Maize trade by country
The United States was the largest net exporter of maize in 2024, selling 62.0 Mt more than it bought; Mexico was the largest net importer, buying 23.8 Mt more than it sold.
Source: FAOSTAT (FAO)2024Updated 24 Oct 2026
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Exports minus imports, million tonnes, 2024
10 Mt+2–10 Mt0.1–2 Mt±0.1 Mt0.1–2 Mt2–10 Mt10 Mt+
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Largest flows, 2023
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Summary
Countries reported exporting 203 Mt of maize in 2024, 2.2% more than in 2023. The largest net exporters: The United States 62.0 Mt, Brazil 38.1 Mt and Argentina 32.0 Mt. The largest net importers: Mexico 23.8 Mt, Japan 15.3 Mt and China 13.6 Mt.
196 countries and territories have a figure for 2024. 1 more reported a figure for one of the two years before but not yet for 2024; they are hatched on the map. Net trade is exports minus imports, as each country reports them to FAOSTAT; one country’s exports and its partners’ imports often differ. Flows on the map are the largest in 2023, as importers report them.
Source: FAOSTAT (FAO)2024Updated 24 Oct 2026
Countries and territories with data
| United States | 62.6 Mt | 628,000 t | 62.0 Mt net exports | 44.9 Mt net exports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 39.8 Mt | 1.6 Mt | 38.1 Mt net exports | 54.5 Mt net exports |
| Argentina | 32.1 Mt | 10,000 t | 32.0 Mt net exports | 23.6 Mt net exports |
| Ukraine | 29.6 Mt | 10,000 t | 29.6 Mt net exports | 26.4 Mt net exports |
| France | 4.1 Mt | 352,000 t | 3.7 Mt net exports | 3.3 Mt net exports |
| South Africa | 3.5 Mt | 21,000 t | 3.4 Mt net exportse | 4.0 Mt net exports |
| Poland | 3.3 Mt | 171,000 t | 3.2 Mt net exports | 3.8 Mt net exports |
| Myanmar | 2.8 Mt | 4,000 t | 2.8 Mt net exports | 1.2 Mt net exports |
| Romania | 2.9 Mt | 503,000 t | 2.4 Mt net exports | 4.5 Mt net exports |
| Russia1 | 2.3 Mt | 7,000 t | 2.3 Mt net exports | 3.5 Mt net exports |
| Serbia | 2.1 Mt | 20,000 t | 2.1 Mt net exportse | 1.0 Mt net exports |
| Hungary | 2.2 Mt | 278,000 t | 1.9 Mt net exportse | 443,000 t net exports |
| Paraguay | 1.9 Mt | 21,000 t | 1.9 Mt net exports | 3.8 Mt net exports |
| Pakistan | 1.2 Mt | 28,000 t | 1.2 Mt net exports | 1.5 Mt net exports |
| Croatia | 1.0 Mt | 43,000 t | 1.0 Mt net exports | 775,000 t net exports |
| Bulgaria | 889,000 t | 93,000 t | 796,000 t net exports | 1.3 Mt net exports |
| Tanzania | 372,000 t | 22,000 t | 350,000 t net exports | 88,000 t net exports |
| Laos | 331,000 t | 2,000 t | 329,000 t net exports | 134,000 t net exports |
| Moldova | 297,000 t | 4,000 t | 293,000 t net exports | 573,000 t net exports |
| Kazakhstan | 213,000 t | 18,000 t | 195,000 t net exports | 72,000 t net exports |
| Uganda | 227,000 t | 34,000 t | 193,000 t net exportse | 456,000 t net exports |
| Slovakia | 289,000 t | 177,000 t | 112,000 t net exports | 112,000 t net exports |
| Australia | 91,000 t | 1,000 t | 90,000 t net exports | 76,000 t net exports |
| Latvia | 270,000 t | 223,000 t | 47,000 t net exports | 45,000 t net imports |
| Bolivia | 21,000 t | 5,000 t | 16,000 t net exportse | 5,000 t net imports |
| Kyrgyzstan | 16,000 t | 2,000 t | 14,000 t net exports | 15,000 t net exports |
| Burkina Faso | 2,000 t | 1,000 t | 997 t net exports | 424 t net exports |
| Belize | 1,000 t | 478 t | 922 t net exports | 1,000 t net exports |
