World Merchandise Exports and Imports by Commodity
Publication date: 2019-12-22
Reporting period: 2002 - 2018
Timeseries: 118 million
Source:UN Comtrade
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Saffron | Imports and Exports | 2018
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In 2018, the world imports of "Saffron" exceeded $300 million (according to the external trade statistics of 119 countries). It was $259 million in the previous year (according to the merchandise trade statistics of 135 countries).
There are no trade data (2018) for such importers as Algeria (0.178% of the world imports in 2017), Dominican Republic (0.093%), Nepal (0.039%), Jamaica (0.011%), Vietnam (0.01%), Mali (0.009%), Sudan (0.007%), Saint Lucia (0.005%), Swaziland (0.005%), Sri Lanka (0.005%), Guatemala (0.004%), Lesotho (0.003%), Cameroon (0.002%), Congo (0.001%)
Top importers of Saffron in 2018
The world's largest importers of this commodity group in 2018 were
- Hong-Kong - 33% of the world imports ($99 million)
- Spain - 11.9% ($35 million)
- United Arab Emirates - 7.16% ($21 million)
- India - 6.11% ($18.3 million)
- Saudi Arabia - 5.58% ($16.7 million)
«Saffron» accounted for a substantial share of total imports of
- Hong-Kong - 0.015% of Hong-Kong's total imports in 2018 ($99 million of $627 billion)
- Kuwait - 0.015% ($5.38 million of $35 billion)
- Saudi Arabia - 0.012% ($16.7 million of $135 billion)
- Bahrain - 0.011% ($2.32 million of $20 billion)
- Greece - 0.01% ($4.34 million of $39 billion)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 0.009% ($4.21 thousand of $43 million)
- Spain - 0.009% ($35 million of $376 billion)
- United Arab Emirates - 0.008% ($21 million of $244 billion)
- Qatar - 0.008% ($2.66 million of $31 billion)
- Mauritius - 0.007% ($438 thousand of $5.66 billion)
According to statistics provided by the major importers, the largest flows of imports of «Saffron» in 2018 were
- Imports to Hong-Kong from India (2.77% of the world imports, $8.32 million according to the external trade statistics of Hong-Kong)
- Imports to Hong-Kong from Iran (25% of the world imports, $77 million according to the external trade statistics of Hong-Kong)
- Imports to Hong-Kong from Moldova (2.64% of the world imports, $7.94 million according to the external trade statistics of Hong-Kong)
- Imports to India from Afghanistan (5.74% of the world imports, $17.2 million according to the external trade statistics of India)
- Imports to Italy from Spain (1.87% of the world imports, $5.63 million according to the external trade statistics of Italy)
- Imports to Saudi Arabia from Afghanistan (1.87% of the world imports, $5.61 million according to the external trade statistics of Saudi Arabia)
- Imports to Saudi Arabia from Spain (2.51% of the world imports, $7.53 million according to the external trade statistics of Saudi Arabia)
- Imports to Spain from Iran (11.2% of the world imports, $33 million according to the external trade statistics of Spain)
- Imports to United Arab Emirates from Iran (5.17% of the world imports, $15.5 million according to the external trade statistics of United Arab Emirates)
- Imports to USA from Spain (4.92% of the world imports, $14.7 million according to the external trade statistics of USA)
In 2018, the world exports of "Saffron" exceeded $118 million (according to the external trade statistics of 66 countries). It was $436 million in the previous year (according to the merchandise trade statistics of 71 countries).
There are no trade data (2018) for such exporters as Iran (74% of the world exports in 2017), Sri Lanka (0.014%), Vietnam (0.004%), Jordan (0.002%), Argentina (0.002%), Paraguay (0.001%)
Top exporters of Saffron in 2018
The world's largest exporters of this commodity group in 2018 were
- Spain - 45% of the world exports ($54 million)
- Afghanistan - 17.8% ($21 million)
- Hong-Kong - 5.21% ($6.2 million)
- France - 3.97% ($4.73 million)
- Portugal - 3.66% ($4.35 million)
- Greece - 3.65% ($4.34 million)
«Saffron» accounted for a substantial share of total exports of
- Afghanistan - 2.4% of Afghanistan's total exports in 2018 ($21 million of $884 million)
