Commodity Origins

What does United States produce and export?

United States ranks in the top ten producers of 55 commodities: almonds (#1, 51% of world output in 2024), beef (#1, 18% of world output in 2024), beryllium (#1, 53% of world output in 2025), cheese (#1, 28% of world output in 2023), chicken (#1, 16% of world output in 2024), corn (#1, 31% of world output in 2024) and more. It is a top-ten exporter of almonds (#1, 65% of world export value in 2024), corn (#1, 28% of world export value in 2024), natural gas (#1, 18% of world export value in 2024), pistachios (#1, 72% of world export value in 2024), pork (#1, 18% of world export value in 2024) and more.

Where united states is produced, 2024World map shaded by share of united states production in 2024. Darkest: United States 100%. 1 producing countries shown.Fiji: no reported productionTanzania: no reported productionWestern Sahara: no reported productionCanada: no reported productionUnited States: 100% (1)Kazakhstan: no reported productionUzbekistan: no reported productionPapua New Guinea: no reported productionIndonesia: no reported productionArgentina: no reported productionChile: no reported productionDR Congo: no reported productionSomalia: no reported productionKenya: no reported productionSudan: no reported productionChad: no reported productionHaiti: no reported productionDominican Republic: no reported productionRussia: no reported productionBahamas: no reported productionFalkland Isds (Malvinas): no reported productionNorway: no reported productionGreenland: no reported productionFr. South Antarctic Terr.: no reported productionTimor-Leste: no reported productionSouth Africa: no reported productionLesotho: no reported productionMexico: no reported productionUruguay: no reported productionBrazil: no reported productionBolivia: no reported productionPeru: no reported productionColombia: no reported productionPanama: no reported productionCosta Rica: no reported productionNicaragua: no reported productionHonduras: no reported productionEl Salvador: no reported productionGuatemala: no reported productionBelize: no reported productionVenezuela: no reported productionGuyana: no reported productionSuriname: no reported productionFrance: no reported productionEcuador: no reported productionPuerto Rico: no reported productionJamaica: no reported productionCuba: no reported productionZimbabwe: no reported productionBotswana: no reported productionNamibia: no reported productionSenegal: no reported productionMali: no reported productionMauritania: no reported productionBenin: no reported productionNiger: no reported productionNigeria: no reported productionCameroon: no reported productionTogo: no reported productionGhana: no reported productionIvory Coast: no reported productionGuinea: no reported productionGuinea-Bissau: no reported productionLiberia: no reported productionSierra Leone: no reported productionBurkina Faso: no reported productionCentral African Republic: no reported productionRepublic of the Congo: no reported productionGabon: no reported productionEquatorial Guinea: no reported productionZambia: no reported productionMalawi: no reported productionMozambique: no reported productionEswatini: no reported productionAngola: no reported productionBurundi: no reported productionIsrael: no reported productionLebanon: no reported productionMadagascar: no reported productionPalestine: no reported productionGambia: no reported productionTunisia: no reported productionAlgeria: no reported productionJordan: no reported productionUnited Arab Emirates: no reported productionQatar: no reported productionKuwait: no reported productionIraq: no reported productionOman: no reported productionVanuatu: no reported productionCambodia: no reported productionThailand: no reported productionLaos: no reported productionMyanmar: no reported productionVietnam: no reported productionNorth Korea: no reported productionSouth Korea: no reported productionMongolia: no reported productionIndia: no reported productionBangladesh: no reported productionBhutan: no reported productionNepal: no reported productionPakistan: no reported productionAfghanistan: no reported productionTajikistan: no reported productionKyrgyzstan: no reported productionTurkmenistan: no reported productionIran: no reported productionSyria: no reported productionArmenia: no reported productionSweden: no reported productionBelarus: no reported productionUkraine: no reported productionPoland: no reported productionAustria: no reported productionHungary: no reported productionMoldova: no reported productionRomania: no reported productionLithuania: no reported productionLatvia: no reported productionEstonia: no reported productionGermany: no reported productionBulgaria: no reported productionGreece: no reported productionTurkey: no reported productionAlbania: no reported productionCroatia: no reported productionSwitzerland: no reported productionLuxembourg: no reported productionBelgium: no reported productionNetherlands: no reported productionPortugal: no reported productionSpain: no reported productionIreland: no reported productionNew Caledonia: no reported productionSolomon Islands: no reported productionNew Zealand: no reported productionAustralia: no reported productionSri Lanka: no reported productionChina: no reported productionTaiwan: no reported productionItaly: no reported productionDenmark: no reported productionUnited Kingdom: no reported productionIceland: no reported productionAzerbaijan: no reported productionGeorgia: no reported productionPhilippines: no reported productionMalaysia: no reported productionBrunei: no reported productionSlovenia: no reported productionFinland: no reported productionSlovakia: no reported productionCzechia: no reported productionEritrea: no reported productionJapan: no reported productionParaguay: no reported productionYemen: no reported productionSaudi Arabia: no reported productionAntarcticaN. CyprusCyprus: no reported productionMorocco: no reported productionEgypt: no reported productionLibya: no reported productionEthiopia: no reported productionDjibouti: no reported productionSomalilandUganda: no reported productionRwanda: no reported productionBosnia and Herzegovina: no reported productionNorth Macedonia: no reported productionSerbia: no reported productionMontenegro: no reported productionKosovoTrinidad and Tobago: no reported productionSouth Sudan: no reported production<0.5%0.5–1%1–2.5%2.5–5%5–10%10–20%≥20%
Share of world production, 2024. Countries with no reported production are unshaded.

