Overall, the value of exported grapes rose by an average 19.8% for all exporting countries since 2016 when international shipments of fresh grapes were valued at $7.5 billion. From 2019 to 2020, the value of globally exported grapes accelerated by 5.3%.
The 5 biggest exporters (China, Peru, Chile, Italy, United States) sold over half (53.5%) of total spending on fresh grapes bought on international markets during 2020.
Among continents, suppliers in European countries sold the highest dollar worth of fresh grapes on international markets during 2020 with shipments valued at $2.5 billion or 27.5% of the global total. Close behind in second place were exporters in Asia at 26.3% while 22.7% of worldwide shipments of grapes originated from Latin America excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean.
North American exporters of fresh grapes came in at 9.3% surpassing African suppliers at 9.1%, and ahead of Oceania’s Australia and New Zealand at 5.1%.
For research purposes, the 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 080610 for fresh grapes.
Grapes Exports by Country
Countries
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of fresh grapes during 2020.
- China: US$1.2 billion (13.6% of exported fresh grapes)
- Peru: $991.1 million (11.1%)
- Chile: $924.8 million (10.3%)
- Italy: $832 million (9.3%)
- United States: $822.4 million (9.2%)
- Netherlands: $792.2 million (8.9%)
- South Africa: $520.2 million (5.8%)
- Spain: $471.3 million (5.3%)
- Australia: $457.2 million (5.1%)
- Hong Kong: $376.6 million (4.2%)
- India: $286.1 million (3.2%)
- Egypt: $235.8 million (2.6%)
- Turkey: $157.9 million (1.8%)
- Uzbekistan: $133.1 million (1.5%)
- Brazil: $109 million (1.2%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 93.1% of global fresh grapes exported in 2020.
Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing fresh grapes exporters since 2019 were: Spain (up 37.3%), China (up 22.8%), Peru (up 22.1%) and Italy (up 14.8%).
Five countries posted declines in their exported fresh grapes sales, namely: India (down -7.1%), Hong Kong (down -4.9%), United States (down -3.9%), Chile (down -2.6%) and South Africa (down -0.2%).
Advantages
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for fresh grapes during 2020. 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 grapes exports and its import purchases for that same commodity.
- Peru: US$990.7 million (net export surplus up 22.2% since 2019)
- Chile: $923.1 million (down -2.6%)
- Italy: $785.8 million (up 15.9%)
- China: $569.9 million (up 66%)
- South Africa: $505.6 million (up 0.3%)
- Australia: $416.1 million (up 19.5%)
- Spain: $338.3 million (up 43%)
- India: $276.2 million (down -6.3%)
- Egypt: $230.7 million (down -0.2%)
- Turkey: $157.6 million (up 5.3%)
- Uzbekistan: $133 million (up 11.7%)
- Greece: $102.4 million (up 8.2%)
- Brazil: $98.6 million (up 33.3%)
- Afghanistan: $56.4 million (up 33.5%)
- Namibia: $48.7 million (down -13.6%)
Overtaking Chile, Peru garnered the highest surplus in the international trade of fresh grapes during 2020. In turn, this positive cashflow confirms Peru’s strong competitive advantage for this specific product category.
Opportunities
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for fresh grapes during 2020. 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 grapes import purchases and its exports for that same commodity.
- United States: -US$1.1 billion (net export deficit up 12.3% since 2019)
- Germany: -$722.5 million (up 16.8%)
- United Kingdom: -$654.1 million (up 0.9%)
- Canada: -$444.8 million (up 3.1%)
- Russia: -$359.7 million (up 11.5%)
- Indonesia: -$273.3 million (down -26.7%)
- Poland: -$199.4 million (up 11.1%)
- France: -$192.1 million (up 20.8%)
- Hong Kong: -$171.4 million (up 35.5%)
- South Korea: -$152.6 million (down -15%)
- Thailand: -$146.9 million (up 0.9%)
- Mexico: -$145.8 million (down -220.4%)
- Bangladesh: -$130.4 million (up 54.6%)
- Philippines: -$129.2 million (up 23%)
- Belgium: -$97.7 million (up 6.3%)
The United States of America incurred the highest deficit in the international trade of grapes. In turn, this negative cashflow highlights America’s strong competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for grapes-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful U.S. consumer demand.
