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Organic food imports and exports

To which parts of the world does Denmark export the most organic goods and which organic foods do we import the most? Here you can find the statistics on external trade in organic foods.

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Food and beverages that are produced and marketed as organic according to the EU's regulations. Goods which are neither defined as organic nor conventional are not covered (e.g. game meat, wild fish, salt and some other products).

The Danish red "ø-label" (the Danish Food Agency), the EU's organic labels or other labels that comply with the EU's organic rules.

Selected statistics on Organic food imports and exports

This page shows selected popular statistics on the subject of Organic food imports and exports. In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data and compile your own statistics.

External trade in organic foods

Here you can see the development in total exports and imports of organic foods.
More about the figure
Last update
14.11.2024
Next update
5.12.2025
Source data

The survey is questionnaire based among companies that

  1. have foreign trade with potential organic goods and
  2. are organic certified by the Ministry of Environment and Food.

The statistics do not cover foreign trade in organic goods at the smallest companies, cf. the threshold values for Foreign trade in goods.

External trade by parts of the world

Here you can see the value of Danish imports and exports of organic foods, broken down by parts of the world.
More about the figure
Last update
14.11.2024
Next update
5.12.2025
Source data

The survey is questionnaire based among companies that

  1. have foreign trade with potential organic goods and
  2. are organic certified by the Ministry of Environment and Food.

The statistics do not cover foreign trade in organic goods at the smallest companies, cf. the threshold values for Foreign trade in goods.

Imports of organic foods by commodity group

Here you can see the imports of organic foods broken down by commodity group for the past three years.
More about the figure
Last update
14.11.2024
Next update
5.12.2025
Source data

The survey is questionnaire based among companies that

  1. have foreign trade with potential organic goods and
  2. are organic certified by the Ministry of Environment and Food.

The statistics do not cover foreign trade in organic goods at the smallest companies, cf. the threshold values for Foreign trade in goods.

Exports of organic foods by commodity group

Here you can see the exports of organic foods broken down by commodity group for the past three years.
More about the figure
Last update
14.11.2024
Next update
5.12.2025
Source data

The survey is questionnaire based among companies that

  1. have foreign trade with potential organic goods and
  2. are organic certified by the Ministry of Environment and Food.

The statistics do not cover foreign trade in organic goods at the smallest companies, cf. the threshold values for Foreign trade in goods.

On the statistics – documentation, sources and method

Gain an overview of the purpose, contents and quality of the statistics. Learn about the data sources of the statistics, the contents of the statistics and how often they are published.

See the documentation of statistics to learn more:

External Trade of Organic Products

The purpose of these statistics is to give information on the magnitude and composition of the turnover of organic foods in external trade. The survey was conducted the first time for the year 2003 with the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries.

Need more data on Organic food imports and exports?

You can go on searching on your own in Statbank Denmark. Find more detailed figures, for example on the external trade broken down by Denmark's major European trading partners and by various classifications of commodity groups.

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