Pumpkin exports by country totaled US$1.6 billion in 2020, up by 33.7% for all pumpkin shippers over the five-year period starting in 2016.
From 2019 to 2020, the value of globally exported pumpkins rose 18.7%.
The 5 biggest exporters of pumpkins during 2020 were Mexico, Spain, United States, Netherlands and New Zealand. That quintet of leading pumpkin suppliers accounted for 77.1% of the total value of pumpkins sold on international markets. So high a percentage indicates a concentrated set of sellers.
Among continents, suppliers in European countries accounted for the highest dollar worth of exported pumpkin during 2020 with shipments valued at $715.7 million or 44.6% of the global total. In second place were North American exporters at 40% well ahead of the 6.3% worldwide shipments of pumpkins originating from Asia.
Smaller percentages came from Oceania (3.8%) led by New Zealand, Africa (3.1%) and Latin America (2.2%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean.
For research purposes, the 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 070993 for pumpkins including other types of squash and gourds.
Pumpkin Exports by Country
Countries
Below are the 15 countries that sold the highest dollar value worth of exported pumpkins during 2020.
- Mexico: US$551.4 million (34.4% of total exported pumpkins)
- Spain: $502.4 million (31.3%)
- United States: $66.8 million (4.2%)
- Netherlands: $63.6 million (4%)
- New Zealand: $52.6 million (3.3%)
- Turkey: $51.1 million (3.2%)
- Italy: $43.6 million (2.7%)
- France: $36.8 million (2.3%)
- Morocco: $32.4 million (2%)
- Portugal: $26.5 million (1.7%)
- Canada: $23 million (1.4%)
- China: $22.4 million (1.4%)
- South Africa: $14 million (0.9%)
- Germany: $11.3 million (0.7%)
- Belgium: $8.7 million (0.5%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 93.9% of globally exported pumpkins in 2020.
Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing exporters of pumpkins since 2019 were: South Africa (up 54.7%), Mexico (up 29.9%), New Zealand (up 28.1%) and Spain (up 23.5%).
Two top suppliers posted declines in their international sales of pumpkins, namely Morocco (down -24.1%) and Germany (down -5.6%).
Advantages
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for pumpkins 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 exported pumpkins and its import purchases for that same commodity.
- Mexico: US$549.7 million (net export surplus up 29.5% since 2019)
- Spain: $472.5 million (up 23.4%)
- New Zealand: $52.2 million (up 32.8%)
- Turkey: $51 million (up 6%)
- Morocco: $32.4 million (down -24.1%)
- China: $17.1 million (up 11.1%)
- South Africa: $13.2 million (up 56.6%)
- Portugal: $13.2 million (down -14.3%)
- Italy: $9.5 million (up 27.9%)
- Costa Rica: $8.2 million (up 32.2%)
- Honduras: $7.2 million (up 248%)
- Brazil: $5.6 million (up 134%)
- India: $5.5 million (up 279.8%)
- Australia: $4.3 million (up 22.6%)
- Dominican Republic: $4.1 million (up 1.8%)
Overtaking Spain since 2019, Mexico generated the highest surplus in the international trade of pumpkin. In turn, this positive cashflow confirms strong Mexican and Spanish competitive advantages for this specific product category.
Opportunities
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for pumpkins 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 imported pumpkin purchases and its exports for that same commodity.
- United States: -US$463.1 million (net export deficit up 21.3% since 2019)
- Germany: -$174.3 million (up 38.6%)
- France: -$168.1 million (up 30%)
- United Kingdom: -$103.3 million (up 29%)
- Japan: -$67.2 million (down -9.5%)
- Canada: -$43.8 million (up 23.7%)
- Russia: -$32.8 million (down -13.2%)
- Austria: -$26.4 million (up 14.2%)
- Belgium: -$24.9 million (up 31.8%)
- Poland: -$24.3 million (up 33%)
- Netherlands: -$22.1 million (up 161.2%)
- Singapore: -$20.1 million (up 4.6%)
- Qatar: -$15.2 million (up 4.5%)
- Sweden: -$12.6 million (up 14.4%)
- South Korea: -$11.1 million (down -24.6%)
The United States of America incurred the highest deficit in the international trade of pumpkins. In turn, this negative cashflow highlights America’s competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for pumpkin-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful consumer demand.
Companies
Pumpkin Exporting Companies
According to global trading platform Alibaba, the following suppliers are examples of pumpkin-trading exporters. The home-country location for each business is shown within parentheses.
- AB2T (France)
- Shouguang Peiling Vegetable & Food Co. (China)
- Alfafood GmbH (Germany)
- Algo Imports & Exports (United States)
- HBE Trading (Netherlands)
- Integrow Marketing Ltd (New Zealand)
- Minerve Trade (Belgium)
- Oyewale Akinpelumi (Turkey)
- Sotrapex (Portugal)
- W Agripacking S.A DE C.V (Mexico)
Searchable List of Pumpkin Exporting Countries in 2020
The 100 international suppliers showcased in the automated database below collected 99.996% of the overall revenues for globally exported pumpkins.
