# Preparations of vegetables and fruit (HS2 20) Sector Trade Overview | Yugalinks

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Preparations of vegetables and fruit at HS2 20, with reported global trade through 2024.

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## Answer

The preparations of vegetables and fruit sector recorded $87.5B in reported global trade in 2024, with +4.4% annual change.

## Key figures

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Latest reported trade | $87.5B |
| Latest annual change | +4.4% |
| Active exporters | 198 |
| Active importers | 200 |
| Active HS6 products | 52 |

## Annual trend

| Year | Global trade | Corridors | HS6 products |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $17.6B | 5,913 | 52 |
| 1996 | $18.6B | 6,003 | 52 |
| 1997 | $17.5B | 6,214 | 52 |
| 1998 | $17.6B | 6,140 | 52 |
| 1999 | $20.7B | 6,537 | 52 |
| 2000 | $19.8B | 7,402 | 52 |
| 2001 | $19.7B | 7,522 | 52 |
| 2002 | $21.9B | 7,855 | 52 |
| 2003 | $25.9B | 8,109 | 52 |
| 2004 | $29.0B | 8,423 | 52 |
| 2005 | $31.3B | 8,727 | 52 |
| 2006 | $35.5B | 8,940 | 52 |
| 2007 | $43.6B | 9,160 | 52 |
| 2008 | $49.4B | 9,260 | 52 |
| 2009 | $44.1B | 9,460 | 52 |
| 2010 | $46.0B | 9,644 | 52 |
| 2011 | $54.2B | 9,874 | 52 |
| 2012 | $54.8B | 10,209 | 52 |
| 2013 | $57.8B | 10,180 | 52 |
| 2014 | $59.1B | 10,601 | 52 |
| 2015 | $56.0B | 10,700 | 52 |
| 2016 | $56.7B | 10,885 | 52 |
| 2017 | $59.3B | 11,066 | 52 |
| 2018 | $62.9B | 11,093 | 52 |
| 2019 | $62.1B | 11,018 | 52 |
| 2020 | $61.8B | 11,060 | 52 |
| 2021 | $68.1B | 11,398 | 52 |
| 2022 | $75.6B | 11,443 | 52 |
| 2023 | $81.9B | 11,456 | 52 |
| 2024 | $87.5B | 11,453 | 52 |

## Growth and market structure

- Trend: Growing
- Three-year CAGR: +8.7%
- Five-year CAGR: +7.1%
- Historical peak: $87.5B in 2,024
- Positive-growth years: 79.3%
- Exporter concentration HHI: 1,672.2
- Importer concentration HHI: 849
- Trade volatility coefficient: 0.5

## Leading corridors

| Rank | Exporter | Importer | Trade value | Growth | HS6 products | Distance | FTA |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | Canada | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $2.9B | +12.3% | 48 | 556 km | Yes |
| 2 | Mexico | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $2.2B | +12% | 46 | 3,359 km | Yes |
| 3 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | Canada | $1.7B | +4.5% | 52 | 556 km | Yes |
| 4 | China | Japan | $1.6B | +1.2% | 46 | 1,763 km | No |
| 5 | Netherlands | Germany | $1.4B | +5.3% | 52 | 579 km | Yes |
| 6 | Brazil | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $1.2B | +47.1% | 44 | 7,658 km | No |
| 7 | Belgium | France | $1.0B | +11.3% | 52 | 264 km | Yes |
| 8 | Italy | Germany | $1.0B | +5.6% | 52 | 1,184 km | Yes |
| 9 | Belgium | United Kingdom | $1.0B | +16.5% | 47 | 321 km | Yes |
| 10 | China | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $991.8M | +6.2% | 45 | 11,883 km | No |

## Leading exporters

| Rank | Country | Exports | Partners | HS6 products |
| ---: | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | China | $8.3B | 193 | 52 |
| 2 | Netherlands | $7.1B | 184 | 52 |
| 3 | Italy | $6.0B | 183 | 52 |
| 4 | Belgium | $5.8B | 178 | 52 |
| 5 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $5.7B | 172 | 52 |
| 6 | Spain | $4.8B | 177 | 52 |
| 7 | Brazil | $4.0B | 149 | 52 |
| 8 | Germany | $3.9B | 167 | 52 |
| 9 | Turkey | $3.6B | 185 | 52 |
| 10 | Canada | $3.4B | 136 | 52 |

## Leading importers

| Rank | Country | Imports | Partners | HS6 products |
| ---: | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $14.6B | 149 | 52 |
| 2 | Germany | $7.3B | 147 | 52 |
| 3 | France | $5.3B | 169 | 52 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | $5.3B | 139 | 52 |
| 5 | Japan | $4.0B | 97 | 52 |
| 6 | Netherlands | $3.9B | 141 | 52 |
| 7 | Canada | $3.0B | 149 | 52 |
| 8 | Belgium | $2.6B | 128 | 52 |
| 9 | China | $2.4B | 111 | 52 |
| 10 | Italy | $2.2B | 108 | 52 |

