https://commodityorigins.com/stats/Ten new commodity statistics every week, each computed from the site's data.https://commodityorigins.com/stats/2026-W45/https://commodityorigins.com/stats/2026-W45/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 07:00:00 GMTSouth Africa holds 83% of known palladium reserves but produced 37% of world output in 2025. (USGS MCS, 2025) | The real price of canola fell 61% between April 2022 and February 2024, and has not climbed back to the old peak. (World Bank Pink Sheet, deflated by the US consumer price index to 2024 dollars) | India bought 32% of world imports of silk (HS 5002) by value in 2024. (CEPII BACI, 2024) | The United States produced 53% of the world's beryllium in 2025. The top five producers together made 100%. (USGS MCS, 2025) | The United States is the world's largest producer of sawnwood (17% of output in 2024), but Canada is the largest exporter of sawnwood (HS 4407) (17% of world export value in 2024). The United States is 4th among exporters. (CEPII BACI, 2024) | China holds 33% of known fluorspar reserves but produced 60% of world output in 2025. (USGS MCS, 2025) | The real price of natural gas fell 93% between October 2005 and March 2024, and has not climbed back to the old peak. (World Bank Pink Sheet, deflated by the US consumer price index to 2024 dollars) | Guatemala supplied 41% of world exports of cardamom (HS 0908) by value in 2024. (CEPII BACI, 2024) | India is the world's largest producer of feldspar (19% of output in 2025), but Turkey (Türkiye) is the largest exporter of feldspar (HS 252910) (42% of world export value in 2024). India is 3rd among exporters. (CEPII BACI, 2024) | At 2025 mining rates, the world's known manganese reserves would last about 90 years. That is a snapshot, not a forecast: reserves are re-estimated as prices change and new deposits are found. (USGS MCS, 2025)https://commodityorigins.com/stats/2026-W44/https://commodityorigins.com/stats/2026-W44/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTBananas is 51% below its inflation-adjusted record of May 1964. (World Bank Pink Sheet, deflated by the US consumer price index to 2024 dollars) | Only 8 countries reported producing rhenium in 2025, and the largest, Chile, made 37% of the total. (USGS MCS, 2025) | China is the world's largest producer of peanuts (34% of output in 2024), but Argentina is the largest exporter of raw groundnuts (HS 1202) (20% of world export value in 2024). China is 4th among exporters. (CEPII BACI, 2024) | At 2025 mining rates, the world's known vanadium reserves would last about 189 years. That is a snapshot, not a forecast: reserves are re-estimated as prices change and new deposits are found. (USGS MCS, 2025) | The real price of palm kernel oil fell 80% between February 2011 and June 2019, and has not climbed back to the old peak. (World Bank Pink Sheet, deflated by the US consumer price index to 2024 dollars) | China bought 41% of world imports of wood in the rough (HS 4403) by value in 2024. (CEPII BACI, 2024) | China is the world's largest producer of shrimp (31% of output in 2024), but Ecuador is the largest exporter of crustaceans (HS 0306) (20% of world export value in 2024). China is 9th among exporters. (CEPII BACI, 2024) | The real price of cocoa fell 93% between July 1977 and November 2000, and has not climbed back to the old peak. (World Bank Pink Sheet, deflated by the US consumer price index to 2024 dollars) | Norway supplied 50% of world exports of fresh Atlantic salmon (HS 030214) by value in 2024. (CEPII BACI, 2024) | India produced 48% of the world's ginger in 2024. The top five producers together made 85%. (FAOSTAT, 2024)https://commodityorigins.com/stats/2026-W43/https://commodityorigins.com/stats/2026-W43/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTChina is the world's largest producer of tobacco (37% of output in 2024), but Brazil is the largest exporter of unmanufactured tobacco (HS 2401) (20% of world export value in 2024). China is 7th among exporters. (CEPII BACI, 2024) | World production of sunflower oil in 2023 was 12 times what it was in 1961: 22.7 million tonnes against 1.9 million tonnes. (FAOSTAT, 2023) | Cocoa is 75% below its inflation-adjusted record of July 1977. (World Bank Pink Sheet, deflated by the US consumer price index to 2024 dollars) | Only 5 countries reported producing mined platinum in 2025, and the largest, South Africa, made 71% of the total. (USGS MCS, 2025) | China is the world's largest producer of primary aluminum (61% of output in 2025), but Canada is the largest exporter of unwrought aluminum (HS 