Commodity Origins

Commodity stats: week of 14 September 2026

  1. Chile 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). Source: CEPII BACI trade values, approximate where customs codes overlap. Chile · Net trade
  2. China bought 60% of world imports of manganese ore (HS 2602) by value in 2024. Source: CEPII BACI, 2024. Manganese · China
  3. Bangladesh produced 56% of the world's jute in 2024. The top five producers together made 99%. Source: FAOSTAT, 2024. Jute · Bangladesh
  4. 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. Source: CEPII BACI, 2024. Cotton · China · Brazil
  5. World production of palm kernel oil in 2023 was 18 times what it was in 1961: 8.4 million tonnes against 476,228 tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, 2023. Palm kernel oil
  6. Adjusted for US inflation, aluminum costs about 32% of what it did at its June 1988 peak (the World Bank series starts in 1960). Source: World Bank Pink Sheet, 2026. Aluminum · Aluminum prices
  7. 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. Source: FAOSTAT, 2024. Ginger · India
  8. 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. Source: USGS MCS, 2025. Rare earths
  9. The real price of urea fell 94% between January 1974 and July 1999, and has not climbed back to the old peak. Source: World Bank Pink Sheet, deflated by the US consumer price index to 2024 dollars. Urea · Drawdowns
  10. World plantains output changed +36% over ten years to 2024: harvested area +50%, yield −9%. Source: FAOSTAT, three-year means to 2024. Plantains · Land or yield

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Generated 2026-09-20 from the data as it stood then. Prices are monthly benchmark averages and are not investment advice.