The overall value of exported pesticides rose by an average 3.1% for all exporting countries from 5 years earlier in 2021 when pesticides shipments were valued at $44.2 billion.
Year over year, sales of globally exported pesticides rose 6.3% compared to $42.9 billion starting from 2024.
The 5 biggest exporters of pesticides onto global markets are mainland China, United States of America, India, France and Germany. Collectively, that cohort of major suppliers generated almost three-fifths (57.8%) of total international sales for exported pesticides during 2025.
Among continents, European countries posted the greatest sales from exported pesticides during 2025 with shipments valued at $19.3 billion or 42.5% of the global total. In second place were exporters located in Asia at 40.8% while another 11.2% of worldwide pesticides shipments originated from North America.
Smaller percentages came from sellers in Latin America (4.4%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Africa (0.8%), then Oceania (0.3%) led by Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.
Types of Exported Pesticides
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 3808 under which subcategories are herbicides (including anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators), insecticides, fungicides, disinfectants and rodenticides (plus other plant protection products).
Below is a breakdown of the most valuable types of pesticides exported in 2025. Not shown are miscellaneous subcategories with technical chemical components, which accounted for the remaining 3.5% of the global total.
- Herbicides: 34.7% of all exported pesticides
- Fungicides : 24.7%
- Insecticides : 24.6%
- Disinfectants : 8.2%
- Rodenticides, other plant protection items: 4.5%
Boasting the greatest percentage increase from 2024 were fungicides via a 13.1% acceleration.
The category of pesticides recording the most modest increase were rodenticides or other plant protection products, recording a 1.6% upturn in export sales from 2024 to 2025.
Top Pesticides Exporters
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of pesticides during 2025.
- mainland China: US$10.1 billion (22.2% of total exported pesticides)
- United States: $4.5 billion (9.9%)
- India: $4.1 billion (9%)
- France: $3.9 billion (8.6%)
- Germany: $3.7 billion (8.1%)
- Belgium: $2.2 billion (4.8%)
- Spain: $1.8 billion (3.9%)
- United Kingdom: $1.3 billion (2.8%)
- Italy: $1.2 billion (2.7%)
- Israel: $936.8 million (2.1%)
- South Korea: $864 million (1.9%)
- Poland: $856.5 million (1.9%)
- Hungary: $854.7 million (1.9%)
- Japan: $640.6 million (1.4%)
- Netherlands: $628.1 million (1.4%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 82.4% of globally exported pesticides in 2025.
Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing exporters of pesticides since 2024 were: Poland (up 24.6%), United Kingdom (up 17.1%), Italy (up 16.7%) and Israel (up 16.1%).
Major suppliers that posted year-over-year declines in their exported pesticides sales were: United States of America (down -7% from 2024), India (down -2.2%) and Japan (down -1.7%).
Searchable List of Pesticides Exporting Countries in 2025
The 100 key exporters of pesticides showcased in the following automated database sold 99.9% of the overall value for exported pesticides during 2025.
| Rank | Exporter | Pesticide Exports | 2024-5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mainland China | $10,137,055,000 | +12.6% |
| 2 | United States | $4,493,776,000 | -7% |
| 3 | India | $4,115,477,000 | -2.2% |
| 4 | France | $3,918,149,000 | +10.4% |
| 5 | Germany | $3,682,919,000 | +2.2% |
| 6 | Belgium | $2,203,225,000 | +11.7% |
| 7 | Spain | $1,767,701,000 | +13.2% |
| 8 | United Kingdom | $1,255,457,000 | +17.1% |
| 9 | Italy | $1,232,956,000 | +16.7% |
