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Commodity stats: week of 2 November 2026

  1. South Africa holds 83% of known palladium reserves but produced 37% of world output in 2025. Source: USGS MCS, 2025. Palladium · South Africa
  2. The real price of canola fell 61% between April 2022 and February 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. Canola · Drawdowns
  3. India bought 32% of world imports of silk (HS 5002) by value in 2024. Source: CEPII BACI, 2024. Silk · India
  4. The United States produced 53% of the world's beryllium in 2025. The top five producers together made 100%. Source: USGS MCS, 2025. Beryllium · United States
  5. The United States is the world's largest producer of sawnwood (17% of output in 2024), but Canada is the largest exporter of sawnwood (HS 4407) (17% of world export value in 2024). The United States is 4th among exporters. Source: CEPII BACI, 2024. Sawnwood · United States · Canada
  6. China holds 33% of known fluorspar reserves but produced 60% of world output in 2025. Source: USGS MCS, 2025. Fluorspar · China
  7. The real price of natural gas fell 93% between October 2005 and March 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. Natural gas · Drawdowns
  8. Guatemala supplied 41% of world exports of cardamom (HS 0908) by value in 2024. Source: CEPII BACI, 2024. Cardamom · Guatemala
  9. India is the world's largest producer of feldspar (19% of output in 2025), but Turkey (Türkiye) is the largest exporter of feldspar (HS 252910) (42% of world export value in 2024). India is 3rd among exporters. Source: CEPII BACI, 2024. Feldspar · India · Turkey (Türkiye)
  10. At 2025 mining rates, the world's known manganese reserves would last about 90 years. That is a snapshot, not a forecast: reserves are re-estimated as prices change and new deposits are found. Source: USGS MCS, 2025. Manganese

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Generated 2026-11-02 from the data as it stood then. Prices are monthly benchmark averages and are not investment advice.