Overall, the value of exported oranges decreased by an average -13.5% for all suppliers since 2018 when shipments of oranges were worth $5.4 billion.
Year over year, the value of globally exported oranges shrank by -14.3% compared to $5.5 billion for 2021.
The 5 biggest exporters of oranges in 2022 were Spain, South Africa, Egypt, United States of America and the Netherlands. Collectively, that cohort of major suppliers collected a 71.9% share of the total international sales for exported oranges.
Among continents, suppliers in European countries sold the highest dollar value worth of exported oranges during 2021 with shipments worth $1.9 billion or 41.5% of the global total. In second place were African exporters at 32.7% while 11.7% of worldwide shipments originated from North America.
Asia supplied another 7.8% worth of exported oranges.
Smaller percentages came from providers in Oceania (3.8%) mostly Australia, and Latin America (2.5%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean.
For research purposes, the 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for fresh or dried oranges is 080510.
Oranges Exports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that sold the highest dollar value worth of oranges on international markets during 2022.
- Spain: US$1.2 billion (26.1% of total exported oranges)
- South Africa: $762.7 million (16.3%)
- Egypt: $635.9 million (13.6%)
- United States: $509.5 million (10.9%)
- Netherlands: $241.3 million (5.1%)
- Australia: $175.8 million (3.7%)
- Greece: $143.9 million (3.1%)
- Italy: $112 million (2.4%)
- Portugal: $101.5 million (2.2%)
- Türkiye: $98.5 million (2.1%)
- China: $91.6 million (2%)
- Morocco: $86.5 million (1.8%)
- Hong Kong: $80.2 million (1.7%)
- Chile: $60.6 million (1.3%)
- France: $44.3 million (0.9%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 93.1% of oranges exported in 2022.
Among the top exporters, growing suppliers of oranges onto international markets were: Morocco (up 27.9% from 2021), France (up 8.6%) and Portugal (up 1.4%).
Those countries that posted declines in their exported oranges sales were led by: mainland China (down -41% from 2021), Chile (down -25.3%), Italy (down -23.4%), Greece (down -22.1%) and the United States of America (down -15.2%).
Countries Posting Highest Trade Surpluses Trading Oranges
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for oranges during 2022. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the surplus between the value of each country’s oranges exports and its import purchases for that same commodity.
- Spain: US$1.1 billion (net export surplus down -13.5% since 2021)
- South Africa: $761.8 million (down -5.6%)
- Egypt: $635.9 million (down -11%)
- United States: $239.6 million (down -31.2%)
- Australia: $155.5 million (down -14.9%)
- Greece: $141.4 million (down -22.7%)
- Türkiye: $86.8 million (down -6.3%)
- Morocco: $86.5 million (up 27.9%)
- Chile: $57.6 million (down -23.7%)
- Zimbabwe: $31.1 million (up 210%)
- Portugal: $25.5 million (up 119.9%)
- Mexico: $20.9 million (up 104%)
- Iran: $17.9 million (down -63.4%)
- Argentina: $14 million (down -52.6%)
- Uruguay: $12.6 million (down -34.2%)
World leader Spain earned the highest surplus in the international trade of oranges. In turn, this positive cashflow confirms Spain’s strong competitive advantage for this specific product category.
Countries Generating Worst Trade Deficits Trading Oranges
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for oranges during 2022. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the deficit between the value of each country’s oranges import purchases and its exports for that same commodity.
- Germany: -US$391 million (net export deficit down -17.1% since 2021)
- France: -$372.6 million (down -10.2%)
- Canada: -$225.4 million (up 8.5%)
- Russia: -$215.5 million (down -30.6%)
- United Kingdom: -$211 million (down -5.5%)
- Hong Kong: -$164.3 million (down -4.8%)
- South Korea: -$163.8 million (down -17.4%)
- Saudi Arabia: -$144.8 million (down -39%)
- Netherlands: -$137.3 million (up 20.7%)
- China: -$136.6 million (up 24.6%)
- Bangladesh: -$120.9 million (down -8.9%)
- Poland: -$119 million (down -10.5%)
- United Arab Emirates: -$112.6 million (up 56.2%)
- Japan: -$109.5 million (down -10.2%)
- Malaysia: -$104.2 million (up 6.7%)
Germany incurred the highest deficit in the international trade of oranges. In turn, this negative cashflow highlights Germany’s strong competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for oranges-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful consumer demand.
