Also known as maize, the value of globally exported corn increased by an average 23.7% for all exporting countries since 2020 when corn shipments were valued at $36.8 billion.
From 2023 to 2024, the dollar amount paid for globally exported corn shrank by -15.3% starting from $53.8 billion.
The 5 biggest corn exporters (United States of America, Brazil, Argentina, Ukraine and France) generated almost four-fifths (79.1%) of overall sales for the popular grain commodity in 2024.
Among continents, countries in Latin America excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean sold the highest dollar worth of exported corn during 2024 with shipments valued at $15.2 billion or 33.4% of the worldwide total. In second place were suppliers in North America at 32.7% while 27.4% worth of the tasty grain originated from shippers in Europe.
Smaller percentages came from providers located in Asia (4.1%), Africa (2.3%), then Australia, New Zealand and Micronesia in Oceania (0.1%).
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for corn is 1005.
Corn Exports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of corn during 2024.
- United States: US$14.3 billion (31.5% of total corn exports)
- Brazil: $8.2 billion (18%)
- Argentina: $6.6 billion (14.4%)
- Ukraine: $5.1 billion (11.1%)
- France: $1.9 billion (4.1%)
- Romania: $890.8 million (2%)
- Hungary: $865.4 million (1.9%)
- South Africa: $863 million (1.9%)
- Poland: $773 million (1.7%)
- Myanmar: $691.8 million (1.5%)
- Russia: $532.1 million (1.2%)
- Canada: $487.6 million (1.1%)
- Serbia: $458.5 million (1%)
- Austria: $344.9 million (0.8%)
- Paraguay: $322.3 million (0.7%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 92.8% of globally exported corn in 2024.
Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing corn suppliers from 2023 to 2024 were: Serbia (up 66.4%), Myanmar (up 52.7%), Hungary (up 22.9%) and Argentina (up 15.4%).
Those countries that posted declines in their exported corn sales were led by: Paraguay (down -57.1% from 2023), Russia (down -55.6%), Romania (down -47.1%), Poland (down -40.6%) and Brazil (down -39.9%).
Searchable List of Corn Exporting Countries in 2024
The following 100 countries were responsible for 99.998% of total corn exports by value in 2024.
| Rank | Exporter | Corn Exports | 2023-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States | $14,342,041,000 | +4.8% |
| 2. | Brazil | $8,177,076,000 | -39.9% |
| 3. | Argentina | $6,550,543,000 | +15.4% |
| 4. | Ukraine | $5,073,824,000 | +2.2% |
| 5. | France | $1,862,436,000 | -7.5% |
| 6. | Romania | $890,826,000 | -47.1% |
| 7. | Hungary | $865,411,000 | +22.9% |
| 8. | South Africa | $862,987,000 | -28.6% |
| 9. | Poland | $773,009,000 | -40.6% |
| 10. | Myanmar | $691,832,000 | +52.7% |
| 11. | Russia | $532,065,000 | -55.6% |
| 12. | Canada | $487,585,000 | -36.4% |
| 13. | Serbia | $458,472,000 | +66.4% |
| 14. | Austria | $344,933,000 | -0.7% |
| 15. | Paraguay | $322,302,000 | -57.1% |
| 16. | Pakistan | $289,604,000 | -16.8% |
| 17. | Slovenia | $289,306,000 | -10.6% |
| 18. | Türkiye | $277,656,000 | -65.1% |
| 19. | Croatia | $250,500,000 | -0.6% |
| 20. | Bulgaria | $198,787,000 | -48% |
| 21. | India | $185,861,000 | -73.5% |
| 22. | Germany | $182,445,000 | -21.6% |
| 23. | Spain | $122,430,000 | -12.5% |
| 24. | Netherlands | $104,121,000 | -10.9% |
| 25. | Slovakia | $99,654,000 | -50.7% |
| 26. | Tanzania | $90,713,000 | +137.4% |
| 27. | Vietnam | $89,338,000 | -16% |
| 28. | Laos | $87,929,000 | +5.5% |
| 29. | Italy | $87,224,000 | -14.4% |
| 30. | Thailand | $87,201,000 | -17.7% |
| 31. | Chile | $71,796,000 | -9.7% |
| 32. | Moldova | $66,588,000 | -53.8% |
| 33. | Czech Republic | $63,039,000 | -24.2% |
| 34. | Mexico | $59,011,000 | -20.1% |
| 35. | Cambodia | $51,450,000 | +80.1% |
| 36. | Belgium | $47,707,000 | +54.9% |
| 37. | Zambia | $45,256,000 | -24.4% |
| 38. | Australia | $42,214,000 | +3.6% |
| 39. | United Kingdom | $41,614,000 | -12.8% |