| Niue | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t net imports | 0 t net imports |
| Micronesia | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t net imports | 986 t net exports |
| Solomon Islands | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t net imports | 0 t net imports |
| Nauru | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t net imports | 0 t net imports |
| Tonga | 0 t | 1 t | 1 t net imports | 1 t net imports |
| Tuvalu | 0 t | 1 t | 1 t net imports | 0 t net imports |
| Cook Islands | 0 t | 1 t | 1 t net imports | 3 t net imports |
| Kiribati | 0 t | 2 t | 2 t net imports | 3 t net imports |
| Comoros | 0 t | 3 t | 3 t net imports | – |
| Samoa | 0 t | 4 t | 4 t net imports | 1 t net imports |
| Macao | 0 t | 20 t | 20 t net imports | 4 t net imports |
| Equatorial Guinea | 0 t | 26 t | 26 t net imports | 2 t net imports |
| Vanuatu | 0 t | 26 t | 26 t net imports | 41 t net imports |
| Faroe Islands | 0 t | 34 t | 34 t net imports | 9 t net imports |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 0 t | 43 t | 43 t net imports | 72 t net imports |
| Central African Republic | 0 t | 48 t | 48 t net imports | 1 t net imports |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 0 t | 65 t | 65 t net imports | 104 t net imports |
| Guinea-Bissau | 0 t | 96 t | 96 t net imports | 2 t net imports |
| New Caledonia | 0 t | 97 t | 97 t net imports | 74 t net imports |
| Fiji | 7 t | 106 t | 99 t net imports | 163 t net imports |
| Dominica | 0 t | 139 t | 139 t net imports | 23 t net imports |
| Mongolia | 0 t | 145 t | 145 t net imports | 672 t net imports |
| Maldives | 0 t | 167 t | 167 t net imports | 304 t net imports |
| Palau | 0 t | 243 t | 243 t net importse | 168 t net imports |
| Turkmenistan | 0 t | 292 t | 292 t net imports | 1,000 t net imports |
| Grenada | 0 t | 347 t | 347 t net importse | 7,000 t net imports |
| North Korea | 0 t | 360 t | 360 t net imports | 7,000 t net imports |
| Palestine | 0 t | 466 t | 466 t net imports | 11,000 t net imports |
| Gambia | 0 t | 477 t | 477 t net importse | 98 t net imports |
| Sierra Leone | 0 t | 501 t | 501 t net imports | 313 t net imports |
| Haiti | 0 t | 617 t | 617 t net imports | 689 t net imports |
| Timor-Leste | 0 t | 676 t | 676 t net imports | 430 t net imports |
| French Polynesia | 0 t | 1,000 t | 1,000 t net imports | 1,000 t net imports |
| Madagascar | 1 t | 1,000 t | 1,000 t net imports | 1,000 t net imports |
| Papua New Guinea | 0 t | 1,000 t | 1,000 t net imports | 20 t net imports |
| Singapore | 237 t | 2,000 t | 2,000 t net imports | 7,000 t net imports |
| Djibouti | 0 t | 2,000 t | 2,000 t net imports | 450 t net imports |
| Somalia | 0 t | 3,000 t | 3,000 t net imports | 12,000 t net imports |
| Bahamas | 0 t | 3,000 t | 3,000 t net imports | 701 t net imports |
| Luxembourg | 12,000 t | 15,000 t | 3,000 t net imports | 3,000 t net imports |
| Togo | 22 t | 4,000 t | 4,000 t net imports | 3,000 t net imports |
| Benin | 2 t | 4,000 t | 4,000 t net imports | 4,000 t net imports |
| Sudan | 14 t | 5,000 t | 4,000 t net imports | 375 t net imports |
| Seychelles | 0 t | 5,000 t | 5,000 t net imports | 7,000 t net imports |
| Ethiopia | 102 t | 5,000 t | 5,000 t net imports | 5,000 t net imports |
| Gabon | 10 t | 6,000 t | 6,000 t net imports | 659 t net imports |
| Marshall Islands | 0 t | 7,000 t | 7,000 t net imports | 2 t net imports |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 t | 7,000 t | 7,000 t net imports | 1,000 t net imports |
