Buckwheat Exports by Country

Russia reported 59,157 tonnes of buckwheat exports in 2020 and 71,573 tonnes in 2021, more than a third of the 2020 listed total, and reported no further quantity afterward, so the 29.9 percent growth among continuing reporters is obscured by the decline in the full listed total. The figures below aggregate FAO Detailed Trade Matrix bilateral records for item Buckwheat, 2020-2024, pairing export quantity in tonnes with export value in current US dollars. The table lists 81 countries; 59 reported a 2024 quantity, and the 2024 listed quantity total is 125,431 tonnes. The 2024 country list for buckwheat exports runs from the largest listed quantity to the smallest.

Buckwheat Exports by Country in 2024

The United States was the largest buckwheat exporter in the 2024 listed data with 34,470 tonnes, followed by Latvia with 16,452 tonnes and Lithuania with 15,672 tonnes. China ranked fourth with 10,721 tonnes, ahead of Kazakhstan (10,029 tonnes), Poland (9,368 tonnes), Estonia (7,204 tonnes) and Canada (3,653 tonnes). The United States also led on export value at 22,015,000 US dollars, followed by Lithuania (8,100,000) and Latvia (7,909,000).

Buckwheat Exports by Country

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#	Country	Quantity (Tonne)2024	Value (USD)2024
1	United States US	34.47K	$22.02M
2	Latvia LV	16.45K	$7.91M
3	Lithuania LT	15.67K	$8.1M
4	China CN	10.72K	$7.58M
5	Kazakhstan KZ	10.03K	$2.93M
6	Poland PL	9.37K	$7.87M
7	Estonia EE	7.2K	$3.06M
8	Canada CA	3.65K	$3.55M
9	Ukraine UA	2.89K	$1.08M
10	Brazil BR	2.79K	$2.22M
11	France FR	1.84K	$830K
12	Germany DE	1.77K	$2.33M
13	Netherlands NL	1.46K	$2.58M
14	Italy IT	1.45K	$1.34M
15	Czech Republic CZ	1.36K	$1.41M
16	Hungary HU	783.81	$960K
17	New Zealand NZ	629.46	$677K
18	India IN	577.19	$415K
19	Australia AU	514.44	$599K
20	Austria AT	345.34	$605K
21	Azerbaijan AZ	271.46	$144K
22	Serbia RS	242.12	$112K
23	Slovenia SI	228.25	$127K
24	Belgium BE	199.76	$256K
25	Türkiye TR	84.5	$80K
26	United Kingdom GB	82.2	$395K
27	Slovakia SK	71.1	$35K
28	Spain ES	47.28	$113K
29	Croatia HR	40.05	$33K
30	Greece GR	38.96	$61K
31	Bulgaria BG	34.08	$67K
32	Denmark DK	25.6	$84K
33	Romania RO	19.01	$105K
34	Moldova MD	16.32	$29K
35	Pakistan PK	15	$4K
36	South Africa ZA	13.21	$28K
37	Japan JP	9.89	$6K
38	South Korea KR	5.67	$8K
39	Uzbekistan UZ	5	$3K
40	Finland FI	3.75	$4K
41	Peru PE	2.34	$6K
42	Luxembourg LU	2.13	$9K
43	Taiwan TW	1.87	$8K
44	Portugal PT	1.71	$4K
45	Sweden SE	1.43	$6K
46	Myanmar MM	1	$1K
47	Ireland IE	0.99	$4K
48	Switzerland CH	0.65	$18K
49	Philippines PH	0.55	$1K
50	Malaysia MY	0.38	$1K
51	Georgia GE	0.19	$0
52	Angola AO	0.13	$4K
53	Uganda UG	0.1	$0
54	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	0.09	$1K
55	Singapore SG	0.05	$0
56	Hong Kong HK	0.03	$2K
57	Namibia NA	0.01	$0
58	Israel IL	0	$19K
59	Mexico MX	0	$72K

Strip out the reporters that left and the market grew nearly a third: the 54-country common universe rose 28,809 tonnes (29.9 percent) between 2020 and 2024, led by the United States (+20,138 tonnes, up 140.5 percent), Latvia (+6,440 tonnes, up 64.3 percent) and Estonia (+5,768 tonnes, from 1,436 to 7,204 tonnes). Russia's 59,157 tonnes account for most of the gap between the 2020 listed total and the 2020 common-reporter total.

