Year over year, the value of globally exported oranges fell by -3.5% from $5.6 billion during 2020.
The 5 biggest exporters of oranges in 2021 were Spain, South Africa, Egypt, United States of America and the Netherlands. Collectively, that cohort of major suppliers collected 71.9% of the total international sales for exported oranges.
Among continents, European countries sold the highest dollar value worth of exported oranges during 2021 with shipments worth $2.3 billion or 42.6% of the global total. In second place were African exporters at 30.5% while 11.8% of worldwide shipments originated from North America. Asia supplied another 7.9% worth of exported oranges.
Smaller percentages came from Oceania (3.8%) mostly Australia, and Latin America (3.4%) 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
Below are the 15 countries that sold the highest dollar value worth of oranges on international markets during 2021.
- Spain: US$1.4 billion (26.9% of total exported oranges)
- South Africa: $808.6 million (15.1%)
- Egypt: $714.4 million (13.3%)
- United States: $606.1 million (11.3%)
- Netherlands: $283.7 million (5.3%)
- Australia: $205 million (3.8%)
- Greece: $184.5 million (3.4%)
- China: $136.9 million (2.6%)
- Italy: $134.8 million (2.5%)
- Turkey: $104.8 million (2%)
- Portugal: $100 million (1.9%)
- Hong Kong: $88.7 million (1.7%)
- Chile: $81 million (1.5%)
- Morocco: $67.6 million (1.3%)
- India: $51.5 million (1%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 93.4% of global oranges exported in 2021.
Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing oranges exporters since 2020 were: mainland China (up 24.3%), Egypt (up 10.1%), United States of America (up 6.2%) and Italy (up 3.3%).
Those countries that posted declines in their exported oranges sales were led by: Portugal (down -31.9%), Morocco (down -24.4%), Turkey (down -21.1%), Netherlands (down -19.2%) and Hong Kong (down -18.5%).
Countries Posting Highest Trade Surpluses Trading Oranges
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for oranges during 2021. 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 3.2% since 2020)
- South Africa: $807 million (up 1.3%)
- Egypt: $714.4 million (up 10.2%)
- United States: $353.2 million (up 1.2%)
- Australia: $182.6 million (down -2.8%)
- Greece: $182.4 million (up 0.1%)
- Turkey: $92.7 million (down -21.7%)
- Chile: $75.5 million (down -2.3%)
- Morocco: $67.6 million (down -24.4%)
- Uruguay: $31.4 million (up 61.5%)
- Zimbabwe: $30.9 million (up 315.3%)
- Argentina: $29.6 million (up 18.1%)
- Italy: $26.1 million (down -132.8%)
- Iran: $15.5 million (down -72.8%)
- Portugal: $10.3 million (up 14.1%)
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 2021. 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$458.8 million (net export deficit down -3.9% since 2020)
- France: -$414.8 million (down -6.4%)
- Russia: -$310.4 million (up 2.1%)
- Saudi Arabia: -$237.4 million (up 5.5%)
- United Kingdom: -$227.5 million (up 0.7%)
- Canada: -$207.8 million (up 3.9%)
- South Korea: -$198.4 million (up 5.5%)
- Hong Kong: -$172.6 million (down -10.2%)
- Poland: -$132.9 million (up 6.3%)
- Bangladesh: -$132.4 million (down -1.7%)
- China: -$126.4 million (down -36.1%)
- Japan: -$121.8 million (down -8.1%)
- Vietnam: -$118.6 million (up 445.4%)
- Netherlands: -$112.9 million (up 0.1%)
- Belgium: -$100.5 million (down -1.9%)
Overtaking France in 2020, Germany incurred the highest deficit in the international trade of oranges. In turn, this negative cashflow highlights Germany’s strong competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for oranges-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful consumer demand.
Oranges Exporting Companies
According to global trading platform Alibaba, the following companies are also examples of oranges-trading companies located in the country shown within parentheses.
- Elkenana Company MAFAZA (Egypt)
- Global Prime Group (PTY) Ltd (South Africa)
- Intron Ltd (Greece)
- Marhayat Trading (Morocco)
- NAFTA Enterprises PTY Ltd (Australia)
- Nova Trading SAC (Peru)
- Pons Redondo Group SLU (Spain)
- Shanxi Qinghe Trading Co, Ltd (China)
- Sunkist Growers co-operative (United States)
Searchable List of Oranges Exporting Countries in 2021
Below are the 100 countries, territories or islands that exported oranges during 2021. Key metrics for each supplier country are listed in the automated database below.
