The overall value of oranges imported in 2022 decreased by an average -11.9% for all importing countries since 2018 when international purchases of oranges were valued at $5.98 billion.
Year over year, globally imported oranges declined by -11.3% compared to $5.94 billion for 2021.
In 2022, the largest importers of oranges were France, Germany, Netherlands, United States of America and Hong Kong. Collectively, that cohort of suppliers accounted for almost one-third (32.7%) of worldwide purchases of imported oranges during 2022.
From a continental perspective, buyers located in European countries spent the most on imported oranges during 2022 with purchases costing at $2.83 billion or 53.8% of the global total. In second place were Asian importers at 33.3% trailed by those in North America at another 9.7%.
Smaller percentages were delivered to Latin America (1.4%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Africa (1%), then Oceania (0.7%) led by Australia and New Zealand.
For research purposes, the 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 080510 for fresh or dried oranges.
Oranges Imports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that paid the most for imported oranges during 2022.
- France: US$416.9 million (7.9% of total imported oranges)
- Germany: $410.2 million (7.8%)
- Netherlands: $378.6 million (7.2%)
- United States: $269.9 million (5.1%)
- Hong Kong: $244.5 million (4.6%)
- China: $228.2 million (4.3%)
- Canada: $225.5 million (4.3%)
- Russia: $218.5 million (4.1%)
- United Kingdom: $211.4 million (4%)
- South Korea: $164 million (3.1%)
- Saudi Arabia: $144.9 million (2.8%)
- Italy: $135.9 million (2.6%)
- Poland: $127.1 million (2.4%)
- Bangladesh: $120.9 million (2.3%)
- United Arab Emirates: $115 million (2.2%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased 64.8% of all oranges imported in 2021.
Among the above countries, a trio of leading markets for oranges since 2021 rose, namely Italy (up 29.6%), Canada (up 8.4%) and the United States of America (up 6.9%).
Those major buyer countries that posted declines in their imported oranges purchases were led by: Saudi Arabia (down -38.9% from 2021), Russia (down -30.4%), Germany (down -17.8%) and South Korea (down -17.4%).
Oranges Imports into France
France’s global purchases of imported oranges totaled US$416.9 million in 2022. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which France imported the highest dollar value worth of oranges during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022.
- Spain: US$273.8 million (down -11.6% from 2021)
- South Africa: $53 million (up 9.3%)
- Portugal: $29.3 million (up 19.7%)
- Italy: $20.4 million (down -19.4%)
- Morocco: $8.6 million (up 1.4%)
- Tunisia: $7.9 million (down -21.9%)
- Egypt: $6.2 million (down -29.1%)
- Colombia: $4.5 million (up 3.4%)
- Argentina: $3.2 million (down -14.1%)
- Netherlands: $3.1 million (down -42.8%)
- Zimbabwe: $2.9 million (up 28.7%)
- Belgium: $975,000 (up 23.4%)
- Germany: $633,000 (up 13.6%)
- Greece: $583,000 (down -39.6%)
- Uruguay: $360,000 (down -71.5%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.6% of oranges imported by France in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of oranges to France since 2021 were: Zimbabwe (up 28.7%), Belgium (up 23.4%), Portugal (up 19.7%) and Germany (up 13.6%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their oranges supplied to French importers included: Uruguay (down -71.5% from 2021), Netherlands (down -42.8%), Greece (down -39.6%) and Egypt (down -29.1%).
Overall, the value of France’s imported oranges fell by an average -8.6% from all supplying countries since 2021 when oranges purchased cost $455.9 million.
Oranges Imports into Germany
Germany’s global purchases of imported oranges totaled US$410.2 million in 2022. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of oranges during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022.
- Spain: US$309.9 million (down -17.6% from 2021)
- South Africa: $44 million (down -0.8%)
- Italy: $28.3 million (down -30.8%)
- Greece: $9.6 million (down -50.3%)
- Zimbabwe: $4.2 million (up 92.8%)
- Egypt: $3.7 million (down -34.2%)
- Portugal: $2.4 million (down -3.4%)
- Netherlands: $1.7 million (up 154.9%)
- Morocco: $1.4 million (down -31.4%)
- Türkiye: $1.1 million (down -17.1%)
- Poland: $870,000 (up 127.7%)
- France: $803,000 (up 15.5%)
- Uruguay: $585,000 (down -65.2%)
- Argentina: $418,000 (up 67.2%)
- Belgium: $373,000 (up 203.3%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.8% of oranges imported by Germany in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of oranges to Germany since 2021 were: Belgium (up 203.3%), Netherlands (up 154.9%), Poland (up 127.7%) and Zimbabwe (up 92.8%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their oranges supplied to German importers included: Uruguay (down -65.2%), Greece (down -50.3%), Egypt (down -34.2%) and Morocco (down -31.4%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s imported oranges shrank by an average -17.8% from all supplying countries since 2021 when oranges purchased cost $499.2 million.