The Corn Belt is a soil map. Glacial till and windblown loess left flat, deep, well-drained ground across Iowa, Illinois and Indiana, and the continental climate delivers hot nights and summer rain at exactly the time maize needs them. Hybrid seed from the 1930s, nitrogen fertilizer from the 1950s and a barge network down the Illinois and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans did the rest. The United States grew 31% of the world's corn in 2024 (FAOSTAT) and held 28% of world corn export value in 2024 (CEPII BACI). The same farms rotate into soybeans: 30% of world production in 2024 (FAOSTAT) and 31% of world soybean export value in 2024 (CEPII BACI).

Energy changed direction inside two decades. Horizontal drilling combined with hydraulic fracturing, first proven in the Barnett shale in Texas in the late 1990s, spread to the Bakken, the Permian and the Marcellus and turned rock that had been considered source, not reservoir, into producing formations. The United States produced 21% of world crude oil in 2025 (Energy Institute). Gas came with it, often as a byproduct of oil wells, and terminals built in the 2000s to import liquefied gas were rebuilt to export it. The country produced 26% of world natural gas in 2025 (Energy Institute) and took 18% of world natural-gas export value in 2024 (CEPII BACI).

On the other side of the ledger are the things the climate will not grow and the power price will not make. Coffee needs a tropical highland, which the United States has almost none of, so it bought 18% of world coffee import value in 2024 (CEPII BACI), the largest share of any country. Primary aluminum smelting, which needs roughly 14 megawatt-hours of electricity per tonne, largely left for cheaper power decades ago; the United States took 14% of world aluminum import value in 2024 (CEPII BACI), much of it from Canadian hydro smelters.

What does United States produce?

Commodities where United States is a top-ten producer
CommodityWorld rankShare of worldProductionYearSource
Almonds Fruit & vegetables151%2 million t2024FAOSTAT
Beef Livestock, meat & dairy118%12.3 million t2024FAOSTAT
Beryllium Metals153%230 t2025USGS MCS
Cheese Livestock, meat & dairy128%6.4 million t2023FAOSTAT
Chicken Livestock, meat & dairy116%20.2 million t2024FAOSTAT
Corn Grains & cereals131%377.6 million t2024FAOSTAT
Crude oil Energy121%21,065 thousand barrels daily2025Energy Institute
Helium Metals143%81 million cubic meters2025USGS MCS
Logs Timber & forest products116%319.1 million m32024faostat_fo
Natural gas Energy126%1,074 billion cubic metres2025Energy Institute
Pistachios Fruit & vegetables136%498,950 t2024FAOSTAT
Sawnwood Timber & forest products117%75.5 million m32024faostat_fo
Sorghum Grains & cereals114%8.7 million t2024FAOSTAT
Uranium Energy129%826 terawatt-hours2025Energy Institute
Apples Fruit & vegetables25%4.9 million t2024FAOSTAT
Milk Livestock, meat & dairy213%102.5 million t2024FAOSTAT
Pork Livestock, meat & dairy210%12.6 million t2024FAOSTAT
Rare earths Metals213%51,000 t2025USGS MCS
Soybeans Oilseeds & vegetable oils230%118.8 million t2024FAOSTAT
Hazelnuts Fruit & vegetables37.2%87,820 t2024FAOSTAT
Molybdenum Metals315%40,000 t2025USGS MCS
Phosphate rock Fertilizers38%20 million t2025USGS MCS
Plywood Timber & forest products37.9%9 million m32024faostat_fo
Steel Metals34.3%82 million t2025USGS MCS
Coal Energy45.3%484 million tonnes2025Energy Institute
Cotton Fibres & other raw materials411%2.6 million t2023FAOSTAT
Eggs Livestock, meat & dairy47.2%6.5 million t2024FAOSTAT
Grapes Fruit & vegetables46.5%4.9 million t2024FAOSTAT
Lead Metals46.2%280,000 t2025USGS MCS
Peanuts Oilseeds & vegetable oils45.1%2.9 million t2024FAOSTAT
Potatoes Fruit & vegetables44.9%19.1 million t2024FAOSTAT
Rhenium Metals412%9.8 t2025USGS MCS
Tomatoes Fruit & vegetables45.7%10.7 million t2024FAOSTAT
Wheat Grains & cereals46.7%53.7 million t2024FAOSTAT
Gold Metals54.8%160 t2025USGS MCS
Lentils Grains & cereals55.2%410,460 t2024FAOSTAT
Palladium Metals53.2%6.2 t2025USGS MCS
Platinum Metals51.1%1.8 t2025USGS MCS
Sugar Softs54.4%8.3 million t2023FAOSTAT
Zirconium Metals58.3%100,000 t2025USGS MCS
Copper Metals64.3%1 million t2025USGS MCS
Zinc Metals65.2%670,000 t2025USGS MCS
Fishmeal Seafood74%230,447 t2024fao_fisheries
Tobacco Softs72.4%147,520 t2024FAOSTAT
Linseed Oilseeds & vegetable oils82%61,470 t2024FAOSTAT
Orange juice Fruit & vegetables83.7%2.5 million t2024FAOSTAT
Oranges Fruit & vegetables83.7%2.5 million t2024FAOSTAT
Silver Metals84.2%1,100 t2025USGS MCS
Chickpeas Grains & cereals91.5%255,460 t2024FAOSTAT
Honey Livestock, meat & dairy93.3%60,960 t2024FAOSTAT
Nickel Metals90.3%10,000 t2025USGS MCS
Oats Grains & cereals94.4%984,010 t2024FAOSTAT
Canola Oilseeds & vegetable oils102.5%2.2 million t2024FAOSTAT
Iron ore Metals101.5%38 million t2025USGS MCS
Potash Fertilizers101%500,000 t2025USGS MCS