- Spain - 0.016% ($54 million of $328 billion)
- Hong-Kong - 0.015% ($99 million of $627 billion)
- Kuwait - 0.015% ($5.38 million of $35 billion)
- Saudi Arabia - 0.012% ($16.7 million of $135 billion)
- Bahrain - 0.011% ($2.32 million of $20 billion)
- Greece - 0.01% ($4.34 million of $39 billion)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 0.009% ($4.21 thousand of $43 million)
- Spain - 0.009% ($35 million of $376 billion)
- United Arab Emirates - 0.008% ($21 million of $244 billion)
According to statistics provided by the major exporters, the largest flows of exports of «Saffron» in 2018 were
- Exports from Afghanistan to India: (12.3% of the world exports, $14.6 million according to the external trade statistics of Afghanistan)
- Exports from Afghanistan to Saudi Arabia: (4.74% of the world exports, $5.64 million according to the external trade statistics of Afghanistan)
- Exports from Hong-Kong to Saudi Arabia: (3.33% of the world exports, $3.97 million according to the external trade statistics of Hong-Kong)
- Exports from Spain to France: (2.63% of the world exports, $3.12 million according to the external trade statistics of Spain)
- Exports from Spain to Italy: (5.49% of the world exports, $6.53 million according to the external trade statistics of Spain)
- Exports from Spain to Saudi Arabia: (2.42% of the world exports, $2.88 million according to the external trade statistics of Spain)
- Exports from Spain to Sweden: (3.65% of the world exports, $4.35 million according to the external trade statistics of Spain)
- Exports from Spain to United Arab Emirates: (4.37% of the world exports, $5.2 million according to the external trade statistics of Spain)
- Exports from Spain to United Kingdom: (2.72% of the world exports, $3.24 million according to the external trade statistics of Spain)
- Exports from Spain to USA: (8.71% of the world exports, $10.3 million according to the external trade statistics of Spain)
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| Reporter | 091020. Saffron | |||
| Exports | Imports | |||
| 2018 | 2018 | |||
| Value (US$) | World Share ($), % | Value (US$) | World Share ($), % | |
| Spain | 54 552 220.00 | 45.858 | 35 938 616.00 | 11.973 |
| Afghanistan | 21 234 727.00 | 17.85 | 1 555.00 | 0.00 |
| Hong-Kong | 6 203 167.00 | 5.214 | 99 683 050.00 | 33.211 |
| France | 4 730 294.00 | 3.976 | 9 844 989.00 | 3.28 |
| Portugal | 4 355 346.00 | 3.661 | 3 504 839.00 | 1.167 |
| Greece | 4 342 550.00 | 3.65 | 78 237.00 | 0.026 |
| Netherlands | 3 453 430.00 | 2.903 | 2 314 033.00 | 0.77 |
| Poland | 3 108 198.00 | 2.612 | 2 460 813.00 | 0.819 |
| China | 3 002 760.00 | 2.524 | 3 679 984.00 | 1.226 |
| Germany | 2 911 026.00 | 2.447 | 5 392 793.00 | 1.796 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 339 782.00 | 1.966 | 21 505 078.00 | 7.164 |
| Italy | 1 267 403.00 | 1.065 | 12 958 275.00 | 4.317 |
| Morocco | 965 404.00 | 0.811 | 594 379.00 | 0.198 |
| United Kingdom | 854 264.00 | 0.718 | 4 103 968.00 | 1.367 |
| India | 833 193.00 | 0.70 | 18 358 421.00 | 6.116 |
| Sweden | 775 808.00 | 0.652 | 7 022 313.00 | 2.339 |
| Austria | 748 858.00 | 0.629 | 868 120.00 | 0.289 |
| Belgium | 655 472.00 | 0.551 | 2 479 725.00 | 0.826 |
| USA | 521 021.00 | 0.437 | 16 559 696.00 | 5.517 |
| Czech Republic | 402 593.00 | 0.338 | 473 789.00 | 0.157 |
| Switzerland | 398 613.00 | 0.335 | 3 784 720.00 | 1.26 |
| Singapore | 359 982.00 | 0.302 | 697 086.00 | 0.232 |
| Saudi Arabia | 133 440.00 | 0.112 | 16 750 726.00 | 5.58 |
| Australia | 118 696.00 | 0.099 | 1 208 940.00 | 0.402 |
| Estonia | 92 046.00 | 0.077 | 59 555.00 | 0.019 |
| Turkey | 91 835.00 | 0.077 | 20 187.00 | 0.006 |
| South Africa | 91 610.00 | 0.077 | 577 261.00 | 0.192 |
| New Zealand | 42 710.00 | 0.035 | 242 017.00 | 0.08 |
| Kuwait | 35 809.00 | 0.03 | 5 387 557.00 | 1.794 |
| Bulgaria | 32 050.00 | 0.026 | 50 617.00 | 0.016 |
| Oman | 30 257.00 | 0.025 | 1 721 843.00 | 0.573 |
| Malaysia | 29 389.00 | 0.024 | 382 684.00 | 0.127 |
| Thailand | 27 507.00 | 0.023 | 33 120.00 | 0.011 |
| Denmark | 22 250.00 | 0.018 | 518 219.00 | 0.172 |
| Egypt | 21 991.00 | 0.018 | 57.00 | 0.00 |
