The overall cost of imported pickles increased by an average 37.8% for all importing countries since 2020 when international purchases of pickles cost $708.9 million.
Year over year, globally imported pickles accelerated by 9.5% compared to $892.3 million during 2023.
The top 5 buyer countries of imported pickles are the United States of America, Germany, Canada, United Kingdom, then the Netherlands. Collectively, those 5 major importers accounted for 43.9% of international spending on pickles in 2024.
Applying a continental lens, European countries bought the highest dollar worth of imported pickles during 2024 with purchases costing $611 million or approaching two-thirds (62.6%) of the global total. In second place were importers based in North America at 21.7% while another 9.7% of pickles imported worldwide were delivered to buyers in Asia.
Smaller percentages went to buyers in Oceania (2.8%) led by Australia and New Zealand, Latin America (2.5%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, and Africa (0.7%).
For research purposes, the 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for pickles is 200110.
Imported Pickles by Country
Below are the 15 countries that imported the highest dollar value worth of pickles during 2024.
- United States: US$107.4 million (11% of total imported pickles)
- Germany: $105.2 million (10.8%)
- Canada: $96.3 million (9.9%)
- United Kingdom: $64.2 million (6.6%)
- Netherlands: $55.4 million (5.7%)
- France: $46.1 million (4.7%)
- Russia: $31.5 million (3.2%)
- Belgium: $27.4 million (2.8%)
- Czech Republic: $26 million (2.7%)
- Romania: $23.1 million (2.4%)
- Poland: $23 million (2.4%)
- Spain: $22.5 million (2.3%)
- Australia: $21.1 million (2.2%)
- Austria: $19.6 million (2%)
- Switzerland: $17.9 million (1.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased 70.3% of all pickles imported in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for pickles since 2023 were: Czech Republic (up 72.7%), Canada (up 28.4%), Spain (up 26.2%) and Australia (up 21.2%).
Those countries that posted declines in their imported pickles purchases were: France (down -6.5% from 2023), United States of America (down -3.7%) and the Netherlands (down -2.1%).
Searchable List of Pickles Importer Countries in 2024
The 100 key importing countries of pickles showcased in the following automated database bought 99.7% of the total value for pickles imported in 2024.
| Rank | Importer | Imported Pickles | 2023-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States | $107,419,000 | -3.7% |
| 2. | Germany | $105,195,000 | +15.8% |
| 3. | Canada | $96,291,000 | +28.4% |
| 4. | United Kingdom | $64,174,000 | +8.8% |
| 5. | Netherlands | $55,396,000 | -2.1% |
| 6. | France | $46,074,000 | -6.5% |
| 7. | Russia | $31,493,000 | +15.2% |
| 8. | Belgium | $27,415,000 | +19.4% |
| 9. | Czech Republic | $25,983,000 | +72.7% |
| 10. | Romania | $23,057,000 | +10.2% |
| 11. | Poland | $23,011,000 | +19.2% |
| 12. | Spain | $22,523,000 | +26.2% |
| 13. | Australia | $21,053,000 | +21.2% |
| 14. | Austria | $19,630,000 | +5.3% |
| 15. | Switzerland | $17,903,000 | +6.9% |
| 16. | mainland China | $17,037,000 | -9.9% |
| 17. | Italy | $13,520,000 | +12% |
| 18. | Denmark | $13,320,000 | +40.2% |
| 19. | Finland | $12,440,000 | -4% |
| 20. | Sweden | $12,263,000 | +4.2% |
| 21. | South Korea | $10,651,000 | +3.9% |
| 22. | Lithuania | $10,110,000 | +7.3% |
| 23. | Slovakia | $10,074,000 | +12.6% |
| 24. | Latvia | $9,847,000 | +21.8% |
| 25. | Bulgaria | $9,414,000 | -8.1% |
| 26. | Hungary | $9,322,000 | +3.7% |
| 27. | Mexico | $8,315,000 | +10.4% |
| 28. | Japan | $7,963,000 | +7% |
| 29. | Kazakhstan | $7,747,000 | +26.4% |
| 30. | Saudi Arabia | $7,662,000 | +20.3% |
| 31. | Ireland | $6,413,000 | +12.8% |
| 32. | New Zealand | $5,961,000 | +4.5% |
| 33. | Slovenia | $5,857,000 | +6.9% |
| 34. | Serbia | $5,692,000 | -24.1% |
| 35. | Mongolia | $5,492,000 | +15.6% |
| 36. | Brazil | $4,971,000 | +34.8% |
| 37. | Estonia | $4,537,000 | +16% |
| 38. | Chile | $4,384,000 | -15.6% |
| 39. | Iraq | $4,149,000 | -50.6% |
