The overall value of exported apples flatlined via an average -0.6% decrease for all exporting countries since 2017 when worldwide shipments of apples were valued at $7.5 billion.
Year over year, globally exported apples appreciated by 1% from $7.7 billion for 2020.
The 5 biggest exporters of fresh apples in 2021 were mainland China, Italy, United States of America, New Zealand and Chile. Collectively, that power cohort of international suppliers accounted for almost three-fifths (58.2%) of worldwide apple exports during 2021.
Switching our focus to continents, European countries sold the highest dollar worth of exported fresh apples during 2021 with shipments valued at $2.9 billion or 38.3% of the worldwide total. In second place were Asian exporters at 25.3% while another 12.6% of international apple sales originated from North America.
Latin America excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean generated 9.3% worth, trailed by Oceania at 7.9% mostly New Zealand, then apple suppliers in Africa at 6.4%.
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 2021.
- China: US$1.3 billion (16.8% of total exported apples)
- Italy: $1.1 billion (13.8%)
- United States: $916.7 million (12%)
- New Zealand: $598.7 million (7.9%)
- Chile: $589.5 million (7.7%)
- South Africa: $485 million (6.4%)
- France: $443.6 million (5.8%)
- Poland: $421.7 million (5.5%)
- Netherlands: $248.2 million (3.3%)
- Turkey: $178.7 million (2.3%)
- Japan: $147.8 million (1.9%)
- Serbia: $127.4 million (1.7%)
- Spain: $111.8 million (1.5%)
- Belgium: $94.9 million (1.2%)
- Moldova: $87.6 million (1.1%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 89% of global apples exported in 2020.
Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing apples exporters since 2020 were: Turkey (up 61.1%), Japan (up 47.4%), Poland (up 23.9%) and South Africa (up 18.6%).
Five countries posted declines in their exported apples sales: Belgium (down -18.5%), mainland China (down -11.5%), France (down -7.9%), Spain (down -5.1%) and the Netherlands (down -0.9%).
Countries Exporting Most Apples Ranked by Shipment Weight
The total volume shipped for the world’s exported apples was 8 million tons in 2021, down from 9.4 million tons 5 years earlier in 2017.
Year over year, the total for exported apples by shipment weight shrank by -8.6% compared to 8.8 million tons during 2020.
The 15 biggest suppliers listed below generated 85.2% of the global shipment weight of exported apples during 2022.
- China: 959,731 tons of exported apples (down -9.3% from 2020)
- Poland: 921,863 tons (up 40.2%)
- Italy: 920,271 tons (down -1.9%)
- United States of America: 752,834 tons (down -6.8%)
- Chile: 696,388 tons (down -2.3%)
- South Africa: 589,186 tons (up 15.9%)
- New Zealand: 403,307 tons (down -9.1%)
- Turkey: 354,560 tons (up 67.6%)
- France: 307,883 tons (down -24.9%)
- Moldova: 206,123 tons (up 6.5%)
- Serbia: 179,637 tons (up 4%)
- Netherlands: 175,084 tons (down -9.9%)
- Belgium: 125,831 tons (down -18.1%)
- Spain: 116,632 tons (down -17.9%)
- Iran: 113,920 tons (down -87.1%)
Posting double-digit percentage gains were top international apple suppliers in Turkey (up 67.6% from 2020), Poland (up 40.2%) and South Africa (up 15.9%).
Posting the severest annual declines were Iran (down -87.1%), France (down -24.9%), Belgium (down -18.1%) and Spain (down -17.9%).
Average Prices for Major Apples Exporters
In 2021, the world’s average unit price for globally exported apples was US$952 per ton. That dollar metric represents an 18.1% increase from $806 during 2017.
The annual inflation rate was an 8.7% hike from the global average $876 per ton in 2020.
Focusing on the top 15 suppliers of apples by dollar value, the following analysis highlights the average unit prices per ton of exported apples in 2021.
- China: US$1,337 per ton of exported apples (down -2.4% from 2020)
- Italy: $1,141 per ton (up 11.2%)
- United States: $1,218 per ton (up 15%)
- New Zealand: $1,484 per ton (up 11.7%)
- Chile: $847 per ton (up 6.1%)
- South Africa: $823 per ton (up 2.4%)
- France: $1,441 per ton (up 22.6%)
- Poland: $457 per ton (down -11.8%)
- Netherlands: $1,418 per ton (up 10.1%)
- Turkey: $504 per ton (down -3.8%)
- Japan: $3,917 per ton (up 5.2%)
- Serbia: $709 per ton (down -2.9%)
- Spain: $959 per ton (up 15.7%)
- Belgium: $754 per ton (down -0.5%)
- Moldova: $425 per ton (up 5.2%)
The least expensive apples were exported from Moldova ($425 per ton), Poland ($456 per ton), Turkey ($504 per ton), Serbia ($709 per ton) and Belgium ($754 per ton).
The costliest exported apples were sold from Japan ($3,917 per ton), New Zealand ($1,484 per ton) and France ($1,441 per ton).
