Overall, the value of pumpkins imports rose 13.8% for all importing countries since 2017 when international purchases of pumpkins were valued at $1.4 billion.
Year over year, imports of pumpkins shrank in dollar value by -5.1% from $1.68 billion for 2020.
From a continental perspective, importers in European countries bought over half (58.3%) of imported pumpkins during 2021 with purchases costing $931.8 million. In second place were North American importers at 29.8% while 11% of pumpkins imported worldwide were delivered to customers in Asia.
Smaller percentages arrived in Latin America (0.5%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Africa (0.2%), and Oceania (0.1%) led by New Zealand.
For research purposes, the 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 070993 for fresh or chilled pumpkins and similar squash and gourds.
Imported Pumpkins by Country
Below are the 15 countries that spent the most on imported pumpkins during 2021.
- United States: US$415 million (26% of total imported pumpkins)
- France: $195 million (12.2%)
- Germany: $187.4 million (11.7%)
- United Kingdom: $98.1 million (6.1%)
- Netherlands: $88.4 million (5.5%)
- Japan: $77.9 million (4.9%)
- Canada: $59 million (3.7%)
- Russia: $47.7 million (3%)
- Italy: $40.3 million (2.5%)
- Belgium: $37.5 million (2.3%)
- Austria: $35 million (2.2%)
- Poland: $30.4 million (1.9%)
- Spain: $28.4 million (1.8%)
- Singapore: $21.8 million (1.4%)
- South Korea: $17.9 million (1.1%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased 86.4% of all pumpkins imported in 2021.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for pumpkins since 2017 were: Russia (up 250.5%), Poland (up 92.2%), Austria (up 48.3%), Netherlands (up 32.3%) and Spain (up 30.5%).
A trio of major buyers posted declines in their purchases of imported pumpkins. These were Belgium (down -13% from 2017), Japan (down -5.2%), then the United Kingdom (down -1.4%).
Pumpkins Imported into the United States
America’s global purchases of imported pumpkins totaled US$415 million in 2021. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the US imported the highest dollar value worth of pumpkins during 2021. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country since 2017.
- Mexico: US$370.7 million (up 3.2% from 2017)
- Canada: $21.6 million (up 39.2%)
- Costa Rica: $9.5 million (up 21.6%)
- Honduras: $5 million (up 13.5%)
- Dominican Republic: $3.2 million (down -17.4%)
- Guatemala: $2.5 million (down -29.1%)
- Panama: $1.9 million (up 328.8%)
- Israel: $431,000 (2020 data unavailable)
- Haiti: $66,000 (up 112.9%)
- Somalia: $9,000 (2020 data unavailable)
- Belize: $7,000 (2020 data unavailable)
- Ecuador: $6,000 (2020 data unavailable)
- Spain: $6,000 (up 50%)
- Nicaragua: $5,000 (down -86.5%)
- Micronesia: $4,000 (2020 data unavailable)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.999% of pumpkins imported by the United States in 2021.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of pumpkins to the United States since 2017 were: Panama (up 328.8%), Haiti (up 112.9%), Spain (up 50%) and Canada (up 39.2%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their pumpkins supplied to American importers were: Nicaragua (down -86.5%), Guatemala (down -29.1%), Dominican Republic (down -17.4%).
Overall, the value of America’s imported pumpkins rose by an average 5% from all supplying countries since 2017 when pumpkins purchased cost $395.1 million.
Pumpkins Imported into France
France’s global purchases of imported pumpkins totaled US$195 million in 2021. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which France imported the highest dollar value worth of pumpkins during 2021. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country since 2017.
- Spain: US$146.6 million (up 17.1% from 2017)
- Morocco: $29.6 million (down -24.1%)
- Italy: $9.4 million (up 19.2%)
- Portugal: $2.9 million (up 6.5%)
- Belgium: $1.8 million (up 66.1%)
- Netherlands: $1.6 million (down -27.8%)
- South Africa: $464,000 (down -23.4%)
- Senegal: $441,000 (up 159.4%)
- Germany: $322,000 (down -92.6%)
- Turkey: $295,000 (up 95.4%)
- Costa Rica: $276,000 (down -53.8%)
- Poland: $181,000 (down -33.2%)
- Bangladesh: $122,000 (up 41.9%)
- Hungary: $85,000 (down -40.6%)
- China: $83,000 (up 822.2%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.7% of pumpkins imported by France in 2021.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of pumpkins to France since 2017 were: mainland China (up 822.2%), Senegal (up 159.4%), Turkey (up 95.4%), Belgium (up 66.1%) and Bangladesh (up 41.9%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their pumpkins supplied to French importers included: Germany (down -92.6%), Costa Rica (down -53.8%) and Hungary (down -40.6%).
Overall, the value of France’s imported pumpkins increased by an average 2.8% from all supplying countries since 2017 when pumpkins purchased cost $189.7 million.