Oranges Imports into the Netherlands
Dutch global purchases of imported oranges totaled US$378.6 million in 2022. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the Netherlands imported the highest dollar value worth of oranges during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022.
- South Africa: US$184 million (up 14.4% from 2021)
- Egypt: $67.3 million (down -27.4%)
- Spain: $52.2 million (up 19.5%)
- Germany: $22 million (down -24.2%)
- Morocco: $14.3 million (up 8.7%)
- Belgium: $8.8 million (up 272.7%)
- Argentina: $5.4 million (down -40.3%)
- Peru: $4.2 million (down -15.1%)
- France: $3.6 million (up 20.3%)
- Poland: $3.4 million (down -41.5%)
- Italy: $3 million (down -33.1%)
- Uruguay: $2.5 million (down -66.8%)
- Greece: $1.5 million (down -47%)
- Hungary: $1.5 million (up 59.3%)
- Sweden: $1.2 million (down -15.7%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99% of oranges imported by the Netherlands in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of oranges to the Netherlands since 2021 were: Belgium (up 272.7%), Hungary (up 59.3%), France (up 20.3%) and Spain (up 19.5%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their oranges supplied to Dutch importers included: Uruguay (down -66.8% from 2021), Greece (down -47%), Poland (down -41.5%) and Argentina (down -40.3%).
Overall, the value of oranges imported into the Netherlands went down by an average -3.2% from all supplying countries since 2021 when oranges purchased cost $391 million.
Oranges Imports into the United States
The United States of America’s global purchases of imported oranges totaled US$269.9 million in 2022. Below are the top suppliers from which America imported the highest dollar value worth of oranges during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022.
- Chile: US$111.2 million (down -19.1% from 2021)
- South Africa: $64.6 million (up 25.7%)
- Mexico: $51.5 million (up 34.1%)
- Morocco: $24.3 million (up 521.2%)
- Uruguay: $6.5 million (up 119.8%)
- Dominican Republic: $3.9 million (up 20.4%)
- Australia: $3.4 million (down -65.8%)
- Colombia: $3.1 million (down -22.7%)
- Spain: $542,000 (up 1,053%)
- Peru: $532,000 (down -16.4%)
- Italy: $130,000 (2021 data unavailable)
- Germany: $53,000 (2021 data unavailable)
- China: $40,000 (up 166.7%)
- Thailand: $33,000 (up 50%)
- Israel: $32,000 (up 10.3%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.8% of oranges imported by America in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of oranges to United States since 2021 were: Spain (up 1,053%), Morocco (up 521.2%), mainland China (up 166.7%) and Uruguay (up 119.8%).
Major suppliers that experienced declines in the value of their oranges supplied to American importers were: Australia (down -65.8% from 2021), Colombia (down -22.7%), Chile (down -19.1%) and Peru (down -16.4%).
Overall, the value of America’s imported oranges rose by an average 6.9% from all supplying countries since 2021 when oranges purchased cost $252.4 million.
Searchable List of Oranges Importer Countries in 2022
The 100 key countries for buying oranges in the automated database below bought 99.4% of globally imported oranges in 2022.
| Rank | Importer | Imported Oranges | 2021-2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | France | $416,919,000 | -8.6% |
| 2. | Germany | $410,211,000 | -17.8% |
| 3. | Netherlands | $378,635,000 | -3.2% |
| 4. | United States | $269,876,000 | +6.9% |
| 5. | Hong Kong | $244,453,000 | -6.5% |
| 6. | China | $228,244,000 | -13.8% |
| 7. | Canada | $225,468,000 | +8.4% |
| 8. | Russia | $218,518,000 | -30.4% |
| 9. | United Kingdom | $211,366,000 | -5.5% |
| 10. | South Korea | $163,953,000 | -17.4% |
| 11. | Saudi Arabia | $144,948,000 | -38.9% |
| 12. | Italy | $135,938,000 | +29.6% |
| 13. | Poland | $127,116,000 | -6.7% |
| 14. | Bangladesh | $120,889,000 | -8.9% |
| 15. | United Arab Emirates | $114,981,000 | -14.4% |
| 16. | Japan | $109,672,000 | -10% |
| 17. | Malaysia | $109,251,000 | +8.1% |
| 18. | Belgium | $98,187,000 | -11.9% |
