1%)
- Uganda: $1.1 million (up 8.5%)
- Spain: $858,000 (up 174.1%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.2% of bananas imported by Germany in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of bananas to Germany from 2024 to 2025 were: mainland China (up 273.1%), Spain (up 174.1%), Colombia (up 28.1%) and Ecuador (up 24.9%).
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their bananas supplied to German importers included: Nicaragua (down -59.5%), Panama (down -39.6%), Cameroon (down -29.8%) and the Netherlands (down -10.9%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s imported bananas expanded by an average 11.5% from all supplying countries since 2024 when bananas purchased cost $1.1 billion.
Bananas Imports into China
Below are the top suppliers from which mainland China imported the highest dollar value worth of bananas during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country 2024 to 2025.
- Philippines: US$319.2 million (up 22% from 2024)
- Vietnam: $278.8 million (up 6.6%)
- Ecuador: $210.6 million (up 27%)
- Cambodia: $177.8 million (up 11.8%)
- Laos: $45.7 million (up 15.1%)
- Mexico: $20.6 million (up 54.4%)
- Thailand: $5.2 million (up 0.1%)
- Myanmar: $3.2 million (up 336.4%)
- Indonesia: $2.1 million (up 198.6%)
- Costa Rica: $233,000 (up 703.4%)
By value, the listed countries shipped 100% of bananas imported by buyers in mainland China in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of bananas to China from 2024 to 2025 were: Latvia (up 3,111%), Sweden (up 284.8%), Poland (up 187.9%) and Denmark (up 69.7%).
Overall, the value of China’s imported bananas accelerated by an average 17.2% from all supplying countries since 2024 when bananas purchased cost $907.6 million.
Bananas Imports into Japan
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Japan imported the highest dollar value worth of bananas during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country 2024 to 2025.
- Philippines: US$772.5 million (up 3.2% from 2024)
- Ecuador: $71.5 million (down -12.4%)
- Mexico: $55.1 million (down -11.5%)
- Vietnam: $45.5 million (up 39.3%)
- Cambodia: $31.9 million (up 224.8%)
- Laos: $15.8 million (up 42.6%)
- Guatemala: $12.5 million (down -9.2%)
- Peru: $6.2 million (down -19.5%)
- Thailand: $3.2 million (up 92.9%)
- Indonesia: $3 million (up 7.1%)
- Taiwan: $798,000 (down -64.5%)
- Costa Rica: $538,000 (down -24.5%)
- mainland China: $35,000 (down -16.7%)
- Sri Lanka: $25,000 (up 19%)
- France: $8,000 (up 100%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.9997% of bananas imported by Japan in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of bananas to Japan from 2024 to 2025 were: Cambodia (up 224.8%), France (up 100%), Thailand (up 92.9%) and Laos (up 42.6%).
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their bananas supplied to Japanese importers included: Taiwan (down -64.5%), Costa Rica (down -24.5%), Peru (down -19.5%) and mainland China (down -16.7%).
Overall, the value of Japan’s imported bananas went up by an average 4.5% from all supplying countries since 2024 when bananas purchased cost $974.9 million.
See also Bananas Exports by Country, Top US Trading Partners, Germany’s Top Trading Partners, Russia’s Top Trading Partners and Belgium’s Top Trading Partners
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Imports – Commodities, Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed on June 23, 2026
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on June 23, 2026
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on June 23, 2026