The overall cost of imports for all countries grew by an average 4.9% since five years earlier in 2020 when international purchases of bananas were valued at $16.5 billion.
Year over year, spending on imported bananas deflated by -1.5% compared to $17.5 billion starting from 2023.
By value, the largest 5 international buyers of imported bananas including plantains are the United States of America, Germany, Japan, Netherlands and mainland China. Collectively, that group of 5 major importers bought 41.7% of the world’s bananas imported in 2024.
From a continental perspective, European nations spent the most on imported bananas during 2024 with purchases valued at $8.85 billion or 51.3% of the global total. In second place were importers in North America at 21.8% ahead of competitors in Asia (21.4%).
Smaller percentages of globally imported bananas arrived in Latin America (2.9%) plus the Caribbean, then Africa (2.2%) then Oceania (0.5%) mostly New Zealand.
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for fresh or dried bananas and plantains is 0803.
Bananas Imports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that imported the highest dollar value worth of bananas during 2024.
- United States: US$3.2 billion (18.7% of total imported bananas)
- Germany: $1.1 billion (6.4%)
- Japan: $974.9 million (5.6%)
- Netherlands: $973.5 million (5.6%)
- mainland China: $907.6 million (5.3%)
- France: $869.3 million (5%)
- Belgium: $827.5 million (4.8%)
- United Kingdom: $700.3 million (4.1%)
- Russia: $681.3 million (3.9%)
- Italy: $613 million (3.6%)
- Canada: $519.8 million (3%)
- Poland: $388.9 million (2.3%)
- South Korea: $382 million (2.2%)
- Spain: $359.9 million (2.1%)
- Saudi Arabia: $307 million (1.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased nearly three-quarters (74.4%) of all bananas imported in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for bananas from 2023 to 2024 were: South Korea (up 25.4%), Belgium (up 21.4%), Saudi Arabia (up 18.6%) and the Netherlands (up 6.8%).
Those countries that posted declines in their imported bananas purchases were led by: mainland China (down -16.1% from 2023), Russia (down -10.8%), Germany (down -5.9%) and the United Kingdom (down -4.5%).
Searchable List of Bananas Importing Countries in 2024
Shown below are 100 key countries that accounted for 99.9% of the value for globally imported bananas in 2024.
| Rank | Importer | Imported Bananas | 2023-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States | $3,231,650,000 | +2.7% |
| 2. | Germany | $1,101,519,000 | -5.9% |
| 3. | Japan | $974,865,000 | +1.4% |
| 4. | Netherlands | $973,484,000 | +6.8% |
| 5. | mainland China | $907,636,000 | -16.1% |
| 6. | France | $869,294,000 | -2% |
| 7. | Belgium | $827,521,000 | +21.4% |
| 8. | United Kingdom | $700,339,000 | -4.5% |
| 9. | Russia | $681,336,000 | -10.8% |
| 10. | Italy | $613,027,000 | -1.9% |
| 11. | Canada | $519,787,000 | +3.1% |
| 12. | Poland | $388,917,000 | +4.1% |
| 13. | South Korea | $382,043,000 | +25.4% |
| 14. | Spain | $359,852,000 | -2.4% |
| 15. | Saudi Arabia | $306,985,000 | +18.6% |
| 16. | Argentina | $285,517,000 | -4.4% |
| 17. | Iraq | $202,884,000 | +19.3% |
| 18. | Ukraine | $201,518,000 | -0.1% |
| 19. | Romania | $196,713,000 | -2% |
| 20. | Greece | $174,155,000 | +2.8% |
| 21. | Portugal | $172,375,000 | -7.3% |
| 22. | Austria | $156,517,000 | -4% |
| 23. | Czech Republic | $153,890,000 | -0.9% |
| 24. | Sweden | $149,087,000 | -1.3% |
| 25. | United Arab Emirates | $142,902,000 | -19.2% |
| 26. | Uzbekistan | $135,219,000 | +48.6% |
| 27. | Algeria | $130,801,000 | -3% |
| 28. | Switzerland | $127,620,000 | +2.4% |
| 29. | Hungary | $124,939,000 | +3.8% |
| 30. | Chile | $123,707,000 | +5.3% |
| 31. | Iran | $115,951,000 | -71.5% |
| 32. | Croatia | $89,763,000 | +7.8% |
| 33. | Denmark | $88,239,000 | -11% |
| 34. | Ireland | $81,427,000 | +13.5% |
| 35. | Slovakia | $80,858,000 | -2.1% |
| 36. | Slovenia | $80,577,000 | +3.2% |
| 37. | New Zealand | $79,757,000 | -0.2% |
| 38. | Senegal | $73,839,000 | +581.6% |
| 39. | Serbia | $71,688,000 | +1% |
