Wheat · importers
Vietnam’s latest available figure is $5.5B of cereal imports, for 2023, placing it sixth among 96 ranked markets. Note the year: it is not the same as the 2024 figures used for most other markets.
| Market | HS 10 imports |
|---|---|
| China | $14.8B |
| Mexico | $8.0B |
| Egypt | $6.8B |
| Indonesia | $6.8B |
| Japan | $6.7B |
Figures are for the whole of HS chapter 10 (cereals); wheat is only part of it. Source: UN Comtrade, as reported by national authorities; latest available year per market.
Rankings here use the latest year each market has reported, and for Vietnam that is 2023. Comparing it with markets on 2024 data is not like for like, so the sixth place is best read as a rough position. Japan is just above at $6.7B and the Philippines just below at $5.1B.
Vietnam’s share is 3.7% of reported world imports of the chapter. If you need a current view, look at recent shipment records rather than relying only on the annual total.
Cereals are 1.7% of Vietnam’s $325.4B imports and rank ninth among its chapters. The leaders are electrical machinery at $112.7B, followed by fuels, machinery, plastics and iron and steel, an import profile driven by manufacturing inputs.
That shape matters for grain sellers. Much of Vietnam’s import demand feeds factories, and cereal imports are a smaller, consumer- and processing-oriented stream. The buyers are likely to be food-processing groups and traders, and you can confirm their identities in customs records.
Across all goods the largest source markets are China at $110.7B, Rep. of Korea, Japan, the USA and Thailand. The pattern is intra-Asian and manufacturing-heavy, so it says little about where grain is sourced. Someone shipping wheat from outside Asia should expect buyers who are not accustomed to sourcing grain from their closest partners, which can help or hurt depending on freight and quality.
Check the origins shown for each wheat consignee to see how diverse their supply is.
Ask the destination customs authority for the current import, plant-health and labelling requirements, since none of these appear in trade statistics. Settle Incoterm, currency, payment terms and port of discharge, and find out what quality specification the buyer’s processing line needs.
The $5.5B covers the whole of HS chapter 10, all cereals, so wheat is only a part. Re-exports and reporting gaps may also distort the ranking.
Rankings use the latest year each market has reported. Vietnam's most recent available figure is for 2023, while many other markets show 2024, so the comparison is approximate.
Sixth of 96 ranked markets at $5.5B, with Japan just above at $6.7B and the Philippines just below at $5.1B. The figure includes all cereals, not only wheat.
They account for 1.7% of total imports and rank ninth among chapters. Electrical machinery is far larger at $112.7B, so cereals are a meaningful but secondary flow.
Use recent customs shipment records filtered to the wheat heading. They list consignees, quantities and ports, and show who is actively buying now, which annual totals cannot do.
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