| 19. | Spain | $97,811,000 | -30% |
| 20. | Switzerland | $81,726,000 | -11.6% |
| 21. | Portugal | $76,021,000 | -14.2% |
| 22. | Vietnam | $74,385,000 | +182.4% |
| 23. | India | $67,570,000 | -25% |
| 24. | Ukraine | $57,299,000 | +2.5% |
| 25. | Romania | $56,290,000 | +3% |
| 26. | Sweden | $54,769,000 | -15.2% |
| 27. | Iraq | $51,993,000 | -39.6% |
| 28. | Austria | $50,987,000 | -12.2% |
| 29. | Singapore | $43,250,000 | -1.8% |
| 30. | Denmark | $38,600,000 | -4.6% |
| 31. | Czech Republic | $37,357,000 | -18% |
| 32. | Norway | $36,254,000 | -12.2% |
| 33. | Indonesia | $30,101,000 | -6% |
| 34. | Qatar | $28,078,000 | +14.5% |
| 35. | Serbia | $26,833,000 | -11.9% |
| 36. | Oman | $26,655,000 | -62.3% |
| 37. | Ireland | $26,351,000 | +9.2% |
| 38. | Finland | $25,484,000 | -23.6% |
| 39. | Croatia | $23,553,000 | +6.4% |
| 40. | Australia | $20,348,000 | -9% |
| 41. | Philippines | $19,959,000 | -9.4% |
| 42. | Slovakia | $19,557,000 | -13.6% |
| 43. | Brazil | $18,884,000 | +1% |
| 44. | Kuwait | $17,556,000 | -55.1% |
| 45. | Mexico | $16,940,000 | -9.7% |
| 46. | Taiwan | $15,914,000 | +0.4% |
| 47. | Hungary | $15,849,000 | -19.7% |
| 48. | Lithuania | $15,193,000 | -13.1% |
| 49. | Syria | $14,687,000 | +48.3% |
| 50. | Slovenia | $14,531,000 | -11.7% |
| 51. | Azerbaijan | $14,078,000 | -2.4% |
| 52. | Belarus | $12,505,000 | -34.4% |
| 53. | Bahrain | $12,352,000 | +5.6% |
| 54. | Türkiye | $11,688,000 | -3.7% |
| 55. | Jordan | $11,362,000 | -48% |
| 56. | Costa Rica | $11,295,000 | -12.7% |
| 57. | Bulgaria | $11,204,000 | -5.6% |
| 58. | Armenia | $9,871,000 | +38.6% |
| 59. | New Zealand | $9,666,000 | +0.6% |
| 60. | Latvia | $9,244,000 | -8.9% |
| 61. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $8,790,000 | -13.5% |
| 62. | Macao | $8,419,000 | +2.5% |
| 63. | Luxembourg | $8,343,000 | -7.7% |
| 64. | Thailand | $8,287,000 | +24.3% |
| 65. | Nepal | $8,122,000 | -28.8% |
| 66. | Estonia | $7,893,000 | -23% |
| 67. | Sudan | $7,328,000 | +2.9% |
| 68. | Uzbekistan | $6,784,000 | +43.5% |
| 69. | Dominican Republic | $6,668,000 | +35% |
| 70. | Kazakhstan | $6,133,000 | +36.3% |
| 71. | Ivory Coast | $6,077,000 | +9.7% |
| 72. | Georgia | $6,022,000 | +63.6% |
| 73. | Kenya | $5,381,000 | -12.3% |
| 74. | North Macedonia | $5,356,000 | -17.7% |
| 75. | Moldova | $4,586,000 | +1% |
| 76. | Rwanda | $4,584,000 | +37.9% |
| 77. | Ecuador | $4,434,000 | -33.2% |
| 78. | Malta | $4,301,000 | -5.6% |
| 79. | Myanmar | $4,227,000 | -59% |
| 80. | Mauritius | $4,068,000 | +22.8% |
| 81. | Maldives | $3,976,000 | +14.6% |
| 82. | Montenegro | $3,649,000 | +10.2% |
| 83. | Bahamas | $3,629,000 | -13.8% |
| 84. | Peru | $3,590,000 | -31.5% |
| 85. | Brunei Darussalam | $3,534,000 | +12% |
| 86. | Guatemala | $3,340,000 | -25.1% |
| 87. | Chile | $2,986,000 | -46.8% |
| 88. | Cambodia | $2,935,000 | +4.8% |
| 89. | Panama | $2,773,000 | +21.8% |
| 90. | Greece | $2,583,000 | +31.5% |
| 91. | Iceland | $2,445,000 | +10.9% |
| 92. | Barbados | $2,357,000 | +24.9% |
| 93. | Namibia | $2,331,000 | -12.3% |
| 94. | Senegal | $2,202,000 | -35.8% |
| 95. | El Salvador | $2,160,000 | +1.4% |
| 96. | Afghanistan | $2,083,000 | -40.1% |
| 97. | Cabo Verde | $2,081,000 | +8.2% |
| 98. | Fiji | $2,033,000 | +22.6% |
| 99. | Somalia | $1,990,000 | +13.1% |
| 100. | Djibouti | $1,967,000 | -13.5% |
Focusing on these top 100 purchasers of imported oranges, the fastest growers were Vietnam (up 182.4% from 2021), Georgia (up 63.6%), Syria (up 48.3%), Uzbekistan (up 43.5%) and Armenia (up 38.6%).
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 2021 data was unavailable.
See also Oranges Exports by Country, Grapes Exports by Country, Kiwifruit Exports by Country, Netherlands Top Trading Partners and France’s Top 10 Imports
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Imports – Commodities. Accessed on September 1, 2023
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on September 1, 2023
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on September 1, 2023