Oranges Exporting Companies
According to global trading platform Alibaba, the following companies are also examples of oranges-trading companies located in the country shown within parentheses.
- Elkenana Company MAFAZA (Egypt)
- Global Prime Group (PTY) Ltd (South Africa)
- Intron Ltd (Greece)
- Marhayat Trading (Morocco)
- NAFTA Enterprises PTY Ltd (Australia)
- Nova Trading SAC (Peru)
- Pons Redondo Group SLU (Spain)
- Shanxi Qinghe Trading Co, Ltd (China)
- Sunkist Growers co-operative (United States)
Searchable List of Oranges Exporting Countries in 2022
Below are the 100 countries, territories or islands that exported oranges during 2022. Key metrics for each supplier country are listed in the automated database below.
| Rank | Exporter | Exported Oranges | 2021-2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Spain | $1,224,007,000 | -15.1% |
| 2. | South Africa | $762,669,000 | -5.7% |
| 3. | Egypt | $635,910,000 | -11% |
| 4. | United States | $509,484,000 | -15.2% |
| 5. | Netherlands | $241,325,000 | -12.9% |
| 6. | Australia | $175,825,000 | -14.2% |
| 7. | Greece | $143,942,000 | -22.1% |
| 8. | Italy | $112,016,000 | -23.4% |
| 9. | Portugal | $101,511,000 | +1.4% |
| 10. | Türkiye | $98,498,000 | -6% |
| 11. | China | $91,623,000 | -41% |
| 12. | Morocco | $86,545,000 | +27.9% |
| 13. | Hong Kong | $80,157,000 | -9.7% |
| 14. | Chile | $60,560,000 | -25.3% |
| 15. | France | $44,337,000 | +8.6% |
| 16. | India | $37,954,000 | -26.3% |
| 17. | Mexico | $37,856,000 | +30.5% |
| 18. | Zimbabwe | $31,940,000 | +217.1% |
| 19. | Germany | $19,165,000 | -30.2% |
| 20. | Iran | $17,942,000 | -63.4% |
| 21. | Argentina | $15,415,000 | -51.5% |
| 22. | Uruguay | $12,741,000 | -35.8% |
| 23. | Lebanon | $11,244,000 | -25% |
| 24. | Nicaragua | $11,126,000 | +8.1% |
| 25. | Belgium | $10,979,000 | -5.1% |
| 26. | Poland | $8,073,000 | +149.9% |
| 27. | Tunisia | $7,993,000 | -11.8% |
| 28. | Colombia | $7,623,000 | -19.2% |
| 29. | Singapore | $7,458,000 | +62.9% |
| 30. | Lithuania | $7,450,000 | -9.1% |
| 31. | Sweden | $6,687,000 | -9.1% |
| 32. | Malaysia | $5,030,000 | +48.5% |
| 33. | Ghana | $4,388,000 | +15.7% |
| 34. | Peru | $4,093,000 | -55.8% |
| 35. | Austria | $3,853,000 | -21.7% |
| 36. | Dominican Republic | $3,135,000 | +15.6% |
| 37. | Slovenia | $3,047,000 | -48.3% |
| 38. | Russia | $3,020,000 | -14.6% |
| 39. | Latvia | $2,776,000 | -17.5% |
| 40. | Thailand | $2,744,000 | -24.8% |
| 41. | Honduras | $2,709,000 | +216.8% |
| 42. | Croatia | $2,564,000 | -21.4% |
| 43. | Bulgaria | $2,454,000 | -25.5% |
| 44. | United Arab Emirates | $2,334,000 | -96.2% |
| 45. | Pakistan | $2,202,000 | +255.2% |
| 46. | Eswatini | $2,110,000 | -50.3% |
| 47. | Czech Republic | $2,089,000 | -26.8% |
| 48. | Syria | $2,060,000 | -61.4% |
| 49. | Denmark | $1,926,000 | -50.2% |
| 50. | Cyprus | $1,804,000 | -22.4% |
| 51. | Uganda | $1,318,000 | +42.2% |