7601) (10% of world export value in 2024). China is outside the top 15 exporters. (CEPII BACI, 2024) | At 2025 mining rates, the world's known tin reserves would last about 21 years. That is a snapshot, not a forecast: reserves are re-estimated as prices change and new deposits are found. (USGS MCS, 2025) | World production of sesame seed in 2024 was 5.8 times what it was in 1961: 6.7 million tonnes against 1.2 million tonnes. (FAOSTAT, 2024) | The real price of cotton fell 89% between January 1974 and October 2001, and has not climbed back to the old peak. (World Bank Pink Sheet, deflated by the US consumer price index to 2024 dollars) | The United States bought 32% of world imports of pineapples (HS 080430) by value in 2024. (CEPII BACI, 2024) | Only 9 countries reported producing cloves in 2024, and the largest, Indonesia, made 74% of the total. (FAOSTAT, 2024)https://commodityorigins.com/stats/2026-W42/https://commodityorigins.com/stats/2026-W42/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTZinc is 68% below its inflation-adjusted record of May 1974. (World Bank Pink Sheet, deflated by the US consumer price index to 2024 dollars) | China produced 52% of the world's coal in 2025. The top five producers together made 82%. (Energy Institute, 2025) | India is the world's largest producer of mangoes (45% of output in 2024), but Thailand is the largest exporter of mangoes (HS 080450) (18% of world export value in 2024). India is 7th among exporters. (CEPII BACI, 2024) | Australia holds 32% of known manganese reserves but produced 8% of world output in 2025. (USGS MCS, 2025) | World production of yams in 2024 was 12 times what it was in 1961: 92.4 million tonnes against 8 million tonnes. (FAOSTAT, 2024) | Oranges is 73% below its inflation-adjusted record of December 2024. (World Bank Pink Sheet, deflated by the US consumer price index to 2024 dollars) | China bought 86% of world imports of unwrought beryllium (HS 811212) by value in 2024. (CEPII BACI, 2024) | Brazil produced 36% of the world's soybeans in 2024. The top five producers together made 87%. (FAOSTAT, 2024) | At 2025 mining rates, the world's known niobium reserves would last about 191 years. That is a snapshot, not a forecast: reserves are re-estimated as prices change and new deposits are found. (USGS MCS, 2025) | World production of tomatoes in 2024 was 6.9 times what it was in 1961: 188.3 million tonnes against 27.2 million tonnes. (FAOSTAT, 2024)https://commodityorigins.com/stats/2026-W41/https://commodityorigins.com/stats/2026-W41/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTIndonesia produced 74% of the world's cloves in 2024. The top five producers together made 98%. (FAOSTAT, 2024) | China is the world's largest producer of titanium (34% of output in 2025), but South Africa is the largest exporter of titanium ore and concentrate (HS 261400) (23% of world export value in 2024). China is 12th among exporters. (CEPII BACI, 2024) | Indonesia holds 44% of the world's known nickel reserves (2025). (USGS MCS, 2025) | World production of natural rubber in 2024 was 7 times what it was in 1961: 14.8 million tonnes against 2.1 million tonnes. (FAOSTAT, 2024) | Cocoa's benchmark price rose 140% in the five years to August 2026, leaving it at $5.95/kg. (World Bank Pink Sheet, 2026) | Eggs output in Indonesia grew from 1.2 million tonnes in 2014 to 6.6 million tonnes in 2024, 18.1% a year for ten years. (FAOSTAT, 2024) | The real price of chicken fell 66% between July 1973 and July 2024, and has not climbed back to the old peak. (World Bank Pink Sheet, deflated by the US consumer price index to 2024 dollars) | China supplied 73% of world exports of unwrought magnesium (HS 810411) by value in 2024. (CEPII BACI, 2024) | South Africa produced 38% of the world's mined manganese in 2025. The top five producers together made 85%. (USGS MCS, 2025) | The United States is the world's largest producer of cheese (28% of output in 2023), but Germany is the largest exporter of cheese (HS 0406) (15% of world export value in 2024). The United States is 5th among exporters. (CEPII BACI, 2024)https://commodityorigins.com/stats/2026-W40/https://commodityorigins.com/stats/2026-W40/Mon, 28 Sep 2026 07:00:00 GMTChina bought 86% of world imports of bauxite (HS 2606) by value in 2024. (CEPII BACI, 2024) | South Africa produced 45% of the world's mined chromium in 2025. The top five producers together made 86%. (USGS MCS, 2025) | China is the world's largest producer of grapes (22% of output in 2024), but Peru is the largest exporter of grapes (HS 0806) (14% of world export value in 