| 40. | Kazakhstan | $38,605,000 | +75.4% |
| 41. | Peru | $37,111,000 | +35.5% |
| 42. | Portugal | $36,682,000 | -51.6% |
| 43. | Latvia | $33,660,000 | -47.5% |
| 44. | Ireland | $31,577,000 | -15% |
| 45. | Uruguay | $27,971,000 | 0% |
| 46. | Indonesia | $16,499,000 | -43.6% |
| 47. | Lithuania | $13,295,000 | -68.8% |
| 48. | Greece | $10,400,000 | +5.6% |
| 49. | Honduras | $10,128,000 | +106.8% |
| 50. | Bolivia | $8,199,000 | +126.4% |
| 51. | Zimbabwe | $8,143,000 | +130% |
| 52. | Luxembourg | $7,824,000 | +17.8% |
| 53. | Ivory Coast | $6,998,000 | -34.4% |
| 54. | mainland China | $6,988,000 | -11.3% |
| 55. | Guatemala | $5,443,000 | -48.7% |
| 56. | Kenya | $5,121,000 | -0.5% |
| 57. | Philippines | $4,916,000 | -5.4% |
| 58. | Georgia | $4,163,000 | +216.1% |
| 59. | New Zealand | $3,681,000 | +38.6% |
| 60. | United Arab Emirates | $3,184,000 | -91.2% |
| 61. | Colombia | $3,010,000 | +19.4% |
| 62. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $2,874,000 | +55.4% |
| 63. | Malaysia | $2,369,000 | +8.1% |
| 64. | North Macedonia | $2,097,000 | -45.9% |
| 65. | Uganda | $1,928,000 | -98.6% |
| 66. | Iran | $1,915,000 | 0% |
| 67. | Dominican Republic | $1,828,000 | -39% |
| 68. | Denmark | $1,803,000 | -57.5% |
| 69. | Mozambique | $1,785,000 | +67.1% |
| 70. | Nicaragua | $1,700,000 | +10.5% |
| 71. | Armenia | $1,449,000 | 0% |
| 72. | Kyrgyzstan | $1,386,000 | -52% |
| 73. | Sweden | $1,179,000 | +23.5% |
| 74. | Rwanda | $880,000 | +31.3% |
| 75. | El Salvador | $826,000 | +132% |
| 76. | Syria | $694,000 | -81.9% |
| 77. | Switzerland | $679,000 | -57.6% |
| 78. | Senegal | $586,000 | +74.9% |
| 79. | Montenegro | $579,000 | +271.2% |
| 80. | Belize | $522,000 | -37.3% |
| 81. | Malawi | $497,000 | -89.2% |
| 82. | Saudi Arabia | $365,000 | -77.8% |
| 83. | Botswana | $356,000 | +61.1% |
| 84. | Ghana | $303,000 | -69.3% |
| 85. | Trinidad/Tobago | $296,000 | -25.8% |
| 86. | Mali | $265,000 | 0% |
| 87. | Ecuador | $237,000 | +28.8% |
| 88. | Afghanistan | $237,000 | -57% |
| 89. | Antigua/Barbuda | $225,000 | 0% |
| 90. | Guyana | $218,000 | +5350% |
| 91. | Taiwan | $214,000 | +22.3% |
| 92. | Burkina Faso | $198,000 | -40.5% |
| 93. | Nigeria | $197,000 | 0% |
| 94. | Singapore | $195,000 | +107.4% |
| 95. | Egypt | $177,000 | -93.1% |
| 96. | Uzbekistan | $175,000 | 0% |
| 97. | Yemen | $156,000 | -92.5% |
| 98. | Costa Rica | $150,000 | +4.9% |
| 99. | Bangladesh | $134,000 | +179.2% |
| 100. | Israel | $111,000 | 0% |
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the above columns. Note that an entry of 0% in the right-most column means no 2023 data was available at time of article publication.
Expanding the scope to the top 100 corn exporters, the fastest-growing shippers of corn by value from 2023 to 2024 were Ghana (up 32,833%), Cambodia (up 5,490%), Estonia (up 4,302%), Burkina Faso (up 3,600%) and Syria (up 1,985%).
Countries Generating Highest Surpluses from Trading Corn
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for corn 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 corn exports and its import purchases for that same commodity.
- Brazil: US$13.34 billion (net export surplus up 14.5% since 2023)
- United States of America: $13.25 billion (down -29.1%)
- Argentina: $5.6 billion (down -34.7%)
- Ukraine: $4.9 billion (down -17%)
- France: $1.6 billion (down -18.8%)
- Romania: $1.3 billion (down -12.1%)
- South Africa: $1.2 billion (up 0.03%)
- Poland: $955.8 million (up 51.6%)
- Russia: $803.7 million (up 18.7%)
- India: $694.6 million (down -37.2%)
- Paraguay: $633.2 million (down -36.3%)
- Myanmar: $414.2 million (down -32.7%)
- Bulgaria: $298.5 million (up 26.3%)
- Pakistan: $273.7 million (up 56.2%)
- Hungary: $271.7 million (down -8.6%)
Brazil and the United States of America earned the highest surpluses in the international trade of fresh corn. In turn, this positive cashflow confirms both countries’ strong competitive advantages for this specific product category.
