Sweet potatoes | Imports and Exports | 2023

In 2023, the world imports of "Sweet potatoes" exceeded $756 million (according to external trade statistics of 119 countries). It was $614 million in the previous year (according to merchandise trade statistics of 122 countries).

There are no trade data (2023) for such importers as Latvia (0.173% of the world imports in 2022), Nepal (0.032%), State of Palestine (0.01%), Trinidad and Tobago (0.009%), Bermuda (0.006%), Korea (0.006%), Mongolia (0.005%), India (0.004%), Lesotho (0.004%), French Polynesia (0.002%), Cambodia (0.001%)

Top importers of Sweet potatoes in 2023

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

• Netherlands - 21% of the world imports ($159 million)
• United Kingdom - 11.6% ($88 million)
• Canada - 8.43% ($63 million)
• Germany - 8.26% ($62 million)
• France - 7.87% ($59 million)

«Sweet potatoes» accounted for a substantial share of total imports of

• Montserrat - 0.028% of Montserrat's total imports in 2023 ($13.4 thousand of $47 million)
• Antigua and Barbuda - 0.024% ($167 thousand of $669 million)
• Netherlands - 0.024% ($159 million of $664 billion)
• Maldives - 0.021% ($742 thousand of $3.48 billion)
• The Bahamas - 0.017% ($718 thousand of $4.18 billion)
• Iceland - 0.015% ($1.45 million of $9.47 billion)
• Seychelles - 0.015% ($220 thousand of $1.46 billion)
• Canada - 0.011% ($63 million of $558 billion)

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

• Imports to Belgium from Netherlands (4.01% of the world imports, $30 million according to external trade statistics of Belgium)
• Imports to Canada from USA (7.27% of the world imports, $55 million according to external trade statistics of Canada)
• Imports to France from Netherlands (3.22% of the world imports, $24 million according to external trade statistics of France)
• Imports to Germany from USA (3.04% of the world imports, $23 million according to external trade statistics of Germany)
• Imports to Netherlands from Egypt (7.32% of the world imports, $55 million according to external trade statistics of Netherlands)
• Imports to Netherlands from USA (9.41% of the world imports, $71 million according to external trade statistics of Netherlands)
• Imports to Saudi Arabia from Egypt (2.08% of the world imports, $15.8 million according to external trade statistics of Saudi Arabia)
• Imports to United Kingdom from Egypt (3.81% of the world imports, $28 million according to external trade statistics of United Kingdom)
• Imports to United Kingdom from USA (4.7% of the world imports, $35 million according to external trade statistics of United Kingdom)
• Imports to USA from China (2.42% of the world imports, $18.3 million according to external trade statistics of USA)

In 2023, the world exports of "Sweet potatoes" exceeded $680 million (according to external trade statistics of 90 countries). It was $619 million in the previous year (according to merchandise trade statistics of 95 countries).

There are no trade data (2023) for such exporters as Vietnam (4.78% of the world exports in 2022), Korea (0.317%), Argentina (0.104%), Latvia (0.056%), State of Palestine (0.043%), Senegal (0.004%), Nigeria (0.001%)

Top exporters of Sweet potatoes in 2023

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

• Netherlands - 26% of the world exports ($177 million)
• USA - 25% ($170 million)
• Egypt - 18.7% ($127 million)
• Spain - 4.43% ($30 million)
• Canada - 3.74% ($25 million)

«Sweet potatoes» accounted for a substantial share of total exports of

• Dominica - 2.7% of Dominica's total exports in 2023 ($596 thousand of $22 million)
• Egypt - 0.303% ($127 million of $42 billion)
• Jamaica - 0.164% ($3.28 million of $2 billion)
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 0.154% ($63 thousand of $40 million)
• Dominican Republic - 0.078% ($9.32 million of $11.9 billion)
• Portugal - 0.024% ($20 million of $83 billion)
• Netherlands - 0.023% ($177 million of $741 billion)

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

• Exports from Egypt to Netherlands: (5.94% of the world exports, $40 million according to external trade statistics of Egypt)
• Exports from Egypt to Saudi Arabia: (2.28% of the world exports, $15.5 million according to external trade statistics of Egypt)
• Exports from Egypt to United Kingdom: (3.4% of the world exports, $23 million according to external trade statistics of Egypt)
• Exports from Netherlands to Belgium: (5.35% of the world exports, $36 million according to external trade statistics of Netherlands)
• Exports from Netherlands to France: (3.08% of the world exports, $21 million according to external trade statistics of Netherlands)
• Exports from Netherlands to Germany: (8.01% of the world exports, $54 million according to external trade statistics of Netherlands)
• Exports from Spain to France: (2.24% of the world exports, $15.2 million according to external trade statistics of Spain)
• Exports from USA to Canada: (8.67% of the world exports, $59 million according to external trade statistics of USA)
• Exports from USA to Netherlands: (8.57% of the world exports, $58 million according to external trade statistics of USA)
• Exports from USA to United Kingdom: (4.78% of the world exports, $32 million according to external trade statistics of USA)