Overall, the value of apples imports rose by 4.3% for all importing countries from 5 years earlier in 2020 when international purchases of apples were valued at $7.95 billion.
Year over year, the value of globally imported apples accelerated by 10.4% compared to $7.51 billion starting from 2023.
The top 5 largest importers of fresh apples as measured by dollar value are Germany, United Kingdom, India, Vietnam and Indonesia. Collectively, that cohort of major buying markets purchased over one quarter (26.7%) of all imported apples sold during 2024.
From a continental perspective, countries in Asia spent the most on imported apples during 2024 with purchases valued at $3.53 billion or 42.6% of the global total. In second place were exporters located in Europe at 34.8% while 9.6% of apples imported worldwide was procured from providers in Latin America excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean. Another 7.8% worth arrived from shippers in North America.
Smaller percentages went to customers in Africa (4.9%) and Oceania (0.2%) led by Fiji, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand.
For research purposes, the 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 080810 for fresh apples.
Apples Imports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that imported the highest dollar value worth of apples during 2024.
- Germany: US$644.4 million (7.8% of total imported apples)
- United Kingdom: $452.6 million (5.5%)
- India: $424.1 million (5.1%)
- Vietnam: $376.9 million (4.5%)
- Indonesia: $317.9 million (3.8%)
- Mexico: $316.5 million (3.8%)
- Taiwan: $281.4 million (3.4%)
- Netherlands: $270.4 million (3.3%)
- Brazil: $263.3 million (3.2%)
- Thailand: $251.9 million (3%)
- Russia: $236.1 million (2.8%)
- Hong Kong: $224.3 million (2.7%)
- mainland China: $217.9 million (2.6%)
- Saudi Arabia: $217.4 million (2.6%)
- Philippines: $216.8 million (2.6%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased more than half (56.8%) of all apples imported in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for apples since 2023 were: Mexico (up 91.5%), Vietnam (up 75%), Brazil (up 59.5%), Netherlands (up 44.2%) and the Philippines (up 23.2%).
The lone major supplier to record a decline in its imported apples purchases was Hong Kong via a -1.6% slowdown.
Searchable List of Apples Importers in 2024
The 100 key importers of fresh apples in the following database purchased 98.4% of the overall value for fresh apples imported during 2024.
| Rank | Importer | Imported Apples | 2023-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Germany | $644,368,000 | +22.3% |
| 2. | United Kingdom | $452,620,000 | +17.9% |
| 3. | India | $424,100,000 | +16.8% |
| 4. | Vietnam | $376,932,000 | +75% |
| 5. | Indonesia | $317,922,000 | +15.4% |
| 6. | Mexico | $316,501,000 | +91.5% |
| 7. | Taiwan | $281,417,000 | +5.6% |
| 8. | Netherlands | $270,356,000 | +44.2% |
| 9. | Brazil | $263,330,000 | +59.5% |
| 10. | Thailand | $251,882,000 | +7% |
| 11. | Russia | $236,116,000 | +19.9% |
| 12. | Hong Kong | $224,301,000 | -1.6% |
| 13. | mainland China | $217,886,000 | +20.3% |
| 14. | Saudi Arabia | $217,418,000 | +14.6% |
| 15. | Philippines | $216,814,000 | +23.2% |
| 16. | Spain | $213,162,000 | -1.7% |
| 17. | Egypt | $195,307,000 | -12.3% |
| 18. | Canada | $186,417,000 | -12.5% |
| 19. | Colombia | $154,753,000 | +20.2% |
| 20. | United Arab Emirates | $149,942,000 | -13.2% |
| 21. | United States | $143,169,000 | -35% |
| 22. | Bangladesh | $131,862,000 | -11.3% |
| 23. | Malaysia | $125,842,000 | -2.1% |
| 24. | France | $105,948,000 | +11% |
| 25. | Belgium | $102,445,000 | +51.3% |
| 26. | Sweden | $86,551,000 | -1.1% |
| 27. | Israel | $86,180,000 | +49.1% |
| 28. | Nepal | $78,821,000 | -19% |
| 29. | Ireland | $74,142,000 | +0.8% |
| 30. | Czech Republic | $73,076,000 | +63% |
| 31. | Romania | $67,325,000 | +15.3% |
| 32. | Singapore | $60,425,000 | -1.1% |
| 33. | Guatemala | $59,625,000 | +19.3% |
| 34. | Denmark | $59,463,000 | +8.6% |
| 35. | Norway | $58,506,000 | +5.2% |
| 36. | Ecuador | $57,891,000 | -8.8% |
| 37. | Uzbekistan | $57,451,000 | +315.7% |
| 38. | Kazakhstan | $55,594,000 | +32.1% |
| 39. | Portugal | $54,127,000 | -8.9% |
| 40. | Austria | $48,838,000 | +29.7% |