Countries Earning Highest Trade Surpluses for Apples
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for apples during 2021. 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.
- China: US$1.1 billion (net export surplus down -13.1% since 2020)
- Italy: $1 billion (up 10.2%)
- United States of America: $719.5 million (up 6.8%)
- New Zealand: $598.1 million (up 1.5%)
- Chile: $583.5 million (up 3.5%)
- South Africa: $484.8 million (up 18.6%)
- Poland: $418.4 million (up 31.4%)
- France: $293 million (down -24.5%)
- Turkey: $178.3 million (up 61.6%)
- Japan: $128.3 million (up 53.8%)
- Serbia: $120.7 million (up 5.2%)
- Moldova: $86.2 million (up 14%)
- Iran: $60.2 million (down -81.6%)
- Argentina: $59.2 million (down -12.4%)
- Azerbaijan: $37.2 million (up 28.3%)
Mainland China earned the highest surplus in the international trade of apples. In turn, this positive cashflow confirms strong Chinese competitive advantage for this specific product category.
Countries Posting Worst Trade Deficits for Apples
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for apples during 2021. 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$556 million (net export deficit down -7.9% since 2020)
- Russia: -$472.4 million (down -0.03%)
- Vietnam: -$427.1 million (up 207.3%)
- United Kingdom: -$410.3 million (down -3.4%)
- Indonesia: -$374.1 million (up 14.7%)
- India: -$363.1 million (up 93.9%)
- Egypt: -$348.5 million (up 12.9%)
- Philippines: -$279.2 million (up 11%)
- Taiwan: -$264.5 million (up 22.2%)
- Thailand: -$260.4 million (up 1.4%)
- Bangladesh: -$227.8 million (down -1.7%)
- Mexico: -$196.2 million (down -21.3%)
- Saudi Arabia: -$179.3 million (down -3.3%)
- Hong Kong: -$176.6 million (up 6.4%)
- Canada: -$165.5 million (up 5.2%)
Germany incurred the highest deficit in the international trade of apples. In turn, this negative cashflow highlights the Germany’s strong competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for apples-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful consumer demand.
Major Apples Exporting Companies
Alibaba lists international suppliers of fresh apples. Below are global apples-selling companies in global trade markets. Shown within parenthesis is the country where the company is located.
- Casco Agro Trading (PTY) Ltd (South Africa)
- Cheze RVC (France)
- Clover Trading Co Ltd (Japan)
- Firma Handlowo-Usugowa Rozwoj Grzegorz Krzysztofik (Poland)
- K.E. Investments Limited (United Kingdom)
- Macfarlane Consultancy BV (Netherlands)
- S.A.C. Corporation (United States)
- Shandong Kingland Industrial Co Ltd (China)
Searchable List of Apples Exporting Countries by Value
The 100 exporters of apples showcased in the database below represent 99.9993% worth of the total value of exported fresh apples during 2021.
| Rank | Exporter | Exported Apples (US$) | 2020-1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | China | $1,283,312,000 | -11.5% |
| 2. | Italy | $1,050,111,000 | +9.1% |
| 3. | United States | $916,669,000 | +7.2% |
| 4. | New Zealand | $598,664,000 | +1.5% |
| 5. | Chile | $589,513,000 | +3.7% |
| 6. | South Africa | $484,955,000 | +18.6% |
| 7. | France | $443,592,000 | -7.9% |
| 8. | Poland | $421,659,000 | +23.9% |
| 9. | Netherlands | $248,185,000 | -0.9% |
| 10. | Turkey | $178,718,000 | +61.1% |
| 11. | Japan | $147,790,000 | +47.4% |
| 12. | Serbia | $127,390,000 | +1% |
| 13. | Spain | $111,801,000 | -5.1% |
| 14. | Belgium | $94,936,000 | -18.5% |
| 15. | Moldova | $87,616,000 | +12.1% |
| 16. | Brazil | $73,803,000 | +78.8% |
| 17. | Argentina | $61,342,000 | -10.6% |
| 18. | Iran | $60,301,000 | -81.5% |
| 19. | Hong Kong | $58,676,000 | +32.1% |
| 20. | Germany | $55,254,000 | -0.2% |
| 21. | Austria | $51,811,000 | -13.1% |
| 22. | Greece | $45,540,000 | +12.5% |
| 23. | Canada | $40,187,000 | +26% |
| 24. | Afghanistan | $37,661,000 | -18.8% |
| 25. | Azerbaijan | $37,364,000 | +26.7% |
| 26. | Lebanon | $32,672,000 | +216.9% |
| 27. | Portugal | $25,561,000 | -45.3% |
