Butter | Imports and Exports | 2023

In 2023, the world imports of "Butter" exceeded $8.03 billion (according to external trade statistics of 134 countries). It was $8.68 billion in the previous year (according to merchandise trade statistics of 139 countries).

There are no trade data (2023) for such importers as Korea (1.84% of the world imports in 2022), Latvia (0.325%), Vietnam (0.304%), Trinidad and Tobago (0.039%), Angola (0.036%), Mongolia (0.028%), State of Palestine (0.02%), Bermuda (0.019%), Cambodia (0.014%), Nepal (0.004%), Timor-Leste (0.002%), Rwanda (0.001%)

Top importers of Butter in 2023

The world's largest importers of this commodity group in 2023:

• France - 15.3% of the world imports ($1.23 billion)
• Germany - 9.6% ($772 million)
• Netherlands - 9.39% ($755 million)
• China - 7.67% ($616 million)
• USA - 6.29% ($505 million)

«Butter» accounted for a substantial share of total imports of

• Samoa - 0.556% of Samoa's total imports in 2023 ($2.63 million of $473 million)
• Azerbaijan - 0.514% ($88 million of $17.2 billion)
• Bahrain - 0.485% ($74 million of $15.3 billion)
• Fiji - 0.276% ($8.57 million of $3.1 billion)
• Maldives - 0.252% ($8.8 million of $3.48 billion)
• Seychelles - 0.242% ($3.56 million of $1.46 billion)
• French Polynesia - 0.242% ($5.58 million of $2.3 billion)
• Georgia - 0.23% ($35 million of $15.6 billion)

According to statistics provided by the major importers, the largest flows of imports of «Butter» in 2023:

• Imports to Belgium from Netherlands (2.53% of the world imports, $203 million according to external trade statistics of Belgium)
• Imports to China from New Zealand (6.3% of the world imports, $506 million according to external trade statistics of China)
• Imports to France from Belgium (3.54% of the world imports, $284 million according to external trade statistics of France)
• Imports to France from Netherlands (7.84% of the world imports, $630 million according to external trade statistics of France)
• Imports to Germany from Ireland (4.9% of the world imports, $394 million according to external trade statistics of Germany)
• Imports to Germany from Netherlands (3.02% of the world imports, $243 million according to external trade statistics of Germany)
• Imports to Netherlands from Germany (2.79% of the world imports, $224 million according to external trade statistics of Netherlands)
• Imports to Netherlands from Ireland (2.36% of the world imports, $190 million according to external trade statistics of Netherlands)
• Imports to United Kingdom from Ireland (2.25% of the world imports, $181 million according to external trade statistics of United Kingdom)
• Imports to USA from Ireland (4.33% of the world imports, $348 million according to external trade statistics of USA)

In 2023, the world exports of "Butter" exceeded $8.65 billion (according to external trade statistics of 104 countries). It was $9.3 billion in the previous year (according to merchandise trade statistics of 112 countries).

There are no trade data (2023) for such exporters as Latvia (0.046% of the world exports in 2022), Angola (0.002%), Mauritius (0.001%)

Top exporters of Butter in 2023

The world's largest exporters of this commodity group in 2023:

• Netherlands - 18.5% of the world exports ($1.6 billion)
• New Zealand - 17.6% ($1.52 billion)
• Ireland - 16% ($1.39 billion)
• Germany - 8.31% ($720 million)
• Belgium - 8.17% ($707 million)

«Butter» accounted for a substantial share of total exports of

• New Zealand - 3.61% of New Zealand's total exports in 2023 ($1.52 billion of $42 billion)
• Ireland - 0.654% ($1.39 billion of $212 billion)
• Uruguay - 0.501% ($46 million of $9.19 billion)
• Denmark - 0.314% ($428 million of $136 billion)

According to statistics provided by the major exporters, the largest flows of exports of «Butter» in 2023:

• Exports from Belgium to France: (3.75% of the world exports, $325 million according to external trade statistics of Belgium)
• Exports from Germany to Netherlands: (2.56% of the world exports, $221 million according to external trade statistics of Germany)
• Exports from Ireland to France: (1.81% of the world exports, $157 million according to external trade statistics of Ireland)
• Exports from Ireland to Netherlands: (4.52% of the world exports, $391 million according to external trade statistics of Ireland)
• Exports from Ireland to United Kingdom: (2.16% of the world exports, $187 million according to external trade statistics of Ireland)
• Exports from Ireland to USA: (3.85% of the world exports, $333 million according to external trade statistics of Ireland)
• Exports from Netherlands to France: (5.9% of the world exports, $511 million according to external trade statistics of Netherlands)
• Exports from Netherlands to Germany: (6.64% of the world exports, $575 million according to external trade statistics of Netherlands)
• Exports from New Zealand to Australia: (1.92% of the world exports, $166 million according to external trade statistics of New Zealand)
• Exports from New Zealand to China: (5.49% of the world exports, $475 million according to external trade statistics of New Zealand)