The overall value of natural honey imports flatlined via an average -0.01% slowdown for all importing countries from five years earlier in 2020 when natural honey imports were valued at $2.274 billion.
Year over year, worldwide imports of natural honey improved by a modest 0.8% compared to $2.26 billion starting from 2023.
By dollar value, the 5 biggest importers (United States of America, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom and France) bought over half (54.9%) of all natural honey imported during 2024.
From a continental perspective, buyers based in European countries imported the highest dollar worth of natural honey with purchases totaling $1.06 billion or 46.6% of the global total. In second place were importers in North America at 30.7% while another 19.5% of all natural honey imports was delivered to Asia.
Smaller percentages were sold to customers in Oceania (1.5%) led by Australia, Africa (1.3%), then Latin America (0.3%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean.
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for natural honey is 0409.
Natural Honey Imports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that spent the most on imported natural honey during 2024.
- United States: US$650.2 million (28.6% of natural honey imports)
- Germany: $227.6 million (10%)
- Japan: $136.9 million (6%)
- United Kingdom: $124 million (5.5%)
- France: $110.4 million (4.9%)
- Belgium: $81.3 million (3.6%)
- Italy: $78.6 million (3.5%)
- Saudi Arabia: $68.7 million (3%)
- Spain: $66.3 million (2.9%)
- Netherlands: $54.5 million (2.4%)
- Poland: $51.3 million (2.3%)
- mainland China: $48.4 million (2.1%)
- Canada: $47.9 million (2.1%)
- United Arab Emirates: $39.5 million (1.7%)
- Switzerland: $38.4 million (1.7%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased 80.2% of total natural honey imported in 2024.
Among the above countries, double-digit growth markets for natural honey since 2023 were: United Arab Emirates (up 14.3%), Canada (up 12.5%), United States of America (up 11.2%) and the United Kingdom (up 11%).
Those countries that posted declines in their imported natural honey purchases were led by: mainland China (down -23.9%), Switzerland (down -12.8%), Poland (down -9.4%) and Italy (down -9.1%).
Searchable List of Natural Honey Importing Countries in 2024
The 100 key importers of natural honey showcased in the automated database below represent 99.8% of the total value of natural honey imported around the globe during 2024.
| Rank | Importer | Natural Honey Imports | 2023-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States | $650,242,000 | +11.2% |
| 2. | Germany | $227,621,000 | -1.1% |
| 3. | Japan | $136,920,000 | -5.6% |
| 4. | United Kingdom | $124,014,000 | +11% |
| 5. | France | $110,384,000 | -4.9% |
| 6. | Belgium | $81,300,000 | -6.8% |
| 7. | Italy | $78,607,000 | -9.1% |
| 8. | Saudi Arabia | $68,674,000 | +3.4% |
| 9. | Spain | $66,321,000 | -0.6% |
| 10. | Netherlands | $54,472,000 | +2.3% |
| 11. | Poland | $51,304,000 | -9.4% |
| 12. | mainland China | $48,388,000 | -23.9% |
| 13. | Canada | $47,909,000 | +12.5% |
| 14. | United Arab Emirates | $39,472,000 | +14.3% |
| 15. | Switzerland | $38,448,000 | -12.8% |
| 16. | Australia | $33,142,000 | -15.1% |
| 17. | Austria | $27,378,000 | +1.2% |
| 18. | Portugal | $26,275,000 | +20.1% |
| 19. | Ireland | $18,944,000 | -6.5% |
| 20. | Singapore | $18,735,000 | -3.4% |
| 21. | Greece | $18,340,000 | -1.1% |
| 22. | Sweden | $18,326,000 | -18.1% |
| 23. | South Korea | $17,176,000 | -5.6% |
| 24. | Czech Republic | $16,983,000 | +23.8% |
| 25. | Hong Kong | $13,966,000 | -14.5% |
| 26. | Slovakia | $13,622,000 | +125.1% |
| 27. | Romania | $13,605,000 | -6.9% |
| 28. | Denmark | $13,476,000 | -11.9% |
| 29. | Kuwait | $12,530,000 | -0.02% |
| 30. | Malaysia | $12,132,000 | +7.8% |
| 31. | Taiwan | $11,781,000 | +2.2% |
| 32. | Finland | $10,205,000 | -1.5% |
| 33. | Indonesia | $9,059,000 | +21.6% |
| 34. | Israel | $8,717,000 | +11.9% |
| 35. | Bulgaria | $8,558,000 | +13% |
| 36. | Norway | $8,233,000 | +6.1% |
| 37. | Qatar | $6,506,000 | -20.4% |
| 38. | Morocco | $6,499,000 | -24.3% |
