The overall cost of imported pickles increased by an average 33.4% for all importing countries since 2017 when international purchases of pickles cost $581.6 million.
Year over year, globally imported pickles appreciated by 9.4% compared to $709.1 million during 2020.
The top 5 buyers of imported pickles are the United States of America, Germany, Canada, Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Collectively, those 5 major importers accounted for 46.8% of international spending on pickles in 2021.
Applying a continental lens, European countries bought the highest dollar worth of imported pickles during 2021 with purchases costing $500.4 million or approaching two-thirds (64.5%) of the global total. In second place were North American importers at 21.6% while another 8.6% of pickles imported worldwide were delivered to Asia.
Smaller percentages went to buyers in Oceania (2.5%) led by Australia and New Zealand, Latin America (2.1%) 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 2021.
- United States: US$96.5 million (12.4% of total imported pickles)
- Germany: $88.3 million (11.4%)
- Canada: $67.9 million (8.8%)
- Netherlands: $65.9 million (8.5%)
- United Kingdom: $44.8 million (5.8%)
- France: $38.3 million (4.9%)
- Russia: $33.9 million (4.4%)
- Belgium: $19.5 million (2.5%)
- Czech Republic: $19.4 million (2.5%)
- Poland: $18.5 million (2.4%)
- Romania: $16.1 million (2.1%)
- Switzerland: $15.9 million (2%)
- Spain: $15.5 million (2%)
- Austria: $15 million (1.9%)
- Australia: $14 million (1.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased 73.4% of all pickles imported in 2020.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for pickles since 2020 were: Canada (up 44.3%), Russia (up 31.8%), Romania (up 24.5%), and Poland (up 23.4%).
Those countries that posted declines in their imported pickles purchases were led by: France (down -11.5%), Switzerland (down -3.4%), Spain (down -1%), and the Netherlands (down -0.6%).
Pickles Imported into the United States
America’s global purchases of imported pickles totaled US$96.5 million in 2021. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the US imported the highest dollar value worth of pickles during 2021. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2020 to 2021.
- India: US$54.9 million (up 2.7% from 2020)
- Mexico: $11.6 million (up 26.8%)
- Canada: $8.1 million (up 20.1%)
- Germany: $5.2 million (up 20.9%)
- France: $3.3 million (up 19.1%)
- Poland: $2.5 million (down -10.5%)
- Israel: $2.3 million (down -20.6%)
- Turkey: $2.2 million (down -60.6%)
- Vietnam: $1.7 million (down -56.5%)
- Lebanon: $1.1 million (up 28.9%)
- Bulgaria: $739,000 (up 73.5%)
- Greece: $572,000 (down -12.1%)
- Egypt: $460,000 (up 1.5%)
- United Kingdom: $234,000 (down -1.3%)
- China: $210,000 (up 14.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 98.6% of pickles imported by the United States of America in 2021.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of pickles to the US since 2020 were: Bulgaria (up 73.5%), Lebanon (up 28.9%), Mexico (up 26.8%) and Germany (up 20.9%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their pickles supplied to American importers included: Turkey (down -60.6%), Vietnam (down -56.5%), Israel (down -20.6%) and Greece (down -12.1%).
Overall, the value of America’s imported pickles flatlined via an average 0.5% gainfrom all supplying countries since 2020 when pickles purchased cost $96 million.
Pickles Imported into Germany
Germany’s global purchases of imported pickles totaled US$88.3 million in 2021. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of pickles during 2021. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2020 to 2021.
- Turkey: US$39.6 million (up 10.6% from 2020)
- India: $19.6 million (up 10.5%)
- Netherlands: $16.5 million (down -12.6%)
- Poland: $6 million (up 28.9%)
- Serbia: $2.6 million (up 185.9%)
- Lithuania: $1.2 million (down -15.9%)
- Egypt: $484,000 (down -33.5%)
- Denmark: $321,000 (up 17.2%)
- Iran: $311,000 (up 28%)
- Austria: $304,000 (up 26.1%)
- Ukraine: $260,000 (up 221%)
- North Macedonia: $231,000 (down -13.5%)
- Syria: $220,000 (up 4.8%)
- France: $150,000 (down -5.1%)
- Bosnia/Herzegovina: $99,000 (up 67.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.4% of pickles imported by Germany in 2021.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of pickles to Germany since 2020 were: Ukraine (up 221%), Serbia (up 185.9%), Bosnia/Herzegovina (up 67.8%) and Poland (up 28.9%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their pickles supplied to German importers included: Egypt (down -33.5%), Lithuania (down -15.9%), North Macedonia (down -13.5%) and the Netherlands (down -12.6%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s imported pickles increased by an average 7.2% from all supplying countries since 2020 when pickles purchased cost $82.4 million.
