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China is outside the top 15 exporters.","cite":"CEPII BACI, 2024","links":[{"href":"/commodities/cotton/","label":"Cotton"},{"href":"/countries/CHN/","label":"China"},{"href":"/countries/BRA/","label":"Brazil"}]},{"id":"c23d2ea1","theme":"history","text":"World production of palm kernel oil in 2023 was 18 times what it was in 1961: 8.4 million tonnes against 476,228 tonnes.","cite":"FAOSTAT, 2023","links":[{"href":"/commodities/palm-kernel-oil/","label":"Palm kernel oil"}]},{"id":"be065881","theme":"prices","text":"Adjusted for US inflation, aluminum costs about 32% of what it did at its June 1988 peak (the World Bank series starts in 1960).","cite":"World Bank Pink Sheet, 2026","links":[{"href":"/commodities/aluminum/","label":"Aluminum"},{"href":"/prices/aluminum/","label":"Aluminum prices"}]},{"id":"ab8a9d90","theme":"growth","text":"Ginger output in India grew from 655,000 tonnes in 2014 to 2.3 million tonnes in 2024, 13.5% a year for ten years.","cite":"FAOSTAT, 2024","links":[{"href":"/commodities/ginger/","label":"Ginger"},{"href":"/countries/IND/","label":"India"}]},{"id":"b0d191eb","theme":"reserves","text":"At 2025 mining rates, the world's known rare earths reserves would last about 193 years. That is a snapshot, not a forecast: reserves are re-estimated as prices change and new deposits are found.","cite":"USGS MCS, 2025","links":[{"href":"/commodities/rare-earths/","label":"Rare earths"}]},{"id":"6a7bdbda","theme":"drawdowns","text":"The real price of urea fell 94% between January 1974 and July 1999, and has not climbed back to the old peak.","cite":"World Bank Pink Sheet, deflated by the US consumer price index to 2024 dollars","links":[{"href":"/prices/urea/","label":"Urea"},{"href":"/patterns/drawdowns/","label":"Drawdowns"}]},{"id":"c630575c","theme":"land-yield","text":"World plantains output changed +36% over ten years to 2024: harvested area +50%, yield −9%.","cite":"FAOSTAT, three-year means to 2024","links":[{"href":"/commodities/plantains/","label":"Plantains"},{"href":"/patterns/land-vs-yield/","label":"Land or yield"}]}]}]}