Overall, the value of exported pineapples increased by an average 8.2% for all exporting countries since 2016 when pineapples shipments were valued at $1.9 billion.
Year over year, the value of globally exported pineapples fell by -5.5% from 2019 to 2020.
The top 5 exporters (Costa Rica, Philippines, Netherlands, United States, Belgium) generated just over three-quarters (76%) of all globally exported pineapples in 2020.
Among continents, Latin America excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean generated the highest dollar worth in international sales of pineapples during 2020 with shipments valued at $1.1 billion or over half (53.2%) of the worldwide total. In second place were Asian exporters at 18.8% while 18.5% of total shipments of the sweet fruit originated from Europe.
Smaller percentages came from North America (5.3%), Africa (4.3%) then Oceania (0.007%) notably New Zealand and Australia.
For research purposes, the 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 080430 for fresh or dried pineapples.
Pineapples Exports by Country
Countries
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of pineapples during 2020.
- Costa Rica: US$922.7 million (44.4% of exported pineapples)
- Philippines: $307.7 million (14.8%)
- Netherlands: $189.8 million (9.1%)
- United States: $84.5 million (4.1%)
- Belgium: $75 million (3.6%)
- Ecuador: $59 million (2.8%)
- Taiwan: $55.8 million (2.7%)
- Honduras: $49.7 million (2.4%)
- Guatemala: $40.4 million (1.9%)
- Ghana: $31 million (1.5%)
- Ivory Coast: $28.7 million (1.4%)
- Spain: $25.7 million (1.2%)
- Mexico: $24.8 million (1.2%)
- Portugal: $18.2 million (0.9%)
- Germany: $16.9 million (0.8%)
The listed 15 countries shipped 92.9% of global pineapples exported in 2020 by value.
Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing pineapples exporters from 2019 to 2020 were: Guatemala (up 258.1%), Ghana (up 216.1%), Ivory Coast (up 145.2%) and Honduras (up 48.7%).
Those countries that posted declines in their exported pineapples sales were led by: Portugal (down -34.7%), Belgium (down -29.5%), Spain (down -26.7%), Mexico (down -16.2%) and Taiwan (down -14.6%).
Advantages
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for pineapples 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 pineapples exports and its import purchases for that same commodity.
- Costa Rica: US$922.7 million (net export surplus down -5.9% since 2019)
- Philippines: $307.7 million (down -4.9%)
- Ecuador: $59 million (up 38.3%)
- Taiwan: $54.3 million (down -14.7%)
- Honduras: $49.3 million (up 47.8%)
- Ghana: $31.6 million (no 2015 data)
- Ghana: $31 million (up 216.1%)
- Ivory Coast: $28.7 million (up 145.2%)
- Mexico: $24.8 million (down -14.5%)
- Panama: $12.7 million (down -10.4%)
- Kenya: $9.4 million (up 30%)
- Dominican Republic: $9.3 million (up 68.8%)
- Thailand: $7.4 million (down -25%)
- Colombia: $4.4 million (down -19.3%)
- Malaysia: $4.3 million (down -12.7%)
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.
Opportunities
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for pineapples 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 pineapples import purchases and its exports for that same commodity.
- United States: -US$632.5 million (net export deficit up 1.8% since 2019)
- China: -$169.1 million (down -25%)
- Japan: -$126 million (up 0.1%)
- France: -$107.3 million (down -10.8%)
- Spain: -$96.6 million (down -4.4%)
- Germany: -$96.2 million (down -16.4%)
- United Kingdom: -$94.3 million (down -12.9%)
- Canada: -$90.3 million (down -6.9%)
- Italy: -$87.2 million (down -14.1%)
- Russia: -$53.6 million (down -0.8%)
- South Korea: -$47.6 million (down -17.8%)
- Belgium: -$41.5 million (up 129.5%)
- Portugal: -$26.9 million (down -4.4%)
- United Arab Emirates: -$24.6 million (up 46.5%)
- Switzerland: -$23.5 million (up 2.3%)
The United States of America experienced the highest deficit in the international trade of pineapples. In turn, this negative cashflow confirms America’s strong competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for pineapples-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful demand from US consumers.