Pickles Imported into Canada
Canada’s global purchases of imported pickles totaled US$67.9 million in 2021. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Canada imported the highest dollar value worth of pickles during 2021. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2020 to 2021.
- United States: US$43.8 million (up 45.8% from 2020)
- India: $15.9 million (up 38.4%)
- Hungary: $2.5 million (up 2,723%)
- France: $1.8 million (up 85.9%)
- Poland: $926,000 (down -4.6%)
- Lebanon: $722,000 (up 18%)
- Germany: $647,000 (down -9%)
- Turkey: $243,000 (down -9%)
- Iran: $219,000 (down -20.4%)
- Israel: $205,000 (down -27.8%)
- Vietnam: $166,000 (up 27.7%)
- North Macedonia: $152,000 (up 76.7%)
- Jordan: $86,000 (up 59.3%)
- Egypt: $77,000 (down -25.2%)
- Moldova: $73,000 (up 62.2%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.5% of pickles imported by Canada in 2021.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of pickles to Canada since 2020 were: Hungary (up 2,723%), France (up 85.9%), North Macedonia (up 76.7%) and Moldova (up 62.2%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their pickles supplied to Canadian importers included: Israel (down -27.8%), Egypt (down -25.2%), Iran (down -20.4%) and Germany (down -9%).
Overall, the value of Canada’s imported pickles expanded by an average 44.3% from all supplying countries since 2020 when pickles purchased cost $47.1 million.
Pickles Imported into the Netherlands
Dutch global purchases of imported pickles totaled US$65.9 million in 2021. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the Netherlands imported the highest dollar value worth of pickles during 2021. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2020 to 2021.
- Turkey: US$31.3 million (down -2.2% from 2020)
- Germany: $25.4 million (down -2%)
- India: $3.8 million (up 3.4%)
- Hungary: $1.6 million (up 8.9%)
- Belgium: $939,000 (up 123%)
- France: $721,000 (down -30.5%)
- Poland: $709,000 (up 165.5%)
- Egypt: $349,000 (up 14.8%)
- Austria: $272,000 (up 27.1%)
- Lebanon: $247,000 (up 6.5%)
- United States: $183,000 (up 357.5%)
- Iran: $138,000 (up 21.1%)
- Syria: $49,000 (down -64%)
- Romania: $40,000 (up 3900%)
- Bosnia/Herzegovina: $33,000 (up 106.3%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.8% of pickles imported by the Netherlands in 2021.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of pickles to the Netherlands since 2020 were: Romania (up 3,900%), United States of America (up 357.5%), Poland (up 165.5%) and Belgium (up 123%).
Four major suppliers experienced declines in the value of their pickles supplied to Dutch importers namely Syria (down -64%), France (down -30.5%), Turkey (down -2.2%) and Germany (down -2%).
Overall, the value of Netherlands’s imported pickles flatlined via an average -0.6% drop from all supplying countries since 2020 when pickles purchased cost $66.3 million.
Searchable List of Pickles Importer Countries in 2021
The 100 key importing countries of pickles showcased in the following automated database bought 99.7% of the total value for pickles imported in 2021.
| Rank | Importer | Imported Pickles | 2020-1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States | $96,487,000 | +0.5% |
| 2. | Germany | $88,316,000 | +7.2% |
| 3. | Canada | $67,932,000 | +44.3% |
| 4. | Netherlands | $65,916,000 | -0.6% |
| 5. | United Kingdom | $44,768,000 | -0.5% |
| 6. | France | $38,275,000 | -11.5% |
| 7. | Russia | $33,872,000 | +31.8% |
| 8. | Belgium | $19,530,000 | +10.5% |
| 9. | Czech Republic | $19,430,000 | +16.2% |
| 10. | Poland | $18,522,000 | +23.4% |
| 11. | Romania | $16,067,000 | +24.5% |
| 12. | Switzerland | $15,884,000 | -3.4% |
| 13. | Spain | $15,498,000 | -1% |
| 14. | Austria | $14,965,000 | +11.1% |
| 15. | Australia | $14,022,000 | +2.4% |
| 16. | Finland | $10,808,000 | +4.9% |
| 17. | Denmark | $9,671,000 | +15.2% |