| Rank | Exporter | Pumpkin Exports (US$) | 2019-20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mexico | $551,369,000 | +29.9% |
| 2. | Spain | $502,419,000 | +23.5% |
| 3. | United States | $66,788,000 | +17.6% |
| 4. | Netherlands | $63,577,000 | +7.5% |
| 5. | New Zealand | $52,637,000 | +28.1% |
| 6. | Turkey | $51,090,000 | +6% |
| 7. | Italy | $43,601,000 | +15.2% |
| 8. | France | $36,846,000 | +0.9% |
| 9. | Morocco | $32,445,000 | -24.1% |
| 10. | Portugal | $26,486,000 | +4.3% |
| 11. | Canada | $22,990,000 | +11% |
| 12. | China | $22,403,000 | +0.7% |
| 13. | South Africa | $13,998,000 | +54.7% |
| 14. | Germany | $11,307,000 | -5.6% |
| 15. | Belgium | $8,741,000 | +9.1% |
| 16. | Costa Rica | $8,190,000 | +32.2% |
| 17. | Honduras | $7,238,000 | +248.5% |
| 18. | Brazil | $5,680,000 | +138.5% |
| 19. | India | $5,466,000 | +279.8% |
| 20. | Australia | $4,344,000 | +22.7% |
| 21. | Dominican Republic | $4,140,000 | +1.2% |
| 22. | Poland | $3,830,000 | +42.7% |
| 23. | Malaysia | $3,610,000 | -7.7% |
| 24. | South Korea | $3,348,000 | +68.8% |
| 25. | Austria | $3,060,000 | +22.4% |
| 26. | Argentina | $2,777,000 | +21.5% |
| 27. | New Caledonia | $2,366,000 | +28.9% |
| 28. | Bangladesh | $2,354,000 | -56% |
| 29. | Iran | $2,324,000 | -68.3% |
| 30. | Panama | $2,303,000 | -20.8% |
| 31. | Peru | $2,245,000 | +29.5% |
| 32. | United Kingdom | $2,068,000 | +11.1% |
| 33. | Pakistan | $1,991,000 | +204.9% |
| 34. | Albania | $1,971,000 | +123% |
| 35. | Tonga | $1,570,000 | -51.6% |
| 36. | Czech Republic | $1,565,000 | +2% |
| 37. | Myanmar | $1,540,000 | +133.7% |
| 38. | Vietnam | $1,536,000 | -25.1% |
| 39. | Guatemala | $1,500,000 | +47.3% |
| 40. | Bulgaria | $1,445,000 | +36.4% |
| 41. | Hungary | $1,136,000 | -26.1% |
| 42. | Slovenia | $1,093,000 | +49.9% |
| 43. | Japan | $1,071,000 | +43% |
| 44. | Greece | $991,000 | -59.5% |
| 45. | Egypt | $965,000 | +80.4% |
| 46. | Latvia | $931,000 | +8.9% |
| 47. | Ukraine | $777,000 | +47.7% |
| 48. | Luxembourg | $730,000 | -14.7% |
| 49. | Namibia | $640,000 | +36.5% |
| 50. | Senegal | $614,000 | +38.9% |
| 51. | Tunisia | $607,000 | -53.5% |
| 52. | Lebanon | $598,000 | +6.8% |
| 53. | Ghana | $575,000 | +9483.3% |
| 54. | Slovakia | $545,000 | -1.8% |
| 55. | Syrian Arab Republic | $515,000 | -29.5% |
| 56. | Lithuania | $515,000 | +2% |
| 57. | Denmark | $504,000 | -13.7% |
| 58. | Croatia | $483,000 | +184.1% |
| 59. | Oman | $476,000 | -64.3% |
| 60. | Singapore | $463,000 | +22.5% |
| 61. | Russia | $454,000 | +42.8% |
| 62. | Armenia | $427,000 | -15.9% |
| 63. | Israel | $376,000 | -25.4% |
| 64. | Hong Kong | $373,000 | -65.7% |
| 65. | Jamaica | $361,000 | +13.5% |
| 66. | Indonesia | $337,000 | +62% |
| 67. | Uzbekistan | $255,000 | -90% |
| 68. | Colombia | $234,000 | -0.4% |
| 69. | Uruguay | $232,000 | +58.9% |
| 70. | Sri Lanka | $192,000 | -47.4% |
| 71. | North Macedonia | $153,000 | +363.6% |
| 72. | Thailand | $153,000 | +12.5% |
| 73. | Romania | $115,000 | -16.7% |
| 74. | Guyana | $108,000 | +100% |
| 75. | Uganda | $107,000 | -76.5% |
| 76. | Haiti | $89,000 | +12.7% |
| 77. | Kazakhstan | $88,000 | +2.3% |
| 78. | Ethiopia | $80,000 | +150% |
| 79. | Sweden | $80,000 | +66.7% |
| 80. | Chile | $71,000 | -94.1% |
| 81. | Kyrgyzstan | $59,000 | +25.5% |
| 82. | Serbia | $59,000 | -76.3% |
| 83. | Belize | $58,000 | +163.6% |
| 84. | Finland | $52,000 | -27.8% |
| 85. | Ireland | $50,000 | -28.6% |
| 86. | Kenya | $49,000 | -47.9% |
| 87. | Philippines | $49,000 | -18.3% |
| 88. | Madagascar | $47,000 | +95.8% |
| 89. | Nicaragua | $40,000 | -80.5% |
| 90. | Estonia | $37,000 | -11.9% |
| 91. | Belarus | $36,000 | -80.3% |
| 92. | Trinidad/Tobago | $33,000 | -60.2% |
| 93. | Georgia | $30,000 | +50% |
| 94. | Taiwan | $28,000 | +64.7% |
| 95. | El Salvador | $25,000 | -56.1% |
| 96. | United Arab Emirates | $18,000 | -99.3% |
| 97. | Fiji | $14,000 | +7.7% |
| 98. | Saint Lucia | $13,000 | same |
| 99. | Jordan | $12,000 | -88.2% |
| 100. | Cameroon | $11,000 | +37.5% |
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of the columns. An entry reading ‘same’ in the right-most column means that there was no change from 2019 to 2020.
See also Pumpkin Imports by Country, Pineapples Exports by Country, Apples Exports by Country and Oranges Exports by Country
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Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on September 30, 2021
Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on September 30, 2021
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Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on September 30, 2021
Wikipedia, Pumpkin. Accessed on September 30, 2021