| Uruguay | 153,000 t | 160,000 t | 7,000 t net imports | 532,000 t net imports |
| Suriname | 0 t | 8,000 t | 8,000 t net imports | 8,000 t net imports |
| Guinea | 9 t | 9,000 t | 9,000 t net imports | 7,000 t net imports |
| Saint Lucia | 78 t | 9,000 t | 9,000 t net importse | 10,000 t net imports |
| Chad | 0 t | 10,000 t | 10,000 t net imports | 10,000 t net imports |
| Hong Kong | 15 t | 10,000 t | 10,000 t net imports | 13,000 t net imports |
| Belarus | 27 t | 12,000 t | 12,000 t net imports | 11,000 t net imports |
| Republic of the Congo | 0 t | 12,000 t | 12,000 t net imports | 12,000 t net imports |
| Liberia | 0 t | 12,000 t | 12,000 t net imports | 4,000 t net imports |
| Mali | 4,000 t | 17,000 t | 13,000 t net imports | 3,000 t net imports |
| Czechia | 283,000 t | 297,000 t | 14,000 t net imports | 13,000 t net exports |
| Montenegro | 3,000 t | 21,000 t | 19,000 t net imports | 30,000 t net imports |
| Cabo Verde | 0 t | 20,000 t | 20,000 t net imports | 41,000 t net imports |
| Iceland | 0 t | 21,000 t | 21,000 t net imports | 22,000 t net imports |
| South Sudan | 247 t | 22,000 t | 22,000 t net imports | 10,000 t net imports |
| Bahrain | 25 t | 23,000 t | 23,000 t net imports | 17,000 t net imports |
| Cuba | 0 t | 27,000 t | 27,000 t net imports | 201,000 t net imports |
| Barbados | 2 t | 28,000 t | 28,000 t net imports | 33,000 t net imports |
| Mauritania | 0 t | 29,000 t | 29,000 t net imports | 20,000 t net imports |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 58,000 t | 87,000 t | 29,000 t net imports | 98,000 t net exports |
| Brunei | 0 t | 30,000 t | 30,000 t net imports | 14,000 t net imports |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 174 t | 31,000 t | 30,000 t net importse | 11,000 t net imports |
| Burundi | 92 t | 34,000 t | 34,000 t net imports | 41,000 t net imports |
| New Zealand | 1,000 t | 36,000 t | 35,000 t net imports | 446 t net exports |
| Canada | 2.4 Mt | 2.4 Mt | 36,000 t net importse | 276,000 t net imports |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 93 t | 36,000 t | 36,000 t net imports | 76,000 t net imports |
| Georgia | 15,000 t | 57,000 t | 42,000 t net imports | 56,000 t net imports |
| Finland | 10 t | 43,000 t | 43,000 t net imports | 27,000 t net imports |
| Estonia | 16 t | 44,000 t | 44,000 t net imports | 35,000 t net imports |
| Sweden | 642 t | 46,000 t | 45,000 t net imports | 44,000 t net imports |
| North Macedonia | 7,000 t | 53,000 t | 46,000 t net imports | 26,000 t net imports |
| Malta | 0 t | 47,000 t | 47,000 t net imports | 46,000 t net imports |
| Cameroon | 8 t | 48,000 t | 48,000 t net importse | 40,000 t net imports |
| Bhutan | 34 t | 49,000 t | 49,000 t net imports | 40,000 t net imports |
| Lithuania | 60,000 t | 109,000 t | 50,000 t net imports | 38,000 t net imports |
| Afghanistan | 1,000 t | 56,000 t | 55,000 t net imports | 61,000 t net imports |
| Guyana | 438 t | 57,000 t | 56,000 t net imports | 40,000 t net imports |
| Malawi | 357 t | 61,000 t | 61,000 t net imports | 26,000 t net imports |
| Armenia | 113 t | 68,000 t | 68,000 t net imports | 68,000 t net imports |
| Tajikistan | 0 t | 81,000 t | 81,000 t net imports | 60,000 t net imports |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 564 t | 84,000 t | 84,000 t net imports | 76,000 t net imports |
| Cambodia | 210,000 t | 294,000 t | 85,000 t net imports | 181,000 t net imports |
| Azerbaijan | 101 t | 85,000 t | 85,000 t net imports | 73,000 t net imports |
