From 2019 to 2020, the value of globally exported oranges accelerated by 13.9%.
The 5 biggest exporters of oranges in 2020 (Spain, South Africa, Egypt, United States, Netherlands) generated 70.4% of the total value of oranges exported worldwide.
Among continents, European countries sold the highest dollar value worth of exported oranges during 2020 with shipments worth $2.4 billion or 44.8% of total exported oranges. In second place were African exporters at 28.7% while 11% of worldwide shipments originated from North America. Asia supplied 8.4% worth of oranges.
Smaller percentages came from Oceania (4%) mostly Australia but also New Zealand, and Latin America (3.2%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean.
For research purposes, the 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for oranges is 080510.
Oranges Exports by Country
Countries
Below are the 15 countries that sold the highest dollar value worth of oranges on international markets during 2020.
- Spain: US$1.4 billion (26.7% of total exported oranges)
- South Africa: $797.9 million (14.7%)
- Egypt: $648.6 million (12%)
- United State: $574 million (10.6%)
- Netherlands: $346.3 million (6.4%)
- Australia: $214.5 million (4%)
- Greece: $186.7 million (3.4%)
- Portugal: $144.7 million (2.7%)
- Turkey: $132.8 million (2.5%)
- Italy: $123.6 million (2.3%)
- China: $110.2 million (2%)
- Hong Kong: $108.9 million (2%)
- Morocco: $89.5 million (1.7%)
- Chile: $80.2 million (1.5%)
- India: $53.4 million (1%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 93.4% of global oranges exported in 2020.
Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing oranges exporters since 2019 were: India (up 161.9%), Portugal (up 75.6%), Greece (up 48.2%) and Turkey (up 44.3%).
Three among those countries posted declines in their sales of exported oranges, namely Hong Kong (down -23.5%), Australia (down -3.2%) and Egypt (down -1.2%).
Advantages
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for oranges during 2020. 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$1.3 billion (net export surplus up 11.5% since 2019)
- South Africa: $796.6 million (up 19.7%)
- Egypt: $648.5 million (down -1.2%)
- United States: $352.1 million (up 5.2%)
- Australia: $188 million (down -7.6%)
- Greece: $182.3 million (up 47.9%)
- Turkey: $118.4 million (up 45.9%)
- Morocco: $89.4 million (up 1.1%)
- Chile: $77.3 million (up 8.3%)
- Argentina: $27.7 million (down -5.4%)
- India: $25.7 million (reversing a -$21 million deficit)
- Uruguay: $19.4 million (down -17.8%)
- Iran: $12.7 million (up 143.3%)
- Nicaragua: $11.6 million (up 45.1%)
- Lebanon: $11.3 million (up 85.9%)
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.
Opportunities
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for oranges during 2020. 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$477.7 million (net export deficit up 31.1% since 2019)
- France: -$441.8 million (up 20.2%)
- Russia: -$304 million (up 3.2%)
- Saudi Arabia: -$224.9 million (up 7.7%)
- United Kingdom: -$224.4 million (up 18.9%)
- Canada: -$199.9 million (up 12.6%)
- China: -$197.8 million (down -36.6%)
- Hong Kong: -$192.1 million (down -5.1%)
- South Korea: -$188 million (down -8.3%)
- Bangladesh: -$134.4 million (up 60.7%)
- Japan: -$132.6 million (up 10.5%)
- Poland: -$125.1 million (up 361%)
- Netherlands: -$110.8 million (down -13.3%)
- United Arab Emirates: -$109.5 million (up 89%)
- Belgium: -$100.1 million (up 13.3%)
Overtaking France in 2020, Germany incurred the highest deficit in the international trade of oranges. In turn, this negative cashflow highlights Germany’s strong competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for oranges-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful consumer demand.
Companies
Oranges Exporting Companies
According to global trading platform Alibaba, the following companies are also examples of oranges-trading companies located in the country shown within parentheses.
