Buyer intelligence · importing countries · fresh fruit and vegetables
Fresh produce import markets ranked by verified origin flows (2024 data)
Short answer
- Fifteen importing countries, ranked by what they themselves reported importing in 2024 from Peru (premium fruit and asparagus), Ecuador (bananas) and Kenya (horticulture).
- The United States, the Netherlands, Germany, China, Spain and the United Kingdom each reported over USD 500 m of these in-scope imports.
- Origin reports agree on the main destinations: MIDAGRI's 2024 top-10 for Peru, the KNBS/AFA 2024 horticulture table for Kenya and PIB's FY 2024-25 seafood destinations for India.
- A trade flow is not market access. Each market page links the authority that sets current rules.
Priority by evidence
| Market | Priority | Verified in-scope produce imports, USD m | Largest in-scope flow | Origin-report evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 3,648.8 | Peru — Blueberries and other Vaccinium, fresh | Peru #1 · Kenya #17 · India seafood |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1,334.2 | Peru — Avocados | Peru #2 · Kenya #1 · India seafood |
| Germany | 1 | 776.2 | Ecuador — Bananas (excl. plantains) | Peru #8 · Kenya #6 · India seafood |
| China | 1 | 698.1 | Peru — Blueberries and other Vaccinium, fresh | Peru #9 · India seafood |
| Spain | 1 | 617.1 | Peru — Avocados | Peru #3 · Kenya #8 · India seafood |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 581.7 | Peru — Blueberries and other Vaccinium, fresh | Peru #4 · Kenya #2 |
| France | 2 | 452.1 | Peru — Avocados | Kenya #4 · India seafood |
| Canada | 2 | 372.1 | Peru — Blueberries and other Vaccinium, fresh | Peru #10 |
| Chile | 2 | 241.9 | Ecuador — Bananas (excl. plantains) | Peru #5 |
| Italy | 2 | 229.9 | Ecuador — Bananas (excl. plantains) | Kenya #11 · India seafood |
| United Arab Emirates (2023 data) | 2 | 152.1 | Ecuador — Bananas (excl. plantains) | Kenya #3 · India seafood |
| Mexico | 2 | 136.5 | Peru — Table grapes, fresh | Peru #6 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | 44.4 | Ecuador — Bananas (excl. plantains) | Kenya #7 · India seafood |
| Belgium | 3 | 39.5 | Ecuador — Bananas (excl. plantains) | Kenya #16 · India seafood |
| Qatar | 3 | 11.2 | Ecuador — Bananas (excl. plantains) | Kenya #12 · India seafood |
- Priority 1 — over USD 500 m verified in-scope produce imports
- Priority 2 — USD 100–500 m
- Priority 3 — under USD 100 m
Japan is covered separately: Japan import intelligence and the Japan import checklist.
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Sources and method
- UN Comtrade Database — importer-reported imports by partner, annual, HS six-digit — United Nations Statistics Division, accessed 2026-10-26
- Agroexportaciones cierran el 2024 con un récord de US$ 12,798 millones (ten main destination countries) — MIDAGRI, Peru, 2025-02-11
- National Agriculture Production Report 2025, Table 4.11: Top 20 horticultural export destinations (AFA data, 2024 provisional) — Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, 2025-10
- India's Seafood Exports: From Growth to Global Competitiveness (FY 2024-25 destinations) — Press Information Bureau, Government of India, 2026-04-03
Trade figures are importer-reported (UN Comtrade public API, retrieved 26 Oct 2026), 2024 except the UAE (2023, the latest it had reported). Rows under USD 0.5 m are omitted. HS codes may group several products. In scope this round: Peruvian blueberries, grapes, avocados, mangoes, mandarins and asparagus; Ecuadorian bananas; Kenyan avocados, beans, mangoes and other vegetables. Colombian flows are shown but not yet offered as a sourcing lane. Shrimp is context only. Other recorded flows (for example Indian grapes) are outside this round. Not legal advice.