| 41. | Peru | $47,336,000 | +6.5% |
| 42. | Iraq | $45,485,000 | -70.9% |
| 43. | Finland | $39,633,000 | +8.2% |
| 44. | Dominican Republic | $35,699,000 | -0.9% |
| 45. | Slovakia | $34,367,000 | -1.6% |
| 46. | Nigeria | $33,064,000 | -16.8% |
| 47. | Kuwait | $31,799,000 | +0.7% |
| 48. | Costa Rica | $28,353,000 | +6.1% |
| 49. | Bulgaria | $28,122,000 | +44.2% |
| 50. | El Salvador | $27,142,000 | +4.9% |
| 51. | Libya | $26,960,000 | +2% |
| 52. | Italy | $25,353,000 | -1.6% |
| 53. | Hungary | $24,753,000 | +31.5% |
| 54. | Mongolia | $23,243,000 | +13% |
| 55. | Honduras | $22,468,000 | +0.4% |
| 56. | Qatar | $21,886,000 | -19.5% |
| 57. | Venezuela | $19,641,000 | +25.9% |
| 58. | Belarus | $19,346,000 | +7.7% |
| 59. | Jordan | $19,156,000 | -57.4% |
| 60. | Japan | $17,481,000 | +73.6% |
| 61. | Lithuania | $16,361,000 | +10.4% |
| 62. | Panama | $16,021,000 | +1.5% |
| 63. | Switzerland | $15,885,000 | +8.8% |
| 64. | Latvia | $13,904,000 | +13.9% |
| 65. | Bolivia | $13,402,000 | +5.1% |
| 66. | Croatia | $13,402,000 | -8% |
| 67. | Pakistan | $12,054,000 | +14.1% |
| 68. | Senegal | $11,979,000 | +2.1% |
| 69. | North Korea | $11,756,000 | +2891% |
| 70. | Cyprus | $11,336,000 | +11.9% |
| 71. | Ghana | $11,089,000 | +40.2% |
| 72. | Macao | $10,881,000 | +9.3% |
| 73. | Cameroon | $10,827,000 | +127.2% |
| 74. | Oman | $10,644,000 | -64.7% |
| 75. | Greece | $10,578,000 | +10.9% |
| 76. | Luxembourg | $10,497,000 | +12.3% |
| 77. | Estonia | $10,110,000 | +13% |
| 78. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $9,864,000 | -1.4% |
| 79. | Ivory Coast | $9,474,000 | -6.5% |
| 80. | Serbia | $9,456,000 | +44% |
| 81. | Botswana | $9,446,000 | +16.9% |
| 82. | Nicaragua | $9,314,000 | +22.5% |
| 83. | Kenya | $9,101,000 | -18.8% |
| 84. | Slovenia | $9,002,000 | -17.2% |
| 85. | Tanzania | $8,980,000 | +24.7% |
| 86. | Sri Lanka | $8,582,000 | +43.7% |
| 87. | Albania | $8,016,000 | -7.1% |
| 88. | Mauritius | $7,091,000 | +32.6% |
| 89. | Iceland | $6,964,000 | +7.1% |
| 90. | Chile | $6,846,000 | +1.8% |
| 91. | Malta | $6,774,000 | +7.1% |
| 92. | Morocco | $6,656,000 | +34.8% |
| 93. | Namibia | $6,640,000 | +11.6% |
| 94. | Uganda | $6,477,000 | +13.7% |
| 95. | Paraguay | $6,167,000 | +3.2% |
| 96. | Zambia | $6,147,000 | -5.7% |
| 97. | Kyrgyzstan | $5,670,000 | +185.6% |
| 98. | Brunei Darussalam | $5,235,000 | +30.7% |
| 99. | Georgia | $5,130,000 | +248.7% |
| 100. | Zimbabwe | $5,070,000 | +35.2% |
Posting the strongest percentage gains in the value of their imported fresh apples purchases from 2023 to 2024 were buyers in: North Korea (up 2,891%), Uzbekistan (up 315.7%), Georgia (up 248.7%), Kyrgyzstan (up 185.6%), Cameroon (up 127.2%) then Mexico (up 91.5%).
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An entry of 0% in the right-most column means that 2023 data was unavailable at time of article publication.
Apples Imported into Germany
Germany’s global purchases of imported apples totaled US$644.4 million in 2024. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of apples during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- Italy: US$310.2 million (up 24.6% from 2023)
- France: $58.2 million (up 0.3%)
- Poland: $57.8 million (up 63.4%)
- Netherlands: $54 million (up 9.5%)
- Chile: $46 million (up 12.3%)
- South Africa: $36.3 million (up 49.1%)
- New Zealand: $24 million (down -9.2%)
- Austria: $16.9 million (up 11.5%)
- Belgium: $15 million (up 28.6%)
- Spain: $13.5 million (up 86.2%)
- Argentina: $4.1 million (down -9.1%)
- Peru: $2 million (up 47.8%)
- Slovenia: $1.2 million (up 472.2%)
- Czech Republic: $925,000 (down -19.4%)
- Türkiye: $633,000 (up 52.9%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.4% of apples imported by Germany in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of apples to Germany since 2023 were: Slovenia (up 472.2%), Spain (up 86.2%), Poland (up 63.4%) and Türkiye (up 52.9%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their apples supplied to German importers were: Czech Republic (down -19.4% from 2023), New Zealand (down -9.2%) and Argentina (down -9.1%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s imported apples rose by an average 22.3% from all supplying countries since 2023 when apples purchased cost $527.1 million.