Companies
Pineapples Exporting Companies
Below are global pineapples-related businesses that represent players in the worldwide pineapples market trade including canning operations and distributors as well as agricultural pineapple growers. Shown within parenthesis is the country where the company is headquartered.
- Agricola Industrial La Lydia (Costa Rica)
- Del Monte (United States)
- Dole Food Company (United States)
- Cocosong Food Industries (Malaysia)
- Tipco Foods PCL (Thailand)
- Fairteck Holding (Singapore)
- Guangdong Harvest Canned Foods (China)
- Billy Farming Industry (United States)
- Ruby Pearl E-shop (Philippines)
- Malool Tropical Foods Limited (India)
Searchable List of Pineapples Exporting Countries in 2020
The 113 countries or territories in the database below generated 100% of international sales for pineapples during 2020.
| Rank | Exporter | Exported Pineapples (US$) | 2019-20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Costa Rica | $922,741,000 | -5.9% |
| 2. | Philippines | $307,747,000 | -4.9% |
| 3. | Netherlands | $189,807,000 | -12.7% |
| 4. | United States | $84,451,000 | -9.5% |
| 5. | Belgium | $75,029,000 | -29.5% |
| 6. | Ecuador | $59,046,000 | +38.3% |
| 7. | Taiwan | $55,845,000 | -14.6% |
| 8. | Honduras | $49,658,000 | +48.7% |
| 9. | Guatemala | $40,370,000 | +258.1% |
| 10. | Ghana | $30,967,000 | +216.1% |
| 11. | Ivory Coast | $28,717,000 | +145.2% |
| 12. | Spain | $25,748,000 | -26.7% |
| 13. | Mexico | $24,796,000 | -16.2% |
| 14. | Portugal | $18,207,000 | -34.7% |
| 15. | Germany | $16,944,000 | -12.1% |
| 16. | United Kingdom | $16,112,000 | -30.1% |
| 17. | Italy | $15,421,000 | -4.9% |
| 18. | Panama | $12,724,000 | -10.2% |
| 19. | Kenya | $12,116,000 | +66.8% |
| 20. | Dominican Republic | $9,292,000 | +68.9% |
| 21. | Thailand | $7,459,000 | -24.9% |
| 22. | France | $7,275,000 | +4.3% |
| 23. | Poland | $6,337,000 | +49.4% |
| 24. | Malaysia | $5,066,000 | -16.6% |
| 25. | Colombia | $4,390,000 | -19.3% |
| 26. | Indonesia | $3,804,000 | -70.3% |
| 27. | Mauritius | $3,299,000 | +30.6% |
| 28. | China | $3,109,000 | -53.9% |
| 29. | Cameroon | $2,844,000 | -30.7% |
| 30. | Togo | $2,840,000 | +25.7% |
| 31. | Uganda | $2,785,000 | +90.8% |
| 32. | South Africa | $2,686,000 | -30.1% |
| 33. | India | $2,670,000 | -31.9% |
| 34. | Hungary | $2,498,000 | +36.1% |
| 35. | Brazil | $2,334,000 | +131.3% |
| 36. | Peru | $1,934,000 | +203.1% |
| 37. | Benin | $1,873,000 | +516.1% |
| 38. | Greece | $1,707,000 | -3.9% |
| 39. | Turkey | $1,552,000 | +46.4% |
| 40. | Lithuania | $1,547,000 | +5.6% |
| 41. | Dominica | $1,272,000 | -38.7% |
| 42. | Slovakia | $1,265,000 | -47.9% |
| 43. | Sri Lanka | $1,132,000 | -82.4% |
| 44. | Austria | $934,000 | -45.1% |
| 45. | Czech Republic | $763,000 | -24.4% |
| 46. | Paraguay | $708,000 | -0.6% |
| 47. | Slovenia | $651,000 | -41.1% |
| 48. | Canada | $613,000 | +1% |
| 49. | Latvia | $574,000 | -0.7% |
| 50. | Denmark | $549,000 | +24.2% |
| 51. | Croatia | $543,000 | +34.1% |