Companies
Grapes Exporting Companies
Below is a sampling of American grape vineyards that play a role in the international trade of fresh grapes. Shown within parenthesis is the state where the business is headquartered.
- Estee Vineyards Inc (New Jersey)
- Grapevine of Gadsden (Florida)
- Hermannhof (Missouri)
- Rosenthal The Malibu Estate (California)
- Sarver Winery (Orsegon)
- Stonington Vineyards Inc (Connecticut)
- Victory View Vineyard (New York)
- Vineyards of Kennesaw (Georgia)
- Wageman Vineyard (New England)
- Welchs (New York)
Searchable List of Grapes Exporting Countries in 2020
The 100 key exporters highlighted in the following automated database account for 99.9998% of the value for globally exported fresh grapes during 2020.
| Rank | Exporter | Exported Grapes (US$) | 2019-20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | China | $1,212,702,000 | +22.8% |
| 2. | Peru | $991,105,000 | +22.1% |
| 3. | Chile | $924,774,000 | -2.6% |
| 4. | Italy | $832,035,000 | +14.8% |
| 5. | United States | $822,385,000 | -3.9% |
| 6. | Netherlands | $792,174,000 | +9.8% |
| 7. | South Africa | $520,219,000 | -0.2% |
| 8. | Spain | $471,337,000 | +37.3% |
| 9. | Australia | $457,188,000 | +12.5% |
| 10. | Hong Kong | $376,597,000 | -4.9% |
| 11. | India | $286,118,000 | -7.1% |
| 12. | Egypt | $235,770,000 | +0.4% |
| 13. | Turkey | $157,885,000 | +5.2% |
| 14. | Uzbekistan | $133,137,000 | +11.7% |
| 15. | Brazil | $108,992,000 | +13.5% |
| 16. | Greece | $105,723,000 | +8.9% |
| 17. | Germany | $67,191,000 | +9.3% |
| 18. | Afghanistan | $56,388,000 | +33.5% |
| 19. | Namibia | $49,835,000 | -14% |
| 20. | Japan | $38,584,000 | +31.8% |
| 21. | South Korea | $30,744,000 | +34.8% |
| 22. | France | $27,031,000 | +7.9% |
| 23. | Moldova | $26,869,000 | -9.4% |
| 24. | United Kingdom | $21,997,000 | +37% |
| 25. | Lebanon | $21,085,000 | +44.1% |
| 26. | Slovenia | $15,172,000 | +455.5% |
| 27. | Austria | $14,504,000 | +27.7% |
| 28. | North Macedonia | $14,424,000 | +4.5% |
| 29. | Belgium | $12,041,000 | +8.6% |
| 30. | Denmark | $11,486,000 | -12.2% |
| 31. | Armenia | $8,790,000 | +157% |
| 32. | Portugal | $7,711,000 | -9.2% |
| 33. | Morocco | $7,165,000 | +1.7% |
| 34. | Latvia | $6,921,000 | +4.3% |
| 35. | Czech Republic | $6,144,000 | +16.2% |
| 36. | Mexico | $6,136,000 | -97.9% |
| 37. | Argentina | $6,021,000 | -30.4% |
| 38. | Iran | $5,967,000 | -1.3% |
| 39. | Singapore | $5,327,000 | -4.4% |
| 40. | Hungary | $5,061,000 | +10% |
| 41. | Lithuania | $5,001,000 | -1.4% |
| 42. | Azerbaijan | $4,906,000 | +62% |
| 43. | Poland | $4,712,000 | +43.4% |
| 44. | Slovakia | $2,521,000 | -29.4% |
| 45. | Jordan | $2,145,000 | +26.6% |
| 46. | Ireland | $1,877,000 | +60.8% |
| 47. | Taiwan | $1,849,000 | +69.8% |
| 48. | Tajikistan | $1,715,000 | +11.4% |
