Overall, the value of exported grapes rose by an average 11.3% for all exporting countries since 2015 when international shipments of fresh grapes were valued at $7.6 billion. The value of globally exported grapes fell by -1.4% from 2018 to 2019.
Among continents, suppliers in European countries sold the highest dollar worth of grapes on international markets during 2019 with shipments valued at $2.4 billion or 28.2% of the global total. In second place were exporters in Asia at 24.5% while 22.2% of worldwide shipments of grapes originated from Latin America excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean. North America came in at 10.2% followed by African suppliers at 10%, far ahead of Oceania at 4.8% mostly Australia.
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 2019.
- China: US$987.2 million (11.7% of exported fresh grapes)
- Chile: $949.7 million (11.3%)
- Netherlands: $918.6 million (10.9%)
- United States: $855.9 million (10.2%)
- Peru: $811.8 million (9.6%)
- Italy: $731.9 million (8.7%)
- South Africa: $521.2 million (6.2%)
- Australia: $406.4 million (4.8%)
- Hong Kong: $396.2 million (4.7%)
- India: $350.2 million (4.2%)
- Spain: $349.3 million (4.1%)
- Egypt: $257.3 million (3.1%)
- Turkey: $150 million (1.8%)
- Greece: $97.1 million (1.2%)
- Brazil: $96.1 million (1.1%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 93.4% of global fresh grapes exported in 2019.
Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing exporters of fresh grapes since 2015 were: India (up 186.2%), Australia (up 116.1%), Brazil (up 32.9%) and Netherlands (up 31%).
Three countries posted declines in international sales of fresh grapes: Greece (down -31.5%), Chile (down -12.9%) and the United States (down -5.9%).
Advantages
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for fresh grapes during 2019. 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.
- Chile: US$948 million (net export surplus down -13% since 2015)
- Peru: $810.8 million (up 18.1%)
- Italy: $683.8 million (up 3%)
- South Africa: $504.2 million (up 6.5%)
- Australia: $348.1 million (up 151.6%)
- China: $343.4 million (up 85.1%)
- India: $337 million (up 208.1%)
- Egypt: $256.9 million (up 7.4%)
- Spain: $240.9 million (down -7.7%)
- Turkey: $149.7 million (up 6.6%)
- Greece: $94.6 million (down -32.4%)
- Uzbekistan: $91.5 million (no 2015 data)
- Brazil: $74 million (up 231%)
- Namibia: $56.4 million (up 82.3%)
- Moldova: $47.8 million (up 212.4%)
Chile has the highest surplus in the international trade of fresh grapes. In turn, this positive cashflow confirms Chile’s strong competitive advantage for this specific product category.
Opportunities
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for fresh grapes during 2019. 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$948.4 million (net export deficit up 53.8% since 2015)
- United Kingdom: -$648.5 million (down -1.7%)
- Germany: -$599.8 million (down -3%)
- Canada: -$431.5 million (down -0.5%)
- Russia: -$322.7 million (up 17.8%)
- Indonesia: -$303.4 million (up 117.6%)
- Vietnam: -$299.4 million (up 651.6%)
- Poland: -$179.5 million (up 29.3%)
- South Korea: -$179.5 million (down -9.3%)
- France: -$159 million (down -6%)
- Thailand: -$145.5 million (up 6.6%)
- Hong Kong: -$126.5 million (up 31.5%)
- Mexico: -$124.2 million (reversing a $28.6 million surplus)
- Netherlands: -$105.3 million (down -19.6%)
- Philippines: -$105.1 million (up 215.1%)
The United States of America incurred the highest deficit in the international trade of grapes. In turn, this negative cashflow highlights America’s strong competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for grapes-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful U.S. consumer demand.
Companies
Grapes Exporting Companies
Below is a sampling of American grape vineyards that play a role in the international trade of fresh grapes. Shown within parenthesis is the state where the business is headquartered.
- Estee Vineyards Inc (New Jersey)
- Grapevine of Gadsden (Florida)
- Hermannhof (Missouri)
- Rosenthal The Malibu Estate (California)
- Sarver Winery (Oregon)
- Stonington Vineyards Inc (Connecticut)
- Victory View Vineyard (New York)
- Vineyards of Kennesaw (Georgia)
- Wageman Vineyard (New England)
- Welchs (New York)
Searchable List of Grapes Exporting Countries in 2019
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the columns below. An entry of 0% in the right-most column means that 2018 data was unavailable.