- Elkenana Company MAFAZA (Egypt)
- Global Prime Group (PTY) Ltd (South Africa)
- Intron Ltd (Greece)
- Marhayat Trading (Morocco)
- NAFTA Enterprises PTY Ltd (Australia)
- Nova Trading SAC (Peru)
- Pons Redondo Group SLU (Spain)
- Shanxi Qinghe Trading Co, Ltd (China)
- Sunkist Growers co-operative (United States)
Searchable List of Oranges Exporting Countries in 2020
There were 109 countries, territories or islands exported oranges during 2020. Key attributes for each country are listed in the automated database below.
| Rank | Exporter | Exported Oranges (US$) | 2019-20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Spain | $1,447,739,000 | +16.2% |
| 2. | South Africa | $797,863,000 | +19.6% |
| 3. | Egypt | $648,630,000 | -1.2% |
| 4. | United State | $573,955,000 | +9% |
| 5. | Netherlands | $346,267,000 | +36.4% |
| 6. | Australia | $214,542,000 | -3.2% |
| 7. | Greece | $186,740,000 | +48.2% |
| 8. | Portugal | $144,703,000 | +75.6% |
| 9. | Turkey | $132,820,000 | +44.3% |
| 10. | Italy | $123,629,000 | +5.2% |
| 11. | China | $110,176,000 | +26.6% |
| 12. | Hong Kong | $108,899,000 | -23.5% |
| 13. | Morocco | $89,473,000 | +1% |
| 14. | Chile | $80,159,000 | +8.3% |
| 15. | India | $53,379,000 | +161.9% |
| 16. | France | $51,367,000 | +42.2% |
| 17. | Argentina | $28,721,000 | -8% |
| 18. | United Kingdom | $24,204,000 | +42.4% |
| 19. | Germany | $23,971,000 | +4.3% |
| 20. | Mexico | $19,739,000 | -12.6% |
| 21. | Uruguay | $19,716,000 | -17.5% |
| 22. | Iran | $12,774,000 | +111.6% |
| 23. | Peru | $12,127,000 | +46.2% |
| 24. | Nicaragua | $11,812,000 | +42.6% |
| 25. | Lebanon | $11,298,000 | +80.2% |
| 26. | Colombia | $11,266,000 | +79.7% |
| 27. | Lithuania | $11,091,000 | +33.4% |
| 28. | Belgium | $10,789,000 | +36.6% |
| 29. | Sweden | $7,839,000 | +17.3% |
| 30. | Tunisia | $7,487,000 | -17.2% |
| 31. | Zimbabwe | $7,444,000 | -1.5% |
| 32. | Slovenia | $6,307,000 | +36.1% |
| 33. | Austria | $6,175,000 | -19.1% |
| 34. | Denmark | $5,438,000 | +3.4% |
| 35. | Pakistan | $4,771,000 | +131.9% |
| 36. | Singapore | $4,467,000 | -17.3% |
| 37. | Brazil | $4,295,000 | +174.8% |
| 38. | Cyprus | $4,104,000 | +74.8% |
| 39. | Russia | $3,869,000 | +36.8% |
| 40. | Syrian Arab Republic | $3,623,000 | -43.9% |
| 41. | Latvia | $3,578,000 | +32.7% |
| 42. | Czech Republic | $3,324,000 | +20.8% |
| 43. | Bulgaria | $3,296,000 | +214.2% |
| 44. | Honduras | $3,024,000 | +190.5% |
| 45. | Poland | $2,914,000 | +5.7% |
| 46. | Malaysia | $2,571,000 | -26.5% |
| 47. | Israel | $2,214,000 | +9.7% |
| 48. | Dominican Republic | $2,031,000 | +8.3% |
| 49. | Slovakia | $1,863,000 | -27.1% |
| 50. | Hungary | $1,556,000 | +23.2% |
| 51. | Jordan | $1,555,000 | +315.8% |
| 52. | Croatia | $1,481,000 | +166.4% |
| 53. | Taiwan | $1,380,000 | +39% |
| 54. | Ireland | $1,166,000 | -10.9% |
| 55. | Luxembourg | $1,116,000 | +9.8% |