Pumpkins Imported into Germany
Germany’s global purchases of imported pumpkins totaled US$187.4 million in 2021. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of pumpkins during 2021. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country since 2017.
- Spain: US$123.7 million (up 29.5% from 2017)
- Netherlands: $22.9 million (up 31.7%)
- Italy: $12.8 million (up 20.6%)
- Morocco: $6.1 million (down -20.8%)
- South Africa: $4.2 million (up 682.7%)
- France: $4 million (up 104.5%)
- Turkey: $3.2 million (up 40.8%)
- Portugal: $2.1 million (up 184.5%)
- New Zealand: $1.845 million (up 3,027%)
- Belgium: $1.8 million (down -59.5%)
- Egypt: $788,000 (up 328.3%)
- Argentina: $615,000 (down -36.9%)
- Poland: $590,000 (up 41.1%)
- Luxembourg: $404,000 (down -17.7%)
- Pakistan: $326,000 (up 28.3%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 98.9% of pumpkins imported by Germany in 2021.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of pumpkins to Germany since 2017 were: New Zealand (up 3,027%), South Africa (up 682.7%), Egypt (up 328.3%) and Portugal (up 184.5%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their pumpkins supplied to German importers included: Belgium (down -59.5%), Argentina (down -36.9%), Morocco (down -20.8%) and Luxembourg (down -17.7%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s imported pumpkins accelerated by an average 28.4% from all supplying countries since 2017 when pumpkins purchased cost $145.9 million.
Pumpkins Imported into the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom’s global purchases of imported pumpkins totaled US$98.1 million in 2021. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the UK imported the highest dollar value worth of pumpkins during 2021. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country since 2017.
- Spain: US$53.8 million (up 21.5% from 2017)
- South Africa: $7.9 million (up 2.2%)
- Netherlands: $7.8 million (down -33.9%)
- Morocco: $5.1 million (up 1,498%)
- Portugal: $4.7 million (down -49.7%)
- Pakistan: $2.1 million (up 549.4%)
- Italy: $2 million (down -33.3%)
- Greece: $1.7 million (down -71%)
- France: $1.5 million (down -60.1%)
- Argentina: $1.4 million (down -24.7%)
- Brazil: $1.35 million (up 128.7%)
- Turkey: $1.26 million (up 675.5%)
- Costa Rica: $1.1 million (up 18.1%)
- Kenya: $803,000 (up 4,126%)
- Ghana: $734,000 (up 2,194%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 95.1% of pumpkins imported by the United Kingdom in 2021.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of pumpkins to Britain since 2017 were: Kenya (up 4,126%), Ghana (up 2,194%), Morocco (up 1,498%) and Turkey (up 675.5%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their pumpkins supplied to UK importers included: Greece (down -71%), France (down -60.1%), Portugal (down -49.7%) and the Netherlands (down -33.9%).
Overall, the value of the United Kingdom’s imported pumpkins fell by an average -1.4% from all supplying countries since 2017 when pumpkins purchased cost $99.5 million.
Searchable List of Pumpkin Importer Countries in 2021
The following database highlights the 100 most valuable importers of pumpkins in 2021. Combined, that subgroup of leading pumpkin buyers accounted for 99.9% of global spending on the commodity.
| Rank | Importer | Imported Pumpkins | 2020-1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States | $414,995,000 | -21.7% |
| 2. | France | $194,953,000 | -5.1% |
| 3. | Germany | $187,424,000 | -1.1% |
| 4. | United Kingdom | $98,065,000 | -8.4% |
| 5. | Netherlands | $88,402,000 | +3.8% |
| 6. | Japan | $77,874,000 | +14.1% |
| 7. | Canada | $58,986,000 | -11.7% |
| 8. | Russia | $47,735,000 | +43.5% |
| 9. | Italy | $40,304,000 | +27.3% |
| 10. | Belgium | $37,457,000 | +9.1% |
| 11. | Austria | $34,973,000 | +18.8% |
| 12. | Poland | $30,449,000 | +8.1% |
| 13. | Spain | $28,442,000 | -5.1% |
