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Commodity stats: week of 26 October 2026

  1. Bananas is 51% below its inflation-adjusted record of May 1964. Source: World Bank Pink Sheet, deflated by the US consumer price index to 2024 dollars. Bananas · Real prices
  2. Only 8 countries reported producing rhenium in 2025, and the largest, Chile, made 37% of the total. Source: USGS MCS, 2025. Rhenium · Chile
  3. China is the world's largest producer of peanuts (34% of output in 2024), but Argentina is the largest exporter of raw groundnuts (HS 1202) (20% of world export value in 2024). China is 4th among exporters. Source: CEPII BACI, 2024. Peanuts · China · Argentina
  4. At 2025 mining rates, the world's known vanadium reserves would last about 189 years. That is a snapshot, not a forecast: reserves are re-estimated as prices change and new deposits are found. Source: USGS MCS, 2025. Vanadium
  5. The real price of palm kernel oil fell 80% between February 2011 and June 2019, and has not climbed back to the old peak. Source: World Bank Pink Sheet, deflated by the US consumer price index to 2024 dollars. Palm kernel oil · Drawdowns
  6. China bought 41% of world imports of wood in the rough (HS 4403) by value in 2024. Source: CEPII BACI, 2024. Logs · China
  7. China is the world's largest producer of shrimp (31% of output in 2024), but Ecuador is the largest exporter of crustaceans (HS 0306) (20% of world export value in 2024). China is 9th among exporters. Source: CEPII BACI, 2024. Shrimp · China · Ecuador
  8. The real price of cocoa fell 93% between July 1977 and November 2000, and has not climbed back to the old peak. Source: World Bank Pink Sheet, deflated by the US consumer price index to 2024 dollars. Cocoa · Drawdowns
  9. Norway supplied 50% of world exports of fresh Atlantic salmon (HS 030214) by value in 2024. Source: CEPII BACI, 2024. Salmon · Norway
  10. India produced 48% of the world's ginger in 2024. The top five producers together made 85%. Source: FAOSTAT, 2024. Ginger · India

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Generated 2026-10-26 from the data as it stood then. Prices are monthly benchmark averages and are not investment advice.