Commodity stats: week of 28 September 2026

China bought 86% of world imports of bauxite (HS 2606) by value in 2024. Source: CEPII BACI, 2024. Bauxite · China
South Africa produced 45% of the world's mined chromium in 2025. The top five producers together made 86%. Source: USGS MCS, 2025. Chromium · South Africa
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. Source: CEPII BACI, 2024. Grapes · China · Peru
World production of soybeans in 2024 was 15 times what it was in 1961: 397.7 million tonnes against 26.9 million tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, 2024. Soybeans
Adjusted for US inflation, peanuts costs about 13% of what it did at its November 1980 peak (the World Bank series starts in 1980). Source: World Bank Pink Sheet, 2026. Peanuts · Peanuts prices
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. Source: FAOSTAT, 2024. Oats · Brazil
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. Source: USGS MCS, 2025. Phosphate rock
The real price of potash fell 79% between April 2022 and October 2024, and has not climbed back to the old peak. Source: World Bank Pink Sheet, deflated by the US consumer price index to 2024 dollars. Potash · Drawdowns
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). Source: CEPII BACI trade values, approximate where customs codes overlap. Netherlands · Net trade
China bought 28% of world imports of linseed (HS 1204) by value in 2024. Source: CEPII BACI, 2024. Linseed · China

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