In 2020, the world imports of "Saffron" exceeded $237 million (according to external trade statistics of 117 countries). It was $218 million in the previous year (according to merchandise trade statistics of 123 countries).
There are no trade data (2020) for such importers as Afghanistan (0.028% of the world imports in 2019), Jamaica (0.011%), Cabo Verde (0.005%), Yemen (0.005%), Saint Lucia (0.004%), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (0.004%), Antigua and Barbuda (0.003%), Côte d`Ivoire (0.001%), Fiji (0.001%), Honduras (0.001%)
The world's largest importers of this commodity group in 2020:
«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 2020:
In 2020, the world exports of "Saffron" exceeded $84 million (according to external trade statistics of 70 countries). It was $115 million in the previous year (according to merchandise trade statistics of 66 countries).
The world's largest exporters of this commodity group in 2020:
«Saffron» accounted for a substantial share of total exports of
According to statistics provided by the major exporters, the largest flows of exports of «Saffron» in 2020:
| Reporter | 091020. Saffron | |||
| Exports | Imports | |||
| 2020 | 2020 | |||
| Value (US$) | World Share ($), % | Value (US$) | World Share ($), % | |
| Spain | 48,464,340.00 | 57.33 | 29,916,327.00 | 12.62 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7,965,747.00 | 9.42 | 12,569,641.00 | 5.30 |
| Greece | 4,211,766.00 | 4.98 | 13,929.00 | 0.00 |
| France | 3,741,614.00 | 4.42 | 7,460,962.00 | 3.14 |
| Portugal | 3,181,093.00 | 3.76 | 4,782,708.00 | 2.01 |
| Poland | 2,476,975.00 | 2.93 | 1,770,022.00 | 0.74 |
| Hong Kong | 2,405,692.00 | 2.84 | 35,951,066.00 | 15.16 |
| Netherlands | 1,734,581.00 | 2.05 | 1,798,174.00 | 0.75 |
| India | 1,650,255.00 | 1.95 | 23,018,881.00 | 9.71 |
| Germany | 1,423,079.00 | 1.68 | 3,839,573.00 | 1.61 |
| Italy | 1,020,939.00 | 1.20 | 10,552,962.00 | 4.45 |
| United Kingdom | 873,960.00 | 1.03 | 2,614,269.00 | 1.10 |
| USA | 853,719.00 | 1.00 | 14,845,986.00 | 6.26 |
| Turkey | 616,103.00 | 0.72 | 371,434.00 | 0.15 |
| Austria | 553,901.00 | 0.65 | 767,752.00 | 0.32 |
| Switzerland | 488,593.00 | 0.57 | 3,426,545.00 | 1.44 |
| Czech Republic | 433,600.00 | 0.51 | 361,049.00 | 0.15 |
| Belgium | 429,830.00 | 0.50 | 2,165,860.00 | 0.91 |
| China | 327,393.00 | 0.38 | 11,152,613.00 | 4.70 |
| Singapore | 211,442.00 | 0.25 | 329,962.00 | 0.13 |
| Saudi Arabia | 187,423.00 | 0.22 | 28,827,488.00 | 12.16 |
| Nigeria | 180,362.00 | 0.21 | 5,686.00 | 0.00 |
| Sweden | 153,089.00 | 0.18 | 7,160,998.00 | 3.02 |
| Morocco | 139,109.00 | 0.16 | 10,783.00 | 0.00 |
| New Zealand | 86,889.00 | 0.10 | 202,094.00 | 0.08 |
| Australia | 78,651.00 | 0.09 | 1,725,165.00 | 0.72 |
| Estonia | 74,639.00 | 0.08 | 73,663.00 | 0.03 |
| South Africa | 59,655.00 | 0.07 | 295,275.00 | 0.12 |
| Vietnam | 52,473.00 | 0.06 | 219,956.00 | 0.09 |
| Kuwait | 49,897.00 | 0.05 | 12,229,271.00 | 5.15 |
| Slovenia | 30,899.00 | 0.03 | 25,178.00 | 0.01 |
| Kenya | 27,965.00 | 0.03 | 5,800.00 | 0.00 |
| Sri Lanka | 26,540.00 | 0.03 | 12,040.00 | 0.00 |
| Denmark | 25,029.00 | 0.02 | 540,469.00 | 0.22 |
| Romania | 22,448.00 | 0.02 | 130,648.00 | 0.05 |
| Slovak Republic | 21,894.00 | 0.02 | 57,220.00 | 0.02 |
| Moldova | 21,174.00 | 0.02 | 3,026.00 | 0.00 |
| Brazil | 21,092.00 | 0.02 | 240,127.00 | 0.10 |
| Russia | 20,872.00 | 0.02 | 42,984.00 | 0.01 |
| Jordan | 19,971.00 | 0.02 | 40,976.00 | 0.01 |
| Luxembourg | 16,415.00 | 0.01 | 186,347.00 | 0.07 |
| Malaysia | 15,875.00 | 0.01 | 314,053.00 | 0.13 |
| Croatia | 14,898.00 | 0.01 | 49,406.00 | 0.02 |
| Canada | 12,859.00 | 0.01 | 2,037,293.00 | 0.85 |
| Philippines | 11,706.00 | 0.01 | 42,436.00 | 0.01 |
| Finland | 11,656.00 | 0.01 | 134,024.00 | 0.05 |
| Georgia | 11,142.00 | 0.01 | 23,507.00 | 0.00 |
| Lithuania | 10,698.00 | 0.01 | 32,204.00 | 0.01 |
