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Germany Becomes the Worlds Second Largest Tomato Importer After USA in 2021

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Friday, September 16, 2022
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In 2021, world tomato imports amounted to 8 million 327 thousand 560 tons.
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The United States, the world's largest tomato importing country, imported 1 million 939 thousand 750 tons of tomatoes in 2021, while Germany, which followed it, imported 725 thousand 800 tons of tomatoes.

Germany made 50.63% of these purchases from the Netherlands, 22.56% from Spain, and 8.97% from Morocco.

According to the United Nations Statistics Division (UN) COMTRADE data, in 2021 at an average unit price of 1.06 € in the world, with a value of 8 billion 860 million €; 8 million 327 thousand 560 tons of tomatoes were imported. 

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Top Importers

The United States, which has the largest share in world tomato imports, imported 1 million 939 thousand 750 tons of tomatoes in 2021, accounting for 23.29% of the world's tomato import alone.

Germany, which ranks second in tomato imports, realized 8.72% of world tomato imports with 725 thousand 800 tons of tomato import in 2021, while France, which ranks third, realized 6.17% with 513 thousand 760 tons.

The fourth largest buyer is Russia, 427 thousand tons, 5.13%; Pakistan accounts for 4.86% with 404 thousand 310 tons; Iraq accounts for 4.21% with 350 thousand 420 tons; England accounted for 4.02% with 334 thousand 780 tons; The Netherlands accounts for 2.92% with 243 thousand 490 tons; Canada accounted for 2,41% with 200 thousand 584 tons, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with 190 thousand 210 tons, 2.29% of the total imports.

According to these figures, USA, Germany and France, which are the three largest tomato buyer countries in the world, constitute 38.18% of total tomato imports.

Amounts Paid by Countries

While the United States paid a total of 2 billion 461 million 230 € at an average unit price of 1.27 € for the tomatoes purchased in 2021, Germany paid 1 billion 428 million 550 € at a unit price of 1.97 €, and France 690 million 800 € at a unit price of 1.34 €. thousand € has been paid.

Russia pays 407 million 720 thousand € with an average unit price of 0.95 €, Pakistan from 50 million 430 thousand € at an average price of 0.12 €, Iraq from 0.39 € to 135 million 440 thousand €, England from 1.57 € 526 million 130 thousand €, the Netherlands from 1.38 € to 335 million 870 thousand €, Canada from 1.35 € to 271 million 810 thousand € and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 0.47 € to 89 million 510 thousand € Made a purchase.

Among the ten largest tomato importing countries, Germany with 1.97 €, Netherlands with 1.38 € and Canada with 1.35 € made the best payment in terms of unit cost.

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America bought 1 million 754 thousand tons of imported tomatoes from Mexico. This figure corresponds to 90.42% of the tomato imports of the United States. America also imported 166 thousand 890 tons of tomatoes from Canada and 10 thousand 930 tons of tomatoes from the Dominican Republic.

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While the largest supplier of Germany was the Netherlands with 367 thousand 520 tons, this country was followed by Spain with 163 thousand 740 tons, Belgium with 65 thousand 80 tons and Morocco with 51 thousand 280 tons.

France, the third largest tomato importing country, purchased 357 thousand 120 tons from Morocco, 87 thousand 50 tons from Spain and 26 thousand 470 tons from Belgium.

Tomato Imports of Countries in 2021
Countries Kilogram Euro (€) Unit price %
United States of America 1,939,755,000 2,461,230,000 1,269 23.29
Germany 725,801,000 1,428,548,000 1,968 8.72
France 513,761,000 690,799,000 1,345 6.17
Russia 427,000.000 407,719,000 0.955 5.13
Pakistan 404,308,000 50,428,000 0.125 4.86
Iraq 350,421,000 135,440,000 0.387 4.21
England 334,783,000 526,130,000 1,572 4.02
Holland 243,492,000 335,873,000 1,379 2.92
Canada 200,584,000 271.808.000 1,355 2.41
United Arab Emirates 190,213,000 89,512,000 0.471 2.28
Saudi Arabia 180,553,000 134,885,000 0.747 2.17
Spain 178,161,000 156,345,000 0.878 2.14
Poland 172,779,000 269,333,000 1,559 2.07
Afghanistan 134,734,000 44,959,000 0.334 1.62
Syria 130,371,000 24,411,000 0.187 1.57
El Salvador 125,523,000 15,692,000 0.125 1.51
Italy 119,835,000 134,869,000 1.125 1.44
Ukraine 101,170,000 53,226,000 0.526 1.21
Bulgaria 99,723,000 67,798,000 0.68 1,2
Romania 92,561,000 113,749,000 1,229 1.11
Other 1.662.030.000 1,447,270,000 0.871 19.96
Total 8.327.561.000 8.860.024.000 1,064 one hundred