| 49. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $1,315,000 | +72.3% |
| 50. | Malaysia | $1,305,000 | -18.3% |
| 51. | Ecuador | $1,299,000 | +53.2% |
| 52. | Kazakhstan | $1,017,000 | -70% |
| 53. | Kyrgyzstan | $980,000 | -53.9% |
| 54. | Thailand | $909,000 | +309.5% |
| 55. | Russia | $892,000 | -32.8% |
| 56. | Sweden | $857,000 | +1.7% |
| 57. | Bulgaria | $708,000 | +207.8% |
| 58. | Luxembourg | $673,000 | +31.4% |
| 59. | Montenegro | $592,000 | +191.6% |
| 60. | Serbia | $544,000 | -30.2% |
| 61. | Croatia | $446,000 | +218.6% |
| 62. | Syrian Arab Republic | $409,000 | -31.5% |
| 63. | Canada | $407,000 | -64.4% |
| 64. | Romania | $400,000 | +41.8% |
| 65. | Israel | $355,000 | +290.1% |
| 66. | Finland | $340,000 | +19.3% |
| 67. | Georgia | $317,000 | +476.4% |
| 68. | Tunisia | $289,000 | -88% |
| 69. | Turkmenistan | $276,000 | -86.9% |
| 70. | Belarus | $264,000 | -55.5% |
| 71. | Albania | $229,000 | +205.3% |
| 72. | New Zealand | $215,000 | -5.3% |
| 73. | Colombia | $202,000 | +676.9% |
| 74. | Costa Rica | $172,000 | +1.2% |
| 75. | United Arab Emirates | $163,000 | -99.3% |
| 76. | Saudi Arabia | $145,000 | 0% |
| 77. | Guatemala | $99,000 | -33.1% |
| 78. | Vietnam | $96,000 | 0% |
| 79. | Yemen | $91,000 | -72.1% |
| 80. | Switzerland | $90,000 | -43% |
| 81. | Norway | $89,000 | -81.5% |
| 82. | Algeria | $78,000 | +1850% |
| 83. | Kenya | $68,000 | +209.1% |
| 84. | Mauritania | $49,000 | +122.7% |
| 85. | Central African Rep | $37,000 | -7.5% |
| 86. | Ivory Coast | $27,000 | +2600% |
| 87. | Dominican Republic | $19,000 | +11.8% |
| 88. | Cyprus | $16,000 | +45.5% |
| 89. | Pakistan | $16,000 | 0% |
| 90. | Trinidad/Tobago | $16,000 | +23.1% |
| 91. | US Minor Outlying Is | $15,000 | +114.3% |
| 92. | Myanmar | $13,000 | +225% |
| 93. | Estonia | $13,000 | -45.8% |
| 94. | Ukraine | $11,000 | -77.1% |
| 95. | Mongolia | $11,000 | 0% |
| 96. | Uruguay | $9,000 | -30.8% |
| 97. | Ethiopia | $8,000 | +166.7% |
| 98. | Iceland | $8,000 | +33.3% |
| 99. | Panama | $7,000 | -97.8% |
| 100. | Mozambique | $4,000 | 0% |
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the columns. An entry of 0% in the right-most column means that 2019 data was unavailable.
See also Bananas Exports by Country, Pineapples Exports by Country, Apples Exports by Country, Oranges Exports by Country, Top Strawberries Exporters by Country and Top Imported Fruits Most Loved by Americans
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Imports – Commodities. Accessed on September 2, 2021
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on September 2, 2021
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on September 2, 2021
SICCODES.com, Top Companies – SIC Code 0172 – Grapes. Accessed on September 2, 2021
