From 2020 to 2021, the value of globally imported apples appreciated by 7% compared to $7.91 billion for 2020.
The top 5 largest importers of fresh apples as measured by dollar value are Germany, Russia, Vietnam, United Kingdom, and India. Collectively, that cohort of major buying markets purchased over one quarter (27.5%) of all apples imported during 2021.
From a continental perspective, countries in Asia spent the most on imported apples during 2021 with purchases valued at $3.7 billion or 43.8% of the global total. Slipping into second place were European importers at 36.7% while 6.6% of apples imported worldwide were delivered to buyers in Africa. Another 6.6% worth arrived in North America.
Smaller percentages went to Latin America (5.5%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, then Oceania (0.2%) led by Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Australia.
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 2021.
- Germany: US$611.3 million (7.2% of total imported apples)
- Russia: $477.4 million (5.6%)
- Vietnam: $444.1 million (5.2%)
- United Kingdom: $420.9 million (5%)
- India: $377.4 million (4.5%)
- Indonesia: $374.1 million (4.4%)
- Egypt: $348.9 million (4.1%)
- Netherlands: $280.4 million (3.3%)
- Philippines: $279.2 million (3.3%)
- Thailand: $266.6 million (3.2%)
- Taiwan: $264.7 million (3.1%)
- Bangladesh: $245.7 million (2.9%)
- Hong Kong: $235.2 million (2.8%)
- Canada: $205.7 million (2.4%)
- Spain: $197.5 million (2.3%)
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for apples since 2020 were: Vietnam (up 219.2%), India (up 87.5%), Taiwan (up 22%) and Netherlands (up 19.8%).
A pair of major buyers posted declines in their purchases of imported apples namely world-leader Germany (down -7.2% from 2020) and the United Kingdom (down -4.6%).
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased about three-fifths (59.4%) of all apples imported in 2020.
Apples Imported into Germany
Germany’s global purchases of imported apples totaled US$611.3 million in 2021. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of apples during 2021. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2020 to 2021.
- Italy: US$264.4 million (down -4.8% from 2020)
- Chile: $72.6 million (up 13.5%)
- France: $61.9 million (down -9.3%)
- Netherlands: $55.2 million (down -18.5%)
- New Zealand: $39.9 million (down -31.1%)
- Poland: $32.4 million (up 31.5%)
- Belgium: $23.3 million (down -24.5%)
- South Africa: $21.1 million (up 28.5%)
- Austria: $15.1 million (down -21%)
- Spain: $11.3 million (down -14.5%)
- Argentina: $7 million (down -30.5%)
- Peru: $1.3 million (up 8.7%)
- Czech Republic: $1.1 million (down -63.3%)
- Hungary: $708,000 (up 90.3%)
- Turkey: $646,000 (up 129.1%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.5% of apples imported by Germany in 2021.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of apples to Germany since 2020 were: Turkey (up 129.1%), Hungary (up 90.3%), Poland (up 31.5%) and South Africa (up 28.5%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their apples supplied to German importers included: Czech Republic (down -63.3%), New Zealand (down -31.1%), Argentina (down -30.5%) and Belgium (down -24.5%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s imported apples fell by an average -7.2% from all supplying countries since 2020 when apples purchased cost $658.9 million.
Apples Imported into Russia
Russia’s global purchases of imported apples totaled US$477.4 million in 2021. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the Russian Federation imported the highest dollar value worth of apples during 2021. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2020 to 2021.
- Moldova: US$151.3 million (up 18.6% from 2020)
- Serbia: $107.5 million (down -8.1%)
- Turkey: $45.8 million (up 31.4%)
- Azerbaijan: $37.8 million (up 36.2%)
- South Africa: $31.5 million (down -25.2%)
- Brazil: $21.5 million (up 14.4%)
- New Zealand: $16.4 million (down -24.5%)
- North Macedonia: $14 million (down -29.7%)
- Chile: $11.1 million (down -63.2%)
- Belarus: $9.8 million (up 1.1%)
- Georgia: $9.6 million (up 125.5%)
- Argentina: $8.2 million (down -18.6%)
- Bosnia/Herzegovina: $3.9 million (down -20.6%)
- Armenia: $2.9 million (up 72.8%)
- Kazakhstan: $2.3 million (up 3.9%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.2% of apples imported by Russia in 2021.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of apples to Russia since 2020 were: Georgia (up 125.5%), Armenia (up 72.8%), Azerbaijan (up 36.2%) and Turkey (up 31.4%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their apples supplied to Russian importers included: Chile (down -63.2%), North Macedonia (down -29.7%), South Africa (down -25.2%) and New Zealand (down -24.5%).
Overall, the value of Russia’s imported apples flatlined via an average 0.1% upturn from all supplying countries since 2020 when apples purchased cost $476.8 million.