| 39. | Oman | $6,228,000 | +11.2% |
| 40. | South Africa | $5,863,000 | -2.5% |
| 41. | Croatia | $5,845,000 | -7.9% |
| 42. | Thailand | $5,126,000 | -16.1% |
| 43. | Slovenia | $4,958,000 | -3.8% |
| 44. | Jordan | $4,375,000 | +5.5% |
| 45. | Cyprus | $3,395,000 | +44.2% |
| 46. | Philippines | $3,061,000 | +37% |
| 47. | Libya | $3,014,000 | -20.6% |
| 48. | Hungary | $2,800,000 | -35.3% |
| 49. | Lithuania | $2,613,000 | -40.9% |
| 50. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $2,529,000 | +29% |
| 51. | Bangladesh | $2,365,000 | +70.6% |
| 52. | Tunisia | $2,131,000 | -1.3% |
| 53. | Bahrain | $2,046,000 | -24% |
| 54. | India | $1,911,000 | -22.5% |
| 55. | Serbia | $1,886,000 | +75.1% |
| 56. | Mauritius | $1,835,000 | +49.6% |
| 57. | Luxembourg | $1,799,000 | -7.6% |
| 58. | Maldives | $1,740,000 | +40.2% |
| 59. | Costa Rica | $1,548,000 | -24% |
| 60. | Namibia | $1,521,000 | +23.1% |
| 61. | Botswana | $1,507,000 | +33.6% |
| 62. | Bahamas | $1,471,000 | +11.9% |
| 63. | Iceland | $1,348,000 | -0.4% |
| 64. | Mongolia | $1,344,000 | +16.6% |
| 65. | Malta | $1,273,000 | +3.7% |
| 66. | Iraq | $1,225,000 | -78% |
| 67. | Montenegro | $1,143,000 | -4.6% |
| 68. | Somalia | $1,139,000 | -14.7% |
| 69. | Nepal | $1,113,000 | +31.3% |
| 70. | Nigeria | $1,094,000 | -86.1% |
| 71. | North Macedonia | $1,043,000 | +15.5% |
| 72. | Uzbekistan | $1,029,000 | +126.2% |
| 73. | Pakistan | $1,024,000 | +126.5% |
| 74. | Latvia | $999,000 | -2.8% |
| 75. | Yemen | $903,000 | -51.9% |
| 76. | Panama | $859,000 | -20.4% |
| 77. | Macao | $830,000 | -11.5% |
| 78. | Viet Nam | $805,000 | -8.9% |
| 79. | Azerbaijan | $796,000 | +40.1% |
| 80. | Barbados | $751,000 | -16.4% |
| 81. | Kazakhstan | $741,000 | +27.1% |
| 82. | Colombia | $691,000 | +25.4% |
| 83. | Bolivia | $661,000 | +541.7% |
| 84. | Bermuda | $584,000 | +10.6% |
| 85. | Lebanon | $583,000 | -55.7% |
| 86. | Kenya | $529,000 | +18.1% |
| 87. | Papua New Guinea | $455,000 | +13.2% |
| 88. | Estonia | $409,000 | -24.3% |
| 89. | Honduras | $399,000 | +44.6% |
| 90. | Egypt | $393,000 | +48.3% |
| 91. | Albania | $355,000 | -2.5% |
| 92. | Seychelles | $345,000 | +3% |
| 93. | Cambodia | $340,000 | +49.8% |
| 94. | Sri Lanka | $285,000 | +18.3% |
| 95. | Cabo Verde | $284,000 | +43.4% |
| 96. | Gabon | $282,000 | +141% |
| 97. | Senegal | $272,000 | +77.8% |
| 98. | Ghana | $260,000 | +271.4% |
| 99. | Andorra | $260,000 | -14.2% |
| 100. | Uganda | $238,000 | -18.2% |
Year over year, the strongest percentage increases belonged to Bolivia (up 541.7% from 2023), Ghana (up 271.4%), Gabon (up 141%), Pakistan (up 126.5%), Uzbekistan (up 126.2%) then Slovakia (up 125.1%).
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 that no 2023 data was available.
Natural Honey Imports into the United States
America’s global purchases of imported natural honey totaled US$650.2 million in 2024. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the United States of America imported the highest dollar value worth of natural honey during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- India: US$151.2 million (down -6.1% from 2023)
- Argentina: $137.9 million (up 3.1%)
- Brazil: $84.1 million (up 18.5%)
- New Zealand: $58.3 million (up 12.3%)
- Vietnam: $43.1 million (up 119.7%)
- Ukraine: $27.7 million (up 128.1%)
- Canada: $27.5 million (up 60.3%)
- Uruguay: $25.7 million (up 48.3%)
- Mexico: $22.5 million (down -10.3%)
- Türkiye: $12.8 million (down -27.6%)
- Australia: $11 million (up 10.3%)
- Spain: $6.4 million (up 16.5%)
- Thailand: $5.1 million (down -9.3%)
- Taiwan: $3.62 million (down -8.1%)
- France: $3.59 million (down -2.1%)
By value in 2024, the listed 15 countries shipped 95.4% of natural honey imported by the world’s number one buyer, the United States of America.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of natural honey to United States since 2023 were: Ukraine (up 128.1%), Vietnam (up 119.7%), Canada (up 60.3%) and Uruguay (up 48.3%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their natural honey supplied to American importers included: Türkiye (down -27.6%), Mexico (down -10.3%), Thailand (down -9.3%) and Taiwan (down -8.1%).
