Year over year, the value of globally exported pineapples accelerated by 35.4% from $2.01 billion during 2020.
The top 5 exporters were Costa Rica, Philippines, Netherlands, United States of America and Belgium. Collectively, that quintet of leading pineapples suppliers generated over 84% of all globally exported pineapples in 2021 by value.
Among continents, Latin America excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean generated the highest dollar worth in international sales of pineapples during 2021 with shipments valued at $1.7 billion or almost two-thirds (64.2%) of the worldwide total. In second place were European exporters at 15% while 13.1% of total shipments of the sweet fruit originated from Asian suppliers.
Smaller percentages came from North America (4.2%), Africa (3.4%) then Oceania (0.001%) led by Australia and New Zealand.
For research purposes, the 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 080430 for fresh or dried pineapples.
Pineapples Exports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of pineapples during 2021.
- Costa Rica: US$1.6 billion (59.6% of exported pineapples)
- Philippines: $283.5 million (10.4%)
- Netherlands: $189.7 million (7%)
- United States: $97.6 million (3.6%)
- Belgium: $95.9 million (3.5%)
- Ecuador: $50.6 million (1.9%)
- Honduras: $39.9 million (1.5%)
- Taiwan: $36.3 million (1.3%)
- Ivory Coast: $33.1 million (1.2%)
- Spain: $29.7 million (1.1%)
- Ghana: $28.9 million (1.1%)
- Portugal: $20.3 million (0.7%)
- Italy: $17.14 million (0.6%)
- Mexico: $17.07 million (0.6%)
- Germany: $16.6 million (0.6%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 94.7% of global pineapples exported in 2021.
Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing pineapples exporters from 2020 to 2021 were: Ivory Coast (up 212.4%), Costa Rica (up 75.7%), Belgium (up 27.9%) and Ecuador (up 22.3%).
Those countries that posted declines in their exported pineapples sales were led by: Mexico (down -48.9%), Taiwan (down -35%), Ghana (down -8.8%), Philippines (down -7.9%) and Italy (down -4.6%).
Countries Generating Highest Trade Surpluses from Pineapples
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for pineapples 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 pineapples exports and its import purchases for that same commodity.
- Costa Rica: US$1.6 billion (net export surplus up 75.7% since 2020)
- Philippines: $283.5 million (down -7.9%)
- Ecuador: $50.5 million (up 22.3%)
- Honduras: $39.8 million (up 6.7%)
- Taiwan: $35.2 million (down -35.2%)
- Ivory Coast: $33.1 million (up 212.4%)
- Ghana: $28.9 million (down -7.4%)
- Netherlands: $17.8 million (reversing a -$5.7 million deficit)
- Mexico: $17.1 million (down -48%)
- Kenya: $16.3 million (up 10.1%)
- Thailand: $12 million (up 61.4%)
- Guatemala: $10.7 million (down 0%)
- Panama: $7 million (down -7.6%)
- Colombia: $5.1 million (up 15.8%)
- Dominican Republic: $5.1 million (down -13.4%)
Costa Rica generated the highest surplus in the international trade of pineapples. In turn, this positive cashflow confirms Costa Rica’s strong competitive advantage for this specific product category.
Countries Causing Worst Trade Deficits from Pineapples
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for pineapples 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 pineapples import purchases and its exports for that same commodity.
- United States: -US$712.4 million (net export deficit up 12.7% since 2020)
- Japan: -$152.1 million (up 20.7%)
- China: -$134.8 million (down -20.3%)
- France: -$119 million (up 10.9%)
- Spain: -$107.3 million (up 11.1%)
- Canada: -$102.9 million (up 14%)
- Germany: -$100.9 million (up 3.5%)
- Italy: -$98.5 million (up 17%)
- United Kingdom: -$75.7 million (down -19.2%)
- Russia: -$57.9 million (up 8%)
- South Korea: -$52.6 million (up 10.7%)
- Belgium: -$36 million (down -13.2%)
- Portugal: -$28.6 million (up 7.2%)
- Switzerland: -$24.6 million (up 4.4%)
- United Arab Emirates: -$23.9 million (up 89%)
The United States of America registered the highest deficit in the international trade of pineapples. In turn, this negative cashflow confirms America’s strong competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for pineapples-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful demand from US consumers.