The United States holds 27.5 percent of the listed 2024 total, about 2.10 times Latvia; the top three together hold 53.1 percent, the top five 69.6 percent and the top ten 90.3 percent. Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Estonia were the leading northern European exporters, Kazakhstan and China stand in Asia, and the United States and Canada carry North America.

Buckwheat Export Gains Between 2023 and 2024

Across the 52 countries reporting in both years, total exports rose from 97,373 tonnes in 2023 to 125,422 tonnes in 2024, a gain of 28,049 tonnes (28.8 percent). The totals listed for each year were 97,466 tonnes (60 reporters) and 125,431 tonnes (59 reporters). The United States added 10,421 tonnes (up 43.3 percent), Kazakhstan 5,251 tonnes (up 109.9 percent) and Estonia 4,188 tonnes (up 138.9 percent). Brazil fell 1,325 tonnes (down 32.2 percent) and India 420 tonnes (down 42.1 percent).

Buckwheat Exports in 2024 Against 2020

Between 2020 and 2024, the common reporter universe (54 countries with data in both years) rose from 96,334 tonnes to 125,143 tonnes, a change of 28,809 tonnes (29.9 percent). The totals listed for each year were 164,331 tonnes (68 reporters) and 125,431 tonnes (59 reporters); 14 countries reporting in 2020 (67,997 tonnes combined, led by Russia with 59,157 tonnes) did not report in 2024. Poland fell 3,557 tonnes (down 27.5 percent) and Canada 2,522 tonnes (down 40.8 percent).

