The overall value of exported apples flatlined via an average 0.1% improvement for all exporting countries since five years earlier in 2020 when worldwide shipments of apples were valued at $7.691 billion.
Year over year, spending on globally grew by 7.9% compared to $7.13 billion for 2023.
The 5 biggest exporters of fresh apples in 2024 were Italy, United States of America, mainland China, New Zealand and Chile. Collectively, that power cohort of international suppliers approached three-fifths (57.6%) of apples exported worldwide during 2024.
Switching our focus to continents, suppliers in European countries sold the highest dollar worth of exported fresh apples during 2024 with shipments valued at $2.96 billion or 38.5% of the worldwide total. In second place were exporters in Asia at 23% while another 14.8% of international apple sales originated from North America.
Providers in Latin America excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean generated 8.4% worth, trailed by Oceania at 7.8% mostly New Zealand, then apple sources in Africa at 7.5%.
For research purposes, the 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for fresh apples is 080810.
Apples Exports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of apples during 2024.
- Italy: US$1.12 billion (14.5% of total exported apples)
- United States: $1.09 billion (14.1%)
- mainland China: $1.05 billion (13.6%)
- New Zealand: $597.2 million (7.8%)
- Chile: $582.2 million (7.6%)
- South Africa: $577.4 million (7.5%)
- Poland: $509.9 million (6.6%)
- France: $470.4 million (6.1%)
- Türkiye: $192.2 million (2.5%)
- Netherlands: $177.2 million (2.3%)
- Japan: $133.1 million (1.7%)
- Iran: $132.2 million (1.7%)
- Serbia: $113.6 million (1.5%)
- Spain: $104.3 million (1.4%)
- Belgium: $82.8 million (1.1%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 90% of globally exported apples in 2024.
Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing apples exporters since 2023 were: Chile (up 20.8%), South Africa (up 18.6%), Poland (up 17.5%) and the United States of America (up 16.6%).
The sole major competitor to record a decline in exported apples sales, pulled down by a -58.1% reduction from 2023.
Searchable List of Apples Exporting Countries by Value
The 100 exporters of apples showcased in the database below represent 99.9999% worth of the total value of exported fresh apples during 2024.
| Rank | Exporter | Exported Apples | 2023-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Italy | $1,118,198,000 | +12.4% |
| 2. | United States | $1,085,975,000 | +16.6% |
| 3. | mainland China | $1,046,358,000 | +7.8% |
| 4. | New Zealand | $597,241,000 | +12.1% |
| 5. | Chile | $582,159,000 | +20.8% |
| 6. | South Africa | $577,377,000 | +18.6% |
| 7. | Poland | $509,934,000 | +17.5% |
| 8. | France | $470,365,000 | +10.2% |
| 9. | Türkiye | $192,215,000 | +9.6% |
| 10. | Netherlands | $177,185,000 | +14.7% |
| 11. | Japan | $133,121,000 | +11.6% |
| 12. | Iran | $132,213,000 | -58.1% |
| 13. | Serbia | $113,596,000 | +15.2% |
| 14. | Spain | $104,311,000 | +11.4% |
| 15. | Belgium | $82,761,000 | +10.3% |
| 16. | Moldova | $75,873,000 | +21.2% |
| 17. | Hong Kong | $64,538,000 | +23% |
| 18. | Azerbaijan | $61,901,000 | +8.1% |
| 19. | Portugal | $59,856,000 | +9.9% |
| 20. | Argentina | $51,579,000 | +18% |
| 21. | Canada | $50,197,000 | +1% |
| 22. | Afghanistan | $48,962,000 | +21.8% |
| 23. | Germany | $43,373,000 | +3.9% |
| 24. | Austria | $38,139,000 | -26.2% |
| 25. | Greece | $32,695,000 | +15.6% |
| 26. | North Macedonia | $25,501,000 | +68.6% |
| 27. | Ukraine | $21,387,000 | +18.5% |
| 28. | United Arab Emirates | $17,294,000 | -81.7% |
| 29. | Slovakia | $16,850,000 | +35.7% |
| 30. | Hungary | $16,486,000 | +3.9% |
| 31. | Uzbekistan | $15,521,000 | +66.7% |
| 32. | Croatia | $13,867,000 | +10.7% |
| 33. | India | $13,251,000 | +39.4% |
| 34. | Brazil | $9,598,000 | -68.5% |
| 35. | United Kingdom | $8,432,000 | +4.4% |
| 36. | Czech Republic | $7,448,000 | -25.6% |
| 37. | Singapore | $6,748,000 | -0.2% |