Pineapples Exporting Companies
Below are global pineapples-related businesses that represent players in the worldwide pineapples market trade including canning operations and distributors as well as agricultural pineapple growers. Shown within parenthesis is the country where the company is headquartered.
- Agricola Industrial La Lydia (Costa Rica)
- Del Monte (United States)
- Dole Food Company (United States)
- Cocosong Food Industries (Malaysia)
- Tipco Foods PCL (Thailand)
- Fairteck Holding (Singapore)
- Guangdong Harvest Canned Foods (China)
- Billy Farming Industry (United States)
- Ruby Pearl E-shop (Philippines)
- Malool Tropical Foods Limited (India)
Searchable List of Pineapples Exporting Countries in 2021
The top 100 countries or territories in the database below generated 99.999% of international sales for pineapples during 2021.
| Rank | Exporter | Pineapple Exports (US$) | 2020-1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Costa Rica | $1,621,396,000 | +75.7% |
| 2. | Philippines | $283,549,000 | -7.9% |
| 3. | Netherlands | $189,703,000 | +3.4% |
| 4. | United States | $97,610,000 | +15.4% |
| 5. | Belgium | $95,940,000 | +27.9% |
| 6. | Ecuador | $50,573,000 | +22.3% |
| 7. | Honduras | $39,861,000 | +6.7% |
| 8. | Taiwan | $36,326,000 | -35% |
| 9. | Ivory Coast | $33,128,000 | +212.4% |
| 10. | Spain | $29,707,000 | +15.4% |
| 11. | Ghana | $28,926,000 | -8.8% |
| 12. | Portugal | $20,277,000 | +10.2% |
| 13. | Italy | $17,143,000 | -4.6% |
| 14. | Mexico | $17,071,000 | -48.9% |
| 15. | Germany | $16,627,000 | -2.2% |
| 16. | Kenya | $16,442,000 | +10.3% |
| 17. | Thailand | $12,066,000 | +61.8% |
| 18. | France | $11,408,000 | +56.6% |
| 19. | Guatemala | $10,756,000 | 0% |
| 20. | Poland | $7,278,000 | +14.8% |
| 21. | Panama | $6,963,000 | -7.7% |
| 22. | Malaysia | $5,373,000 | +6.1% |
| 23. | Colombia | $5,081,000 | +15.7% |
| 24. | Dominican Republic | $5,076,000 | -14.8% |
| 25. | Indonesia | $5,021,000 | +32% |
| 26. | Sri Lanka | $4,723,000 | +144.3% |
| 27. | India | $4,050,000 | +51.7% |
| 28. | Peru | $3,925,000 | +102.9% |
| 29. | Brazil | $3,114,000 | +33.4% |
| 30. | Mauritius | $3,070,000 | +67.8% |
| 31. | Hungary | $2,928,000 | +17.2% |
| 32. | South Africa | $2,880,000 | +7.2% |
| 33. | Austria | $2,796,000 | +190.3% |
| 34. | Cameroon | $2,768,000 | -2.8% |
| 35. | United Kingdom | $2,389,000 | -86% |
| 36. | China | $2,187,000 | -29.7% |
| 37. | Slovakia | $2,139,000 | +43.6% |
| 38. | Greece | $2,083,000 | +22% |
| 39. | Lithuania | $2,057,000 | +33% |
| 40. | Turkey | $1,341,000 | -13.6% |
| 41. | Togo | $1,086,000 | -22.9% |
| 42. | Uganda | $1,067,000 | -61.7% |
| 43. | Dominica | $1,017,000 | +948.5% |
| 44. | Slovenia | $995,000 | +52.8% |
| 45. | Canada | $924,000 | +50.7% |
| 46. | Paraguay | $920,000 | +29.9% |
| 47. | Tanzania | $827,000 | +173.8% |
| 48. | Russia | $774,000 | +48.3% |
| 49. | Vietnam | $752,000 | +120.5% |