| 52. | Russia | $522,000 | +22% |
| 53. | Vienam | $513,000 | +55% |
| 54. | Hong Kong | $466,000 | -5.7% |
| 55. | Luxembourg | $409,000 | -24.7% |
| 56. | Ireland | $333,000 | -44.7% |
| 57. | Myanmar | $268,000 | -68.7% |
| 58. | Romania | $267,000 | +709.1% |
| 59. | Tanzania | $263,000 | +26.4% |
| 60. | Cuba | $184,000 | -45.4% |
| 61. | Sierra Leone | $166,000 | +2.5% |
| 62. | Rwanda | $150,000 | -27.2% |
| 63. | Sweden | $118,000 | +37.2% |
| 64. | New Zealand | $109,000 | +211.4% |
| 65. | Mozambique | $90,000 | +50% |
| 66. | Georgia | $89,000 | +217.9% |
| 67. | Singapore | $84,000 | +40% |
| 68. | Finland | $70,000 | +105.9% |
| 69. | Kyrgyzstan | $66,000 | +2,100% |
| 70. | Japan | $64,000 | -25.6% |
| 71. | Guyana | $64,000 | -46.2% |
| 72. | Chile | $64,000 | -67.8% |
| 73. | Mauritania | $61,000 | 0% |
| 74. | Bolivia | $55,000 | -31.3% |
| 75. | Kazakhstan | $53,000 | +165% |
| 76. | Serbia | $44,000 | +388.9% |
| 77. | Switzerland | $31,000 | -64.4% |
| 78. | Nicaragua | $24,000 | -29.4% |
| 79. | Norway | $21,000 | -60.4% |
| 80. | Australia | $20,000 | -39.4% |
| 81. | Iran | $20,000 | +400% |
| 82. | Burkina Faso | $20,000 | 0% |
| 83. | United Arab Emirates | $18,000 | -99.9% |
| 84. | Morocco | $15,000 | +650% |
| 85. | Cabo Verde | $14,000 | 0% |
| 86. | Angola | $13,000 | +62.5% |
| 87. | Guinea | $13,000 | -43.5% |
| 88. | Timor-Leste | $13,000 | 0% |
| 89. | Belarus | $12,000 | 0% |
| 90. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $11,000 | +175% |
| 91. | Bulgaria | $10,000 | -9.1% |
| 92. | Ethiopia | $10,000 | -23.1% |
| 93. | Egypt | $10,000 | -83.1% |
| 94. | Tonga | $8,000 | 0% |
| 95. | Trinidad/Tobago | $7,000 | -63.2% |
| 96. | St Kitts/Nevis | $7,000 | 0% |
| 97. | Estonia | $7,000 | -70.8% |
| 98. | Burundi | $7,000 | 0% |
| 99. | Iceland | $5,000 | +400% |
| 100. | Saudi Arabia | $5,000 | -68.8% |
| 101. | South Korea | $5,000 | -28.6% |
| 102. | Ukraine | $4,000 | +100% |
| 103. | Armenia | $4,000 | +100% |
| 104. | Uruguay | $4,000 | +33.3% |
| 105. | Belize | $3,000 | 0% |
| 106. | El Salvador | $2,000 | -33.3% |
| 107. | Suriname | $2,000 | 0% |
| 108. | Zambia | $2,000 | 0% |
| 109. | North Macedonia | $1,000 | 0% |
| 110. | Madagascar | $1,000 | -95% |
| 111. | Cambodia | $1,000 | -97.8% |
| 112. | Cayman Islands | $1,000 | 0% |
| 113. | Congo | $1,000 | 0% |
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 is available.
See also Pineapples Imports by Country, Bananas Exports by Country, Apples Exports by Country and Oranges Exports by Country
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Agricola Industrial La Lydia, The Real Golden Pineapple Costa Rica. Accessed on June 27, 2021
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on June 27, 2021
Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on June 27, 2021
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on June 27, 2021
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on June 27, 2021
List of Companies In Worldwide, List of Pineapple Companies. Accessed on June 27, 2021