Apples Imported into Vietnam
Vietnam’s global purchases of imported apples totaled US$444.4 million in 2021. Below are the top suppliers from which Indonesia imported the highest dollar value worth of apples based on 2020 data. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2019 to 2020.
- New Zealand: US$58.4 million (up 42.7% from 2019)
- United States: $47.5 million (down -10.4%)
- China: $10.4 million (up 68.6%)
- South Africa: $7.8 million (up 195.9%)
- France: $7 million (down -37.2%)
- Canada: $3.8 million (down -9.9%)
- Japan: $2 million (down -5.9%)
- South Korea: $1.1 million (down -37%)
- Poland: $621,000 (down -74.8%)
- Netherlands: $330,000 (down -66.4%)
- Italy: $87,000 (2019 data unavailable)
- Australia: $72,000 (2019 data unavailable)
- Chile: $52,000 (2019 data unavailable)
By value, the listed countries shipped 100% of apples imported by Vietnam in 2020.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of apples to Vietnam since 2019 were: South Africa (up 195.9%), China (up 68.6%), New Zealand (up 42.7%) and Italy (up 0.0%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their apples supplied to Vietnamese importers included: Poland (down -74.8%), Netherlands (down -66.4%), France (down -37.2%) and South Korea (down -37%).
Overall, the value of Vietnam’s imported apples decreased by an average -10.9% from all supplying countries since 2019 when apples purchased cost $125.4 million.
Apples Imported into the UK
The United Kingdom’s global purchases of imported apples totaled US$420.9 million in 2021. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the UK imported the highest dollar value worth of apples during 2021. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2020 to 2021.
- France: US$104.7 million (down -14.2% from 2020)
- South Africa: $99.5 million (up 13.6%)
- Italy: $65.5 million (up 76.1%)
- Chile: $38 million (down -0.3%)
- New Zealand: $37.4 million (down -31.7%)
- Spain: $12.7 million (down -19.8%)
- Poland: $11.3 million (up 103.5%)
- Netherlands: $10.1 million (up 20%)
- Ireland: $7.9 million (up 4.3%)
- Germany: $7.2 million (down -80.3%)
- Brazil: $4.6 million (up 27%)
- Serbia: $3.9 million (up 23.6%)
- Argentina: $3.4 million (up 11.1%)
- Belgium: $3 million (down -19.2%)
- Croatia: $2.6 million (up 61.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 97.9% of apples imported by the United Kingdom in 2021.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of apples to the UK since 2020 were: Poland (up 103.5%), Italy (up 76.1%), Croatia (up 61.8%) and Brazil (up 27%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their apples supplied to British importers included: Germany (down -80.3%), New Zealand (down -31.7%), Spain (down -19.8%) and Belgium (down -19.2%).
Overall, the value of United Kingdom’s imported apples retreated by an average -4.6% from all supplying countries since 2020 when apples purchased cost $441 million.
Searchable List of Apples Importers in 2021
The 100 key importers of fresh apples in the following database purchased 98.5% of the overall value for fresh apples imported during 2021.
| Rank | Importer | Imported Apples | 2020-1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Germany | $611,268,000 | -7.2% |
| 2. | Russia | $477,432,000 | +0.1% |
| 3. | Vietnam | $444,068,000 | +219.2% |
| 4. | United Kingdom | $420,880,000 | -4.6% |
| 5. | India | $377,427,000 | +87.5% |
| 6. | Indonesia | $374,148,000 | +14.7% |
| 7. | Egypt | $348,935,000 | +12.8% |
| 8. | Netherlands | $280,440,000 | +19.8% |
| 9. | Philippines | $279,187,000 | +11% |
| 10. | Thailand | $266,610,000 | +3.1% |
| 11. | Taiwan | $264,663,000 | +22% |
| 12. | Bangladesh | $245,699,000 | +6.1% |
| 13. | Hong Kong | $235,235,000 | +11.8% |
| 14. | Canada | $205,692,000 | +8.7% |
| 15. | Spain | $197,496,000 | +6.8% |
| 16. | United States | $197,132,000 | +8.8% |
| 17. | Mexico | $196,765,000 | -21.1% |
| 18. | Saudi Arabia | $179,335,000 | -3.3% |
| 19. | United Arab Emirates | $151,412,000 | +11.2% |
