Mexico, Peru and the Netherlands were the top avocado exporting countries in the world in 2024, according to data from the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Bank of Mexico.
Avocados are among the most exported fruits globally, along with bananas, grapes and apples.
Avocado exporting countries
With the exception of Israel, the countries that exported the most avocados in 2024 recorded double-digit growth rates in these foreign sales.
At the top of the ranking was Mexico, with year-on-year growth of 20.1%, reaching US$3.787 billion.
Mexico currently has an advantage because the avocados it exports to the United States, its main market, do not pay tariffs, unlike its main competitors.
The United States imposed a 10% base tariff on imports from around the world starting April 5, 2025, and individualized reciprocal tariffs on dozens of countries starting today, April 9.
Here are the top avocado exporting countries in the world in 2024, in millions of dollars and year-over-year growth rates:
- Mexico: 3,787 (+20.1 percent).
- Peru: 1,248 (+30.0 percent).
- Netherlands: 1,235 (+13.9 percent).
- Spain: 483 (+16.7 percent).
- Colombia: 310 (+54.2 percent).
- Chile: 292 (+19.2 percent).
- Israel: 260 (-0.4 percent).
U.S. tariffs
In 2023, considering the latest available data, exports of this product worldwide totaled US$7.3 billion.
The additional individualized tariffs will apply to about 60 countries. This measure represents approximately half of the tariffs that these countries impose on the United States. It also includes an assessment on currency manipulation and trade barriers.
Below are the base and reciprocal tariffs charged by the United States to countries that dominate avocado exports worldwide:
- Mexico: 0 percent.
- Peru: 10 percent.
- Netherlands: 20 percent.
- Spain: 20 percent.
- Colombia: 10 percent.
- Chile: 10 percent.
- Israel: 17 percent.
The United States leads the world in avocado imports, followed by the Netherlands, France, Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom.