That dollar amount results from a 31% advance eclipsing $3.5 billion 5 years earlier in 2020.
Year over year, the value of exported jams grew by 1.9% compared to $4.5 billion one year earlier for 2023.
The 5 biggest sellers of jams on global markets are France, Italy, Türkiye, Germany and Spain. Collectively, those 5 leading suppliers generated over two-fifths (42.6%) of the overall value for all exported jams during 2024.
From a continental perspective, suppliers located in Europe generated the highest dollar value worth of exported jams during 2024 with shipments valued at $2.84 billion or 62% of the worldwide total. In second place were exporters in Asia at 19.9%.
Another 7.9% of jams supplied worldwide originated from Latin America excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, with a further 6.4% furnished by exporters based in North America.
Smaller percentages came from sellers in Africa (2.7%), then Oceania (1%) mostly New Zealand and Australia.
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 2007 encompassing jams, fruit jellies and marmalades.
Fruit Jams Exports by Country
Below are the 25 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of jams during 2024.
- France: US$600.8 million (13.1% of total exported jams)
- Italy: $435.3 million (9.5%)
- Türkiye: $364.9 million (8%)
- Germany: $295.4 million (6.4%)
- Spain: $255.1 million (5.6%)
- Belgium: $237.3 million (5.2%)
- Poland: $181.6 million (4%)
- Netherlands: $174 million (3.8%)
- Chile: $159.7 million (3.5%)
- United States: $146.6 million (3.2%)
- India: $135.1 million (2.9%)
- Greece: $116.5 million (2.5%)
- Austria: $111.3 million (2.4%)
- mainland China: $100.8 million (2.2%)
- Canada: $99.4 million (2.2%)
- Thailand: $62.1 million (1.4%)
- Costa Rica: $60.4 million (1.3%)
- Egypt: $54.5 million (1.2%)
- Ecuador: $54 million (1.2%)
- Denmark: $53.6 million (1.2%)
- Mexico: $46.7 million (1%)
- South Africa: $46.7 million (1%)
- United Kingdom: $41.5 million (0.9%)
- Russia: $39.3 million (0.9%)
- Serbia: $35.6 million (0.8%)
By value, the listed 25 countries shipped 85.2% of globally exported jams in 2024.
Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing exporters of jams since 2023 were: Costa Rica (up 35.9%), Poland (up 28%), Türkiye (up 24.1%) and Serbia (up 15.4%).
Those countries that posted declines in their international sales of jams were led by: Mexico (down -29.8% from 2023), Denmark (down -22.9%), South Africa (down -22.2%), India (down -21.8%) and Belgium (down -16.3%).
Countries Generating Best Trade Surpluses from Jams
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for jams during 2024. 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 jams and its import purchases for that same commodity.
- Türkiye: US$347 million (net export surplus up 23.5% since 2023)
- France: $332.9 million (up 0.4%)
- Italy: $291.6 million (up 7.3%)
- Spain: $159 million (up 16.5%)
- Chile: $136.4 million (down -15.3%)
- Poland: $124.4 million (up 28.7%)
- India: $123.2 million (down -25%)
- Belgium: $122.4 million (down -26.7%)
- Greece: $96.4 million (up 2.8%)
- Costa Rica: $52.4 million (up 37.7%)
- Thailand: $47.9 million (up 7.8%)
- Egypt: $43.1 million (up 15.8%)
- Ecuador: $37.6 million (down -7.4%)
- South Africa: $29.9 million (down -30.6%)
- Serbia: $26.9 million (up 14.8%)
World-leading jams supplier France generated the highest surplus in the international trade of jams. In turn, this positive cashflow confirms France’s strong competitive advantage for this specific product category.
Countries Causing Worst Trade Deficits from Jams
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for jams during 2024. 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 jams purchases and its exports for that same commodity.
- United States: -US$505.9 million (net export deficit up 1.2% since 2022)
- Germany: -$170.9 million (up 16.9%)
- United Kingdom: -$170.5 million (up 19.5%)
- Canada: -$99.7 million (up 2.7%)
- Australia: -$70.4 million (up 22.8%)
- Saudi Arabia: -$58.1 million (up 3.6%)
- Portugal: -$46.6 million (up 9.6%)
- South Korea: -$33.2 million (up 11.7%)
- Japan: -$32.2 million (down -19.8%)
- Finland: -$30.9 million (up 10.2%)
- Hong Kong: -$29.8 million (up 12.9%)
- United Arab Emirates: -$29.6 million (up 49.3%)
- Kazakhstan: -$29.6 million (down -5.7%)
- Israel: -$28.1 million (down -21%)
- Dominican Republic: -$25.5 million (up 14.4%)
The United States of America incurred the highest deficit in the international trade of jams. In turn, this negative cashflow highlights America’s competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for jams-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful consumer demand.
Fruit Jams Exporting Companies
According to global trading platform Alibaba, the following suppliers are examples of fruit jams-trading exporters. The home-country location for each business is shown within parentheses.
- AB Trading (France)
- Azienda Agricola Piccaratico (Italy)
- Big Brands Group SP Z O O Spolka Komandytowa (Poland)
- Dimitrov Handelsagentur E.K. (Germany)
- Guangzhou Yilin Foodstuff Co. (China)
- Helsan Gida Sanayi VE Ticaret Limited (Turkey)
- Mazda Limited (India)
- Minerve Trade (Belgium)
- Panarro Foods S.L. (Spain)
- Tenafly Ltd. (United Kingdom)
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Research Sources:
Alibaba, Supplier showroom for fruit jam. Accessed on October 3, 2025
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on October 3, 2025
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on October 3, 2025
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on October 3, 2025