| 38. | Saudi Arabia | $6,661,000 | +57.2% |
| 39. | Ireland | $5,785,000 | +63% |
| 40. | Georgia | $5,657,000 | +1.1% |
| 41. | Thailand | $5,487,000 | +28.2% |
| 42. | Slovenia | $5,096,000 | -19.7% |
| 43. | Australia | $4,680,000 | -8.7% |
| 44. | Latvia | $4,104,000 | +6.7% |
| 45. | Malaysia | $4,005,000 | -7.5% |
| 46. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $3,657,000 | +31.8% |
| 47. | Denmark | $3,542,000 | -7.7% |
| 48. | Kazakhstan | $3,492,000 | -32.1% |
| 49. | Armenia | $3,130,000 | +12.4% |
| 50. | Syria | $2,725,000 | -88% |
| 51. | South Korea | $1,524,000 | -23.6% |
| 52. | Sweden | $1,377,000 | -6.5% |
| 53. | Kyrgyzstan | $1,325,000 | +18.9% |
| 54. | Mexico | $1,197,000 | +652.8% |
| 55. | Lithuania | $1,175,000 | -51.6% |
| 56. | Russia | $817,000 | +4.5% |
| 57. | Albania | $810,000 | +1186% |
| 58. | Pakistan | $698,000 | +36.6% |
| 59. | Luxembourg | $687,000 | +11.5% |
| 60. | Guatemala | $665,000 | +385.4% |
| 61. | Vietnam | $533,000 | +51.4% |
| 62. | Costa Rica | $526,000 | +23.5% |
| 63. | Egypt | $476,000 | +406.4% |
| 64. | Kenya | $411,000 | -25.5% |
| 65. | Colombia | $326,000 | -32.6% |
| 66. | Bulgaria | $304,000 | +55.9% |
| 67. | Romania | $239,000 | +10.1% |
| 68. | Namibia | $224,000 | -23% |
| 69. | Switzerland | $222,000 | +20.7% |
| 70. | Finland | $175,000 | -20.5% |
| 71. | Turkmenistan | $170,000 | -34.4% |
| 72. | Uruguay | $165,000 | -74.4% |
| 73. | Morocco | $148,000 | -10.8% |
| 74. | Bhutan | $122,000 | -80.5% |
| 75. | Trinidad/Tobago | $80,000 | 0% |
| 76. | El Salvador | $77,000 | -38.9% |
| 77. | Zambia | $51,000 | -58.5% |
| 78. | Tajikistan | $37,000 | -48.6% |
| 79. | Norway | $37,000 | -30.2% |
| 80. | Jordan | $36,000 | -95.4% |
| 81. | Senegal | $28,000 | +300% |
| 82. | Gabon | $26,000 | +2500% |
| 83. | Estonia | $24,000 | +60% |
| 84. | Yemen | $21,000 | -77.9% |
| 85. | Bangladesh | $20,000 | +66.7% |
| 86. | Nigeria | $19,000 | 0% |
| 87. | Macao | $19,000 | 0% |
| 88. | Iceland | $16,000 | -30.4% |
| 89. | Belarus | $15,000 | -84.4% |
| 90. | Lebanon | $13,000 | -99.9% |
| 91. | Niger | $13,000 | 0% |
| 92. | Ivory Coast | $10,000 | +400% |
| 93. | Mozambique | $9,000 | -18.2% |
| 94. | Uganda | $8,000 | -95.4% |
| 95. | Taiwan | $4,000 | -90.9% |
| 96. | Botswana | $3,000 | +200% |
| 97. | Solomon Islands | $2,000 | -60% |
| 98. | Algeria | $2,000 | 0% |
| 99. | Guyana | $2,000 | 0% |
| 100. | Tanzania | $2,000 | -99.6% |
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 apples from 2023 to 2024.
An entry of 0% in that column means that no 2023 data was available.
Expanding the scope to encompass the top 100 exporters of apples by value, the fastest growers from 2023 to 2024 were Gabon (up 2,500%), Albania (up 1,186%), Mexico (up 652.8%), Egypt (up 406.4%) and Ivory Coast (up 400%).
Countries Exporting Most Apples Ranked by Shipment Weight
The total volume shipped for the world’s exported apples amounted to 7.72 million tons in 2024, down by -11.1% from 8.7 million tons 5 years earlier in 2020.
Year over year, the total for exported apples by shipment weight flatlined by -0.1% compared to 7.73 million tons during 2023.
The 15 biggest suppliers listed below generated 87.7% of the global shipment weight of exported apples during 2024.
- mainland China: 980,846 tons of exported apples (up 23.2% from 2023)
- Italy: 945,516 tons (up 9.4%)
- United States: 897,421 tons (up 22.9%)
- Poland: 784,142 tons (down -4%)
- South Africa: 671,183 tons (up 10.5%)
- Chile: 553,973 tons (up 18%)
- New Zealand: 377,868 tons (up 9.9%)
- France: 333,366 tons (up 6%)
- Türkiye: 317,284 tons (down -14.4%)
- Iran: 299,315 tons (down -52.9%)
- Serbia: 145,719 tons (up 14.1%)
- Netherlands: 126,744 tons (up 0.4%)
- Moldova: 119,454 tons (up 2.4%)
- Belgium: 108,147 tons (down -21.6%)
- Spain: 107,707 tons (up 16.3%)
Posting gains were top international apple suppliers in mainland China (up 23.2% from 2023), United States of America (up 22.9%), Chile (up 18%), Spain (up 16.3%) and Serbia (up 14.1%).
