Year over year, worldwide sales of exported frozen vegetables rose by 2.2% compared to $8.4 billion for 2023.
The 5 biggest exporters of frozen vegetables are mainland China, Belgium, Spain, Mexico and the Netherlands. Combined, that major group supplied 57.5% of overall exports for frozen vegetables during 2024. Such a high percentage indicates a relatively concentrated marketplace.
By subcategory, the most valuable type of exported frozen vegetables is the catchall classification for miscellaneous vegetables which comprised 56.9% of the overall total for frozen veggies. This catchall subcategory includes frozen asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussel sprouts, mushrooms, carrots, artichokes and others.
Other subcategories trailing the catchall are frozen mixtures of vegetables (12.4%), peas (7.5%), sweet corn (6.7%), leguminous vegetables (5.1%), beans (5%), spinach (4.1%) ahead of frozen potatoes (2.4%).
Applying a continental lens, suppliers in Europe sold the highest dollar worth of exported frozen vegetables during 2024 with shipments valued at $4.42 billion or 51.6% of the international total. In second place were exporters located in Asia at 25.3% while another 12.2% of worldwide frozen vegetables shipments originated from North America.
Smaller percentages came from sellers in Latin America (5%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Africa (4.6%) then Oceania (1.3%) led by New Zealand and Australia.
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for frozen vegetables is 0710.
Top Frozen Vegetables Exports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of frozen vegetables during 2024.
- mainland China: US$1.6 billion (18.8% of exported frozen vegetables)
- Belgium: $1.3 billion (14.9%)
- Spain: $883.8 million (10.3%)
- Mexico: $606.5 million (7.1%)
- Netherlands: $547.1 million (6.4%)
- Poland: $468.4 million (5.5%)
- France: $379.4 million (4.4%)
- Egypt: $304.9 million (3.6%)
- United States: $254 million (3%)
- Ecuador: $220.2 million (2.6%)
- Canada: $183.7 million (2.1%)
- Italy: $132.2 million (1.5%)
- Hungary: $118.7 million (1.4%)
- Germany: $117 million (1.4%)
- Türkiye: $112.8 million (1.3%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 84.2% of globally exported frozen vegetables in 2024.
Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing exporters of frozen vegetables since 2023 were: Netherlands (up 26%), Italy (up 21.9%), Hungary (up 16.6%) and Ecuador (up 14.7%).
Listed suppliers that posted declines in their international sales of frozen vegetables were led by: Belgium (down -9.4% from 2023), Mexico (down -6.2%), United States of America (down -5.4%), Germany (down -2.8%) and Türkiye (down -2%).
Searchable List of Frozen Vegetables Exporting Countries in 2024
The 100 major exporters highlighted in the automated database below account for 99.98% of total international spending on frozen vegetables during 2024.
| Rank | Exporter | Frozen Vegetable Exports | 2023-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | mainland China | $1,610,124,000 | +7.6% |
| 2. | Belgium | $1,280,427,000 | -9.4% |
| 3. | Spain | $883,806,000 | +12.3% |
| 4. | Mexico | $606,529,000 | -6.2% |
| 5. | Netherlands | $547,058,000 | +26% |
| 6. | Poland | $468,391,000 | -1.6% |
| 7. | France | $379,416,000 | +9.1% |
| 8. | Egypt | $304,857,000 | +13.2% |
| 9. | United States | $253,954,000 | -5.4% |
| 10. | Ecuador | $220,172,000 | +14.7% |
| 11. | Canada | $183,670,000 | +10.2% |
| 12. | Italy | $132,203,000 | +21.9% |
| 13. | Hungary | $118,719,000 | +16.6% |
| 14. | Germany | $117,020,000 | -2.8% |
| 15. | Türkiye | $112,828,000 | -2% |
| 16. | Portugal | $112,754,000 | +7.5% |
