In 2023, the world imports of "Saffron" exceeded $256 million (according to external trade statistics of 125 countries). It was $205 million in the previous year (according to merchandise trade statistics of 129 countries).
There are no trade data (2023) for such importers as Vietnam (0.117% of the world imports in 2022), Korea (0.037%), Nepal (0.032%), Angola (0.028%), Latvia (0.01%), Cambodia (0.007%), Bermuda (0.007%), Trinidad and Tobago (0.003%)
The world's largest importers of this commodity group in 2023:
«Saffron» accounted for a substantial share of total imports of
According to statistics provided by the major importers, the largest flows of imports of «Saffron» in 2023:
In 2023, the world exports of "Saffron" exceeded $95 million (according to external trade statistics of 75 countries). It was $99 million in the previous year (according to merchandise trade statistics of 74 countries).
The world's largest exporters of this commodity group in 2023:
«Saffron» accounted for a substantial share of total exports of
According to statistics provided by the major exporters, the largest flows of exports of «Saffron» in 2023:
| Reporter | 091020. Saffron | |||
| Exports | Imports | |||
| 2023 | 2023 | |||
| Value (US$) | World Share ($), % | Value (US$) | World Share ($), % | |
| Spain | 55,324,101.33 | 58.21 | 45,217,289.26 | 17.62 |
| United Arab Emirates | 13,238,908.64 | 13.93 | 19,147,797.59 | 7.46 |
| Portugal | 3,804,361.46 | 4.00 | 4,123,096.74 | 1.60 |
| France | 3,694,668.92 | 3.88 | 10,782,546.91 | 4.20 |
| Netherlands | 3,271,394.42 | 3.44 | 1,539,696.23 | 0.60 |
| Poland | 2,004,804.00 | 2.10 | 1,282,733.00 | 0.49 |
| Greece | 1,856,949.10 | 1.95 | 108,407.99 | 0.04 |
| Italy | 1,505,995.25 | 1.58 | 14,375,245.72 | 5.60 |
| Germany | 1,251,337.03 | 1.31 | 4,986,975.22 | 1.94 |
| Oman | 1,214,325.09 | 1.27 | 3,615,786.73 | 1.40 |
| Belgium | 1,130,425.29 | 1.18 | 2,101,622.58 | 0.81 |
| Austria | 1,036,413.27 | 1.09 | 992,417.53 | 0.38 |
| USA | 950,114.00 | 0.99 | 18,285,472.00 | 7.12 |
| Switzerland | 904,406.89 | 0.95 | 3,893,415.26 | 1.51 |
| India | 628,128.24 | 0.66 | 36,066,114.99 | 14.05 |
| Czech Republic | 522,601.00 | 0.54 | 512,409.00 | 0.19 |
| China | 324,846.00 | 0.34 | 26,514,614.00 | 10.33 |
| Morocco | 294,730.07 | 0.31 | 17,265.28 | 0.00 |
| United Kingdom | 291,893.89 | 0.30 | 5,124,909.35 | 1.99 |
| Saudi Arabia | 259,218.92 | 0.27 | 19,497,592.84 | 7.59 |
| Singapore | 253,720.36 | 0.26 | 642,580.74 | 0.25 |
| Turkey | 182,283.00 | 0.19 | 414,823.00 | 0.16 |
| Sweden | 179,262.11 | 0.18 | 7,675,754.79 | 2.99 |
| Uzbekistan | 150,400.00 | 0.15 | 51.00 | 0.00 |
| South Africa | 69,558.10 | 0.07 | 382,786.47 | 0.14 |
| Estonia | 66,781.19 | 0.07 | 56,802.36 | 0.02 |
| Kuwait | 64,895.86 | 0.06 | 8,409,344.09 | 3.27 |
| Hong Kong | 64,777.13 | 0.06 | 586,559.78 | 0.22 |
| Romania | 47,001.93 | 0.04 | 201,475.38 | 0.07 |
| Denmark | 43,262.38 | 0.04 | 368,447.23 | 0.14 |
| Georgia | 35,731.80 | 0.03 | 7,783.15 | 0.00 |
| Canada | 35,182.38 | 0.03 | 2,591,053.85 | 1.00 |
| Ireland | 33,962.64 | 0.03 | 343,712.58 | 0.13 |
| Azerbaijan | 30,194.11 | 0.03 | 48,870.88 | 0.01 |
| Brazil | 29,118.00 | 0.03 | 226,702.00 | 0.08 |
| Australia | 28,248.90 | 0.02 | 1,695,879.66 | 0.66 |
| Croatia | 24,381.00 | 0.02 | 112,825.00 | 0.04 |
| Luxembourg | 23,697.95 | 0.02 | 132,182.04 | 0.05 |
| Lithuania | 22,688.00 | 0.02 | 31,554.00 | 0.01 |
| New Zealand | 18,642.19 | 0.01 | 165,966.88 | 0.06 |
| Finland | 17,107.83 | 0.01 | 232,567.90 | 0.09 |
| Costa Rica | 16,270.00 | 0.01 | 19,760.96 | 0.00 |
