Overall the value of exported tomatoes increased by an average 5.8% for all exporting countries since 2015 when tomatoes shipments were valued at $8.5 billion. Year over year, exported tomatoes depreciated by -6.2% from 2018 to 2019.
At the continent level, European countries sold the highest value for exported tomatoes during 2019 with shipments amounting to $4.3 billion or 47.6% of worldwide exports. North American exporters were responsible for 31.6% worth, while Asian suppliers supplied a 10.7% share trailed by Africa at 9.4%.
Smaller percentages originated from Latin America (0.6%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, then Oceania (0.1%) led by New Zealand and Australia.
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for fresh or chilled tomatoes is 0702.
Tomatoes Exports by Country
Countries
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of tomatoes during 2019.
- Mexico: US$2.2 billion (24.1% of total exported tomatoes)
- Netherlands: $2 billion (22%)
- Spain: $1.1 billion (11.7%)
- Morocco: $765.2 million (8.5%)
- France: $381.5 million (4.3%)
- Canada: $379.2 million (4.2%)
- Belgium: $308.9 million (3.4%)
- Turkey: $303.1 million (3.4%)
- United States: $291.7 million (3.3%)
- China: $200.2 million (2.2%)
- Azerbaijan: $189.3 million (2.1%)
- Italy: $131.8 million (1.5%)
- Poland: $71.1 million (0.8%)
- Portugal: $67.6 million (0.8%)
- Belarus: $52.2 million (0.6%)
The listed 15 countries shipped 92.8% of globally exported tomatoes in 2019 by value.
Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing tomatoes exporters since 2015 were: Azerbaijan (up 227.3%), Morocco (up 44.8%), China (up 41.1%) and Portugal (up 25.9%).
Those countries that posted declines in their exported tomatoes sales were led by: Italy (down -35.3%), Belarus (down -27.4%), Turkey (down -17%), United States (down -12.9%) and Poland (down -10.9%).
Advantages
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for fresh or chilled tomatoes during 2019. 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 tomatoes exports and its import purchases for that same commodity.
- Mexico: US$2.2 billion (net export surplus up 20% since 2015)
- Netherlands: $1.6 billion (up 12.6%)
- Spain: $876.4 million (down -8.9%)
- Morocco: $765.1 million (up 44.8%)
- Turkey: $302 million (down -17.2%)
- Belgium: $200.9 million (up 41.3%)
- China: $200.2 million (up 41.1%)
- Azerbaijan: $189 million (up 227.3%)
- Canada: $73.7 million (up 25745.3%)
- Tunisia: $37.8 million (up 100.9%)
- Uzbekistan: $36.1 million (no 2015 data)
- Iran: $34.4 million (down -74%)
- Jordan: $33.4 million (down -89.9%)
- Malaysia: $27.9 million (down -15.8%)
- Albania: $27.4 million (up 34.2%)
Mexico has the highest surplus in the international trade of tomatoes. In turn, this positive cashflow confirms Mexico’s strong competitive advantage for this specific product category.
Opportunities
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for tomatoes during 2019. 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 tomatoes import purchases and its exports for that same commodity.
- United States: -US$2.1 billion (net export deficit up 25.5% since 2015)
- Germany: -$1.4 billion (up 7.2%)
- United Kingdom: -$636.6 million (up 0.1%)
- Russia: -$631.1 million (down -3.8%)
- France: -$322.9 million (up 19.1%)
- Poland: -$173.7 million (up 82.2%)
- Sweden: -$154.8 million (down -3.7%)
- Romania: -$106.3 million (up 82.6%)
- Czech Republic: -$103.9 million (up 6.3%)
- Saudi Arabia: -$86.8 million (down -1.4%)
- Switzerland: -$83.3 million (up 3.6%)
- Denmark: -$73.5 million (up 20.6%)
- Austria: -$73 million (up 6.9%)
- Finland: -$63.4 million (up 8.6%)
- Norway: -$58.7 million (down -9.3%)
The United States of America incurred the highest deficit in the international trade of tomatoes. In turn, this negative cashflow highlights America’s strong competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for tomatoes-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful demand.
Companies
Tomato Exporting Companies
Below are large tomato exporting companies that are major players in international trade. Show within parenthesis is the country where the company is headquartered.