| Costa Rica | 9,814.00 | 0.01 | 26,747.00 | 0.01 |
| Ethiopia | 9,207.00 | 0.01 | 216.00 | 0.00 |
| Latvia | 7,147.00 | 0.00 | 38,175.00 | 0.01 |
| Korea | 6,344.00 | 0.00 | 122,063.00 | 0.05 |
| Madagascar | 4,474.00 | 0.00 | 422.00 | 0.00 |
| Armenia | 4,000.00 | 0.00 | 737.00 | 0.00 |
| Ireland | 3,397.00 | 0.00 | 1,102,137.00 | 0.46 |
| Israel | 3,000.00 | 0.00 | 199,000.00 | 0.08 |
| Belarus | 1,800.00 | 0.00 | 11,900.00 | 0.00 |
| Iceland | 1,680.00 | 0.00 | 23,043.00 | 0.00 |
| Hungary | 1,481.00 | 0.00 | 89,073.00 | 0.03 |
| Mexico | 1,233.00 | 0.00 | 595,074.00 | 0.25 |
| Azerbaijan | 864.00 | 0.00 | 952.00 | 0.00 |
| Thailand | 858.00 | 0.00 | 79,305.00 | 0.03 |
| Mauritius | 594.00 | 0.00 | 372,765.00 | 0.15 |
| Uruguay | 419.00 | 0.00 | 25,562.00 | 0.01 |
| Lebanon | 379.00 | 0.00 | 16,891.00 | 0.00 |
| Egypt | 203.00 | 0.00 | 26,087.00 | 0.01 |
| Indonesia | 103.00 | 0.00 | 447,592.00 | 0.18 |
| Dominican Republic | 72.00 | 0.00 | 292,696.00 | 0.12 |
| Mozambique | 43.00 | 0.00 | 6,113.00 | 0.00 |
| Namibia | 36.00 | 0.00 | 414.00 | 0.00 |
| Zimbabwe | 689.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Zambia | 4,596.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Uzbekistan | 7,651.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Ukraine | 24,301.00 | 0.01 | ||
| Uganda | 3,034.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Swaziland | 5,888.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Seychelles | 19,178.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Serbia | 40,333.00 | 0.01 | ||
| Senegal | 5,032.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Qatar | 2,556,067.00 | 1.07 | ||
| Peru | 20,818.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Paraguay | 11,391.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Pakistan | 10,203.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Other Asia, nes | 3,322,348.00 | 1.40 | ||
| Norway | 523,132.00 | 0.22 | ||
| North Macedonia | 9,322.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Nicaragua | 1,292.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Myanmar | 3.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Montenegro | 15,750.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Mauritania | 17,868.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Malta | 20,060.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Lesotho | 754.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Kazakhstan | 8,778.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Japan | 1,524,787.00 | 0.64 | ||
| Guyana | 411.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Guatemala | 22,072.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Gambia | 26.00 | 0.00 | ||
| El Salvador | 2,252.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Ecuador | 11,178.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Cyprus | 17,689.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Congo | 361.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Colombia | 55,741.00 | 0.02 | ||
| China, Macao SAR | 61,641.00 | 0.02 | ||
| Chile | 113,593.00 | 0.04 | ||
| Burundi | 231.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Bulgaria | 28,046.00 | 0.01 | ||
| Brunei | 138.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Botswana | 16,138.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5,252.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Bolivia | 4,397.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Bermuda | 12,138.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Benin | 2,937.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Belize | 1,629.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Barbados | 9,809.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Aruba | 6,266.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Argentina | 2,643,926.00 | 1.11 | ||
| Albania | 7,764.00 | 0.00 | ||