| 18. | Italy | $9,488,000 | -6.3% |
| 19. | South Korea | $9,159,000 | +9.2% |
| 20. | Lithuania | $8,366,000 | +20.3% |
| 21. | Slovakia | $8,245,000 | -4.1% |
| 22. | China | $8,218,000 | +39.2% |
| 23. | Sweden | $8,181,000 | -8.4% |
| 24. | Japan | $7,722,000 | +16.4% |
| 25. | Hungary | $7,707,000 | -6% |
| 26. | Latvia | $7,528,000 | +19.9% |
| 27. | Mongolia | $6,932,000 | +90.6% |
| 28. | Bulgaria | $6,442,000 | +41.2% |
| 29. | Saudi Arabia | $5,267,000 | +3.4% |
| 30. | New Zealand | $4,891,000 | +31.5% |
| 31. | Serbia | $4,812,000 | +20.7% |
| 32. | Ireland | $4,003,000 | +16.3% |
| 33. | Chile | $3,690,000 | +23.2% |
| 34. | Belarus | $3,627,000 | +9.5% |
| 35. | Kazakhstan | $3,602,000 | -13.9% |
| 36. | Slovenia | $3,402,000 | +0% |
| 37. | Israel | $3,226,000 | +10.4% |
| 38. | Mexico | $2,986,000 | +9.5% |
| 39. | Brazil | $2,899,000 | +4.5% |
| 40. | Estonia | $2,802,000 | +25.5% |
| 41. | Kuwait | $2,538,000 | +49.5% |
| 42. | South Africa | $2,528,000 | +21% |
| 43. | Palestine | $2,383,000 | +10732% |
| 44. | Iraq | $2,316,000 | +104.1% |
| 45. | United Arab Emirates | $2,254,000 | -46.8% |
| 46. | Portugal | $2,193,000 | +22.3% |
| 47. | Greece | $2,092,000 | +10.9% |
| 48. | Croatia | $2,000,000 | -10.7% |
| 49. | Philippines | $1,900,000 | +52.6% |
| 50. | Luxembourg | $1,836,000 | +10.1% |
| 51. | Montenegro | $1,380,000 | +16.3% |
| 52. | Costa Rica | $1,350,000 | +41.5% |
| 53. | Colombia | $1,337,000 | +48.4% |
| 54. | Georgia | $1,328,000 | -5.6% |
| 55. | Singapore | $1,254,000 | +11.5% |
| 56. | Norway | $1,203,000 | +16% |
| 57. | Taiwan | $1,173,000 | -2.7% |
| 58. | El Salvador | $1,103,000 | +40.2% |
| 59. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $1,016,000 | -11% |
| 60. | Panama | $1,016,000 | +38.4% |
| 61. | Azerbaijan | $992,000 | +5.6% |
| 62. | Jordan | $964,000 | +336.2% |
| 63. | Hong Kong | $866,000 | +43.4% |
| 64. | Ukraine | $806,000 | -3% |
| 65. | Guatemala | $727,000 | +22% |
| 66. | Iceland | $689,000 | +5% |
| 67. | Malaysia | $688,000 | +19.7% |
| 68. | Paraguay | $647,000 | +52.6% |
| 69. | Türkiye | $625,000 | +92.9% |
| 70. | Egypt | $620,000 | +28.9% |
| 71. | Morocco | $589,000 | +62.3% |
| 72. | Honduras | $555,000 | +89.4% |
| 73. | Dominican Republic | $544,000 | +33.3% |
| 74. | Armenia | $536,000 | -33.4% |
| 75. | Argentina | $499,000 | +23.8% |
| 76. | Vietnam | $472,000 | +242% |
| 77. | Nicaragua | $448,000 | +24.8% |
| 78. | Qatar | $439,000 | +121.7% |
| 79. | Kyrgyzstan | $370,000 | +13.8% |
| 80. | Cyprus | $351,000 | -20.8% |
| 81. | Indonesia | $303,000 | +19.3% |
| 82. | Oman | $286,000 | +1.4% |
| 83. | Malta | $275,000 | +13.6% |
| 84. | Uruguay | $265,000 | +30.5% |
| 85. | Thailand | $218,000 | -5.2% |
| 86. | Bahrain | $210,000 | -55.2% |
| 87. | Nigeria | $200,000 | +2.6% |
| 88. | Peru | $181,000 | +11% |
| 89. | North Macedonia | $179,000 | +14.7% |
| 90. | Moldova | $163,000 | +18.1% |
| 91. | Bolivia | $156,000 | +47.2% |
| 92. | Namibia | $154,000 | +28.3% |
| 93. | Libya | $149,000 | +380.6% |
| 94. | Aruba | $146,000 | +31.5% |
| 95. | Malawi | $139,000 | -2.1% |
| 96. | Ecuador | $136,000 | +30.8% |
| 97. | Mauritius | $133,000 | +23.1% |
| 98. | Tajikistan | $132,000 | +175% |
| 99. | Senegal | $130,000 | -11% |
| 100. | Jamaica | $111,000 | +428.6% |
Focusing on the 100 major buyers, the fastest growers from 2020 to 2021 were Palestine (up 10,732%), Jamaica (up 428.6%), Libya (up 380.6%), Jordan (up 336.2%), Vietnam (up 242%), then Tajikistan (up 175%).
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the above table’s columns above. An entry of 0% in the right-most column means that 2020 data was unavailable.
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 September 21, 2022
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on September 21, 2022
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on September 21, 2022