Apples Imported into the UK
The United Kingdom’s global purchases of imported apples totaled US$452.6 million in 2024. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the UK imported the highest dollar value worth of apples during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- France: US$137.2 million (up 12.1% from 2023)
- South Africa: $102.6 million (up 18%)
- Italy: $60.8 million (up 2.5%)
- New Zealand: $34.7 million (up 41%)
- Chile: $25.9 million (up 104.8%)
- Poland: $24.2 million (up 22.2%)
- Spain: $21.7 million (up 26.2%)
- Serbia: $9.2 million (up 75.5%)
- Germany: $7.6 million (up 4%)
- Belgium: $5.9 million (up 37.9%)
- Ireland: $4.9 million (up 5.7%)
- Argentina: $3.5 million (down -3.6%)
- Austria: $3.1 million (down -30.5%)
- Netherlands: $2.8 million (down -3.4%)
- United States: $2.5 million (up 168.6%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 98.7% of apples imported by the United Kingdom in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of apples to the UK since 2023 were: United States of America (up 168.6%), Chile (up 104.8%), Serbia (up 75.5%) and New Zealand (up 41%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their apples supplied to UK importers were: Austria (down -30.5% from 2023), Argentina (down -3.6%) and the Netherlands (down -3.4%).
Overall, the value of United Kingdom’s imported apples increased by an average 17.9% from all supplying countries since 2023 when apples purchased cost $383.8 million.
Apples Imported into India
India’s global purchases of imported apples totaled US$424.1 million in 2024. Below are the top suppliers from which India imported the highest dollar value worth of apples based on 2023 data. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2020 to 2023.
- Türkiye: US$91.4 million (down -7.2% from 2023)
- Iran: $81.9 million (up 41.3%)
- Afghanistan: $44.4 million (up 35%)
- United States: $37.9 million (up 408.1%)
- South Africa: $36 million (up 63.7%)
- New Zealand: $32.4 million (up 44.5%)
- Poland: $26.7 million (down -14.2%)
- Chile: $26 million (up 54.1%)
- United Arab Emirates: $17.2 million (up 82.1%)
- Italy: $15.2 million (down -61.1%)
- Brazil: $3.4 million (down -71%)
- Serbia: $2.8 million (down -26%)
- Germany: $2.4 million (up 430.9%)
- France: $2.1 million (down -3.2%)
- Canada: $1.4 million (up 516.6%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.4% of apples imported by India in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of apples to India since 2023 were: Canada (up 516.6%), Germany (up 430.9%), United States of America (up 408.1%) and the United Arab Emirates (up 82.1%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their apples supplied to Indian importers included: Brazil (down -71% from 2023), Italy (down -61.1%), Serbia (down -26%) and Poland (down -14.2%).
Overall, the value of India’s imported apples went up by an average 16.8% from all supplying countries since 2023 when apples purchased cost $363.1 million.
Apples Imported into Indonesia
Indonesia’s global purchases of imported apples totaled US$317.9 million in 2024. Below are the top suppliers from which Indonesia imported the highest dollar value worth of apples during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- mainland China: US$272.2 million (up 18.1% from 2023)
- United States: $22.6 million (down -26.5%)
- New Zealand: $16.7 million (up 46.4%)
- South Africa: $4.5 million (up 92.2%)
- Türkiye: $687,000 (2023 data unavailable)
- Thailand: $498,000 (2023 data unavailable)
- Japan: $358,000 (up 34.1%)
- Australia: $162,000 (down -17.3%)
- Poland: $102,000 (2023 data unavailable)
- Italy: $60,000 (2023 data unavailable)
- France: $51,000 (2023 data unavailable)
- South Korea: $28,000 (down -52.5%)
By value, the listed countries shipped 100% of apples imported by Indonesia in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of apples to Indonesia since 2023 were: South Africa (up 92.2%), New Zealand (up 46.4%), Japan (up 34.1%) and mainland China (up 18.1%).
Overall, the value of Indonesia’s imported apples expanded by an average 15.4% from all supplying countries since 2023 when apples purchased cost $275.4 million.
See also Apples Exports by Country Plus Average Prices, Germany’s Top Trading Partners, United Kingdom’s Top 10 Imports, Top Vitamins Exports & Imports by Country and Top Pears Exports & Imports by Country Plus Average Prices
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