Buckwheat Exports by Country

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#	Country	2020 (Tonne)	2020 (USD)	2021 (Tonne)	2021 (USD)	2022 (Tonne)	2022 (USD)	2023 (Tonne)	2023 (USD)	2024 (Tonne)	2024 (USD)
1	United States	14.33K	$10.55M	14.57K	$10.84M	16.56K	$11.73M	24.05K	$15.36M	34.47K	$22.02M
2	Latvia	10.01K	$5.77M	16.69K	$10.65M	11.29K	$10.04M	16.06K	$11.77M	16.45K	$7.91M
3	Lithuania	11.43K	$7.31M	10.94K	$9.6M	10.56K	$9.99M	12.15K	$8.56M	15.67K	$8.1M
4	China	13.17K	$9.11M	7.98K	$7.51M	8.94K	$8.91M	9.98K	$9.29M	10.72K	$7.58M
5	Kazakhstan	7.5K	$4.29M	10.04K	$6.92M	8.11K	$5.73M	4.78K	$3.09M	10.03K	$2.93M
6	Poland	12.93K	$8.96M	14.54K	$13.84M	11.26K	$13.08M	8.57K	$8.17M	9.37K	$7.87M
7	Estonia	1.44K	$1.28M	3.7K	$3.32M	5.49K	$5.18M	3.02K	$2.15M	7.2K	$3.06M
8	Canada	6.18K	$4.4M	2.61K	$2.06M	4.06K	$3.9M	3.9K	$4.38M	3.65K	$3.55M
9	Ukraine	404.66	$268K	1.02K	$758K	371.58	$265K	815.08	$370K	2.89K	$1.08M
10	Brazil	2.83K	$1.3M	2.64K	$1.49M	3.19K	$1.99M	4.11K	$3.27M	2.79K	$2.22M
11	France	844.75	$712K	429.11	$612K	1.08K	$1.04M	345.85	$562K	1.84K	$830K
12	Germany	2.57K	$2.52M	3.34K	$4.16M	3.27K	$4.16M	2.13K	$2.97M	1.77K	$2.33M
13	Netherlands	3.05K	$3.53M	1.98K	$3.42M	2.75K	$4.6M	1.32K	$2.65M	1.46K	$2.58M
14	Italy	416.6	$990K	403.25	$1.19M	220.98	$797K	277.46	$1.09M	1.45K	$1.34M
15	Czech Republic	1.44K	$1.49M	2.13K	$2.92M	1.66K	$1.86M	1.25K	$1.37M	1.36K	$1.41M
16	Hungary	546.49	$421K	595.62	$602K	314.1	$400K	758.19	$1.15M	783.81	$960K
17	New Zealand	218.7	$177K	355.13	$307K	235.94	$223K	322	$319K	629.46	$677K
18	India	3.13K	$1.38M	547.8	$420K	1.09K	$677K	997.54	$668K	577.19	$415K
19	Australia	47.23	$52K	102.19	$101K	9.01	$10K	369.58	$600K	514.44	$599K
20	Austria	726.36	$2.67M	572.98	$2M	992.4	$1.86M	400.73	$653K	345.34	$605K
21	Azerbaijan	-	-	3	$5K	3.76	$5K	5.04	$7K	271.46	$144K
22	Serbia	116.46	$74K	404.18	$344K	150.61	$158K	299.28	$170K	242.12	$112K
23	Slovenia	54.69	$42K	222.27	$384K	13.75	$15K	54.84	$53K	228.25	$127K
24	Belgium	451.66	$413K	246.32	$307K	303.85	$266K	221.96	$376K	199.76	$256K
25	Türkiye	16.76	$16K	3.76	$3K	16.35	$23K	32.17	$31K	84.5	$80K
26	United Kingdom	55.64	$107K	42.33	$94K	106.31	$514K	26.66	$278K	82.2	$395K
27	Slovakia	391.36	$194K	344.75	$207K	188.31	$199K	143.58	$93K	71.1	$35K
28	Spain	13.79	$27K	12.2	$29K	17.49	$50K	62.17	$88K	47.28	$113K
29	Croatia	3.7	$7K	249.54	$255K	353.24	$326K	294.44	$259K	40.05	$33K
30	Greece	7.8	$11K	18.58	$30K	42.28	$93K	101.87	$134K	38.96	$61K
31	Bulgaria	325.31	$256K	26.38	$47K	88.32	$177K	173.21	$186K	34.08	$67K
32	Denmark	19.31	$48K	26.23	$82K	28.38	$84K	16.78	$108K	25.6	$84K
33	Romania	27.84	$141K	73.51	$177K	39.47	$177K	22.65	$138K	19.01	$105K
34	Moldova	-	-	0.03	$0	16.01	$46K	117.05	$215K	16.32	$29K
35	Pakistan	837	$224K	1	$0	100	$40K	100	$31K	15	$4K
36	South Africa	34.5	$53K	22.79	$72K	21	$63K	27.01	$79K	13.21	$28K
37	Japan	265.28	$278K	38.56	$36K	20.25	$22K	14.49	$11K	9.89	$6K
38	South Korea	0.86	$5K	0.13	$3K	0.41	$4K	0.11	$1K	5.67	$8K