| Rank | Exporter | Exported Oranges (US$) | 2020-1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Spain | $1,442,232,000 | -0.4% |
| 2. | South Africa | $808,620,000 | +1.3% |
| 3. | Egypt | $714,400,000 | +10.1% |
| 4. | United States | $606,121,000 | +6.2% |
| 5. | Netherlands | $283,745,000 | -19.2% |
| 6. | Australia | $204,974,000 | -4.5% |
| 7. | Greece | $184,520,000 | -1.2% |
| 8. | China | $136,921,000 | +24.3% |
| 9. | Italy | $134,769,000 | +3.3% |
| 10. | Turkey | $104,799,000 | -21.1% |
| 11. | Portugal | $100,009,000 | -31.9% |
| 12. | Hong Kong | $88,738,000 | -18.5% |
| 13. | Chile | $81,023,000 | +1.1% |
| 14. | Morocco | $67,644,000 | -24.4% |
| 15. | India | $51,466,000 | -3.6% |
| 16. | France | $40,563,000 | -21% |
| 17. | Uruguay | $31,933,000 | +62% |
| 18. | Argentina | $31,764,000 | +22.1% |
| 19. | Zimbabwe | $30,996,000 | +316.4% |
| 20. | Mexico | $29,003,000 | +20.8% |
| 21. | Germany | $24,668,000 | -3% |
| 22. | Iran | $15,509,000 | -72.7% |
| 23. | Belgium | $11,025,000 | -18.9% |
| 24. | Nicaragua | $10,289,000 | -12.9% |
| 25. | Slovenia | $9,615,000 | +52.4% |
| 26. | Colombia | $9,430,000 | -16.3% |
| 27. | Peru | $9,258,000 | -23.7% |
| 28. | Tunisia | $9,061,000 | +74.9% |
| 29. | Lithuania | $8,194,000 | -26.1% |
| 30. | Sweden | $7,354,000 | -5.8% |
| 31. | Austria | $6,062,000 | -14.2% |
| 32. | Singapore | $4,578,000 | +2.5% |
| 33. | Lebanon | $4,154,000 | -63.2% |
| 34. | Denmark | $3,866,000 | -29.2% |
| 35. | Thailand | $3,647,000 | +367.6% |
| 36. | Russia | $3,537,000 | -8.6% |
| 37. | Malaysia | $3,388,000 | +31.8% |
| 38. | Bulgaria | $3,381,000 | +2.6% |
| 39. | Latvia | $3,364,000 | -5.8% |
| 40. | Poland | $3,230,000 | +10.8% |
| 41. | Croatia | $3,212,000 | +109.5% |
| 42. | Eswatini | $2,949,000 | -35.6% |
| 43. | Syria | $2,854,000 | -49% |
| 44. | Czech Republic | $2,752,000 | -17.1% |
| 45. | Dominican Rep | $2,712,000 | +33.5% |
| 46. | Cyprus | $2,326,000 | -50.4% |
| 47. | United Arab Emirates | $1,990,000 | -97.4% |
| 48. | Hungary | $1,450,000 | -6.8% |
| 49. | Israel | $1,224,000 | -44.7% |
| 50. | Myanmar | $1,185,000 | +23.6% |
| 51. | Ireland | $1,152,000 | -1.2% |
| 52. | Luxembourg | $1,056,000 | -5.4% |
| 53. | Brazil | $953,000 | -77.8% |
| 54. | Costa Rica | $908,000 | +756.6% |
| 55. | Honduras | $855,000 | -20.1% |
| 56. | Slovakia | $761,000 | -59.6% |
| 57. | Kazakhstan | $733,000 | +572.5% |
| 58. | Kenya | $671,000 | +70.7% |
| 59. | Ethiopia | $625,000 | -20.8% |
| 60. | Pakistan | $620,000 | -87% |
| 61. | United Kingdom | $569,000 | -97.7% |
| 62. | Belarus | $532,000 | +120.7% |
| 63. | Tanzania | $481,000 | +218.5% |
| 64. | New Zealand | $440,000 | -48.8% |
| 65. | Finland | $352,000 | +7.3% |
| 66. | Jamaica | $302,000 | +118.8% |
| 67. | Taiwan | $293,000 | -78.8% |
| 68. | Vietnam | $202,000 | +60.3% |
| 69. | Jordan | $179,000 | -88.5% |
| 70. | Serbia | $171,000 | +101.2% |
| 71. | Nigeria | $162,000 | +1250% |
| 72. | Ghana | $132,000 | -93.1% |
| 73. | Canada | $132,000 | +135.7% |
| 74. | Romania | $126,000 | +23.5% |
| 75. | Haiti | $123,000 | +30.9% |
| 76. | Namibia | $109,000 | +10800% |
| 77. | Angola | $107,000 | +529.4% |
| 78. | Georgia | $104,000 | +4% |
| 79. | South Korea | $98,000 | +188.2% |
| 80. | Ecuador | $91,000 | 0% |
| 81. | Japan | $88,000 | +66% |
| 82. | Switzerland | $82,000 | -37.4% |
| 83. | Albania | $77,000 | +305.3% |
| 84. | Guatemala | $73,000 | -18% |
| 85. | Afghanistan | $66,000 | -38.3% |
| 86. | Sri Lanka | $63,000 | +3.3% |
| 87. | Norway | $63,000 | +14.5% |
| 88. | Estonia | $51,000 | +112.5% |
| 89. | Fiji | $40,000 | +100% |
| 90. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $38,000 | +442.9% |
| 91. | Belize | $37,000 | -89.9% |
| 92. | Oman | $26,000 | -21.2% |
| 93. | Brunei Darussalam | $23,000 | 0% |
| 94. | Ukraine | $23,000 | +666.7% |
| 95. | Iceland | $21,000 | -81.9% |
| 96. | Paraguay | $16,000 | -73.3% |
| 97. | Indonesia | $14,000 | -70.2% |
| 98. | Eritrea | $14,000 | 0% |
| 99. | Kyrgyzstan | $13,000 | -13.3% |
| 100. | Zambia | $11,000 | -71.1% |
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Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on June 19, 2022
Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on June 19, 2022
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