| 40. | Norway | $71,232,000 | -0.2% |
| 41. | Kazakhstan | $60,456,000 | +8.8% |
| 42. | Bulgaria | $60,036,000 | -0.9% |
| 43. | Türkiye | $56,615,000 | +33.7% |
| 44. | South Africa | $52,055,000 | +21.1% |
| 45. | Azerbaijan | $49,937,000 | +36.2% |
| 46. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $43,829,000 | -0.4% |
| 47. | Libya | $40,135,000 | -22.8% |
| 48. | Latvia | $39,597,000 | -3.2% |
| 49. | Oman | $38,960,000 | +82.4% |
| 50. | Hong Kong | $38,777,000 | -13.6% |
| 51. | Lithuania | $37,354,000 | -5.3% |
| 52. | Georgia | $35,114,000 | +12.6% |
| 53. | Uruguay | $34,476,000 | +9.1% |
| 54. | Kuwait | $33,121,000 | -32.8% |
| 55. | Morocco | $32,055,000 | +131.3% |
| 56. | Singapore | $31,325,000 | -0.9% |
| 57. | Qatar | $29,579,000 | -28.5% |
| 58. | Armenia | $23,449,000 | +3.4% |
| 59. | Finland | $22,762,000 | -69% |
| 60. | North Macedonia | $21,404,000 | +3.6% |
| 61. | Moldova | $18,920,000 | -17.9% |
| 62. | El Salvador | $17,981,000 | +18.2% |
| 63. | Estonia | $17,345,000 | -3.5% |
| 64. | Jordan | $17,331,000 | -27% |
| 65. | Kyrgyzstan | $17,268,000 | -5.6% |
| 66. | Bahrain | $16,437,000 | -23.5% |
| 67. | Malaysia | $16,171,000 | -14.7% |
| 68. | Honduras | $15,532,000 | -22.5% |
| 69. | Tunisia | $12,275,000 | +33.8% |
| 70. | Thailand | $12,193,000 | +33.1% |
| 71. | Nepal | $11,416,000 | +51.7% |
| 72. | Luxembourg | $11,170,000 | -2.5% |
| 73. | Montenegro | $10,806,000 | +1.9% |
| 74. | Afghanistan | $10,515,000 | -19.6% |
| 75. | Botswana | $10,095,000 | +13.4% |
| 76. | Cyprus | $9,980,000 | -6.9% |
| 77. | Mali | $9,503,000 | +171.2% |
| 78. | Malta | $9,334,000 | -0.6% |
| 79. | Bermuda | $8,829,000 | +1452% |
| 80. | Iceland | $7,689,000 | -3.8% |
| 81. | Trinidad/Tobago | $7,555,000 | -7.8% |
| 82. | North Korea | $6,666,000 | +690.7% |
| 83. | Namibia | $4,684,000 | +5.1% |
| 84. | Bahamas | $3,922,000 | -46.2% |
| 85. | Albania | $3,492,000 | -85.7% |
| 86. | Turks/Caicos Islands | $3,030,000 | -1.4% |
| 87. | Brunei Darussalam | $2,871,000 | -65% |
| 88. | Colombia | $2,819,000 | +46.8% |
| 89. | Zambia | $2,272,000 | +72.3% |
| 90. | Mongolia | $2,236,000 | -18.8% |
| 91. | Macao | $2,157,000 | -37.6% |
| 92. | Cayman Islands | $1,823,000 | -24% |
| 93. | Barbados | $1,746,000 | -23.2% |
| 94. | Costa Rica | $1,743,000 | -67.7% |
| 95. | Maldives | $1,715,000 | -19.1% |
| 96. | Vietnam | $1,567,000 | -6.4% |
| 97. | Mauritania | $1,539,000 | +4.5% |
| 98. | Guatemala | $1,528,000 | -30.4% |
| 99. | Curaçao | $1,519,000 | -50.3% |
| 100. | Egypt | $1,307,000 | -39.3% |
Focusing on the above document database, the fastest growing importers of bananas including plantains are Bermuda (up 1,425% from 2023), North Korea (up 690.7%), Senegal (up 581.6%), Mali (up 171.2%) and Morocco (up 131.3%).
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Bananas Imports into the United States
Below are the top suppliers from which America imported the highest dollar value worth of bananas during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- Guatemala: US$1.2 billion (down -1.9% from 2023)
- Ecuador: $649.1 million (up 19.1%)
- Costa Rica: $502.1 million (up 1.1%)
- Colombia: $311.1 million (up 8.4%)
- Honduras: $257.1 million (down -2%)
- Mexico: $214.4 million (down -6.5%)
- Peru: $26.6 million (up 13.5%)
- Panama: $19.3 million (down -46.5%)
- Dominican Republic: $7.6 million (up 40.1%)
- Thailand: $5.3 million (up 44.7%)
- Nicaragua: $5.1 million (up 32.7%)
- Belize: $2 million (up 106.1%)
- mainland China: $1.8 million (up 231.9%)
- Philippines: $1.6 million (up 24.1%)
- Brazil: $496,000 (down -38.6%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.93% of bananas imported by the United States of America in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of bananas to the United States from 2023 to 2024 were: mainland China (up 231.9%), Belize (up 106.1%), Thailand (up 44.7%) and the Dominican Republic (up 40.1%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their bananas supplied to American importers included: Panama (down -46.5%), Brazil (down -38.6%), Mexico (down -6.5%) and Honduras (down -2%).