Recording double-digit annual declines were exporters in Iran (down -52.9% from 2023), Belgium (down -21.6%) and Türkiye (down -14.4%).
Average Prices for Major Apples Exporters
In 2024, the world’s average unit price for globally exported apples was US$997 per ton. That dollar metric represents an 12.4% inflation rate from $887 during 2020.
Compared to the global average $922 per ton in 2023, the latest average unit price results from an 8.1% year-over-year acceleration.
Sorted by the top 15 international suppliers of apples by dollar value, the following analysis highlights the average unit prices per ton of exported apples in 2024.
- Italy: US$1,183 per ton (up 2.8% from 2023)
- United States: $1,210 per ton (down -5.1%)
- mainland China: $1,067 per ton (down -12.5%)
- New Zealand: $1,581 per ton (up 2%)
- Chile: $1,051 per ton (up 2.3%)
- South Africa: $860 per ton (up 7.4%)
- Poland: $650 per ton (up 22.4%)
- France: $1,411 per ton (up 4%)
- Türkiye: $606 per ton (up 28.1%)
- Netherlands: $1,398 per ton (up 14.2%)
- Japan: $3,903 per ton (up 9.5%)
- Iran: $442 per ton (down -10.9%)
- Serbia: $780 per ton (up 1%)
- Spain: $968 per ton (down -4.3%)
- Belgium: $765 per ton (up 40.6%)
The least expensive apples were exported from Iran ($442 per ton), Türkiye ($606 per ton), Poland ($650 per ton) then Belgium ($765 per ton).
The costliest exported apples were sold by suppliers in Japan ($3,903 per ton), New Zealand ($1,581 per ton), France ($1,411 per ton), Netherlands ($1,398 per ton) and the United States of America ($1,210 per ton).
Countries Earning Highest Trade Surpluses for Apples
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for apples during 2024. 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 apples exports and its import purchases for that same commodity.
- Italy: US$1.1 billion (net export surplus up 12.7% since 2023)
- United States: $942.8 million (up 32.6%)
- mainland China: $828.5 million (up 5%)
- New Zealand: $594.6 million (up 11.9%)
- South Africa: $577.3 million (up 18.6%)
- Chile: $575.3 million (up 21.1%)
- Poland: $506.4 million (up 17.1%)
- France: $364.4 million (up 10%)
- Türkiye: $192.1 million (up 9.7%)
- Iran: $132.2 million (down -58.1%)
- Japan: $115.6 million (up 5.9%)
- Serbia: $104.1 million (up 13.2%)
- Moldova: $75.3 million (up 21.8%)
- Azerbaijan: $61.4 million (up 7.7%)
- Afghanistan: $48.9 million (up 2,646%)
Italy, United States of America and mainland China earned the highest surpluses in the international trade of apples. In turn, these positive cashflows confirm strong competitive advantages for this specific product category.
Countries Posting Worst Trade Deficits for Apples
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for apples during 2024. 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 apples import purchases and its exports for that same commodity.
- Germany: -US$601 million (net export deficit up 23.8% since 2023)
- United Kingdom: -$444.2 million (up 18.2%)
- India: -$410.8 million (up 16.2%)
- Mexico: -$403.8 million (up 144.6%)
- Vietnam: -$376.4 million (up 75%)
- Indonesia: -$317.9 million (up 15.4%)
- Taiwan: -$281.4 million (up 5.6%)
- Brazil: -$253.7 million (up 88.6%)
- Thailand: -$246.4 million (up 6.6%)
- Russia: -$234.8 million (up 19.7%)
- Philippines: -$216.8 million (up 23.2%)
- Saudi Arabia: -$210.8 million (up 13.6%)
- Hong Kong: -$159.8 million (down -9%)
- Colombia: -$154.4 million (up 20.4%)
- Canada: -$136.2 million (down -16.6%)
Germany incurred the highest deficit in the international trade of apples. In turn, this negative cashflow highlights the Germany’s strong competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for apples-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful consumer demand.
Major Apples Exporting Companies
Alibaba lists international suppliers of fresh apples. Below are global apples-selling companies in global trade markets. Shown within parenthesis is the country where the company is located.
- Casco Agro Trading (PTY) Ltd (South Africa)
- Cheze RVC (France)
- Clover Trading Co Ltd (Japan)
- Firma Handlowo-Usugowa Rozwoj Grzegorz Krzysztofik (Poland)
- K.E. Investments Limited (United Kingdom)
- Macfarlane Consultancy BV (Netherlands)
- S.A.C. Corporation (United States)
- Shandong Kingland Industrial Co Ltd (China)
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Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on June 7, 2025
Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on June 7, 2025
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