https://commodityorigins.com/stats/Ten new commodity statistics every week, each computed from the site's data.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 18 of the 96 commodities tracked and a net importer of 55, with a combined net balance of −$58.4 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 20 of the 96 commodities tracked and a net importer of 71, with a combined net balance of −$808.7 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 25 of the 96 commodities tracked and a net importer of 12, with a combined net balance of $39 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 219 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)