| 20. | China | $150,977,000 | +9% |
| 21. | France | $150,589,000 | +60.7% |
| 22. | Malaysia | $121,194,000 | +6.6% |
| 23. | Belgium | $118,382,000 | -1.3% |
| 24. | Iraq | $117,380,000 | -1.9% |
| 25. | Colombia | $115,935,000 | +7.2% |
| 26. | Sweden | $105,459,000 | +3.9% |
| 27. | Denmark | $77,008,000 | +6.1% |
| 28. | Nepal | $65,600,000 | +92.2% |
| 29. | Norway | $65,517,000 | +0.2% |
| 30. | Belarus | $64,712,000 | -10.3% |
| 31. | Ireland | $64,344,000 | -7.8% |
| 32. | Romania | $62,534,000 | -8.6% |
| 33. | Israel | $60,593,000 | +0.6% |
| 34. | Singapore | $58,040,000 | -11.5% |
| 35. | Ecuador | $54,823,000 | -5.8% |
| 36. | Portugal | $52,519,000 | +36.7% |
| 37. | Afghanistan | $51,477,000 | -4.8% |
| 38. | Czech Republic | $49,293,000 | -23.4% |
| 39. | Brazil | $48,903,000 | -46.2% |
| 40. | Finland | $47,624,000 | -7% |
| 41. | Nigeria | $40,817,000 | -29.5% |
| 42. | Peru | $38,424,000 | -12.7% |
| 43. | Guatemala | $35,395,000 | +18.6% |
| 44. | Kazakhstan | $33,026,000 | -26.5% |
| 45. | Dominican Republic | $29,372,000 | +32.8% |
| 46. | Jordan | $29,259,000 | -39.1% |
| 47. | Austria | $29,195,000 | -30.4% |
| 48. | Slovakia | $29,129,000 | -21.4% |
| 49. | Libya | $28,363,000 | +54.4% |
| 50. | Italy | $27,748,000 | -21.2% |
| 51. | Qatar | $23,526,000 | -10.8% |
| 52. | El Salvador | $23,216,000 | +9.7% |
| 53. | Costa Rica | $21,953,000 | +12.5% |
| 54. | Honduras | $21,203,000 | +48.6% |
| 55. | Japan | $19,457,000 | +15.6% |
| 56. | Sri Lanka | $17,844,000 | +13.5% |
| 57. | Oman | $17,256,000 | -39.1% |
| 58. | Kuwait | $17,135,000 | -52.8% |
| 59. | Turkmenistan | $17,128,000 | +196.6% |
| 60. | Bolivia | $16,841,000 | -2.8% |
| 61. | Panama | $15,327,000 | +25.6% |
| 62. | Bulgaria | $15,078,000 | -5.7% |
| 63. | Kenya | $15,010,000 | +16.8% |
| 64. | Hungary | $14,895,000 | +7.8% |
| 65. | Pakistan | $14,636,000 | -59.9% |
| 66. | Syria | $14,268,000 | +102.6% |
| 67. | Senegal | $14,018,000 | -2.7% |
| 68. | Mongolia | $13,714,000 | +90.2% |
| 69. | Lithuania | $13,548,000 | -29.2% |
| 70. | Latvia | $12,541,000 | -16% |
| 71. | Greece | $11,642,000 | -9.3% |
| 72. | Switzerland | $11,335,000 | -31.5% |
| 73. | Ghana | $10,974,000 | +68.6% |
| 74. | Luxembourg | $10,318,000 | +1.4% |
| 75. | Croatia | $10,279,000 | +8.3% |
| 76. | Cyprus | $9,936,000 | +8% |
| 77. | Estonia | $9,885,000 | -11.8% |
| 78. | Myanmar | $9,295,000 | -50% |
| 79. | Slovenia | $9,282,000 | -22.8% |
| 80. | Cameroon | $9,058,000 | +49.5% |
| 81. | Botswana | $9,037,000 | +5.5% |
| 82. | Ivory Coast | $8,817,000 | +18.2% |
| 83. | Macao | $8,413,000 | +6.3% |
| 84. | Malta | $7,546,000 | +47.1% |
| 85. | Venezuela | $7,129,000 | +153.7% |
| 86. | Paraguay | $6,838,000 | +31% |
| 87. | Serbia | $6,715,000 | -41% |
| 88. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $6,557,000 | -14.5% |
| 89. | Chile | $6,504,000 | +34.1% |
| 90. | Iceland | $6,178,000 | +3.8% |
| 91. | Morocco | $6,140,000 | +35.3% |
| 92. | Ethiopia | $5,899,000 | +29.4% |
| 93. | Nicaragua | $5,212,000 | +19.4% |
| 94. | Uzbekistan | $5,211,000 | +82.8% |
| 95. | Mauritius | $5,024,000 | +14.8% |
| 96. | Kyrgyzstan | $4,855,000 | -23.7% |
| 97. | Bahrain | $4,831,000 | -59.7% |
| 98. | Ukraine | $4,816,000 | -18.9% |
| 99. | Namibia | $4,802,000 | -5.2% |
| 100. | Albania | $4,495,000 | -27% |
Posting triple-digit gains in the value of their imported fresh apples purchases from 2020 to 2021 were: Vietnam (up 219.2%), Turkmenistan (up 196.6%), Venezuela (up 153.7%) and Kyrgyzstan (up 102.1%).
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the above table’s columns. An entry of 0% in the right-most column means that 2020 data was unavailable.
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
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Imports – Commodities. Accessed on August 13, 2022
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on August 13, 2022
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on August 13, 2022
Wikipedia, Apple. Accessed on August 13, 2022