| 28. | North Macedonia | $24,897,000 | -15.6% |
| 29. | United Arab Emirates | $22,882,000 | -69.4% |
| 30. | Ukraine | $14,688,000 | +52.3% |
| 31. | India | $14,345,000 | +2% |
| 32. | Slovakia | $14,310,000 | +0% |
| 33. | Belarus | $14,124,000 | +9% |
| 34. | Syria | $13,652,000 | +5.1% |
| 35. | Croatia | $11,772,000 | +50.6% |
| 36. | Denmark | $11,653,000 | -3.4% |
| 37. | Czech Republic | $11,332,000 | -16.5% |
| 38. | United Kingdom | $10,627,000 | -34.4% |
| 39. | Georgia | $7,830,000 | +77.2% |
| 40. | Slovenia | $6,621,000 | -26% |
| 41. | Hungary | $6,371,000 | -10.8% |
| 42. | Thailand | $6,169,000 | +253.7% |
| 43. | Australia | $5,854,000 | +37.5% |
| 44. | Singapore | $5,212,000 | -18% |
| 45. | Russia | $5,056,000 | +17.7% |
| 46. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $4,824,000 | -16% |
| 47. | Uzbekistan | $4,419,000 | -49.6% |
| 48. | Uruguay | $4,385,000 | +652.1% |
| 49. | Ireland | $4,362,000 | -41.5% |
| 50. | Latvia | $3,991,000 | -17.8% |
| 51. | South Korea | $3,698,000 | -26.8% |
| 52. | Kyrgyzstan | $3,447,000 | -10.2% |
| 53. | Lithuania | $3,282,000 | -12.5% |
| 54. | Armenia | $3,139,000 | +24.3% |
| 55. | Kazakhstan | $3,104,000 | +46.1% |
| 56. | Malaysia | $2,399,000 | +18.5% |
| 57. | Sweden | $2,278,000 | +30.8% |
| 58. | Luxembourg | $1,007,000 | -1.6% |
| 59. | Vietnam | $953,000 | +816.3% |
| 60. | Albania | $750,000 | -20.3% |
| 61. | Mexico | $532,000 | +943.1% |
| 62. | Egypt | $409,000 | -10.9% |
| 63. | Switzerland | $396,000 | -38.9% |
| 64. | Dominican Republic | $375,000 | +36.9% |
| 65. | Zambia | $339,000 | +24.6% |
| 66. | Turkmenistan | $304,000 | -4.1% |
| 67. | Namibia | $293,000 | +5760% |
| 68. | Colombia | $282,000 | +15.6% |
| 69. | Morocco | $255,000 | +3.2% |
| 70. | Bulgaria | $249,000 | -73.8% |
| 71. | Guatemala | $208,000 | +31.6% |
| 72. | Tanzania | $202,000 | +4950% |
| 73. | Costa Rica | $201,000 | -8.2% |
| 74. | Taiwan | $188,000 | -56.2% |
| 75. | Romania | $185,000 | -81.7% |
| 76. | Kenya | $170,000 | -0.6% |
| 77. | Finland | $168,000 | -61.6% |
| 78. | Tajikistan | $130,000 | +34% |
| 79. | Jordan | $87,000 | -70.4% |
| 80. | Bhutan | $48,000 | 0% |
| 81. | Estonia | $46,000 | +27.8% |
| 82. | Panama | $46,000 | 0% |
| 83. | Israel | $45,000 | 0% |
| 84. | Fiji | $44,000 | +175% |
| 85. | Pakistan | $44,000 | -81% |
| 86. | Zimbabwe | $40,000 | +1900% |
| 87. | Sri Lanka | $39,000 | 0% |
| 88. | Norway | $32,000 | -62.4% |
| 89. | Ivory Coast | $31,000 | +933.3% |
| 90. | Ghana | $27,000 | +800% |
| 91. | Myanmar | $25,000 | -71.3% |
| 92. | Senegal | $24,000 | 0% |
| 93. | Trinidad/ Tobago | $21,000 | -88.1% |
| 94. | Iceland | $21,000 | -34.4% |
| 95. | Sierra Leone | $19,000 | +1800% |
| 96. | Oman | $13,000 | -94.5% |
| 97. | Peru | $11,000 | 0% |
| 98. | Timor-Leste | $11,000 | +450% |
| 99. | Qatar | $10,000 | 0% |
| 100. | Tunisia | $9,000 | -92.2% |
Expanding the scope to encompass the top 100 exporters of apples by value, the fastest growers from 2020 to 2021 were Namibia (up 5,760%), Tanzania (up 4,950%), Zimbabwe (up 1,900%), Sierra Leone (up 1,800%) and Mexico (up 943.1%).
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 2020 to 2021. An entry of 0% in that column means that no 2020 data was available.
See also Apples Imports by Country, Top Pears Exports & Imports by Country Plus Average Prices, Kiwifruit Exports by Country, Pineapples Exports by Country, Oranges Exports by Country, Lemons Exporters by Country, Top Vitamins Exports & Imports by Country and World’s Top Food Exports Special Data Report
Research Sources:
Alibaba, Fresh Apples Suppliers. Accessed on June 12, 2022
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on June 12, 2022
Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on June 12, 2022
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on June 12, 2022
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on June 12, 2022
Wikipedia, Apple. Accessed on June 12, 2022
