The overall value of natural honey imports increased by an average 55.7% for all importing countries since 2018 when natural honey imports were valued at $2.28 billion.
Year over year, worldwide imports of natural honey accelerated by 21.3% compared to $2.7 billion during 2021.
The 5 biggest importers (United States of America, Germany, Japan, France, and the United Kingdom) bought over half (55.7%) of all natural honey imported during 2022.
From a continental perspective, buyers in European countries imported the highest dollar worth of natural honey with purchases totaling $1.31 billion or 47.4% of the global total. In second place were importers in North America at 30.9% while another 18.4% of all natural honey imports was delivered to Asia.
Smaller percentages were sold to customers in Oceania (1.5%) led by Australia, Africa (1.47%), 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 2022.
- United States: US$794.3 million (28.8% of natural honey imports)
- Germany: $302.2 million (11%)
- Japan: $168.9 million (6.1%)
- France: $140.3 million (5.1%)
- United Kingdom: $127.6 million (4.6%)
- Italy: $106.2 million (3.9%)
- Belgium: $102.5 million (3.7%)
- Spain: $89.6 million (3.3%)
- Poland: $71.7 million (2.6%)
- China: $71.4 million (2.6%)
- Netherlands: $65.3 million (2.4%)
- Saudi Arabia: $62.3 million (2.3%)
- Canada: $56.9 million (2.1%)
- Switzerland: $45.8 million (1.7%)
- Australia: $39.3 million (1.4%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased 81.5% of total natural honey imports in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for natural honey since 2021 were: Canada (up 50.1%), Belgium (up 19.9%), United States of America (up 18.8%) and France (up 16.1%).
Major suppliers that posted declines in their imported natural honey purchases were led by: mainland China (down -32.2% from 2021), Saudi Arabia (down -27.7%), Poland (down -21.5%) and Germany (down -4%).
Natural Honey Imports into the United States
America’s global purchases of imported natural honey totaled US$794.3 million in 2022. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the United States imported the highest dollar value worth of natural honey during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022.
- India: US$219.7 million (up 77.6% from 2021)
- Argentina: $165.9 million (up 7.2%)
- Brazil: $110.1 million (down -9.2%)
- New Zealand: $62.8 million (down -0.5%)
- Mexico: $50.2 million (up 209.3%)
- Uruguay: $33.9 million (up 140.4%)
- Canada: $29.5 million (up 111%)
- Vietnam: $25.8 million (down -73.9%)
- Türkiye: $20.7 million (up 129.2%)
- Ukraine: $16.5 million (up 21.9%)
- Australia: $7.4 million (up 45.6%)
- Spain: $7.3 million (up 35.6%)
- Thailand: $5.7 million (up 238.5%)
- Taiwan: $5.6 million (up 157.4%)
- Hungary: $4.6 million (up 11.5%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 96.4% of natural honey imported by the United States of America in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of natural honey to the United States since 2021 were: Thailand (up 238.5%), Mexico (up 209.3%), Taiwan (up 157.4%) and Uruguay (up 140.4%).
A trio of major suppliers experienced declines in the value of their natural honey supplied to American importers, namely: Vietnam (down -73.9% from 2021), Brazil (down -9.2%) and New Zealand (down -0.5%).
Overall, the value of America’s imported natural honey rose by an average 18.8% from all supplying countries since 2021 when natural honey purchased cost $668.8 million.
Natural Honey Imports into Germany
Germany’s global purchases of imported natural honey totaled US$302.2 million in 2022. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of natural honey during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022.
- Ukraine: US$43.1 million (up 46.2% from 2021)
- Argentina: $40 million (up 32.3%)
- Mexico: $38 million (down -0.4%)
- New Zealand: $26.4 million (down -24.8%)
- Romania: $18.6 million (down -23.9%)
- Brazil: $17 million (down -7.5%)
- Hungary: $16.2 million (down -4.9%)
- Chile: $13.9 million (up 27.1%)
- Bulgaria: $13.7 million (down -33.4%)
- Spain: $9 million (down -52.2%)
- Cuba: $8.5 million (down -1.9%)
- China: $7.3 million (down -3.3%)
- Greece: $5.5 million (up 8.5%)
- Türkiye: $5 million (up 5.5%)
- Italy: $4.9 million (down -26.4%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 88.4% of natural honey imported by Germany in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of natural honey to Germany since 2021 were: Ukraine (up 46.2%), Argentina (up 32.3%), Chile (up 27.1%) and Greece (up 8.5%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their natural honey supplied to German importers included: Spain (down -52.2% from 2021), Bulgaria (down -33.4%), Italy (down -26.4%) and New Zealand (down -24.8%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s imported natural honey reduced by an average -4% from all supplying countries since 2021 when natural honey purchased cost $314.8 million.
Natural Honey Imports into Japan
Japan’s global purchases of imported natural honey totaled US$168.9 million in 2022. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Japan imported the highest dollar value worth of natural honey during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022.
