Cucumbers often serve an important culinary support role as crunchy ingredients for many food dishes, from garden salads to sweet pickles.
From a continental perspective, Europe sold the highest dollar worth of exported cucumbers during 2019 with shipments valued at $1.5 billion or 57.3% of the global total. In second place were North American exporters at 34.6% while 6.9% of international cucumbers sales originated from Asia. Smaller percentages came from Latin America (0.9%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Africa (0.3%) and Oceania (0.02%) mainly Australia and New Zealand.
For research purposes, the 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 070700 for fresh or chilled cucumbers and gherkins. Gerkhins refer to a small variety of cucumber or a young green cucumber used for pickling.
What Are The Top Cucumbers Exporting Countries?
Countries
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of cucumbers during 2019.
- Spain: US$689.4 million (26.9% of total exported cucumbers)
- Mexico: $541.9 million (21.1%)
- Netherlands: $521 million (20.3%)
- Canada: $281.3 million (11%)
- United States: $64.3 million (2.5%)
- China: $63.3 million (2.5%)
- Belgium: $43.1 million (1.7%)
- Turkey: $36.8 million (1.4%)
- Greece: $29.4 million (1.1%)
- Iran: $28.3 million (1.1%)
- Germany: $26.2 million (1%)
- Poland: $17.5 million (0.7%)
- France: $14.5 million (0.6%)
- Belarus: $14.1 million (0.5%)
- Honduras: $11.5 million (0.4%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 92.9% of global cucumbers exports in 2019.
Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing cucumbers exporters since 2015 were: Poland (up 158.6%), China (up 86.6%), Honduras (up 69.3%) and Canada (up 61.1%).
Those countries that posted declines in their exported cucumbers sales were led by: Iran (down -67.5%), Belarus (down -55.3%), Belgium (down -31.5%), France (down -26.1%) and Turkey (down -23.2%).
Advantages
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for cucumbers during 2019. 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 cucumbers and its import purchases for that same commodity.
- Spain: US$681.1 million (net export surplus up 30.7% since 2015)
- Mexico: $541.9 million (up 33%)
- Netherlands: $393.5 million (up 21.5%)
- Canada: $213.2 million (up 86%)
- China: $63.2 million (up 86.6%)
- Turkey: $36.7 million (down -23%)
- Greece: $28.9 million (up 20.4%)
- Iran: $28.3 million (down -67.5%)
- Honduras: $11.4 million (up 69.1%)
- Belarus: $11 million (down -5.3%)
- Dominican Republic: $10.4 million (up 6.5%)
- Albania: $9.9 million (up 164.7%)
- Jordan: $9.7 million (down -78.5%)
- Malaysia: $7.4 million (up 104.2%)
- Armenia: $6.3 million (up 121.5%)
Spain earned the highest surplus in the international trade of cucumbers. 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 cucumbers during 2019. 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 cucumbers purchases and its exports for that same commodity.
- United States: -US$815.7 million (net export deficit up 35.1% since 2015)
- Germany: -$565 million (up 16%)
- United Kingdom: -$213.9 million (up 17.3%)
- Russia: -$99.9 million (down -28.7%)
- France: -$60.6 million (up 10.8%)
- Czech Republic: -$58.5 million (up 32.8%)
- Poland: -$46.5 million (up 26.7%)
- Sweden: -$43.7 million (up 2.1%)
- Denmark: -$33.2 million (up 25%)
- Austria: -$29.1 million (up 29.4%)
- Switzerland: -$27.8 million (up 23.2%)
- Slovakia: -$16.8 million (up 56%)
- Norway: -$15.5 million (up 10.2%)
- Belgium: -$12.7 million (up 210.7%)
- Hong Kong: -$12.4 million (up 303.6%)
The United States of America incurred the highest deficit in the international trade of cucumbers. In turn, this negative cashflow highlights America’s strong competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for cucumbers-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful demand from American consumers.
Companies
Cucumbers Exporting Companies
According to global trading platform Alibaba, the following exporters are examples of cucumbers-trading exporters. The home-country location for each business is shown within parentheses.