Overall, the value of America’s imported natural honey grew by an average 11.2% from all supplying countries since 2023 when natural honey purchased cost $584.7 million.
Natural Honey Imports into Germany
Germany’s global purchases of imported natural honey totaled US$227.6 million in 2024. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of natural honey during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- Ukraine: US$31.3 million (up 4.2% from 2023)
- New Zealand: $24.2 million (up 9.1%)
- Argentina: $23.5 million (down -6.3%)
- Hungary: $17.5 million (up 4.7%)
- Romania: $17.3 million (up 32.1%)
- Bulgaria: $16.1 million (up 22.1%)
- Mexico: $15.5 million (down -40.3%)
- Chile: $12.7 million (up 71.5%)
- Spain: $10.9 million (down -10.3%)
- Cuba: $7.5 million (down -16%)
- Brazil: $6.3 million (down -17.5%)
- Türkiye: $5.6 million (up 51.8%)
- Austria: $5.4 million (up 50.7%)
- mainland China: $4.7 million (down -18.2%)
- Vietnam: $4.2 million (down -24.7%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 89% of natural honey imported by Germany in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of natural honey to Germany since 2023 were: Chile (up 71.5%), Türkiye (up 51.8%), Austria (up 50.7%) and Romania (up 32.1%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their natural honey supplied to German importers included: Mexico (down -40.3%), Vietnam (down -24.7%), mainland China (down -18.2%) and Brazil (down -17.5%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s imported natural honey fell by an average -1.1% from all supplying countries since 2023 when natural honey purchased cost $230.1 million.
Natural Honey Imports into Japan
Japan’s global purchases of imported natural honey totaled US$136.9 million in 2024. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Japan imported the highest dollar value worth of natural honey during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- mainland China: US$60.2 million (up 10.1% from 2023)
- New Zealand: $24.7 million (down -4.2%)
- Canada: $16.4 million (up 0.4%)
- Argentina: $9.1 million (down -17.8%)
- Hungary: $5.8 million (down -37.9%)
- Australia: $3.7 million (up 16.2%)
- Myanmar: $2.8 million (down -17.2%)
- Romania: $2.6 million (down -53.9%)
- Mexico: $1.7 million (down -16.3%)
- Vietnam: $1.5 million (up 19.4%)
- Ukraine: $1 million (down -51.4%)
- Italy: $907,000 (up 40.2%)
- Bulgaria: $867,000 (down -39.2%)
- India: $833,000 (up 91.1%)
- Thailand: $798,000 (down -26.6%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 97.1% of natural honey imported by Japan in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of natural honey to Japan since 2023 were: India (up 91.1%), Italy (up 40.2%), Vietnam (up 19.4%) and Australia (up 16.2%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their natural honey supplied to Japanese importers included: Romania (down -53.9%), Ukraine (down -51.4%), Bulgaria (down -39.2%) and Hungary (down -37.9%).
Overall, the value of Japan’s imported natural honey slimmed by an average -5.6% from all supplying countries since 2023 when natural honey purchased cost $145 million.
Natural Honey Imports into the UK
The United Kingdom’s global purchases of imported natural honey totaled US$124 million in 2024. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the UK imported the highest dollar value worth of natural honey during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- mainland China: US$49.9 million (up 13.6% from 2023)
- New Zealand: $28.9 million (up 3.4%)
- Mexico: $7.3 million (down -1.3%)
- Spain: $6.4 million (up 31.6%)
- Brazil: $3.0 million (up 63.5%)
- Romania: $2.9 million (up 60.2%)
- Ireland: $2.75 million (up 26.6%)
- Poland: $2.65 million (down -18.2%)
- Vietnam: $2.64 million (up 116.7%)
- Greece: $2.6 million (up 14.8%)
- Italy: $2.1 million (down -28.6%)
- Argentina: $1.9 million (up 132.2%)
- Ukraine: $1.39 million (up 52.3%)
- Türkiye: $1.33 million (up 3.5%)
- Hungary: $1.2 million (up 10.4%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 94.3% of natural honey imported by France in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of natural honey to the United Kingdom since 2023 were: Argentina (up 132.2%), Vietnam (up 116.7%), Brazil (up 63.5%) and Romania (up 60.2%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their natural honey supplied to UK importers included: Italy (down -28.6%), Poland (down -18.2%), Mexico (down -1.3%) and New Zealand (down 3.4%).
Overall, the value of the UK’s imported natural honey increased by an average 11% from all supplying countries since 2023 when natural honey purchased cost $111.7 million.
See also Natural Honey Exports by Country, America’s Top Trading Partners, Germany’s Top Trading Partners and Poland’s Top Trading Partners
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International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on September 22, 2025
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