HS 17HS chapter
Sugar
Global trade in sugar during 2023, with the top exporting and importing countries. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$41.73B
Reported exports (2023)
$28.34B
Reported imports (2023)
50
Exporting countries
Global merchandise trade in sugar totaled approximately $41.73 billion in reported exports during 2023, with 50 countries acting as exporters in CEPII BACI. Brazil led the field with $17.90 billion in exports — 42.9% of the global market.
This page aggregates every HS6 product line within HS chapter 17. Country-level numbers reflect the sum of all subcategories that BACI reports. See methodology for caveats around mirror reconciliation and known data limitations, or data sources for the underlying CEPII BACI release.
Top exporters
1
Brazil
$17.90B
42.9%
2
Thailand
$4.62B
11.1%
3
India
$3.72B
8.9%
4
Australia
$1.47B
3.5%
5
France
$1.38B
3.3%
6
Mexico
$1.28B
3.1%
7
Spain
$930.94M
2.2%
8
Belgium
$885.40M
2.1%
9
Guatemala
$863.71M
2.1%
10
Türkiye
$838.83M
2.0%
11
Colombia
$704.49M
1.7%
12
Ukraine
$574.17M
1.4%
13
Saudi Arabia
$483.93M
1.2%
14
Eswatini
$479.66M
1.1%
15
Egypt
$431.47M
1.0%
16
United Arab Emirates
$392.74M
0.9%
17
South Africa
$360.77M
0.9%
18
Russian Federation
$346.79M
0.8%
19
Morocco
$330.54M
0.8%
20
El Salvador
$325.37M
0.8%
21
Mauritius
$280.96M
0.7%
22
Nicaragua
$255.66M
0.6%
23
Dominican Rep.
$242.98M
0.6%
24
Denmark
$221.09M
0.5%
25
Algeria
$204.26M
0.5%
Top importers
1
Indonesia
$2.59B
9.2%
2
Saudi Arabia
$1.80B
6.3%
3
India
$1.23B
4.3%
4
Italy
$1.21B
4.3%
5
Bangladesh
$1.07B
3.8%
6
Malaysia
$1.03B
3.6%
7
United Arab Emirates
$990.74M
3.5%
8
Algeria
$931.28M
3.3%
9
Nigeria
$849.36M
3.0%
10
Spain
$838.74M
3.0%
11
Morocco
$810.34M
2.9%
12
Sudan
$809.56M
2.9%
13
Iraq
$634.98M
2.2%
14
Uzbekistan
$590.49M
2.1%
15
Yemen
$554.10M
2.0%
16
Egypt
$551.11M
1.9%
17
Kenya
$477.90M
1.7%
18
Philippines
$476.76M
1.7%
19
Somalia
$412.84M
1.5%
20
Sri Lanka
$409.66M
1.4%
21
Sweden
$374.77M
1.3%
22
Cambodia
$349.82M
1.2%
23
Djibouti
$349.71M
1.2%
24
New Zealand
$325.85M
1.1%
25
Libya
$292.04M
1.0%