Dried fruit market - statistics & facts

Leading producers

Dried fruit has a tradition of use in Mesopotamian cuisine since 4000 BC. The Mesopotamian region includes parts of Iraq, Kuwait, Syria, and Turkey, many of whom are still top producers and exporters of dried fruit today. U.S. exports the most significant amount of raisins, while Tunisia and Saudi Arabia export the most substantial amount of dates worldwide. Uzbekistan was by far the leading exporter of dried apricots with an export value amounting to a total of over 16 million U.S. dollars worldwide in 2019.

Consumer market

Out of the dried fruits available, customers ate raisins more than any other fruit. Consumption of dried fruit in the United States has decreased over the past five years, dropping to a per capita rate of 1.06 pound per year in 2020. Dried fruits sometimes get a poor reputation due to the fact that some have a high concentration of natural sugars. This reputation could have influenced the frequency of eating dried fruits, as many of the diets followed by customers in the U.S. restrict the daily amount of sugars consumed. At the same time, many types of dried fruits offer health benefits by retaining the fiber, many of the vitamins, and minerals of the whole fruit. Middle East and Europe are the leading consumers of dried fruit responsible for about 29 and 24 percent of global dried fruit consumption respectively.

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