- China: US$65.9 million (down -1.7% from 2021)
- Canada: $24.7 million (up 11%)
- New Zealand: $22.6 million (down -20.8%)
- Argentina: $13.5 million (down -16.6%)
- Hungary: $11.9 million (up 44.2%)
- Romania: $4.1 million (up 202.5%)
- Australia: $3.7 million (down -22.7%)
- Myanmar: $3.51 million (up 26.3%)
- Ukraine: $3.47 million (up 46.4%)
- Mexico: $2.9 million (down -19.9%)
- Brazil: $2.2 million (up 28.1%)
- Vietnam: $1.7 million (up 34.9%)
- Bulgaria: $1.23 million (up 0.2%)
- Spain: $1.17 million (up 6%)
- Italy: $1 million (up 23.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 96.7% of natural honey imported by Japan in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of natural honey to Japan since 2021 were: Romania (up 202.5%), Ukraine (up 46.4%), Hungary (up 44.2%) and Vietnam (up 34.9%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their natural honey supplied to Japanese importers included: Australia (down -22.7% from 2021), New Zealand (down -20.8%), Mexico (down -19.9%) and Argentina (down -16.6%).
Overall, the value of Japan’s imported natural honey slowed by an average -0.6% from all supplying countries since 2021 when natural honey purchased cost $169.9 million.
Natural Honey Imports into France
France’s global purchases of imported natural honey totaled US$140.3 million in 2022. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which France imported the highest dollar value worth of natural honey during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2021 to 2022.
- Spain: US$28 million (up 1.9% from 2021)
- China: $18.5 million (up 182%)
- Ukraine: $15.9 million (down -3.9%)
- Germany: $14.3 million (down -2.8%)
- Belgium: $10.6 million (up 36.3%)
- Bulgaria: $9.4 million (up 31.2%)
- Hungary: $7.6 million (up 24%)
- Italy: $6.5 million (up 23%)
- Argentina: $5.7 million (up 26.9%)
- New Zealand: $2.7 million (down -12.5%)
- Poland: $2.6 million (up 3.9%)
- Romania: $2.5 million (down -23%)
- Cuba: $2.4 million (up 34.2%)
- Vietnam: $2 million (up 654.1%)
- Mexico: $1.7 million (down -28.4%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 92.8% of natural honey imported by France in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of natural honey to France since 2021 were: Vietnam (up 654.1%), mainland China (up 182%), Belgium (up 36.3%) and Cuba (up 34.2%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their natural honey supplied to French importers included: Mexico (down -28.4% from 2021), Romania (down -23%), New Zealand (down -12.5%) and Ukraine (down -3.9%).
Overall, the value of France’s imported natural honey increased by an average 16.1% from all supplying countries since 2021 when natural honey purchased cost $120.9 million.
Searchable List of Natural Honey Importing Countries in 2022
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 2022.
| Rank | Importer | Natural Honey Imports | 2021-2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States | $794,278,000 | +18.8% |
| 2. | Germany | $302,229,000 | -4% |
| 3. | Japan | $168,882,000 | -0.6% |
| 4. | France | $140,321,000 | +16.1% |
| 5. | United Kingdom | $127,565,000 | -2.8% |
| 6. | Italy | $106,151,000 | -1.3% |
| 7. | Belgium | $102,498,000 | +19.9% |
| 8. | Spain | $89,601,000 | +7.4% |
| 9. | Poland | $71,693,000 | -21.5% |
| 10. | China | $71,382,000 | -32.2% |
| 11. | Netherlands | $65,341,000 | -2.4% |
| 12. | Saudi Arabia | $62,327,000 | -27.7% |
| 13. | Canada | $56,852,000 | +50.1% |
| 14. | Switzerland | $45,836,000 | +5.5% |
| 15. | Australia | $39,298,000 | +12.9% |
| 16. | Portugal | $32,012,000 | +48.9% |
| 17. | United Arab Emirates | $29,364,000 | -21.5% |
| 18. | Austria | $29,023,000 | +1% |
| 19. | Singapore | $24,538,000 | -0.7% |
| 20. | Greece | $22,116,000 | +26.2% |
| 21. | Sweden | $21,945,000 | +9.3% |
| 22. | Czech Republic | $20,620,000 | +2.2% |