- Morning Star (United States)
- COFCO Group (China)
- Xinjiang Chalkis Co. Ltd (China)
- California Tomato Export Group (United States)
- ConAgra Foods (United States)
- Campbell Soup Company (United States)
- Fuyuan Agriculture Products Limited (China)
- Unilever (United Kingdom)
- Heinz (United States)
- Conserve Italia (Italy)
- Kagome Co., Ltd. (Japan)
- Empresas Carozzi (Chile)
- Parmalat SpA (Italy)
- Xinjiang Tianye Co., Ltd. (China)
Searchable List of Tomatoes Exporting Countries in 2019
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the columns below. The right-most column shows the percentage change in the value of exported tomatoes from 2018 to 2019. An entry of 0% in that column means that no 2018 value is available.
| Rank | Exporter | Exported Tomatoes (US$) | 2018-9 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mexico | $2,154,855,000 | -6.3% |
| 2. | Netherlands | $1,967,586,000 | +1.8% |
| 3. | Spain | $1,050,059,000 | -4.4% |
| 4. | Morocco | $765,162,000 | +11.7% |
| 5. | France | $381,476,000 | +3.9% |
| 6. | Canada | $379,228,000 | -8.3% |
| 7. | Belgium | $308,854,000 | +7.5% |
| 8. | Turkey | $303,071,000 | +4.6% |
| 9. | United States | $291,723,000 | -10.3% |
| 10. | China | $200,159,000 | -3.4% |
| 11. | Azerbaijan | $189,292,000 | +6.7% |
| 12. | Italy | $131,772,000 | -22.6% |
| 13. | Poland | $71,095,000 | -10% |
| 14. | Portugal | $67,566,000 | +7.5% |
| 15. | Belarus | $52,241,000 | -2.7% |
| 16. | Germany | $40,308,000 | -8% |
| 17. | Tunisia | $37,797,000 | -6.3% |
| 18. | Uzbekistan | $36,127,000 | -22.8% |
| 19. | Iran | $34,592,000 | -85.9% |
| 20. | Jordan | $33,732,000 | -79.9% |
| 21. | Malaysia | $28,890,000 | -7.3% |
| 22. | Albania | $28,472,000 | -24.7% |
| 23. | India | $26,823,000 | +9.3% |
| 24. | Guatemala | $26,186,000 | +22.1% |
| 25. | Austria | $24,200,000 | +3.5% |
| 26. | Egypt | $22,596,000 | -45.8% |
| 27. | Turkmenistan | $22,353,000 | +188.1% |
| 28. | Armenia | $22,058,000 | -4.7% |
| 29. | Syrian Arab Republic | $20,533,000 | +413.7% |
| 30. | Kazakhstan | $16,678,000 | +6.4% |
| 31. | Dominican Republic | $16,669,000 | -9% |
| 32. | South Korea | $14,803,000 | +8.4% |
| 33. | Slovakia | $12,791,000 | +48.6% |
| 34. | Lithuania | $12,483,000 | +6.7% |
| 35. | Bulgaria | $12,444,000 | -5.4% |
| 36. | Greece | $12,122,000 | -19.4% |
| 37. | North Macedonia | $11,576,000 | -7.9% |
| 38. | Senegal | $10,190,000 | -22.1% |
| 39. | Honduras | $9,936,000 | +29.4% |
| 40. | United Kingdom | $9,913,000 | -13.1% |
| 41. | Czech Republic | $9,709,000 | -2.2% |
| 42. | Latvia | $9,621,000 | +12.2% |
| 43. | Hungary | $8,852,000 | +90.9% |
| 44. | South Africa | $8,345,000 | -17.4% |
| 45. | New Zealand | $7,825,000 | +21% |
| 46. | Croatia | $6,388,000 | +7.5% |
| 47. | Slovenia | $5,794,000 | +1.1% |
| 48. | Russia | $5,507,000 | +12.2% |
| 49. | Serbia | $5,224,000 | -19% |
| 50. | Ukraine | $3,109,000 | -70.1% |
| 51. | Georgia | $2,295,000 | -40.3% |
| 52. | Australia | $2,264,000 | -19.6% |
| 53. | Denmark | $1,965,000 | +4.6% |
| 54. | Romania | $1,724,000 | +164% |
