Commodity Origins

Commodity stats: week of 21 September 2026

  1. China 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). Source: CEPII BACI trade values, approximate where customs codes overlap. China · Net trade
  2. China bought 26% of world imports of pistachios (HS 080251) by value in 2024. Source: CEPII BACI, 2024. Pistachios · China
  3. The United States produced 51% of the world's almonds in 2024. The top five producers together made 79%. Source: FAOSTAT, 2024. Almonds · United States
  4. 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. Source: CEPII BACI, 2024. Palm kernel oil · Indonesia · Malaysia
  5. World production of vanilla in 2024 was 5.2 times what it was in 1961: 7,115 tonnes against 1,380 tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, 2024. Vanilla
  6. Adjusted for US inflation, tea costs about 18% of what it did at its April 1977 peak (the World Bank series starts in 1960). Source: World Bank Pink Sheet, 2026. Tea · Tea prices
  7. 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. Source: Energy Institute, 2025. Natural gas · Australia
  8. 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. Source: USGS MCS, 2025. Cobalt
  9. The real price of natural rubber fell 83% between February 2011 and August 2023, and has not climbed back to the old peak. Source: World Bank Pink Sheet, deflated by the US consumer price index to 2024 dollars. Natural rubber · Drawdowns
  10. World wheat output changed +14% over ten years to 2024: harvested area +0%, yield +14%. Source: FAOSTAT, three-year means to 2024. Wheat · Land or yield

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Generated 2026-09-21 from the data as it stood then. Prices are monthly benchmark averages and are not investment advice.