What does United States export?

Top 10 United States commodity exports, 2024Bar chart of top 10 United States commodity exports in 2024: Crude oil 9.3%, Natural gas 18%, Soybeans 31%, Gold 4%, Coal 11%, Corn 28%, Wheat 12%, Pork 18%, Cotton 28%, Chicken 13%; rest of world <0.1%.Crude oilCrude oil: 9.3%, $123.7 billion9.3%Natural gasNatural gas: 18%, $84.7 billion18%SoybeansSoybeans: 31%, $24.7 billion31%GoldGold: 4%, $23.4 billion4%CoalCoal: 11%, $19.8 billion11%CornCorn: 28%, $13.5 billion28%WheatWheat: 12%, $6.7 billion12%PorkPork: 18%, $6.5 billion18%CottonCotton: 28%, $4.9 billion28%ChickenChicken: 13%, $4.7 billion13%Rest of worldRest of world: <0.1%, $0<0.1%
United States's largest commodity exports by value. Each bar's share is that commodity's share of world trade in it, not its share of United States's own exports — the two are unrelated and shown so a bar near 100% marks a commodity United States dominates globally rather than one it merely exports a lot of.
Top 10 United States commodity exports in 2024
RankCommodityExport value (US$)Share of world
1Crude oil$123.7 billion9.3%
2Natural gas$84.7 billion18%
3Soybeans$24.7 billion31%
4Gold$23.4 billion4%
5Coal$19.8 billion11%
6Corn$13.5 billion28%
7Wheat$6.7 billion12%
8Pork$6.5 billion18%
9Cotton$4.9 billion28%
10Chicken$4.7 billion13%
Rest of world$0<0.1%

United States's own tracked-export mix

Unlike the chart above, this treemap sizes each commodity by its share of United States's own $364.2 billion of tracked exports, not by world trade. Crude oil alone is 34% of it. See the full export dependency report for how United States compares with other countries.