| 23. | Indonesia | $20,600,000 | -36.7% |
| 24. | Hong Kong | $18,997,000 | -6% |
| 25. | Ireland | $17,753,000 | +14.2% |
| 26. | South Korea | $17,396,000 | +13.4% |
| 27. | Malaysia | $15,733,000 | +2.9% |
| 28. | Denmark | $15,620,000 | -39.8% |
| 29. | Romania | $14,680,000 | -8.6% |
| 30. | Nigeria | $14,267,000 | +458% |
| 31. | Taiwan | $13,349,000 | +25.8% |
| 32. | Bulgaria | $13,348,000 | +3.4% |
| 33. | Finland | $9,432,000 | -7.6% |
| 34. | Qatar | $9,175,000 | +1.3% |
| 35. | Morocco | $8,429,000 | -20.6% |
| 36. | Norway | $8,391,000 | -9.4% |
| 37. | Kuwait | $8,360,000 | -55.9% |
| 38. | Hungary | $8,358,000 | -22.5% |
| 39. | Slovakia | $7,820,000 | -12.6% |
| 40. | Croatia | $7,421,000 | +13.5% |
| 41. | Israel | $6,197,000 | +11.2% |
| 42. | Thailand | $5,466,000 | +1.4% |
| 43. | Slovenia | $4,500,000 | -6.1% |
| 44. | Jordan | $4,380,000 | -32.1% |
| 45. | Lithuania | $4,234,000 | -21% |
| 46. | India | $3,805,000 | +80.9% |
| 47. | Oman | $3,774,000 | -61.8% |
| 48. | Bahrain | $3,348,000 | -27.2% |
| 49. | South Africa | $3,114,000 | -61% |
| 50. | Mauritius | $2,898,000 | +66.9% |
| 51. | Cyprus | $2,648,000 | -3.3% |
| 52. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $2,555,000 | -2.4% |
| 53. | Philippines | $2,417,000 | +40% |
| 54. | Libya | $2,355,000 | -4.7% |
| 55. | Costa Rica | $1,994,000 | +22.9% |
| 56. | Nepal | $1,977,000 | -20.8% |
| 57. | Bangladesh | $1,833,000 | -24% |
| 58. | Luxembourg | $1,817,000 | -2.8% |
| 59. | Serbia | $1,800,000 | -39.7% |
| 60. | Maldives | $1,517,000 | +2.1% |
| 61. | Colombia | $1,422,000 | -17% |
| 62. | Latvia | $1,353,000 | +23.6% |
| 63. | Panama | $1,335,000 | -29.7% |
| 64. | Bahamas | $1,329,000 | -5.9% |
| 65. | Rwanda | $1,307,000 | +20% |
| 66. | Mongolia | $1,296,000 | +16.4% |
| 67. | Vietnam | $1,229,000 | +97% |
| 68. | New Zealand | $1,228,000 | +75.9% |
| 69. | Iceland | $1,165,000 | +18.5% |
| 70. | Pakistan | $1,129,000 | -42.1% |
| 71. | Botswana | $1,122,000 | -29.3% |
| 72. | Iraq | $1,065,000 | -79.7% |
| 73. | Malta | $1,056,000 | +9.1% |
| 74. | Montenegro | $1,022,000 | +14.1% |
| 75. | Yemen | $1,005,000 | +14.1% |
| 76. | Honduras | $995,000 | +49.4% |
| 77. | North Macedonia | $904,000 | -23.1% |
| 78. | Tunisia | $876,000 | -35.9% |
| 79. | Equatorial Guinea | $772,000 | +455.4% |
| 80. | Barbados | $749,000 | +14.5% |
| 81. | Macao | $729,000 | -11.2% |
| 82. | Estonia | $708,000 | -6% |
| 83. | Brunei Darussalam | $707,000 | +156.2% |
| 84. | Somalia | $691,000 | -64.3% |
| 85. | Namibia | $681,000 | -39.1% |
| 86. | Kazakhstan | $680,000 | -9.6% |
| 87. | Papua New Guinea | $599,000 | +101.7% |
| 88. | Azerbaijan | $539,000 | -20.4% |
| 89. | Sri Lanka | $521,000 | -42.8% |
| 90. | Bermuda | $505,000 | +21.4% |
| 91. | Algeria | $484,000 | -66.2% |
| 92. | Kenya | $473,000 | -21.2% |
| 93. | Lebanon | $452,000 | -63.7% |
| 94. | Ukraine | $440,000 | +221.2% |
| 95. | Seychelles | $427,000 | +44.7% |
| 96. | Peru | $419,000 | -68.7% |
| 97. | Russia | $335,000 | -62% |
| 98. | Andorra | $311,000 | +8.7% |
| 99. | Moldova | $305,000 | +196.1% |
| 100. | Aruba | $259,000 | +0.8% |
Year over year, triple-digit percentage increases belong to Nigeria (up 458% from 2021), Equatorial Guinea (up 455.4%), Ukraine (up 221.2%), Moldova (up 196.1%), Brunei Darussalam (up 156.2%) then Papua New Guinea (up 101.7%).
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 2021 data was available.
See also Natural Honey Exports by Country, America’s Top Trading Partners, Germany’s Top Trading Partners and Poland’s Top Trading Partners
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on September 2, 2023
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on September 2, 2023
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on September 2, 2023
Wikipedia, Honey. Accessed on September 2, 2023
