# Plantains buyer markets and demand | HS 080310 | Yugalinks

USA is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $340.0M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USA | $340.0M | +11% | 31 | Guatemala |
| Iran | $257.8M | +12.1% | 12 | Turkey |
| Romania | $86.6M | +31.9% | 16 | Greece |
| Saudi Arabia | $69.7M | +15% | 25 | Ecuador |
| Spain | $42.8M | +17.9% | 28 | Colombia |
| Canada | $42.4M | +18.2% | 34 | Guatemala |
| Belgium | $42.3M | +19.2% | 27 | Netherlands |
| United Kingdom | $38.1M | +4.1% | 32 | Colombia |
| Netherlands | $37.3M | -0.5% | 47 | Belgium |
| France | $33.0M | +14.5% | 45 | Colombia |
| Hungary | $31.7M | +19.9% | 14 | Germany |
| Germany | $28.9M | +23.7% | 46 | Netherlands |
| Italy | $23.3M | +9.2% | 28 | France |
| Qatar | $20.8M | -4.3% | 19 | Ecuador |
| Bahrain | $16.8M | +20.9% | 28 | Philippines |
| Honduras | $15.4M | +19.3% | 5 | Nicaragua |
| Poland | $11.3M | +51.7% | 18 | Belgium |
| Slovakia | $11.2M | +13% | 28 | Germany |
| El Salvador | $10.5M | -3.9% | 5 | Guatemala |
| Bulgaria | $10.4M | +1% | 16 | Ecuador |
| Chile | $8.2M | +4.2% | 5 | Ecuador |
| Croatia | $7.8M | +44.1% | 7 | Hungary |
| United Arab Emirates | $7.7M | -7.7% | 26 | Ecuador |
| Portugal | $6.9M | +33.2% | 9 | Colombia |
| Slovenia | $5.2M | +67.1% | 17 | Hungary |
| Afghanistan | $4.5M | +87.6% | 1 | Pakistan |
| Czechia | $4.5M | +3.8% | 24 | Netherlands |
| Botswana | $3.9M | +10.6% | 5 | South Africa |
| South Africa | $3.5M | +13.1% | 15 | Eswatini |
| Austria | $3.5M | -18.2% | 18 | Netherlands |
| Greece | $2.9M | +2.6% | 13 | Italy |
| Malaysia | $2.9M | +16.8% | 7 | Indonesia |
| World excl. EU | $2.8M | +1% | 14 | USA |
| Argentina | $2.6M | +18.9% | 3 | Ecuador |
| Syrian Arab Republic | $2.6M | +26.9% | 3 | Lebanon |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USA | 2023 | $325.7M | $697.53 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2023 | $226.9M | $1,035.79 |
| China | 2023 | $79.2M | $243.75 |
| Romania | 2023 | $50.9M | $919.14 |
| Spain | 2023 | $37.4M | $837.71 |
| Qatar | 2023 | $35.4M | $1,009.08 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $32.3M | $983.73 |
| United Kingdom | 2023 | $31.0M | $988.21 |
| Belgium | 2023 | $26.4M | $1,022.94 |
| Hungary | 2023 | $25.3M | $1,332.27 |
| Italy | 2023 | $25.0M | $1,000.72 |
| Honduras | 2023 | $23.8M | $512.41 |
| Canada | 2023 | $22.6M | $1,307.45 |
| Bahrain | 2023 | $21.8M | $1,073.57 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2023 | $20.7M | $695.24 |
| The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 2023 | $20.7M | $805.27 |
| Bulgaria | 2023 | $20.5M | $907.35 |
| France | 2023 | $14.4M | $997.16 |
| Chile | 2023 | $12.5M | $1,077.48 |
| Slovakia | 2023 | $10.0M | $878.2 |

_Source: reported merchandise trade data. Updated 2026-08-14._