## HS6 products

- Vegetable preparations: cucumbers and gherkins, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid (HS6 200110)
- Vegetable preparations: onions, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid (HS6 200120)
- Vegetable preparations: vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid (excluding cucumbers and gherkins) (HS6 200190)
- Vegetable preparations: tomatoes, whole or in pieces, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (HS6 200210)
- Vegetable preparations: tomatoes, (other than whole or in pieces), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (HS6 200290)
- Vegetable preparations: mushrooms of the genus Agaricus, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (HS6 200310)
- Vegetable preparations: truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (HS6 200320)
- Vegetable preparations: mushrooms other than of the genus Agaricus, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (HS6 200390)
- Vegetable preparations: potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen (HS6 200410)
- Vegetable preparations: vegetables and mixtures of vegetables (excluding potatoes), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen (HS6 200490)
- Vegetable preparations: homogenised vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen (HS6 200510)
- Vegetable preparations: potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen (HS6 200520)
- Vegetable preparations: sauerkraut (HS6 200530)
- Vegetable preparations: peas (pisum sativum), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen (HS6 200540)
- Vegetable preparations: beans, shelled, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen (HS6 200551)
- Vegetable preparations: beans, (not shelled), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen (HS6 200559)
- Vegetable preparations: asparagus, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen (HS6 200560)
- Vegetable preparations: olives, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen (HS6 200570)
- Vegetable preparations: sweetcorn (zea mays var. saccharata), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen (HS6 200580)
- Vegetable preparations: vegetables and mixtures of vegetables n.e.s. in heading no. 2005, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen (HS6 200590)
- Vegetable preparations: bamboo shoots, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen (HS6 200591)
- Vegetable preparations: vegetables and mixtures of vegetables n.e.c. in heading no. 2005, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen (HS6 200599)
- Fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants: preserved by sugar (drained, glace or crystallised) (HS6 200600)
- Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut puree and fruit or nut pastes: homogenised, cooked preparations, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS6 200710)
- Jams, jellies, marmalades, purees and pastes: of citrus fruit, being cooked preparations (excluding homogenised), whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS6 200791)
- Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, purees and pastes: of fruit or nuts n.e.c. in heading no. 2007, cooked preparations (excluding homogenised), whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS6 200799)
- Nuts: ground-nuts, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit (HS6 200811)
- Nuts and other seeds: whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit (excluding ground-nuts except in mixtures) (HS6 200819)
- Fruit: pineapples, prepared or preserved in ways n.e.s. in heading no. 2007, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit (HS6 200820)
- Fruit: citrus, prepared or preserved in ways n.e.c. in heading no. 2007, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit (HS6 200830)
- Fruit: pears, prepared or preserved in ways n.e.s. in heading no. 2007, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit (HS6 200840)
- Fruit: apricots, prepared or preserved in ways n.e.s. in heading no. 2007, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit (HS6 200850)
- Fruit: cherries, prepared or preserved in ways n.e.s. in heading no. 2007, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit (HS6 200860)
- Fruit: peaches, including nectarines, prepared or preserved in ways n.e.c. in heading no. 2007 and 2008, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit (HS6 200870)
- Fruit: strawberries, prepared or preserved in ways n.e.s. in heading no. 2007, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit (HS6 200880)
- Fruit, palm hearts: prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit (HS6 200891)
- Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants: mixtures (other than those of subheading no 2008.19), prepared or preserved in ways nes in heading no. 2007 and 2008, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit, nes (HS6 200892)
- Fruit: cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Vaccinium vitis-idaea), prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit (HS6 200893)
- Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants: mixtures (other than those of subheading no 2008.19): prepared or preserved in ways n.e.c. in headings 2007 and 2008, whether or not containing added sugar, or other sweetening matter or spirit, n.e.c. (HS6 200897)
- Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants: prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit, n.e.s. in heading no. 2008 (HS6 200899)
- Juice: orange, frozen, unfermented, (not containing added spirit), whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS6 200911)
- Juice: orange, not frozen, of a Brix value not exceeding 20, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS6 200912)
- Juice: orange, not frozen, of a Brix value exceeding 20, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS6 200919)
- Juice: grapefruit, unfermented, (not containing added spirit), whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS6 200920)
- Juice: grapefruit, of a Brix value not exceeding 20, unfermented, (not containing added spirit), whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS6 200921)
- Juice: grapefruit, of a Brix value exceeding 20, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS6 200929)
- Juice: of single citrus fruit (excluding orange or grapefruit), unfermented, (not containing added spirit), whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS6 200930)
- Juice: of single citrus fruit (excluding orange or grapefruit),of a Brix value not exceeding 20, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS6 200931)
- Juice: of single citrus fruit (excluding orange, grapefruit or pomelo), of a Brix value exceeding 20, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS6 200939)
- Juice: pineapple, unfermented, (not containing added spirit), whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS6 200940)
- Juice: pineapple, of a Brix value not exceeding 20, unfermented, (not containing added spirit), whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS6 200941)
- Juice: pineapple, of a Brix value exceeding 20, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS6 200949)
- Juice: tomato, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS6 200950)
- Juice: grape (including grape must), unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS6 200960)
- Juice: grape, of a Brix value not exceeding 30, unfermented, (not containing added spirit), whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS6 200961)
- Juice: grape, of a Brix value exceeding 30, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS6 200969)
- Juice: apple, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS6 200970)
- Juice: apple, of a Brix value not exceeding 20, unfermented, (not containing added spirit), whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS6 200971)
- Juice: apple, of a Brix value exceeding 20, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS6 200979)
- Juice: of any single fruit or vegetable n.e.c. in heading no. 2009, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS6 200980)
- Juice: cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon, Vaccinium oxycoccos): Iingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS6 200981)
- Juice: of any single fruit or vegetable n.e.c. in heading no. 2009, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS6 200989)
- Juices: mixtures of fruits or vegetables (but not nut juice), unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS6 200990)

## Definitions and coverage

Merchandise trade observations aggregated to HS2. Growth, concentration, volatility, and peak comparisons calculated from reported observations. Missing values remain unavailable and are not imputed.

Reported observations cover 1995-2024. The data release was refreshed 2026-07-20 09:34:08.

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