| 52. | Israel | $1,140,000 | -6.8% |
| 53. | Slovakia | $1,132,000 | -13.9% |
| 54. | Hungary | $1,065,000 | -26.6% |
| 55. | Luxembourg | $993,000 | -6% |
| 56. | Jordan | $856,000 | -36.5% |
| 57. | Ireland | $826,000 | -29.5% |
| 58. | Kenya | $649,000 | -3.3% |
| 59. | Kazakhstan | $532,000 | -23.6% |
| 60. | Myanmar | $485,000 | -82.7% |
| 61. | Taiwan | $469,000 | +60.1% |
| 62. | Finland | $423,000 | +20.2% |
| 63. | Armenia | $416,000 | +5100% |
| 64. | New Zealand | $394,000 | -10.5% |
| 65. | United Kingdom | $391,000 | -27.5% |
| 66. | Bahrain | $365,000 | -75.7% |
| 67. | Brazil | $358,000 | -62.4% |
| 68. | Cameroon | $357,000 | 0% |
| 69. | Romania | $337,000 | +165.4% |
| 70. | Jamaica | $326,000 | +21.6% |
| 71. | Ivory Coast | $298,000 | +138.4% |
| 72. | Belize | $287,000 | +675.7% |
| 73. | Angola | $283,000 | +164.5% |
| 74. | Ethiopia | $265,000 | -57.6% |
| 75. | Vietnam | $265,000 | +86.6% |
| 76. | Tanzania | $256,000 | -46.8% |
| 77. | Japan | $218,000 | +147.7% |
| 78. | South Korea | $193,000 | +96.9% |
| 79. | Saudi Arabia | $192,000 | 0% |
| 80. | Guatemala | $177,000 | +142.5% |
| 81. | Indonesia | $165,000 | +1079% |
| 82. | Ecuador | $156,000 | +71.4% |
| 83. | Costa Rica | $151,000 | -24.5% |
| 84. | Afghanistan | $121,000 | +83.3% |
| 85. | Belarus | $114,000 | -78.6% |
| 86. | Nigeria | $110,000 | -32.1% |
| 87. | Serbia | $88,000 | -48.5% |
| 88. | Sri Lanka | $85,000 | +1600% |
| 89. | Fiji | $75,000 | +87.5% |
| 90. | Georgia | $70,000 | -32.7% |
| 91. | Cambodia | $68,000 | 0% |
| 92. | Namibia | $64,000 | +6300% |
| 93. | Canada | $57,000 | -56.8% |
| 94. | North Macedonia | $57,000 | +1325% |
| 95. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $52,000 | +36.8% |
| 96. | Haiti | $52,000 | -57.7% |
| 97. | Estonia | $35,000 | -31.4% |
| 98. | Uzbekistan | $32,000 | 0% |
| 99. | Iceland | $31,000 | +47.6% |
| 100. | Democr. Rep. Congo | $27,000 | 0% |
Enlarger the scope to accommodate these 100 exporters, the strongest gainers were orange suppliers in Namibia (up 6,300% from 2021), Armenia (up 5,100%), Sri Lanka (up 1,600%), North Macedonia (up 1,325%) and Indonesia (up 1,079%).
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An entry of 0% in the right-most column means that 2021 data was unavailable.
See also Oranges Imports by Country, Pineapples Exports by Country, Kiwifruit Exports by Country, Lemons Exporters by Country and Apples Exports by Country Plus Average Prices
Research Sources:
Alibaba, Supplier information for oranges. Accessed on August 5, 2023
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on August 5, 2023
Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on August 5, 2023
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on August 5, 2023
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on August 5, 2023
Wikipedia, Sunkist Growers, Incorporated. Accessed on August 5, 2023