2024). China is 3rd among exporters. (CEPII BACI, 2024) | World production of soybeans in 2024 was 15 times what it was in 1961: 397.7 million tonnes against 26.9 million tonnes. (FAOSTAT, 2024) | Adjusted for US inflation, peanuts costs about 13% of what it did at its November 1980 peak (the World Bank series starts in 1980). (World Bank Pink Sheet, 2026) | Oats output in Brazil grew from 432,136 tonnes in 2014 to 1.1 million tonnes in 2024, 9.7% a year for ten years. (FAOSTAT, 2024) | At 2025 mining rates, the world's known phosphate rock reserves would last about 292 years. That is a snapshot, not a forecast: reserves are re-estimated as prices change and new deposits are found. (USGS MCS, 2025) | The real price of potash fell 79% between April 2022 and October 2024, and has not climbed back to the old peak. (World Bank Pink Sheet, deflated by the US consumer price index to 2024 dollars) | The Netherlands is a net exporter of 19 of the 109 commodities tracked and a net importer of 67, with a combined net balance of −$59.1 billion (deficit). (CEPII BACI trade values, approximate where customs codes overlap) | China bought 28% of world imports of linseed (HS 1204) by value in 2024. (CEPII BACI, 2024)https://commodityorigins.com/stats/2026-W39/https://commodityorigins.com/stats/2026-W39/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 07:00:00 GMTChina is a net exporter of 27 of the 109 commodities tracked and a net importer of 78, with a combined net balance of −$807.4 billion (deficit). (CEPII BACI trade values, approximate where customs codes overlap) | China bought 26% of world imports of pistachios (HS 080251) by value in 2024. (CEPII BACI, 2024) | The United States produced 51% of the world's almonds in 2024. The top five producers together made 79%. (FAOSTAT, 2024) | Indonesia is the world's largest producer of palm kernel oil (59% of output in 2023), but Malaysia is the largest exporter of crude palm kernel oil (HS 151321) (29% of world export value in 2024). Indonesia is 5th among exporters. (CEPII BACI, 2024) | World production of vanilla in 2024 was 5.2 times what it was in 1961: 7,115 tonnes against 1,380 tonnes. (FAOSTAT, 2024) | Adjusted for US inflation, tea costs about 18% of what it did at its April 1977 peak (the World Bank series starts in 1960). (World Bank Pink Sheet, 2026) | Natural gas output in Australia grew from 74 billion cubic metres in 2015 to 149 billion cubic metres in 2025, 7.2% a year for ten years. (Energy Institute, 2025) | At 2025 mining rates, the world's known cobalt reserves would last about 39 years. That is a snapshot, not a forecast: reserves are re-estimated as prices change and new deposits are found. (USGS MCS, 2025) | The real price of natural rubber fell 83% between February 2011 and August 2023, and has not climbed back to the old peak. (World Bank Pink Sheet, deflated by the US consumer price index to 2024 dollars) | World wheat output changed +14% over ten years to 2024: harvested area +0%, yield +14%. (FAOSTAT, three-year means to 2024)https://commodityorigins.com/stats/2026-W38/https://commodityorigins.com/stats/2026-W38/Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:00:00 GMTChile is a net exporter of 29 of the 109 commodities tracked and a net importer of 28, with a combined net balance of $33.9 billion (surplus). (CEPII BACI trade values, approximate where customs codes overlap) | China bought 60% of world imports of manganese ore (HS 2602) by value in 2024. (CEPII BACI, 2024) | Bangladesh produced 56% of the world's jute in 2024. The top five producers together made 99%. (FAOSTAT, 2024) | China is the world's largest producer of cotton (23% of output in 2023), but Brazil is the largest exporter of raw cotton lint (HS 5201) (30% of world export value in 2024). China is outside the top 15 exporters. (CEPII BACI, 2024) | World production of palm kernel oil in 2023 was 18 times what it was in 1961: 8.4 million tonnes against 476,228 tonnes. (FAOSTAT, 2023) | Adjusted for US inflation, aluminum costs about 32% of what it did at its June 1988 peak (the World Bank series starts in 1960). (World Bank Pink Sheet, 2026) | 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. (FAOSTAT, 2024) | 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. (USGS MCS, 2025) | The real price of urea fell 94% between January 1974 and July 1999, and has not climbed back to the old peak. (World Bank Pink Sheet, deflated by the US consumer price index to 2024 dollars) | World plantains output changed +36% over ten years to 2024: harvested area +50%, yield −9%. (FAOSTAT, three-year means to 2024)