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International sales of jams shipped by exporting countries totaled US$5 billion during 2025.

That dollar amount results from a 23.9% increase eclipsing $4 billion 5 years earlier in 2021.

Year over year, the value of exported jams grew by 8.2% compared to $4.6 billion one year earlier for 2024.

The 5 biggest sellers of jams on global markets are France, Italy, Türkiye, Germany and Spain. Collectively, those 5 leading suppliers generated over two-fifths (44.4%) of the overall value for all exported jams during 2025.

From a continental perspective, suppliers located in Europe generated the highest dollar value worth of exported jams during 2025 with shipments valued at $3.15 billion or 63.3% of the worldwide total. In second place were exporters in Asia at 19.2%.

Another 7.4% of jams supplied worldwide originated from Latin America excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, with a further 6.7% furnished by exporters based in North America.

Smaller percentages came from sellers in Africa (2.7%), then Oceania (0.8%) mostly New Zealand and Australia.

For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 2007 encompassing jams, fruit jellies and marmalades.

Below are the 25 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of jams during 2025.

1. France: US$608.2 million (12.2% of total exported jams)
2. Italy: $545.9 million (11%)
3. Türkiye: $440 million (8.8%)
4. Germany: $321.4 million (6.5%)
5. Spain: $296 million (5.9%)
6. Belgium: $280.1 million (5.6%)
7. Poland: $214.2 million (4.3%)
8. Netherlands: $185.1 million (3.7%)
9. Chile: $160.5 million (3.2%)
10. United States: $153.8 million (3.1%)
11. Canada: $140 million (2.8%)
12. Austria: $129.6 million (2.6%)
13. India: $125.9 million (2.5%)
14. mainland China: $106 million (2.1%)
15. Greece: $102.1 million (2.1%)
16. Costa Rica: $58.2 million (1.2%)
17. Denmark: $56.7 million (1.1%)
18. Egypt: $55.5 million (1.1%)
19. Ecuador: $51.8 million (1%)
20. South Africa: $50 million (1%)
21. Vietnam: $47.7 million (1%)
22. Sweden: $46.4 million (0.9%)
23. United Kingdom: $42.9 million (0.9%)
24. Czech Republic: $40.4 million (0.8%)
25. Thailand: $39 million (0.8%)

Countries Generating Best Trade Surpluses from Jams

The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for jams during 2025. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the surplus between the value of each country’s exported jams and its import purchases for that same commodity.

1. Türkiye: US$416.8 million (net export surplus up 20.1% since 2024)
2. Italy: $347.7 million (up 20%)
3. France: $326.6 million (down -2.1%)
4. Spain: $178.3 million (up 12.1%)
5. Poland: $150.2 million (up 20.7%)
6. Chile: $138.1 million (up 1.2%)
7. Belgium: $137.2 million (up 12.1%)
8. India: $113.5 million (down -7.9%)
9. Greece: $77.8 million (down -19.2%)
10. Costa Rica: $51.6 million (down -1.5%)
11. Egypt: $40.3 million (down -6.5%)
12. Ecuador: $39.6 million (up 5.3%)
13. mainland China: $34 million (up 96.3%)
14. Vietnam: $32 million (up 77.2%)
15. South Africa: $31.5 million (up 5.5%)

World-leading jams supplier France generated the third-highest surplus in the international trade of jams. In turn, this positive cashflow confirms France’s strong competitive advantage for this specific product category.

Countries Causing Worst Trade Deficits from Jams

The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for jams during 2025. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the deficit between the value of each country’s imported jams purchases and its exports for that same commodity.

1. United States: -US$539 million (net export deficit up 6.5% since 2024)
2. Germany: -$188.5 million (up 11.5%)
3. United Kingdom: -$167.2 million (down -1.9%)
4. Canada: -$84.2 million (down -15.5%)
5. Australia: -$69.4 million (down -1.5%)
6. Portugal: -$62.7 million (up 32.2%)
7. Saudi Arabia: -$52 million (down -10.6%)
8. Switzerland: -$48.1 million (up 98.6%)
9. Finland: -$39.9 million (up 32.9%)
10. Japan: -$33.4 million (up 3.7%)
11. Kazakhstan: -$33.3 million (up 12.5%)
12. Israel: -$29.9 million (up 6.3%)
13. Ireland: -$25.8 million (up 20%)
14. Hong Kong: -$25.5 million (down -14.2%)
15. Romania: -$25.5 million (up 6.6%)

The United States of America incurred the highest deficit in the international trade of jams. In turn, this negative cashflow highlights America’s competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for jams-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful consumer demand.

Fruit Jams Exporting Companies

According to global trading platform Alibaba, the following suppliers are examples of fruit jams-trading exporters. The home-country location for each business is shown within parentheses.

• AB Trading (France)
• Azienda Agricola Piccaratico (Italy)
• Big Brands Group SP Z O O Spolka Komandytowa (Poland)
• Dimitrov Handelsagentur E.K. (Germany)
• Guangzhou Yilin Foodstuff Co. (China)
• Helsan Gida Sanayi VE Ticaret Limited (Turkey)
• Mazda Limited (India)
• Minerve Trade (Belgium)
• Panarro Foods S.L. (Spain)
• Tenafly Ltd. (United Kingdom)