Commercial Production
The top asparagus importers (2004) were the United States (92,405 tonnes), followed by the European Union (external trade) (18,565 tonnes), and Japan (17,148 tonnes).
China is the world's largest producer: in 2010 (6,960,357 tonnes), at a large distance followed by Peru (335,209 tonnes), and Germany (92,404 tonnes). U.S. production was concentrated in California, Michigan and Washington. The annual production for white asparagus in Germany is 57,000 tonnes (61% of consumer demand). North-eastern Germany is also famous for its cultivation of asparagus
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