| Luxembourg | 21 508.00 | 0.018 | 201 106.00 | 0.067 |
| Croatia | 18 383.00 | 0.015 | 51 582.00 | 0.017 |
| Canada | 15 453.00 | 0.012 | 1 754 576.00 | 0.584 |
| Finland | 11 356.00 | 0.009 | 197 253.00 | 0.065 |
| Kenya | 10 374.00 | 0.008 | 14 353.00 | 0.004 |
| Bahrain | 10 336.00 | 0.008 | 2 327 296.00 | 0.775 |
| Lithuania | 9 655.00 | 0.008 | 29 602.00 | 0.009 |
| Russia | 8 523.00 | 0.007 | 374 410.00 | 0.124 |
| Senegal | 7 385.00 | 0.006 | 13 907.00 | 0.004 |
| Romania | 6 918.00 | 0.005 | 133 917.00 | 0.044 |
| Ireland | 6 782.00 | 0.005 | 1 173 909.00 | 0.391 |
| Georgia | 6 564.00 | 0.005 | 8 137.00 | 0.002 |
| Other Asia, nes | 5 636.00 | 0.004 | 2 747 783.00 | 0.915 |
| Brazil | 5 602.00 | 0.004 | 356 529.00 | 0.118 |
| Azerbaijan | 5 029.00 | 0.004 | 3 958.00 | 0.001 |
| Latvia | 4 822.00 | 0.004 | 24 675.00 | 0.008 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4 217.00 | 0.003 | 5 972.00 | 0.001 |
| Costa Rica | 3 890.00 | 0.003 | 38 046.00 | 0.012 |
| Uzbekistan | 2 403.00 | 0.002 | ||
| Hungary | 2 059.00 | 0.001 | 102 712.00 | 0.034 |
| Armenia | 2 000.00 | 0.001 | 347.00 | 0.00 |
| Madagascar | 1 724.00 | 0.001 | 1 443.00 | 0.00 |
| Mauritius | 493.00 | 0.00 | 438 485.00 | 0.146 |
| Peru | 480.00 | 0.00 | 45 203.00 | 0.015 |
| Indonesia | 425.00 | 0.00 | 13 590.00 | 0.004 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 252.00 | 0.00 | 6 912.00 | 0.002 |
| Serbia | 139.00 | 0.00 | 34 159.00 | 0.011 |
| State of Palestine | 120.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Ukraine | 15.00 | 0.00 | 13 369.00 | 0.004 |
| Montenegro | 8.00 | 0.00 | 26 271.00 | 0.008 |
| Slovenia | 1.00 | 0.00 | 36 643.00 | 0.012 |
| Zimbabwe | 205.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Zambia | 1 140.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Uruguay | 78 555.00 | 0.026 | ||
| Uganda | 4 280.00 | 0.001 | ||
| Tanzania | 574.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Slovak Republic | 97 719.00 | 0.032 | ||
| Seychelles | 13 666.00 | 0.004 | ||
| São Tomé and Principe | 3 128.00 | 0.001 | ||
| Qatar | 2 665 019.00 | 0.887 | ||
| Philippines | 93 820.00 | 0.031 | ||
| Paraguay | 1 274.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Palau | 120.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Pakistan | 3 683.00 | 0.001 | ||
| Norway | 295 222.00 | 0.098 | ||
| Nicaragua | 2 257.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Namibia | 1 503.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Myanmar | 37 535.00 | 0.012 | ||
| Mozambique | 3 174.00 | 0.001 | ||
| Moldova | 3 201.00 | 0.001 | ||
| Mexico | 793 388.00 | 0.264 | ||
| Malta | 30 085.00 | 0.01 | ||
| Maldives | 117 800.00 | 0.039 | ||
| Macedonia | 9 524.00 | 0.003 | ||
| Lebanon | 71 033.00 | 0.023 | ||
| Kyrgyz Republic | 4.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Korea | 104 411.00 | 0.034 | ||
| Kazakhstan | 58 447.00 | 0.019 | ||
| Jordan | 53 481.00 | 0.017 | ||
| Japan | 2 862 994.00 | 0.953 | ||
| Israel | 219 000.00 | 0.072 | ||
| Iceland | 29 726.00 | 0.009 | ||
| Greenland | 1 574.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Ghana | 5 652.00 | 0.001 | ||
| Fiji | 3 429.00 | 0.001 | ||
| El Salvador | 9 188.00 | 0.003 | ||
| Cyprus | 7 556.00 | 0.002 | ||
| Côte d`Ivoire | 9 685.00 | 0.003 | ||
| Colombia | 45 225.00 | 0.015 | ||
| Chile | 99 835.00 | 0.033 | ||
| Cabo Verde | 11 055.00 | 0.003 | ||
| Burundi | 75.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Brunei | 122.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Botswana | 624.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Bolivia | 5 152.00 | 0.001 | ||
| Bermuda | 19 075.00 | 0.006 | ||
| Benin | 42.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Belize | 2 520.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Belarus | 10 200.00 | 0.003 | ||
| Barbados | 20 710.00 | 0.006 | ||
| Aruba | 3 234.00 | 0.001 | ||
| Argentina | 2 673 938.00 | 0.89 | ||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 10 891.00 | 0.003 | ||
| Angola | 75 549.00 | 0.025 | ||
| Andorra | 40 341.00 | 0.013 | ||
| Albania | 1 075.00 | 0.00 | ||