| 10 | Israel | $936,769,000 | +16.1% |
| 11 | South Korea | $863,976,000 | +14.1% |
| 12 | Poland | $856,530,000 | +24.6% |
| 13 | Hungary | $854,732,000 | +7.2% |
| 14 | Japan | $640,557,000 | -1.7% |
| 15 | Netherlands | $628,143,000 | +1.4% |
| 16 | Colombia | $608,942,000 | +20.1% |
| 17 | Brazil | $494,577,000 | +6.1% |
| 18 | Austria | $488,295,000 | +6.8% |
| 19 | Indonesia | $465,239,000 | -0.3% |
| 20 | Denmark | $434,627,000 | +26.3% |
| 21 | Mexico | $383,464,000 | +9.4% |
| 22 | Malaysia | $300,451,000 | -4.6% |
| 23 | Guatemala | $273,753,000 | +15.1% |
| 24 | Ireland | $252,447,000 | +9.3% |
| 25 | Singapore | $247,997,000 | -51% |
| 26 | Greece | $247,860,000 | +33.2% |
| 27 | South Africa | $245,168,000 | +2.6% |
| 28 | Thailand | $221,342,000 | +9.3% |
| 29 | Canada | $220,378,000 | +14.3% |
| 30 | Türkiye | $215,785,000 | +2.9% |
| 31 | Slovenia | $203,043,000 | +11.1% |
| 32 | Romania | $193,698,000 | +9.5% |
| 33 | Portugal | $182,838,000 | +21.1% |
| 34 | Taiwan | $178,478,000 | +7% |
| 35 | Czech Republic | $163,000,000 | +6.8% |
| 36 | Switzerland | $153,457,000 | +7.6% |
| 37 | Russia | $143,506,000 | +12.7% |
| 38 | Vietnam | $133,064,000 | +10.3% |
| 39 | Australia | $122,632,000 | -4.2% |
| 40 | Argentina | $119,514,000 | +37.9% |
| 41 | Costa Rica | $111,687,000 | +5.9% |
| 42 | Paraguay | $104,526,000 | -19.4% |
| 43 | Norway | $89,066,000 | +2.1% |
| 44 | Bulgaria | $80,422,000 | +8.5% |
| 45 | Chile | $73,518,000 | +5.6% |
| 46 | Uruguay | $57,501,000 | +1.3% |
| 47 | Sweden | $54,467,000 | -4.2% |
| 48 | Croatia | $53,717,000 | +41.8% |
| 49 | Serbia | $50,941,000 | +11.1% |
| 50 | El Salvador | $48,646,000 | +166.6% |
| 51 | Lithuania | $37,335,000 | -1.1% |
| 52 | Kenya | $36,268,000 | +8.6% |
| 53 | Panama | $35,176,000 | -11.4% |
| 54 | Luxembourg | $32,045,000 | +6.2% |
| 55 | United Arab Emirates | $30,268,000 | -53.2% |
| 56 | Peru | $29,170,000 | +7.7% |
| 57 | Ivory Coast | $27,493,000 | +1.7% |
| 58 | Hong Kong | $26,970,000 | +24.7% |
| 59 | Slovakia | $25,175,000 | +2.2% |
| 60 | Estonia | $22,168,000 | +32.7% |
| 61 | Egypt | $21,543,000 | +19% |
| 62 | New Zealand | $20,231,000 | -10.7% |
| 63 | Jordan | $16,675,000 | -67.8% |
| 64 | Saudi Arabia | $12,091,000 | +4.2% |
| 65 | Nigeria | $11,434,000 | -32.9% |
| 66 | Barbados | $11,348,000 | -5.1% |
| 67 | Finland | $11,153,000 | +1% |
| 68 | Tanzania | $10,736,000 | +40.6% |
| 69 | Ecuador | $9,111,000 | +23.2% |
| 70 | Pakistan | $9,041,000 | +112.1% |
| 71 | Dominican Republic | $8,554,000 | -4.5% |
| 72 | Iran | $8,456,000 | +22.1% |
| 73 | Trinidad/ Tobago | $8,241,000 | +0.2% |
| 74 | Ukraine | $7,942,000 | -22.1% |
| 75 | Latvia | $7,869,000 | -0.5% |
| 76 | Honduras | $7,407,000 | -15.1% |
| 77 | Kazakhstan | $6,937,000 | -27.4% |
| 78 | Zambia | $5,719,000 | +49.1% |
| 79 | Kyrgyzstan | $4,503,000 | +179.2% |
| 80 | Tunisia | $4,251,000 | -22.1% |
| 81 | Belarus | $4,126,000 | +18.3% |
| 82 | Philippines | $3,902,000 | +39.3% |
| 83 | Cambodia | $3,744,000 | -3.9% |
| 84 | Ghana | $3,741,000 | +49% |
| 85 | Oman | $3,371,000 | -45.8% |
| 86 | Kuwait | $3,320,000 | +25.4% |
| 87 | Morocco | $2,771,000 | -11.8% |
| 88 | Uganda | $2,594,000 | +53.2% |
| 89 | Senegal | $1,526,000 | -36.3% |
| 90 | Moldova | $1,404,000 | -28.3% |
| 91 | Armenia | $1,164,000 | +18.7% |
| 92 | Andorra | $874,000 | +3542% |
| 93 | Qatar | $861,000 | +6050% |
| 94 | Bangladesh | $804,000 | -2.7% |
| 95 | Cyprus | $766,000 | -26.4% |
| 96 | Eswatini | $735,000 | +362.3% |
| 97 | Bahrain | $727,000 | -56.4% |
| 98 | Azerbaijan | $629,000 | +477.1% |
| 99 | Algeria | $599,000 | +439.6% |
| 100 | Zimbabwe | $576,000 | +3.4% |
Focusing on the 100 major exporters, the greatest gainers were Qatar (up 6,050% from 2024), Andorra (up 3,542%), Azerbaijan (up 477.1%), Algeria (up 439.6%) then Eswatini (up 362.3%).