| 40. | Georgia | $4,123,000 | -5% |
| 41. | Portugal | $4,117,000 | +20.1% |
| 42. | Israel | $4,059,000 | -5.5% |
| 43. | Croatia | $3,904,000 | +29.2% |
| 44. | United Arab Emirates | $3,869,000 | -33.9% |
| 45. | Greece | $3,448,000 | +20.7% |
| 46. | Palestine | $3,403,000 | +3445% |
| 47. | South Africa | $2,707,000 | -1.6% |
| 48. | Kuwait | $2,621,000 | +5.4% |
| 49. | Belarus | $2,537,000 | +6% |
| 50. | Montenegro | $2,447,000 | -6.5% |
| 51. | Costa Rica | $2,241,000 | +20.7% |
| 52. | Luxembourg | $2,053,000 | +3.5% |
| 53. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $1,917,000 | +33.4% |
| 54. | Ukraine | $1,796,000 | -13.9% |
| 55. | Colombia | $1,571,000 | +17.4% |
| 56. | Taiwan | $1,473,000 | -4.5% |
| 57. | El Salvador | $1,414,000 | +6.4% |
| 58. | Panama | $1,349,000 | +7.8% |
| 59. | Norway | $1,298,000 | +14% |
| 60. | Singapore | $1,283,000 | -0.6% |
| 61. | Malaysia | $1,213,000 | +7.2% |
| 62. | Hong Kong | $1,207,000 | +25.6% |
| 63. | Philippines | $1,162,000 | +19.2% |
| 64. | Argentina | $1,108,000 | +93% |
| 65. | Paraguay | $1,107,000 | +24.9% |
| 66. | Azerbaijan | $1,101,000 | -1.8% |
| 67. | Armenia | $1,100,000 | -19.4% |
| 68. | Qatar | $1,082,000 | +42.4% |
| 69. | Iceland | $1,016,000 | +16.9% |
| 70. | Oman | $1,000,000 | +32.3% |
| 71. | Guatemala | $941,000 | +24.8% |
| 72. | Dominican Republic | $921,000 | +9.8% |
| 73. | Honduras | $873,000 | +5.3% |
| 74. | Jordan | $836,000 | +66.2% |
| 75. | Kyrgyzstan | $749,000 | +25.5% |
| 76. | Indonesia | $743,000 | +52.9% |
| 77. | Bahrain | $667,000 | +6.2% |
| 78. | Cyprus | $661,000 | -2.8% |
| 79. | Thailand | $642,000 | +13% |
| 80. | Morocco | $612,000 | -18.9% |
| 81. | Nicaragua | $514,000 | +8.4% |
| 82. | Libya | $483,000 | +143.9% |
| 83. | Uruguay | $428,000 | +11.7% |
| 84. | French Polynesia | $389,000 | -12.4% |
| 85. | Malta | $387,000 | +56.7% |
| 86. | Egypt | $373,000 | -23.4% |
| 87. | Jamaica | $369,000 | +319.3% |
| 88. | Uzbekistan | $349,000 | +115.4% |
| 89. | Bahamas | $329,000 | +0.9% |
| 90. | Namibia | $313,000 | +21.3% |
| 91. | Moldova | $305,000 | +6.3% |
| 92. | Ivory Coast | $267,000 | -7.6% |
| 93. | North Macedonia | $259,000 | -9.1% |
| 94. | Mauritius | $256,000 | +44.6% |
| 95. | Senegal | $247,000 | +16.5% |
| 96. | Peru | $247,000 | -15.7% |
| 97. | Tajikistan | $246,000 | +115.8% |
| 98. | Malawi | $227,000 | +15.8% |
| 99. | Ecuador | $220,000 | -29% |
| 100. | Venezuela | $210,000 | +78% |
Focusing on the 100 major buyers, the fastest-growing buyers of pickles were Palestine (up 3,445% from 2023), Jamaica (up 319.3%), Libya (up 143.6%), Tajikistan (up 115.8%), Uzbekistan (up 115.4%) then Argentina (up 93%).
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Any entry of 0% in the right-most column means that 2023 data was unavailable.
Pickles Imported into the United States
America’s global purchases of imported pickles totaled US$107.4 million in 2024. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the US imported the highest dollar value worth of pickles during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- India: US$59.4 million (down -11.2% from 2023)
- Canada: $10.1 million (up 10.6%)
- Mexico: $8.1 million (down -10.7%)
- Germany: $5 million (down -8.9%)
- Vietnam: $4.6 million (up 125%)
- France: $4 million (down -10.5%)
- Israel: $3.8 million (down -0.5%)
- Poland: $3.1 million (up 2.8%)
- Türkiye: $2.6 million (up 23.7%)
- Egypt: $1.42 million (up 100.4%)
- Lebanon: $1.37 million (up 8.1%)
- Bulgaria: $878,000 (down -10.5%)
- Greece: $511,000 (down -10%)
- Spain: $361,000 (up 128.5%)
- Croatia: $303,000 (up 28.4%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 98.2% of pickles imported by the United States of America in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of pickles to the United States since 2023 were: Spain (up 128.5%), Vietnam (up 125%), Egypt (up 100.4%) and Croatia (up 28.4%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their pickles supplied to American importers included: India (down -11.2% from 2023), Mexico (down -10.7%), France (down -10.5%) and Bulgaria (down -10.5%).