- AA Group, S. COOP. (Spain)
- Aalia Gmbh (Germany)
- Beverages Development Kft (Hungary)
- Camill Alimentos S/A (United States)
- Harma Fruit Christos H. Kelesides & Partners (Greece)
- Immortal Produce Co. (Jordan)
- Jose Rene Silva Anguiano (Mexico)
- Milexim (Turkey)
- Yekta Novin (Mobin) (Iran)
- Yunnan Chuntian Agricultural Products Co. (China)
Searchable List of Cucumbers Exporting Countries in 2019
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| Rank | Exporter | Exported Cucumbers (US$) | %World Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Spain | $689,402,000 | 26.9% |
| 2. | Mexico | $541,873,000 | 21.1% |
| 3. | Netherlands | $520,980,000 | 20.3% |
| 4. | Canada | $281,307,000 | 11% |
| 5. | United States | $64,306,000 | 2.5% |
| 6. | China | $63,321,000 | 2.5% |
| 7. | Belgium | $43,127,000 | 1.7% |
| 8. | Turkey | $36,790,000 | 1.4% |
| 9. | Greece | $29,441,000 | 1.1% |
| 10. | Iran | $28,253,000 | 1.1% |
| 11. | Germany | $26,153,000 | 1% |
| 12. | Poland | $17,453,000 | 0.7% |
| 13. | France | $14,513,000 | 0.6% |
| 14. | Belarus | $14,072,000 | 0.5% |
| 15. | Honduras | $11,514,000 | 0.4% |
| 16. | Bulgaria | $11,201,000 | 0.4% |
| 17. | Austria | $10,834,000 | 0.4% |
| 18. | Italy | $10,689,000 | 0.4% |
| 19. | Dominican Republic | $10,357,000 | 0.4% |
| 20. | Albania | $10,101,000 | 0.4% |
| 21. | Serbia | $9,898,000 | 0.4% |
| 22. | Malaysia | $9,892,000 | 0.4% |
| 23. | Romania | $9,829,000 | 0.4% |
| 24. | Jordan | $9,747,000 | 0.4% |
| 25. | Armenia | $7,618,000 | 0.3% |
| 26. | Azerbaijan | $7,371,000 | 0.3% |
| 27. | Czech Republic | $6,273,000 | 0.2% |
| 28. | Kazakhstan | $6,006,000 | 0.2% |
| 29. | Slovenia | $5,826,000 | 0.2% |
| 30. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $5,365,000 | 0.2% |
| 31. | Croatia | $5,329,000 | 0.2% |
| 32. | Hungary | $5,091,000 | 0.2% |
| 33. | Russia | $4,611,000 | 0.2% |
| 34. | Morocco | $4,336,000 | 0.2% |
| 35. | Uzbekistan | $3,903,000 | 0.2% |
| 36. | North Macedonia | $3,777,000 | 0.1% |
| 37. | Ukraine | $3,439,000 | 0.1% |
| 38. | United Kingdom | $3,110,000 | 0.1% |
| 39. | Lithuania | $2,833,000 | 0.1% |
| 40. | Latvia | $2,414,000 | 0.1% |
| 41. | South Africa | $1,732,000 | 0.1% |
| 42. | Estonia | $1,458,000 | 0.1% |
| 43. | Saudi Arabia | $1,154,000 | 0.04% |
| 44. | Georgia | $1,113,000 | 0.04% |
| 45. | Slovakia | $1,043,000 | 0.04% |
| 46. | Denmark | $819,000 | 0.03% |
| 47. | Ecuador | $549,000 | 0.02% |
| 48. | Egypt | $467,000 | 0.02% |
| 49. | India | $466,000 | 0.02% |
| 50. | Portugal | $416,000 | 0.02% |
| 51. | Thailand | $411,000 | 0.02% |
| 52. | Guatemala | $400,000 | 0.02% |
| 53. | Ireland | $342,000 | 0.01% |
| 54. | Luxembourg | $342,000 | 0.01% |
| 55. | Australia | $307,000 | 0.01% |
| 56. | Sweden | $305,000 | 0.01% |
| 57. | New Zealand | $262,000 | 0.01% |
| 58. | Pakistan | $210,000 | 0.01% |
| 59. | South Korea | $210,000 | 0.01% |
| 60. | Turkmenistan | $199,000 | 0.01% |
| 61. | Finland | $187,000 | 0.01% |
| 62. | Brazil | $128,000 | 0.005% |
| 63. | Lebanon | $120,000 | 0.005% |
| 64. | Colombia | $86,000 | 0.003% |
| 65. | Israel | $85,000 | 0.003% |
| 66. | Iceland | $80,000 | 0.003% |
| 67. | Kyrgyzstan | $57,000 | 0.002% |
| 68. | Indonesia | $39,000 | 0.002% |
| 69. | Vietnam | $39,000 | 0.002% |
| 70. | Namibia | $36,000 | 0.001% |
| 71. | Afghanistan | $36,000 | 0.001% |
| 72. | Hong Kong | $32,000 | 0.001% |
| 73. | Dominica | $28,000 | 0.001% |
| 74. | Bangladesh | $26,000 | 0.001% |
| 75. | Moldova | $24,000 | 0.001% |
| 76. | Taiwan | $19,000 | 0.001% |
| 77. | Mauritania | $19,000 | 0.001% |
| 78. | Tajikistan | $13,000 | 0.001% |
| 79. | Singapore | $10,000 | 0.0004% |
| 80. | Saint Lucia | $8,000 | 0.0003% |
| 81. | Chile | $8,000 | 0.0003% |
| 82. | Trinidad/Tobago | $7,000 | 0.0003% |
| 83. | Switzerland | $6,000 | 0.0002% |
| 84. | Peru | $6,000 | 0.0002% |
| 85. | Japan | $6,000 | 0.0002% |
| 86. | Montenegro | $5,000 | 0.0002% |
| 87. | Suriname | $4,000 | 0.0002% |
| 88. | Costa Rica | $4,000 | 0.0002% |
| 89. | Norway | $3,000 | 0.0001% |
| 90. | Tunisia | $3,000 | 0.0001% |
| 91. | Senegal | $3,000 | 0.0001% |
| 92. | Rwanda | $2,000 | 0.0001% |
| 93. | Mozambique | $2,000 | 0.0001% |
| 94. | Uganda | $2,000 | 0.0001% |
| 95. | United Arab Emirates | $2,000 | 0.0001% |
| 96. | Antigua/Barbuda | $2,000 | 0.0001% |
| 97. | Argentina | $2,000 | 0.0001% |
| 98. | Botswana | $2,000 | 0.0001% |
| 99. | Barbados | $2,000 | 0.0001% |
| 100. | Kenya | $2,000 | 0.0001% |
| 101. | Sri Lanka | $1,000 | 0.00004% |
| 102. | Syria | $1,000 | 0.00004% |
| 103. | Sudan | $1,000 | 0.00004% |
| 104. | Mali | $1,000 | 0.00004% |
See also Onion Exports by Country, Soya Beans Exports by Country, Asparagus Exports by Country and Top Sweet Pepper and Chili Pepper Exports
Research Sources:
Alibaba, Supplier information for cucumbers. Accessed on April 20, 2020
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on April 20, 2020
Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on April 20, 2020
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on April 20, 2020
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on April 20, 2020
Wikipedia, Cucumber. Accessed on April 20, 2020