| Norway | 16,126.96 | 0.01 | 250,603.74 | 0.09 |
| Philippines | 12,352.00 | 0.01 | 73,638.00 | 0.02 |
| Sri Lanka | 10,665.12 | 0.01 | 4,073.84 | 0.00 |
| Slovak Republic | 10,292.59 | 0.01 | 62,524.35 | 0.02 |
| Tunisia | 10,112.94 | 0.01 | 597.31 | 0.00 |
| Chile | 3,174.00 | 0.00 | 104,526.23 | 0.04 |
| Armenia | 3,096.04 | 0.00 | 2,346.05 | 0.00 |
| Mozambique | 3,000.00 | 0.00 | 3,000.00 | 0.00 |
| Ethiopia | 2,483.02 | 0.00 | 2,223.88 | 0.00 |
| Malaysia | 2,437.16 | 0.00 | 1,126,353.20 | 0.43 |
| Mauritius | 1,203.16 | 0.00 | 435,561.15 | 0.16 |
| Bahrain | 1,188.83 | 0.00 | 1,875,530.07 | 0.73 |
| Serbia | 961.00 | 0.00 | 32,302.00 | 0.01 |
| Indonesia | 840.54 | 0.00 | 174,292.00 | 0.06 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 806.22 | 0.00 | 7,745.34 | 0.00 |
| Dominican Republic | 653.57 | 0.00 | 326,802.27 | 0.12 |
| Madagascar | 501.71 | 0.00 | 501.47 | 0.00 |
| Hungary | 484.00 | 0.00 | 85,442.00 | 0.03 |
| Slovenia | 470.63 | 0.00 | 133,586.22 | 0.05 |
| Moldova | 360.00 | 0.00 | 5,232.00 | 0.00 |
| Ukraine | 324.02 | 0.00 | 3,408.28 | 0.00 |
| North Macedonia | 321.83 | 0.00 | 7,776.25 | 0.00 |
| Pakistan | 305.24 | 0.00 | 248.97 | 0.00 |
| Kenya | 199.27 | 0.00 | 3,541.74 | 0.00 |
| Bulgaria | 185.74 | 0.00 | 43,113.01 | 0.01 |
| Lebanon | 159.00 | 0.00 | 8,341.00 | 0.00 |
| Cabo Verde | 155.97 | 0.00 | 18,098.55 | 0.00 |
| Paraguay | 127.77 | 0.00 | 9,298.09 | 0.00 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 110.60 | 0.00 | 10,251.97 | 0.00 |
| Fiji | 50.21 | 0.00 | 4,054.44 | 0.00 |
| Zambia | 49.88 | 0.00 | 576.98 | 0.00 |
| Thailand | 23.44 | 0.00 | 45,532.68 | 0.01 |
| Iceland | 11.57 | 0.00 | 12,872.59 | 0.00 |
| Uruguay | 38,561.31 | 0.01 | ||
| The Bahamas | 14,030.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Tanzania | 143.74 | 0.00 | ||
| Swaziland | 4,656.18 | 0.00 | ||
| Seychelles | 23,905.57 | 0.00 | ||
| Senegal | 3,908.03 | 0.00 | ||
| São Tomé and Principe | 823.91 | 0.00 | ||
| Qatar | 3,445,308.64 | 1.34 | ||
| Peru | 19,212.61 | 0.00 | ||
| Panama | 48,101.00 | 0.01 | ||
| Niger | 571.28 | 0.00 | ||
| Nicaragua | 3,930.20 | 0.00 | ||
| Namibia | 3,479.66 | 0.00 | ||
| Montserrat | 216.46 | 0.00 | ||
| Montenegro | 41,766.59 | 0.01 | ||
| Mexico | 84,811.00 | 0.03 | ||
| Mauritania | 14,255.51 | 0.00 | ||
| Malta | 37,421.62 | 0.01 | ||
| Maldives | 198,614.79 | 0.07 | ||
| Malawi | 143.68 | 0.00 | ||
| Kyrgyz Republic | 2,621.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Kazakhstan | 8,128.16 | 0.00 | ||
| Jordan | 133,384.59 | 0.05 | ||
| Japan | 1,311,932.05 | 0.51 | ||
| Jamaica | 22,585.64 | 0.00 | ||
| Israel | 170,005.00 | 0.06 | ||
| Guyana | 2,662.23 | 0.00 | ||
| Guatemala | 51,651.00 | 0.02 | ||
| Ghana | 1,147.39 | 0.00 | ||
| Gabon | 330.51 | 0.00 | ||
| French Polynesia | 772.32 | 0.00 | ||
| El Salvador | 4,237.85 | 0.00 | ||
| Egypt | 9,775.28 | 0.00 | ||
| Ecuador | 11,240.50 | 0.00 | ||
| Dominica | 466.66 | 0.00 | ||
| Djibouti | 11,981.76 | 0.00 | ||
| Cyprus | 12,729.77 | 0.00 | ||
| Côte d`Ivoire | 4,843.02 | 0.00 | ||
| Colombia | 42,035.50 | 0.01 | ||
| China, Macao SAR | 19,911.47 | 0.00 | ||
| Brunei | 4,607.32 | 0.00 | ||
| Botswana | 12,559.61 | 0.00 | ||
| Bolivia | 7,421.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Benin | 2,017.18 | 0.00 | ||
| Belize | 1,485.30 | 0.00 | ||
| Barbados | 20,780.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Aruba | 20,101.11 | 0.00 | ||
| Argentina | 3,262,200.85 | 1.27 | ||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 9,286.78 | 0.00 | ||
| Andorra | 14,763.26 | 0.00 | ||