Overall, the value of United States’s imported pickles fell by an average -3.7% from all supplying countries since 2023 when pickles purchased cost $111.5 million.
Pickles Imported into Germany
Germany’s global purchases of imported pickles totaled US$105.2 million in 2024. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of pickles during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- Türkiye: US$48.2 million (up 1.6% from 2023)
- India: $34.3 million (up 58%)
- Poland: $6.9 million (up 4.6%)
- Serbia: $6.5 million (up 9.7%)
- Netherlands: $4 million (down -8.7%)
- Egypt: $1.4 million (up 68.6%)
- Lithuania: $1.2 million (down -16.2%)
- Vietnam: $467,000 (up 371.7%)
- Denmark: $408,000 (up 101%)
- North Macedonia: $301,000 (up 5.6%)
- Iran: $275,000 (up 19.6%)
- France: $272,000 (up 20.4%)
- Austria: $205,000 (up 29.7%)
- Syria: $170,000 (down -22.4%)
- United States: $149,000 (down -37.7%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.5% of pickles imported by Germany in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of pickles to Germany since 2023 were: Vietnam (up 371.7%), Denmark (up 101%), Egypt (up 68.6%) and India (up 58%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their pickles supplied to German importers included: United States of America (down -37.7% from 2023), Syria (down -22.4%), Lithuania (down -16.2%) and the Netherlands (down -8.7%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s imported pickles rose by an average 15.8% from all supplying countries since 2023 when pickles purchased cost $90.8 million.
Pickles Imported into Canada
Canada’s global purchases of imported pickles totaled US$96.3 million in 2024. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Canada imported the highest dollar value worth of pickles during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- United States: US$72.8 million (up 33.7% from 2023)
- India: $13.6 million (up 16.7%)
- Hungary: $2.6 million (down -13%)
- Germany: $1.8 million (up 170.3%)
- France: $1.3 million (up 17.9%)
- Lebanon: $985,000 (up 0.5%)
- Poland: $840,000 (up 3.3%)
- Türkiye: $377,000 (up 50.8%)
- Vietnam: $273,000 (2023 data unavailable)
- Israel: $251,000 (down -4.6%)
- Iran: $234,000 (up 7.3%)
- Spain: $205,000 (up 72.3%)
- Egypt: $199,000 (down -9.1%)
- Greece: $120,000 (up 135.3%)
- Mexico: $109,000 (down -81.5%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.4% of pickles imported by Canada in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of pickles to Canada since 2023 were: Germany (up 170.3%), Greece (up 135.3%), Spain (up 72.3%) and Türkiye (up 50.8%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their pickles supplied to Canadian importers were: Mexico (down -81.5% from 2023), Hungary (down -13%), Egypt (down -9.1%) and Israel (down -4.6%).
Overall, the value of Canada’s imported pickles accelerated by an average 28.4% from all supplying countries since 2023 when pickles purchased cost $75 million.
Pickles Imported into the United Kingdom
UK’s global purchases of imported pickles totaled US$64.2 million in 2024. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Britain imported the highest dollar value worth of pickles during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- Türkiye: US$23.7 million (up 17.7% from 2023)
- Netherlands: $9.9 million (down -11.8%)
- India: $9.5 million (up 23.2%)
- Poland: $8.8 million (up 6.4%)
- Germany: $6.8 million (up 29.3%)
- Lebanon: $737,000 (up 20%)
- Egypt: $584,000 (up 1.4%)
- Canada: $431,000 (up 10.5%)
- Israel: $420,000 (up 12%)
- Spain: $401,000 (up 59.1%)
- Greece: $376,000 (up 49.8%)
- Romania: $370,000 (up 3.4%)
- United States: $327,000 (down -83.3%)
- Lithuania: $297,000 (up 12.9%)
- Iran: $232,000 (down -1.7%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 98% of pickles imported by Britain in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of pickles to the United Kingdom since 2023 were: Spain (up 59.1%), Greece (up 49.8%), Germany (up 29.3%) and India (up 23.2%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their pickles supplied to UK’s importers were: United States of America (down -83.3% from 2023), Netherlands (down -11.8%) and Iran (down -1.7%).
Overall, the value of the UK’s imported pickles grew by an average 8.8% from all supplying countries since 2023 when pickles purchased cost $59.0 million.
See also Top Pickles Exporters by Country, Canada’s Top Trading Partners and Top Cucumbers Exporting Countries
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Imports – Commodities. Accessed on December 1, 2025
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on December 1, 2025
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on December 1, 2025