| 56. | Uganda | $964,000 | +51.3% |
| 57. | Myanmar | $959,000 | +3.3% |
| 58. | New Zealand | $860,000 | +41% |
| 59. | Ethiopia | $789,000 | +16.7% |
| 60. | Thailand | $780,000 | -12.7% |
| 61. | Kenya | $393,000 | +274.3% |
| 62. | Belize | $368,000 | +5.1% |
| 63. | United Arab Emirates | $357,000 | -99.3% |
| 64. | Finland | $329,000 | +116.4% |
| 65. | Belarus | $241,000 | -30.1% |
| 66. | Jamaica | $185,000 | -63.6% |
| 67. | Switzerland | $131,000 | -20.1% |
| 68. | Vietnam | $126,000 | +366.7% |
| 69. | Iceland | $116,000 | +383.3% |
| 70. | Kazakhstan | $109,000 | +31.3% |
| 71. | Ghana | $107,000 | -66.5% |
| 72. | Afghanistan | $107,000 | 0% |
| 73. | Costa Rica | $106,000 | -20.3% |
| 74. | Romania | $102,000 | -14.3% |
| 75. | Georgia | $100,000 | +284.6% |
| 76. | Tanzania | $97,000 | -95.2% |
| 77. | Haiti | $94,000 | +840% |
| 78. | Guatemala | $89,000 | +178.1% |
| 79. | Serbia | $85,000 | +97.7% |
| 80. | Sri Lanka | $61,000 | +2950% |
| 81. | Paraguay | $60,000 | 0% |
| 82. | Canada | $56,000 | +133.3% |
| 83. | Norway | $55,000 | +83.3% |
| 84. | Japan | $53,000 | -26.4% |
| 85. | Panama | $50,000 | 0% |
| 86. | Indonesia | $47,000 | +193.8% |
| 87. | Cuba | $45,000 | -77.8% |
| 88. | Armenia | $40,000 | +185.7% |
| 89. | North Macedonia | $40,000 | +207.7% |
| 90. | Zambia | $37,000 | +68.2% |
| 91. | South Korea | $34,000 | +240% |
| 92. | Oman | $33,000 | +200% |
| 93. | Iraq | $28,000 | +133.3% |
| 94. | Bahrain | $26,000 | -97.5% |
| 95. | Estonia | $24,000 | -38.5% |
| 96. | Albania | $19,000 | -32.1% |
| 97. | Sierra Leone | $16,000 | 0% |
| 98. | Kyrgyzstan | $15,000 | +25% |
| 99. | Gabon | $13,000 | +8.3% |
| 100. | Curaçao | $12,000 | -50% |
| 101. | Nigeria | $12,000 | 0% |
| 100. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $7,000 | -79.4% |
| 101. | Central African Rep | $7,000 | -50% |
| 102. | Algeria | $6,000 | -72.7% |
| 103. | Ivory Coast | $5,000 | -89.8% |
| 104. | El Salvador | $5,000 | -82.8% |
| 105. | Angola | $4,000 | -66.7% |
| 106. | Mozambique | $3,000 | -66.7% |
| 107. | Ukraine | $3,000 | -85.7% |
| 108. | Burkina Faso | $1,000 | -90.9% |
| 109. | Namibia | $1,000 | -94.7% |
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the columns above. An entry of 0% in the right-most column means that no 2019 data was available.
See also Oranges Imports by Country, Pineapples Exports by Country, Kiwifruit Exports by Country and Lemons Exporters by Country
Research Sources:
Alibaba, Supplier information for oranges. Accessed on July 18, 2021
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on July 18, 2021
Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on July 18, 2021
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on July 18, 2021
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on July 18, 2021
Wikipedia, Sunkist Growers, Incorporated. Accessed on July 18, 2021