| 14. | Singapore | $21,830,000 | +6.4% |
| 15. | South Korea | $17,898,000 | +24% |
| 16. | Vietnam | $14,279,000 | +15421% |
| 17. | Sweden | $12,478,000 | -1.2% |
| 18. | Portugal | $12,287,000 | -12.1% |
| 19. | Romania | $11,285,000 | +11.7% |
| 20. | Czech Republic | $11,184,000 | +19.2% |
| 21. | United Arab Emirates | $10,878,000 | +15.1% |
| 22. | Denmark | $9,155,000 | +5.8% |
| 23. | Ireland | $8,740,000 | +8.6% |
| 24. | Norway | $7,894,000 | +13.4% |
| 25. | Finland | $7,233,000 | -10.4% |
| 26. | Switzerland | $6,907,000 | +71.2% |
| 27. | Bulgaria | $6,528,000 | +21% |
| 28. | Slovakia | $6,312,000 | +1.5% |
| 29. | Croatia | $5,683,000 | +20% |
| 30. | Ukraine | $5,482,000 | +46.1% |
| 31. | Israel | $5,131,000 | -2.5% |
| 32. | Slovenia | $4,721,000 | +16.8% |
| 33. | Hungary | $4,563,000 | +16.9% |
| 34. | Serbia | $4,093,000 | +31.1% |
| 35. | Luxembourg | $3,926,000 | +6.1% |
| 36. | Hong Kong | $3,663,000 | -23.8% |
| 37. | Iraq | $3,604,000 | -8% |
| 38. | Lithuania | $3,366,000 | +6.3% |
| 39. | Qatar | $3,358,000 | -77.9% |
| 40. | China | $3,231,000 | -39.4% |
| 41. | El Salvador | $2,642,000 | +1436% |
| 42. | Argentina | $2,255,000 | +35.9% |
| 43. | Latvia | $2,229,000 | +11.5% |
| 44. | Malaysia | $2,119,000 | +4.3% |
| 45. | Greece | $2,087,000 | +8.7% |
| 46. | Mexico | $1,967,000 | +18.6% |
| 47. | New Zealand | $1,635,000 | +263.3% |
| 48. | Belarus | $1,508,000 | +21.7% |
| 49. | Chile | $1,424,000 | +56.5% |
| 50. | Taiwan | $1,365,000 | -6.3% |
| 51. | Saudi Arabia | $1,347,000 | -43.5% |
| 52. | Maldives | $1,307,000 | +41.5% |
| 53. | Estonia | $1,266,000 | -10% |
| 54. | Macao | $1,236,000 | +0.3% |
| 55. | Moldova | $1,203,000 | +19.9% |
| 56. | Botswana | $1,059,000 | +20.8% |
| 57. | Lebanon | $1,045,000 | +103.3% |
| 58. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $977,000 | +9% |
| 59. | Brunei Darussalam | $762,000 | +44.3% |
| 60. | Oman | $757,000 | -20.9% |
| 61. | Malta | $743,000 | +37.3% |
| 62. | Iceland | $680,000 | -2.3% |
| 63. | Afghanistan | $628,000 | -33.9% |
| 64. | Paraguay | $626,000 | -28.3% |
| 65. | Aruba | $623,000 | +24.4% |
| 66. | South Africa | $552,000 | -28% |
| 67. | Kuwait | $493,000 | -87.7% |
| 68. | Montenegro | $485,000 | +0.4% |
| 69. | Bermuda | $421,000 | -14.8% |
| 70. | Libya | $385,000 | -26.1% |
| 71. | Azerbaijan | $342,000 | +7.5% |
| 72. | Bhutan | $339,000 | +1030% |
| 73. | Yemen | $339,000 | +391.3% |
| 74. | Cayman Islands | $322,000 | -17.4% |
| 75. | Nepal | $293,000 | +118.7% |
| 76. | Syria | $290,000 | +417.9% |
| 77. | Bahrain | $263,000 | -93% |
| 78. | Curaçao | $242,000 | -60.7% |
| 79. | Mauritania | $235,000 | -73.4% |
| 80. | Kazakhstan | $232,000 | -71.4% |
| 81. | Eswatini | $224,000 | +10.9% |
| 82. | Namibia | $216,000 | -32.5% |
| 83. | Barbados | $183,000 | -36.5% |
| 84. | Armenia | $156,000 | -59.6% |
| 85. | Gibraltar | $154,000 | -6.1% |
| 86. | Lesotho | $146,000 | -24.7% |
| 87. | North Macedonia | $146,000 | -48.2% |
| 88. | Georgia | $112,000 | -8.2% |
| 89. | Türkiye | $108,000 | +9.1% |
| 90. | Mauritius | $94,000 | +5.6% |
| 91. | Faroe Islands | $91,000 | +2.2% |
| 92. | Nicaragua | $90,000 | -31.3% |
| 93. | Dominican Republic | $88,000 | +18.9% |
| 94. | Panama | $84,000 | +29.2% |
| 95. | Cyprus | $83,000 | -28.4% |
| 96. | New Caledonia | $77,000 | +1440% |
| 97. | Mozambique | $71,000 | +7.6% |
| 98. | Laos | $70,000 | -79.9% |
| 99. | Albania | $70,000 | -14.6% |
| 100. | Zambia | $70,000 | -10.3% |
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 no 2021 data was available.
See also Pumpkin Exports by Country, Bananas Imports by Country and Sugar Imports by Country
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Imports – Commodities. Accessed on November 5, 2022
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on November 5, 2022
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on November 5, 2022