| 50. | Croatia | $749,000 | +33.3% |
| 51. | Ireland | $697,000 | +119.9% |
| 52. | Czech Republic | $670,000 | -12.3% |
| 53. | Cambodia | $634,000 | +63300% |
| 54. | Latvia | $579,000 | +0.9% |
| 55. | Denmark | $539,000 | -1.8% |
| 56. | Luxembourg | $486,000 | +18.8% |
| 57. | Myanmar | $474,000 | +76.9% |
| 58. | Sweden | $400,000 | +230.6% |
| 59. | Hong Kong | $325,000 | -30.3% |
| 60. | Benin | $320,000 | -3% |
| 61. | Laos | $275,000 | 0% |
| 62. | United Arab Emirates | $271,000 | -98.2% |
| 63. | Kazakhstan | $267,000 | +403.8% |
| 64. | Cuba | $224,000 | +21.7% |
| 65. | Rwanda | $215,000 | +39.6% |
| 66. | Sierra Leone | $190,000 | +8% |
| 67. | Singapore | $133,000 | +58.3% |
| 68. | Guinea | $123,000 | +310% |
| 69. | Romania | $82,000 | -69.2% |
| 70. | Finland | $71,000 | +1.4% |
| 71. | Mozambique | $67,000 | -25.6% |
| 72. | Guyana | $64,000 | 0% |
| 73. | Bolivia | $56,000 | +1.8% |
| 74. | Bulgaria | $47,000 | +370% |
| 75. | Georgia | $47,000 | -47.2% |
| 76. | Egypt | $44,000 | +340% |
| 77. | Morocco | $38,000 | +153.3% |
| 78. | Switzerland | $32,000 | +3.2% |
| 79. | Serbia | $28,000 | -36.4% |
| 80. | Nicaragua | $27,000 | +28.6% |
| 81. | Norway | $26,000 | +23.8% |
| 82. | Japan | $23,000 | -64.1% |
| 83. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $20,000 | +81.8% |
| 84. | Angola | $19,000 | +18.8% |
| 85. | Cabo Verde | $17,000 | 0% |
| 86. | Zimbabwe | $17,000 | 0% |
| 87. | Australia | $13,000 | -35% |
| 88. | Bangladesh | $12,000 | +300% |
| 89. | New Zealand | $11,000 | -89.9% |
| 90. | South Korea | $8,000 | +60% |
| 91. | Suriname | $8,000 | 0% |
| 92. | Trinidad/Tobago | $7,000 | -75.9% |
| 93. | Madagascar | $7,000 | +600% |
| 94. | Estonia | $7,000 | 0% |
| 95. | Iran | $6,000 | 0% |
| 96. | Kyrgyzstan | $6,000 | -90.9% |
| 97. | Ukraine | $5,000 | +25% |
| 98. | El Salvador | $5,000 | +150% |
| 99. | Armenia | $5,000 | +25% |
| 100. | Burundi | $5,000 | 0% |
The fastest-growing exporters of pineapples are Cambodia (up 63,300% from 2020), Dominica (up 948.5%), Madagascar (up 600%), Kazakhstan (up 403.8%), Bulgaria (370%), Egypt (up 340%), Guinea (up 310%) and Bangladesh (up 300%).
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the columns in the table above. An entry of 0% in the right-most column means that no 2020 data is available.
See also Pineapples Imports by Country, Bananas Exports by Country, Apples Exports by Country and Oranges Exports by Country
Research Sources:
Agricola Industrial La Lydia, The Real Golden Pineapple Costa Rica. Accessed on July 4, 2022
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on July 4, 2022
Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on July 4, 2022
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on July 4, 2022
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on July 4, 2022
List of Companies In Worldwide, List of Pineapple Companies. Accessed on July 4, 2022