| Albania | 0 t | 90,000 t | 90,000 t net imports | 66,000 t net imports |
| Niger | 0 t | 92,000 t | 92,000 t net imports | 21,000 t net imports |
| Uzbekistan | 40 t | 93,000 t | 93,000 t net imports | 42,000 t net imports |
| Norway | 9 t | 94,000 t | 94,000 t net imports | 82,000 t net imports |
| Lesotho | 137 t | 100,000 t | 100,000 t net imports | 71,000 t net imports |
| Rwanda | 1,000 t | 106,000 t | 105,000 t net imports | 241,000 t net imports |
| Syria | 2,000 t | 109,000 t | 107,000 t net imports | 43,000 t net imports |
| Qatar | 0 t | 108,000 t | 108,000 t net imports | 56,000 t net imports |
| Slovenia | 1.2 Mt | 1.4 Mt | 109,000 t net imports | 111,000 t net imports |
| Nigeria | 11,000 t | 125,000 t | 114,000 t net imports | 98,000 t net imports |
| Mauritius | 0 t | 114,000 t | 114,000 t net imports | 137,000 t net imports |
| Zambia | 33,000 t | 148,000 t | 115,000 t net imports | 57,000 t net exports |
| Angola | 22 t | 143,000 t | 143,000 t net imports | 30,000 t net imports |
| Ghana | 902 t | 163,000 t | 162,000 t net imports | 28,000 t net imports |
| Eswatini | 102 t | 168,000 t | 168,000 t net importse | 159,000 t net imports |
| Denmark | 4,000 t | 175,000 t | 171,000 t net imports | 178,000 t net imports |
| Ecuador | 73 t | 174,000 t | 174,000 t net imports | 190,000 t net imports |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 750 t | 193,000 t | 193,000 t net imports | 209,000 t net imports |
| Kuwait | 0 t | 199,000 t | 199,000 t net imports | 142,000 t net imports |
| Mozambique | 4,000 t | 214,000 t | 210,000 t net importse | 149,000 t net imports |
| Switzerland | 200 t | 223,000 t | 223,000 t net imports | 177,000 t net imports |
| Sri Lanka | 19 t | 254,000 t | 254,000 t net imports | 197,000 t net imports |
| Cyprus | 1 t | 280,000 t | 280,000 t net imports | 305,000 t net imports |
| Oman | 6 t | 289,000 t | 289,000 t net imports | 234,000 t net imports |
| Kenya | 1,000 t | 315,000 t | 313,000 t net imports | 503,000 t net imports |
| Botswana | 146 t | 318,000 t | 317,000 t net imports | 277,000 t net imports |
| Jamaica | 3 t | 326,000 t | 326,000 t net imports | 321,000 t net imports |
| Namibia | 37 t | 346,000 t | 346,000 t net importse | 168,000 t net imports |
| Nepal | 61 t | 361,000 t | 361,000 t net imports | 377,000 t net imports |
| India | 501,000 t | 896,000 t | 394,000 t net imports | 2.3 Mt net exports |
| Lebanon | 11,000 t | 453,000 t | 442,000 t net importse | 383,000 t net imports |
| United Arab Emirates | 157,000 t | 662,000 t | 505,000 t net importse | 477,000 t net imports |
| Senegal | 5,000 t | 513,000 t | 508,000 t net imports | 430,000 t net imports |
| Yemen | 808 t | 540,000 t | 539,000 t net imports | 787,000 t net imports |
| Panama | 64 t | 569,000 t | 569,000 t net imports | 537,000 t net imports |
| Austria | 498,000 t | 1.1 Mt | 570,000 t net imports | 172,000 t net imports |
| Jordan | 163 t | 686,000 t | 686,000 t net imports | 585,000 t net imports |
| Greece | 14,000 t | 712,000 t | 698,000 t net imports | 504,000 t net imports |
| El Salvador | 2,000 t | 729,000 t | 727,000 t net imports | 724,000 t net imports |
| Libya | 0 t | 802,000 t | 802,000 t net imports | 441,000 t net imports |
| Iraq | 29 t | 967,000 t | 967,000 t net imports | 946,000 t net imports |
| Honduras | 11,000 t | 987,000 t | 976,000 t net imports | 833,000 t net imports |
| Tunisia | 0 t | 1.0 Mt | 1.0 Mt net imports | 975,000 t net imports |