| 55. | Luxembourg | $1,697,000 | +12.2% |
| 56. | Sweden | $1,623,000 | -22.4% |
| 57. | Argentina | $1,456,000 | +6.7% |
| 58. | Ireland | $1,443,000 | +35.6% |
| 59. | Namibia | $1,293,000 | -16.2% |
| 60. | Israel | $1,071,000 | -68% |
| 61. | Kyrgyzstan | $926,000 | +1,016% |
| 62. | Finland | $870,000 | +19.8% |
| 63. | Estonia | $737,000 | +45.9% |
| 64. | Colombia | $637,000 | +61.7% |
| 65. | Thailand | $636,000 | -31.8% |
| 66. | Brazil | $589,000 | -74.8% |
| 67. | Peru | $588,000 | -31.9% |
| 68. | Vietnam | $537,000 | +17.2% |
| 69. | Indonesia | $424,000 | +76.7% |
| 70. | Taiwan | $370,000 | +120.2% |
| 71. | Nicaragua | $273,000 | +32.5% |
| 72. | Lebanon | $224,000 | -71% |
| 73. | Japan | $218,000 | +32.1% |
| 74. | Moldova | $214,000 | +214.7% |
| 75. | Palestine | $197,000 | -94.9% |
| 76. | Switzerland | $183,000 | +422.9% |
| 77. | Oman | $144,000 | -94.9% |
| 78. | Singapore | $129,000 | -22.3% |
| 79. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $121,000 | +2,925% |
| 80. | Yemen | $111,000 | -93.3% |
| 81. | Pakistan | $78,000 | -99.1% |
| 82. | Hong Kong | $71,000 | -34.3% |
| 83. | Costa Rica | $65,000 | -58.1% |
| 84. | Mauritania | $65,000 | 0% |
| 85. | Algeria | $58,000 | -19.4% |
| 86. | Bangladesh | $39,000 | -56.7% |
| 87. | Ethiopia | $29,000 | -35.6% |
| 88. | Tajikistan | $29,000 | -54% |
| 89. | Zimbabwe | $29,000 | +262.5% |
| 90. | Venezuela | $24,000 | -60.7% |
| 91. | Norway | $20,000 | -9.1% |
| 92. | Iraq | $20,000 | 0% |
| 93. | Ivory Coast | $16,000 | +60% |
| 94. | Niger | $16,000 | -85% |
| 95. | Chile | $14,000 | -50% |
| 96. | Tanzania | $13,000 | -82.4% |
| 97. | Iceland | $12,000 | -7.7% |
| 98. | Qatar | $12,000 | -83.1% |
| 99. | Madagascar | $11,000 | 0% |
| 100. | Mozambique | $9,000 | +350% |
| 101. | Ghana | $9,000 | 0% |
| 102. | Botswana | $8,000 | +14.3% |
| 103. | Myanmar (Burma) | $7,000 | -98.7% |
| 104. | Angola | $7,000 | +16.7% |
| 105. | Sudan | $6,000 | 0% |
| 106. | Bhutan | $5,000 | +66.7% |
| 107. | Cyprus | $5,000 | +25% |
| 108. | Cabo Verde | $4,000 | 0% |
| 109. | Antigua/Barbuda | $4,000 | -20% |
| 110. | Uruguay | $4,000 | -50% |
| 111. | Cameroon | $3,000 | -40% |
| 112. | Haiti | $3,000 | 0% |
| 113. | United Arab Emirates | $3,000 | -99.9% |
| 114. | Guinea-Bissau | $3,000 | 0% |
| 115. | Eswatini | $2,000 | -90% |
| 116. | Bermuda | $2,000 | 0% |
| 117. | Afghanistan | $1,000 | -100% |
| 118. | Montenegro | $1,000 | -80% |
See also Tomatoes Imports by Country, Asparagus Exports by Country and Top Sweet Pepper and Chili Pepper Exports
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on May 6, 2020
Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on May 6, 2020
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on May 6, 2020
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on May 6, 2020
World Processing Tomato Council, World Consumption of Tomato Products 2007. Accessed on May 6, 2020 (and supplemented by additional research primarily using Wikipedia’s current descriptions of companies named in the WPTC presentation)
Wikipedia, Tomato. Accessed on May 6, 2020