United States's tracked export mix by commodityCrude oil: 34.0%; Other tracked commodities: 24.1%; Natural gas: 23.3%; Soybeans: 6.8%; Gold: 6.4%; Coal: 5.4%.Crude oil: 34.0%Crude oil34.0%Other tracked commodities: 24.1%Other tracked co…24.1%Natural gas: 23.3%Natural gas23.3%Soybeans: 6.8%Soybeans6.8%Gold: 6.4%Gold6.4%Coal: 5.4%Coal5.4%
Commodities where United States is a top-ten exporter
CommodityWorld rankShare of world exportsExport valueYear
Almonds165%$3.4 billion2024
Corn128%$13.5 billion2024
Natural gas118%$84.7 billion2024
Pistachios172%$2.5 billion2024
Pork118%$6.5 billion2024
Sorghum158%$1.6 billion2024
Boron227%$313.8 million2024
Chicken213%$4.7 billion2024
Cotton228%$4.9 billion2024
Eggs210%$616.4 million2024
Fishmeal211%$1.1 billion2024
Logs214%$1.8 billion2024
Milk29.6%$2.1 billion2024
Soybeans231%$24.7 billion2024
Apples313%$1.1 billion2024
Beef313%$4.6 billion2024
Bismuth38%$4.1 million2024
Crude oil39.3%$123.7 billion2024
Molybdenum316%$1.3 billion2024
Peanuts314%$667.4 million2024
Wheat312%$6.7 billion2024
Beryllium41.2%$335,7642024
Coal411%$19.8 billion2024
Cobalt42.8%$133.8 million2024
Hazelnuts46.8%$155.1 million2024
Lentils48%$333.1 million2024
Oranges49.7%$532.7 million2024
Palladium410%$1.4 billion2024
Sawnwood47.1%$2.7 billion2024
Tobacco47.4%$1 billion2024
Cassava56.7%$229.4 million2024
Cheese55.6%$2.5 billion2024
Grapes57.5%$987.8 million2024
Iridium55.4%$123.8 million2024
Rhodium510%$777.2 million2024
Rice56.4%$2.5 billion2024
Copper63.8%$4 billion2024
Graphite63.8%$20.3 million2024
Pineapples61.8%$49.6 million2024
Potatoes64.9%$349.2 million2024
Rare earths64.8%$53.8 million2024
Yams67.1%$18 million2024
Zirconium63.2%$54.6 million2024
Cinnamon71.7%$14.3 million2024
Gold74%$23.4 billion2024
Lithium70.6%$24.2 million2024
Niobium70.4%$13.5 million2024
Potash73.9%$774.7 million2024
Quinoa72.4%$7 million2024
Chickpeas84.1%$101.4 million2024
Shrimp83%$964.5 million2024
Vanilla81.9%$8.9 million2024
Canola91.6%$210.8 million2024
Dates92.7%$66.1 million2024
Jute90.5%$1.1 million2024
Magnesium90.3%$3.1 million2024
Orange juice92.1%$39.4 million2024
Silver94.1%$1.4 billion2024
Steel92.7%$1.8 billion2024
Wool90.7%$19.2 million2024

Top-ten importer of

Sources: FAOSTAT (crops and livestock), USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (minerals), Energy Institute Statistical Review (energy) for production; CEPII BACI for trade. Ranks count only the commodities on this site.

United States commodity by commodity

One page for each commodity where United States is a top-five producer or exporter with at least 3% of the world total.

United States in the pattern reports

What the cross-commodity reports under Patterns say about United States, computed from the same data as this page.

What United States uses

United States had about 343 million people and a food supply of 3,947 kilocalories per person a day in FAO's 2023 food balance sheets. Its eight largest supplies among the commodities tracked there:

Largest domestic supplies of tracked commodities in United States, 2023
CommodityDomestic supplyShare of worldkg per personSelf-sufficiencyImported
Corn335 million tonnes28%11 (#71 of 140)113%0.6%
Milk104 million tonnes9.6%226 (#22 of 142)99%5.5%
Soybeans67.8 million tonnes18%0.0 (#95 of 141)174%1%
Wheat37.7 million tonnes4.5%89 (#63 of 143)122%30%
Potatoes22.0 million tonnes5.8%55 (#38 of 143)91%25%
Chicken18.8 million tonnes14%55 (#3 of 143)120%0.8%
Apples17.2 million tonnes16%49 (#2 of 143)30%77%
Tomatoes13.2 million tonnes6.8%35 (#45 of 142)94%17%

FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets. Per-person rank counts countries of at least 1 million people. See consumption and self-sufficiency.

Who supplies United States

How long United States's own reserves would last

USGS national reserve figures, rounded. A short national figure usually reflects how little has been proved up, not when mining stops. See country reserve life.

United States and critical minerals

United States is the largest producer of 1 mineral on a US or EU critical list, each at 20% or more of world output: beryllium (53%, 2025). Source: the concentration report on USGS, FAOSTAT and Energy Institute production.

One origin supplied more than 65% of its 2024 imports by value on 9 critical-mineral customs lines (the EU's benchmark for strategic raw materials):

Critical-mineral import lines where one origin supplies more than the benchmark share
MineralLargest originShare of imports
BerylliumKazakhstan100%
Phosphate rockPeru100%
BoronTurkey (Türkiye)97%
ChromiumSouth Africa94%
UraniumAustralia82%
FluorsparMexico81%
PotashCanada81%
ManganeseGabon70%
AluminumCanada68%

CEPII BACI (bilateral trade by customs line). See supplier exposure.

USGS counts 53 minerals for which the United States met at least half of its 2025 consumption through net imports. See US import reliance.

The export controls register lists 1 measure imposed by United States, of which 1 is in force, suspended or scheduled as of the register's date.

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Data updated 22 October 2026.

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