| 17. | New Zealand | $107,488,000 | +17.5% |
| 18. | Thailand | $102,085,000 | -12.2% |
| 19. | India | $91,247,000 | -4.6% |
| 20. | Taiwan | $76,230,000 | +0.3% |
| 21. | Guatemala | $72,835,000 | +4.1% |
| 22. | United Kingdom | $67,931,000 | +0.2% |
| 23. | Peru | $65,560,000 | +1.8% |
| 24. | Vietnam | $64,840,000 | +14.3% |
| 25. | Chile | $58,429,000 | -3.6% |
| 26. | Kenya | $48,109,000 | +0.9% |
| 27. | Austria | $45,654,000 | +9.1% |
| 28. | Serbia | $41,005,000 | -8.1% |
| 29. | Greece | $31,263,000 | +6.9% |
| 30. | Indonesia | $27,263,000 | -1.3% |
| 31. | Czech Republic | $23,728,000 | +2.5% |
| 32. | Croatia | $20,899,000 | +8.9% |
| 33. | Sweden | $19,284,000 | -16.6% |
| 34. | Uzbekistan | $19,252,000 | +37.1% |
| 35. | Israel | $16,852,000 | +4.6% |
| 36. | Romania | $16,580,000 | -8.3% |
| 37. | Bulgaria | $16,489,000 | -16.9% |
| 38. | South Africa | $15,359,000 | +31.4% |
| 39. | Lithuania | $13,510,000 | +37% |
| 40. | Slovakia | $12,339,000 | +29.2% |
| 41. | Denmark | $11,139,000 | -25.3% |
| 42. | Russia | $10,242,000 | +15.9% |
| 43. | Ukraine | $10,171,000 | +4.4% |
| 44. | Pakistan | $9,811,000 | +78.7% |
| 45. | Morocco | $9,402,000 | +43.2% |
| 46. | Finland | $9,229,000 | -14.2% |
| 47. | North Macedonia | $8,453,000 | -18.7% |
| 48. | Latvia | $7,065,000 | +8.4% |
| 49. | Malaysia | $6,405,000 | +18.5% |
| 50. | El Salvador | $5,237,000 | -33.1% |
| 51. | Ireland | $5,005,000 | -17.5% |
| 52. | Uganda | $4,332,000 | -73.5% |
| 53. | Saudi Arabia | $4,256,000 | -42.4% |
| 54. | Bangladesh | $4,171,000 | +28.3% |
| 55. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $4,103,000 | +19.2% |
| 56. | Australia | $3,886,000 | +44.9% |
| 57. | Sri Lanka | $3,876,000 | -5% |
| 58. | Cameroon | $3,790,000 | +482.2% |
| 59. | Colombia | $3,694,000 | +11.4% |
| 60. | Myanmar | $3,555,000 | +25.4% |
| 61. | Hong Kong | $3,507,000 | +79.8% |
| 62. | United Arab Emirates | $3,277,000 | -82.5% |
| 63. | Slovenia | $2,293,000 | +44.4% |
| 64. | Iran | $2,207,000 | -95.6% |
| 65. | Brazil | $2,053,000 | +24.2% |
| 66. | South Korea | $1,983,000 | -6.3% |
| 67. | Kyrgyzstan | $1,832,000 | +239.3% |
| 68. | Belarus | $1,724,000 | +67.2% |
| 69. | Costa Rica | $1,689,000 | -34.2% |
| 70. | Luxembourg | $1,558,000 | +0.7% |
| 71. | Philippines | $1,462,000 | +33.6% |
| 72. | Tanzania | $1,338,000 | -94.2% |
| 73. | Jamaica | $1,265,000 | +404% |
| 74. | Montenegro | $1,251,000 | +22.8% |
| 75. | Lebanon | $993,000 | -70.4% |
| 76. | Oman | $990,000 | +18% |
| 77. | Japan | $938,000 | -8.7% |
| 78. | Switzerland | $927,000 | +57.1% |
| 79. | Ivory Coast | $763,000 | +100.8% |
| 80. | Singapore | $699,000 | -0.3% |
| 81. | Malawi | $676,000 | -76.1% |
| 82. | Ethiopia | $568,000 | -88.8% |
| 83. | Democratic Republic Congo | $540,000 | +1829% |
| 84. | Fiji | $450,000 | -43.6% |
| 85. | Ghana | $450,000 | +59.6% |
| 86. | Jordan | $437,000 | +161.7% |
| 87. | Tunisia | $337,000 | +742.5% |
| 88. | Estonia | $335,000 | -81.2% |
| 89. | Tonga | $262,000 | +26100% |
| 90. | Norway | $245,000 | +0.8% |
| 91. | Dominican Republic | $243,000 | +155.8% |
| 92. | Iraq | $213,000 | +4.4% |
| 93. | Bahrain | $163,000 | +0.6% |
| 94. | Honduras | $162,000 | +189.3% |
| 95. | Kazakhstan | $159,000 | -1.2% |
| 96. | Moldova | $154,000 | +28.3% |
| 97. | Guinea | $137,000 | +291.4% |
| 98. | Angola | $137,000 | +55.7% |
| 99. | Zambia | $127,000 | +6250% |
| 100. | Benin | $98,000 | +3167% |
Focusing on the top 100 suppliers, the fastest-growing exporters of frozen vegetables are Tonga (up 26,100% from 2023), Zambia (up 6,250%), Benin (up 3,167%), Democratic Republic of the Congo (up 1,829%) and Tunisia (up 742.5%).