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Note that an entry of 0% in the right-most column means 2024 data was unavailable.
Countries Benefiting from Best Trade Surpluses for Pesticides
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for pesticides during 2025. 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 pesticides and its import purchases for that same commodity.
- mainland China: US$9.3 billion (net export surplus up 13.7% since 2024)
- United States: $2.8 billion (down -12.3%)
- India: $2.5 billion (down -5%)
- Germany: $1.9 billion (down -10%)
- France: $1.8 billion (up 19.1%)
- Belgium: $1.2 billion (up 12.5%)
- Israel: $781.4 million (up 14.8%)
- South Korea: $696.5 million (up 20.3%)
- Spain: $662.2 million (up 4.9%)
- United Kingdom: $391.3 million (up 50.2%)
- Hungary: $341 million (up 10.1%)
- Austria: $207.5 million (up 7.4%)
- Singapore: $164.5 million (down -58.7%)
- Japan: $120 million (down -29.1%)
- Slovenia: $99.5 million (up 11.4%)
World-leading pesticides supplier, mainland China, earned the highest surplus in the international trade of pesticides. In turn, this positive cashflow confirms strong Chinese competitive advantage for this specific product category.
Countries Experiencing Worst Trade Deficits for Pesticides
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for pesticides during 2025. 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 pesticides purchases and its exports for that same commodity.
- Brazil: -US$5.1 billion (net export deficit up 17.9% since 2024)
- Canada: -$1.9 billion (up 14.5%)
- Australia: -$1.1 billion (down -3.5%)
- Ukraine: -$670.3 million (down -20.4%)
- Vietnam: -$601.9 million (down -27.3%)
- Thailand: -$601.8 million (up 3.3%)
- Mexico: -$601.1 million (down -6%)
- Argentina: -$562.3 million (down -6.6%)
- Russia: -$443.2 million (up 10.2%)
- Romania: -$414.2 million (up 20.7%)
- Philippines: -$413.6 million (up 10.7%)
- Bangladesh: -$384 million (up 14%)
- Ecuador: -$376.3 million (up 14.8%)
- Peru: -$357.4 million (up 12.4%)
- Chile: -$347.6 million (up 23.9%)
South America’s biggest country both in terms of population and land area, Brazil incurred the highest deficit in the international trade of pesticides. In turn, this negative cashflow highlights Brazil’s competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for pesticides-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful demand.
Major Pesticides Classification Groups
Below are the major groupings for pesticides based on the Compendium of Pesticide Common Names.
- Acaricides
- Algicides
- Antifeedants
- Avicides
- Bactericides
- Bird repellents
- Chemical classes
- Chemosterilants
- Fungicides
- Herbicide safeners
- Herbicides
- Insect attractants
- Insect repellents
- Insecticides
- Mammal repellents
- Mating disrupters
- Miscellaneous
- Molluscicides
- Nematicides
- Plant activators
- Plant growth regulators
- Rodenticides
- Synergists
- Virucides
See also Top Soap Exporters by Country, Chemical Exports by Country, Top Fertilizers Exports by Country and Top Markets for Buying Imported Pharmaceutical Drugs
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