39	Uzbekistan	0.02	$0	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	$3K
40	Finland	0.33	$1K	12.84	$16K	13.29	$15K	10	$14K	3.75	$4K
41	Peru	0.91	$2K	-	-	0.16	$1K	-	-	2.34	$6K
42	Luxembourg	0.91	$8K	1.09	$5K	0.92	$5K	1.09	$4K	2.13	$9K
43	Taiwan	2.57	$15K	0.24	$2K	0.18	$1K	0.35	$2K	1.87	$8K
44	Portugal	7.14	$11K	0.04	$0	3	$10K	7.56	$21K	1.71	$4K
45	Sweden	33.14	$79K	44.49	$64K	29.58	$84K	17.89	$68K	1.43	$6K
46	Myanmar	2	$2K	169	$51K	364.8	$118K	-	-	1	$1K
47	Ireland	1.36	$4K	0	$0	0	$0	1.12	$4K	0.99	$4K
48	Switzerland	0.01	$0	33.4	$81K	6.8	$7K	21.55	$47K	0.65	$18K
49	Philippines	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.55	$1K
50	Malaysia	144.65	$131K	1.56	$2K	-	-	0.47	$1K	0.38	$1K
51	Georgia	8.08	$9K	0.29	$1K	106	$212K	3.17	$2K	0.19	$0
52	Angola	0.03	$1K	-	-	-	-	0.27	$20K	0.13	$4K
53	Uganda	305.09	$101K	0.46	$0	1	$0	-	-	0.1	$0
54	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.08	$0	0.6	$1K	61.1	$78K	0.05	$0	0.09	$1K
55	Singapore	0.27	$2K	2.58	$4K	26.7	$57K	0.43	$1K	0.05	$0
56	Hong Kong	0.03	$0	2.53	$4K	0	$0	-	-	0.03	$2K
57	Namibia	-	-	0.02	$0	0.01	$0	-	-	0.01	$0
58	Israel	-	-	0	$15K	0	$13K	0	$9K	0	$19K
59	Mexico	0	$33K	0	$74K	0	$26K	0	$73K	0	$72K
60	Russia	59.16K	$28.96M	71.57K	$44.28M	-	-	-	-	-	-
61	Belarus	8.1K	$3.49M	1.58K	$855K	-	-	-	-	-	-
62	Mongolia	655.5	$174K	1.84K	$1.01M	520.46	$295K	-	-	-	-
63	Niger	-	-	-	-	80	$6K	-	-	-	-
64	United Arab Emirates	18.64	$11K	48.23	$34K	40.11	$37K	78.03	$51K	-	-
65	Bhutan	-	-	-	-	20	$10K	10	$5K	-	-
66	Norway	0.3	$1K	0.08	$0	-	-	5	$9K	-	-
67	Armenia	6.53	$7K	5.47	$8K	4.8	$8K	-	-	-	-
68	Nepal	62	$12K	59.06	$12K	3.78	$7K	-	-	-	-
69	Chile	-	-	-	-	1.87	$13K	-	-	-	-
70	Uruguay	0.11	$0	0.33	$2K	0.07	$0	0.17	$1K	-	-
71	Rwanda	-	-	0.1	$0	-	-	-	-	-	-
72	Senegal	0.1	$0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
73	Tanzania	-	-	2K	$526K	0.1	$0	-	-	-	-
74	Kenya	-	-	-	-	0.08	$0	-	-	-	-
75	Bahrain	0.57	$2K	0.06	$0	0.06	$0	-	-	-	-
76	Morocco	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.04	$0	-	-
77	Mozambique	0.06	$0	0.01	$0	-	-	-	-	-	-
78	Egypt	0	$0	-	-	-	-	0	$2K	-	-
79	Kuwait	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	$4K	-	-
80	Lebanon	0.08	$0	0.16	$1K	-	-	0	$1K	-	-
81	Vietnam	0	$67K	0	$1K	-	-	-	-	-	-

Methodology

In the buckwheat exports data, zero means a reported nil or negligible flow; an empty cell means no quantity was reported. Yearly reporter totals sum FAO Detailed Trade Matrix bilateral flows for buckwheat exports, 2020-2024. Displayed quantities keep two decimals below 1,000 tonnes and whole tonnes above; values are full current US dollars, unadjusted for inflation. The 2024 buckwheat exports ranking and shares use 2024 listed quantities; values are not used for ranking. The buckwheat exports change uses overlapping reporters only; countries entering or leaving the listed set are shown separately. Partner-derived gap filling and food-aid additions can apply, and unreconciled bilateral pairs mean an export entry and its mirror import may not match.