| Rank | Exporter | Exported Grapes (US$) | 2018-9 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | China | $987,242,000 | +43.2% |
| 2. | Chile | $949,712,000 | -11.6% |
| 3. | Netherlands | $918,638,000 | -6.7% |
| 4. | United States | $855,945,000 | -7.4% |
| 5. | Peru | $811,771,000 | +6.4% |
| 6. | Italy | $731,872,000 | -8.5% |
| 7. | South Africa | $521,161,000 | -3.8% |
| 8. | Australia | $406,353,000 | +37.3% |
| 9. | Hong Kong | $396,159,000 | +7.3% |
| 10. | India | $350,229,000 | +27.1% |
| 11. | Spain | $349,259,000 | -14.9% |
| 12. | Egypt | $257,253,000 | +16.1% |
| 13. | Turkey | $150,028,000 | +24.1% |
| 14. | Greece | $97,078,000 | -12% |
| 15. | Brazil | $96,063,000 | +9.1% |
| 16. | Uzbekistan | $91,474,000 | -24.3% |
| 17. | Namibia | $57,931,000 | +15.6% |
| 18. | Germany | $55,780,000 | -28.3% |
| 19. | Moldova | $48,213,000 | +91.9% |
| 20. | Slovenia | $35,141,000 | +2.7% |
| 21. | Japan | $29,269,000 | -1.1% |
| 22. | France | $25,046,000 | -27.7% |
| 23. | South Korea | $22,812,000 | +64.3% |
| 24. | Austria | $17,258,000 | +23.3% |
| 25. | United Kingdom | $16,060,000 | -2.4% |
| 26. | North Macedonia | $13,803,000 | -9% |
| 27. | Belgium | $13,719,000 | +19.3% |
| 28. | Denmark | $13,074,000 | +16.9% |
| 29. | Argentina | $8,646,000 | +13.3% |
| 30. | Portugal | $8,087,000 | -4.6% |
| 31. | Morocco | $7,092,000 | -9.4% |
| 32. | Mexico | $6,801,000 | -96.6% |
| 33. | Lebanon | $6,776,000 | -42.1% |
| 34. | Latvia | $6,642,000 | -8.3% |
| 35. | Indonesia | $6,284,000 | +628,300% |
| 36. | Singapore | $5,572,000 | -0.6% |
| 37. | Czech Republic | $5,286,000 | -10.7% |
| 38. | Lithuania | $5,051,000 | +24.5% |
| 39. | Hungary | $4,921,000 | +35.3% |
| 40. | Slovakia | $3,634,000 | -14.5% |
| 41. | Iran | $3,611,000 | -82.4% |
| 42. | Armenia | $3,420,000 | -14.7% |
| 43. | Kazakhstan | $3,392,000 | +544.9% |
| 44. | Poland | $3,285,000 | +5.8% |
| 45. | Azerbaijan | $3,028,000 | +28.9% |
| 46. | Kyrgyzstan | $2,125,000 | +77.2% |
| 47. | Turkmenistan | $2,090,000 | -15.8% |
| 48. | Malaysia | $1,597,000 | +3.4% |
| 49. | Tajikistan | $1,540,000 | -43.8% |
| 50. | Russia | $1,327,000 | +2.6% |
| 51. | Ireland | $1,194,000 | -49.6% |
| 52. | Canada | $1,143,000 | +56.6% |
| 53. | Taiwan | $1,089,000 | +5.4% |
| 54. | Afghanistan | $905,000 | -98.6% |
| 55. | Ecuador | $848,000 | +218.8% |
| 56. | Sweden | $846,000 | -72.9% |
| 57. | Serbia | $779,000 | -2.5% |
| 58. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $763,000 | -32.1% |
| 59. | Luxembourg | $755,000 | +23.6% |
| 60. | Belarus | $586,000 | -70.1% |
| 61. | Norway | $480,000 | -42% |
| 62. | Syria | $326,000 | +36.4% |
| 63. | Yemen | $326,000 | +1.2% |
| 64. | Panama | $321,000 | 0% |
| 65. | Finland | $285,000 | -2.7% |
| 66. | Romania | $284,000 | -30.9% |
| 67. | Tunisia | $249,000 | -71.8% |
| 68. | Bulgaria | $234,000 | -82.1% |
| 69. | Ethiopia | $227,000 | -46.6% |
| 70. | New Zealand | $227,000 | -47.5% |
| 71. | Colombia | $223,000 | +364.6% |
| 72. | Thailand | $222,000 | +1,206% |
| 73. | Montenegro | $220,000 | -72.9% |
| 74. | United Arab Emirates | $191,000 | -99.3% |
| 75. | Costa Rica | $170,000 | +73.5% |
| 76. | Switzerland | $158,000 | -56.8% |
| 77. | Jordan | $152,000 | -89.2% |
| 78. | Guatemala | $148,000 | +1,544% |
| 79. | Croatia | $144,000 | +4.3% |
| 80. | Albania | $125,000 | +316.7% |
| 81. | Israel | $91,000 | -95.6% |
| 82. | Georgia | $79,000 | +139.4% |
| 83. | Vietnam | $59,000 | +2,850% |
| 84. | Central African Rep | $39,000 | 0% |
| 85. | Mauritania | $35,000 | 0% |
| 86. | Cyprus | $32,000 | +68.4% |
| 87. | Burkina Faso | $24,000 | 0% |
| 88. | Estonia | $22,000 | -4.3% |
| 89. | Uruguay | $13,000 | -38.1% |
| 90. | Bangladesh | $11,000 | -97.2% |
| 91. | Iceland | $6,000 | -53.8% |
| 92. | US Minor Outlying Is | $5,000 | 0% |
| 93. | Mozambique | $4,000 | +100% |
| 94. | Kenya | $4,000 | -84.6% |
| 95. | Ivory Coast | $4,000 | +300% |
| 96. | Algeria | $3,000 | -80% |
| 97. | Botswana | $2,000 | -33.3% |
| 98. | Greenland | $1,000 | 0% |
| 99. | Honduras | $1,000 | -99% |
| 100. | St Vincent/Grenadines | $1,000 | 0% |
| 101. | Tanzania | $1,000 | -96.6% |
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 May 17, 2020
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on May 17, 2020
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on May 17, 2020
SICCODES.com, Top Companies – SIC Code 0172 – Grapes. Accessed on May 17, 2020