| Costa Rica | 120 t | 1.1 Mt | 1.1 Mt net imports | 1.0 Mt net imports |
| Israel | 0 t | 1.1 Mt | 1.1 Mt net importse | 1.1 Mt net imports |
| Bangladesh | 62 t | 1.2 Mt | 1.2 Mt net imports | 874,000 t net imports |
| Ireland | 128,000 t | 1.5 Mt | 1.4 Mt net imports | 1.1 Mt net imports |
| Venezuela | 1 t | 1.4 Mt | 1.4 Mt net imports | 1.0 Mt net imports |
| Dominican Republic | 5,000 t | 1.5 Mt | 1.5 Mt net imports | 1.4 Mt net imports |
| Portugal | 127,000 t | 1.8 Mt | 1.6 Mt net imports | 1.9 Mt net imports |
| Belgium | 131,000 t | 1.8 Mt | 1.7 Mt net imports | 1.5 Mt net imports |
| Zimbabwe | 12,000 t | 1.7 Mt | 1.7 Mt net imports | 377,000 t net imports |
| Indonesia | 56,000 t | 1.8 Mt | 1.7 Mt net imports | 1.1 Mt net imports |
| Philippines | 1,000 t | 1.9 Mt | 1.9 Mt net imports | 647,000 t net imports |
| Thailand | 28,000 t | 2.0 Mt | 2.0 Mt net importse | 1.3 Mt net imports |
| Guatemala | 4,000 t | 2.0 Mt | 2.0 Mt net imports | 1.6 Mt net imports |
| Germany | 427,000 t | 2.7 Mt | 2.3 Mt net imports | 2.4 Mt net imports |
| Chile | 19,000 t | 2.7 Mt | 2.6 Mt net imports | 2.3 Mt net imports |
| United Kingdom | 156,000 t | 2.8 Mt | 2.7 Mt net imports | 2.0 Mt net imports |
| Morocco | 0 t | 2.9 Mt | 2.9 Mt net imports | 2.5 Mt net imports |
| Türkiye | 704,000 t | 4.5 Mt | 3.8 Mt net imports | 364,000 t net imports |
| Malaysia | 7,000 t | 4.0 Mt | 4.0 Mt net imports | 3.6 Mt net imports |
| Peru | 14,000 t | 4.2 Mt | 4.2 Mt net imports | 3.5 Mt net imports |
| Saudi Arabia | 185 t | 4.7 Mt | 4.7 Mt net imports | 2.8 Mt net imports |
| Iran | 548 t | 4.9 Mt | 4.9 Mt net imports | 4.1 Mt net imports |
| Taiwan | 262 t | 4.9 Mt | 4.9 Mt net importse | 4.2 Mt net imports |
| Algeria | 20 t | 5.0 Mt | 5.0 Mt net imports | 4.2 Mt net imports |
| Netherlands | 373,000 t | 5.3 Mt | 5.0 Mt net imports | 5.1 Mt net imports |
| Colombia | 2,000 t | 6.9 Mt | 6.8 Mt net imports | 6.3 Mt net imports |
| Italy | 29,000 t | 7.4 Mt | 7.4 Mt net imports | 6.4 Mt net imports |
| Egypt | 10,000 t | 7.9 Mt | 7.9 Mt net importse | 6.3 Mt net imports |
| Vietnam | 142,000 t | 8.8 Mt | 8.7 Mt net imports | 7.9 Mt net imports |
| Spain | 171,000 t | 9.4 Mt | 9.2 Mt net imports | 9.0 Mt net imports |
| South Korea | 10 t | 11.3 Mt | 11.3 Mt net imports | 11.3 Mt net imports |
| China | 4,000 t | 13.6 Mt | 13.6 Mt net imports | 26.2 Mt net imports |
| Japan | 4 t | 15.3 Mt | 15.3 Mt net importse | 14.9 Mt net imports |
| Mexico | 25,000 t | 23.9 Mt | 23.8 Mt net importse | 18.4 Mt net imports |
Source: FAOSTAT (FAO)2023 and 2024Updated 24 Oct 2026
Notes
- Russia: Russia’s customs service stopped publishing detailed trade figures in 2022, so FAOSTAT’s trade figures for Russia since then may be estimates or incomplete.
Not yet reported
Nicaragua (2023: 461,000 t net imports).
Largest flows, 2023
| United States | Mexico | 17.5 Mt |
| Brazil | China | 11.9 Mt |
| United States | China | 7.1 Mt |
| United States | Japan | 6.7 Mt |
| Brazil | Japan | 6.6 Mt |
| Ukraine | China | 5.5 Mt |
| Brazil | Vietnam | 3.9 Mt |
| Ukraine | Spain | 3.9 Mt |
| United States | Colombia | 3.8 Mt |
| Brazil | South Korea | 3.5 Mt |
| Argentina | Vietnam | 3.2 Mt |
| United States | Canada | 3.1 Mt |
| Argentina | South Korea | 3.0 Mt |
| Argentina | Peru | 2.9 Mt |
| Ukraine | Egypt | 2.5 Mt |
| Brazil | Taiwan | 2.5 Mt |
| Argentina | Malaysia | 2.4 Mt |
| Brazil | Spain | 2.3 Mt |
| Brazil | Egypt | 1.9 Mt |
| Ukraine | Italy | 1.8 Mt |
Source: FAOSTAT (FAO)2023Updated 24 Oct 2026