Overall, the value of America’s imported bananas went up by an average 2.7% from all supplying countries since 2023 when bananas purchased cost $3.1 billion.
Bananas Imports into Germany
Below are the top suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of bananas during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country 2023 to 2024.
- Colombia: US$308.6 million (up 8.7% from 2023)
- Ecuador: $304.5 million (down -22.3%)
- Costa Rica: $177.4 million (down -5.3%)
- Dominican Republic: $79 million (down -23.4%)
- Panama: $62 million (up 16.6%)
- Guatemala: $45.7 million (up 11%)
- Peru: $29.7 million (up 14.1%)
- Cameroon: $29.3 million (down -4.6%)
- Netherlands: $17.3 million (up 397.8%)
- Italy: $11.8 million (up 36.1%)
- Nicaragua: $8 million (up 22.6%)
- Australia: $7.9 million (down -22.3%)
- Ghana: $7.8 million (up 34.6%)
- Ivory Coast: $5.9 million (down -32.8%)
- Uganda: $1 million (up 10.3%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 91.1% of bananas imported by Germany in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of bananas to Germany from 2023 to 2024 were: Netherlands (up 397.8%), Italy (up 36.1%), Ghana (up 34.6%) and Nicaragua (up 22.6%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their bananas supplied to German importers included: Ivory Coast (down -32.8%), Dominican Republic (down -23.4%), Australia (down -22.3%) and Ecuador (also down -22.3%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s imported bananas fell by an average -5.9% from all supplying countries since 2023 when bananas purchased cost $1.2 billion.
Bananas Imports into Japan
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Japan imported the highest dollar value worth of bananas during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country 2023 to 2024.
- Philippines: US$748.3 million (down -1.9% from 2023)
- Ecuador: $81.6 million (down -0.7%)
- Mexico: $62.3 million (down -3.4%)
- Vietnam: $32.6 million (up 105.6%)
- Guatemala: $13.8 million (down -8.6%)
- Laos: $11.1 million (up 86.9%)
- Cambodia: $9.8 million (up 1,153%)
- Peru: $7.8 million (up 16.2%)
- Indonesia: $2.8 million (up 30.7%)
- Taiwan: $2.3 million (down -15.8%)
- Thailand: $1.7 million (down -2.9%)
- Costa Rica: $713,000 (up 28.0%)
- mainland China: $42,000 (down -26.3%)
- Sri Lanka: $21,000 (up 10.5%)
- Uganda: $17,000 (down -34.6%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.999% of bananas imported by Japan in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of bananas to Japan from 2023 to 2024 were: Cambodia (up 1,153%), Vietnam (up 105.6%), Laos (up 86.9%) and Indonesia (up 30.7%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their bananas supplied to Japanese importers included: Uganda (down -34.6%), mainland China (down -26.3%), Taiwan (down -15.8%) and Guatemala (down -8.6%).
Overall, the value of Japan’s imported bananas rose by an average 1.4% from all supplying countries since 2023 when bananas purchased cost $961.2 million.
Bananas Imports into the Netherlands
Below are the top suppliers from which the Netherlands imported the highest dollar value worth of bananas during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country 2023 to 2024.
- Ecuador: US$217.5 million (down -4.5% from 2023)
- Costa Rica: $147.5 million (up 2.8%)
- Panama: $142.7 million (up 63.6%)
- Belgium: $137.2 million (down -0.2%)
- Germany: $80.2 million (down -5.8%)
- Colombia: $66.3 million (up 6.7%)
- Dominican Republic: $52.5 million (down -16.6%)
- France: $45.1 million (up 27.1%)
- Guatemala: $31 million (down -9.2%)
- Peru: $30.8 million (up 35.2%)
- Sweden: $4.9 million (up 284.8%)
- Poland: $3.8 million (up 187.9%)
- Spain: $3.2 million (down -20%)
- Denmark: $2.2 million (up 69.7%)
- Latvia: $1.2 million (up 3110.5%)
By value, the listed countries shipped 99.3% of bananas imported by buyers in the Netherlands in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of bananas to the Netherlands from 2023 to 2024 were: Latvia (up 3,111%), Sweden (up 284.8%), Poland (up 187.9%) and Denmark (up 69.7%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their bananas supplied to Dutch importers included: Spain (down -20.0%), Dominican Republic (down -16.6%), Guatemala (down -9.2%) and Germany (down -5.8%).
Overall, the value of the Netherlands’ imported bananas advanced by an average 6.8% from all supplying countries since 2023 when bananas purchased cost $911.4 million.
See also Bananas Exports by Country, Top US Trading Partners, Germany’s Top Trading Partners, Russia’s Top Trading Partners and Belgium’s Top Trading Partners
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Imports – Commodities, Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed on June 8, 2025
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on June 8, 2025
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on June 8, 2025