Countries Incurring Greatest Deficits from Trading Corn
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for corn 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 corn import purchases and its exports for that same commodity.
- mainland China: -US$9 billion (net export deficit up 26.9% since 2023)
- Mexico: -$5.5 billion (up 2%)
- Japan: -$4.9 billion (down -16%)
- South Korea: -$3.5 billion (down -17.1%)
- Spain: -$2.53 billion (down -29%)
- Vietnam: -$2.49 billion (down -24.3%)
- Egypt: -$2.45 billion (down -19.6%)
- Italy: -$1.89 billion (down -16.4%)
- Colombia: -$1.86 billion (down -13.9%)
- Netherlands: -$1.45 billion (down -7.2%)
- Taiwan: -$1.27 billion (down -27%)
- Iran: -$1.27 billion (down -63.2%)
- Malaysia: -$1.1 billion (down -12.1%)
- Algeria: -$1.07 billion (up 15.8%)
- Peru: -$1 billion (down -21.2%)
Highly populous mainland China incurred the highest deficit in the international trade of fresh corn. In turn, this negative cashflow highlights China’s strong competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for corn-supplying countries that help satisfy powerful consumer demand.
Top 10 Exporters of Corn by Shipment Weight
The worldwide total of exported corn equaled 199.1 billion tons in 2024. That shipment weight reflects a 1.3% gain from 196.6 billion tons in 2023 and a 5.8% increase compared to 188.2 billion tons during 2020.
- United States: 62,597,460 tons (31.4% of worldwide corn exports)
- Brazil: 39,783,180 tons (20%)
- Argentina: 32,056,896 tons (16.1%)
- Ukraine: 29,631,700 tons (14.9%)
- France: 4,073,062 tons (2%)
- Poland: 3,342,168 tons (1.7%)
- Romania: 2,885,754 tons (1.4%)
- South Africa: 2,801,698 tons (1.4%)
- Myanmar: 2,760,606 tons (1.4%)
- Russia: 2,358,519 tons (1.2%)
The top 10 corn exporters accounted for 91.5% of corn shipped by total tonnage in 2024.
Greatest growth in terms of shipment weight from 2023 to 2024 was posted by exporters in Myanmar (up by 125.7%), Argentina (up 46.9%), United States of America (up 36.2%) and the Ukraine (up 12.4%).
Average Prices for Top Corn Exporters
Overall, the world’s average price for exported corn in 2024 was US$229 per ton. That dollar metric represents a -16.6% decrease from the average $274 per ton calculated for one year earlier in 2023.
Presented below are the average prices per ton for each of the world’s biggest corn exporters. This list is ordered by volume starting with countries shipping the greatest total tons.
- United States: US$325 per ton (down -23.2% from 2023)
- Brazil: $283 (down -15.6%)
- Argentina: $261 (down -21.5%)
- Ukraine: $238 (down -9%)
- France: $466 (down -14.7%)
- Romania: $353 (down -1.9%)
- South Africa: $325 (up 1.3%)
- Poland: $335 (down -18.1%)
- Myanmar: $425 (down -32.2%)
- Russia: $336 (down -24.2%)
The most expensive average prices among the above major corn suppliers are charged by France, Myanmar, Romania, Russia and Poland costing well above the global average of $229 per ton.
The least costly top sources were the Ukraine and Argentina.
Year over year, the sole gainer for average prices originated from South Africa via a 1.3% increase compared to 2023.
Average prices declined the greatest for corn exported from Myanmar (down -32.2% from 2023) and the Russian Federation (down -24.2%).
Major Corn Exporting Companies
Below are corn-processing conglomerates that represent large players in the global corn market. Shown within parenthesis is the country where the company is headquartered.
- Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (United States)
- Bunge Limited (United States)
- Cargill, Inc (United States)
- Ingredion Incorporated (United States)
- Louis Dreyfus Holding B.V. (Netherlands)
- Mriya Agro Holding (Ukraine)
- SLC Agrícola (Brazil)
- Syngenta AG (Switzerland)
- Tate & Lyle Public Limited Company (United Kingdom)
- Vanguarda Agro (Brazil)
See also Corn Imports by Country, Wheat Exports by Country, Soya Beans Exports by Country and Top Sweet Pepper and Chili Pepper Exports
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