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An entry of 0% in the right-most column means 2024 data was unavailable.
Countries Earning Largest Trade Surpluses from Frozen Vegetables
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for frozen vegetables 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 exported frozen vegetables and its import purchases for that same commodity.
- mainland China: US$1.6 billion (net export surplus up 7.6% since 2023)
- Belgium: $835.8 million (down -12.9%)
- Spain: $586 million (up 24.1%)
- Mexico: $538.8 million (down -7.3%)
- Poland: $383.1 million (down -3.5%)
- Egypt: $295.6 million (up 14.6%)
- Netherlands: $280.4 million (up 50.5%)
- Ecuador: $217.1 million (up 15.9%)
- Türkiye: $100.1 million (up 0.9%)
- India: $87.9 million (down -7.1%)
- New Zealand: $82.1 million (up 70.1%)
- Thailand: $73.3 million (down -23.3%)
- Hungary: $72.5 million (up 35.4%)
- Peru: $63.2 million (up 1.4%)
- Guatemala: $59.3 million (down -5.4%)
The People’s Republic of China generated the highest surplus in the international trade of frozen vegetables. In turn, this positive cashflow confirms mainland China’s strong competitive advantage for this specific product category.
Countries Facing Worst Trade Deficits from Frozen Vegetables
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for frozen vegetables 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 imported frozen vegetables purchases and its exports for that same commodity.
- United States: -US$1.2 billion (net export deficit up 3.2% since 2023)
- Japan: -$1.1 billion (up 1.5%)
- Germany: -$655.1 million (up 4.6%)
- United Kingdom: -$425.1 million (up 11.2%)
- France: -$329.5 million (up 11.4%)
- Italy: -$302.4 million (up 4.8%)
- South Korea: -$294.2 million (down -5.2%)
- Australia: -$135 million (up 13.1%)
- Romania: -$94.1 million (up 19.6%)
- Sweden: -$92.4 million (up 12.9%)
- United Arab Emirates: -$65.9 million (up 62.4%)
- Russia: -$62.7 million (up 23.8%)
- Ireland: -$59.8 million (down -20.1%)
- Saudi Arabia: -$54.6 million (up 4.5%)
- Czech Republic: -$53.2 million (up 17.5%)
The United States of America incurred the highest deficit in the international trade of frozen vegetables. In turn, this negative cashflow highlights America’s competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals
Frozen Vegetables Exporting Companies
Below are leading international brands for frozen vegetables that represent established players engaged in the international trade of frozen vegetables. Their home country for each brand is shown within parenthesis.
- Aunt Bessie’s Ltd (United Kingdom)
- Birds Eye (United States)
- Findus (Sweden)
- Frikom (Serbia)
- Frosta AG (Germany)
- Green Giant (United States)
- Iglo (United Kingdom)
- Kart’s (Malaysia)
- M&M Food Market (Canada)
- McCain Food Limited (Canada)
According to global trading platform Alibaba, the following suppliers are examples of frozen vegetables-trading exporters. Also shown within parentheses is the nation where each business is located.
- 2005 Cinocu SL (Spain)
- Diane Doux (France)
- Exportville Inc (Canada)
- Kibipco Trading Pty Ltd (Netherlands)
- Kipco-Damaco NV (Belgium)
- LTA International Global Services LLC (United States)
- Palta Aguacate Hass (Mexico)
- Qingdao Unistar Industrial Co (China)
- SMA Trading (Egypt)
- Unchisa Ltd (Poland)
See also Potatoes Exports by Country, Corn Exports by Country, Sweet Potatoes vs Yams Export Sales, Unit Price & Weight and Asparagus Exports by Country
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Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on October 27, 2025
Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on October 27, 2025
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