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Commodity Trade Tracked $5.4T Annual exports across 154 countries (2022) — ranked by total export value
CategoryValueShare
Energy & Fuels$2.1T39%
Metals & Mining$1.4T26%
Agriculture & Food$1.1T20%
Chemicals$0.5T9%
Other$0.3T6%
Countries Profiled 208 Commodity groups and export data per country — ordered by coverage count
RegionCountriesShare
Africa5426%
Asia-Pacific4823%
Europe4421%
Americas3517%
Middle East & N. Africa189%
Oceania & Other94%
Price History Depth 34 yrs 1992–2026 across 16 commodities — grouped by sector
SectorCommodities
AgricultureWheat, Corn, Soybeans, Coffee, Sugar, Cotton
Base MetalsCopper, Aluminum, Iron Ore, Nickel, Zinc
EnergyCrude Oil, Natural Gas, Coal
Precious MetalsGold, Silver
Mapped Assets 96,400+ Geo-located mines, plants, ports & companies — ranked by count
Asset TypeCountShare
Mines & Quarries28,41229%
Processing Plants15,20816%
Export Terminals & Ports12,78013%
Commodity Companies40,000+41%
Agriculture Reach 152 Countries with agricultural exports — top exporters by global ag rank
CountryKey ExportsRank
United StatesCorn, Soybeans, Wheat#1
BrazilCoffee, Sugar, Soybeans#2
ArgentinaSoybeans, Wheat, Corn#3
NetherlandsVegetables, Dairy#4
GermanyCereals, Meat#5
Market overview

The global commodities market in numbers.

Drawn from WITS trade flow data across 154 countries, 30+ years of commodity price records, and 96,400+ mapped infrastructure assets.

Commodity Exports by Region

Total tracked export value by region (2022, USD billions).

Europe
$1,570B
Middle East
$983B
North America
$797B
East Asia
$607B
Southeast Asia
$367B
Oceania
$301B

Source: WITS / World Bank trade data via CMIS. Includes fuels, metals, and minerals categories.

Commodity Trade by Type

Share of $5.42T in tracked global commodity exports (2022).

64% Fuels & Energy$3.45T — crude oil, gas, coal
29% Metals$1.59T — ferrous, non-ferrous, refined
7% Minerals & Ores$0.37T — industrial minerals, ores

Source: WITS 2022 trade data, 154 countries. Agriculture tracked separately in country profiles.

Market leadership

Leading countries by commodity.

Top producing and exporting nations per major commodity, as recorded in the Merxac CMIS dataset.

Crude Oil
Energy
  1. USUnited States12.9 mb/d
  2. RURussia10.7 mb/d
  3. SASaudi Arabia9.9 mb/d
  4. CACanada5.6 mb/d
  5. IQIraq4.5 mb/d
  6. CNChina4.3 mb/d
  7. AEUAE3.8 mb/d
  8. IRIran3.4 mb/d
  9. BRBrazil3.4 mb/d
  10. KWKuwait2.7 mb/d
Natural Gas
Energy
  1. USUnited States1,042 bcm
  2. RURussia573 bcm
  3. IRIran263 bcm
  4. CNChina231 bcm
  5. QAQatar177 bcm
  6. CACanada175 bcm
  7. AUAustralia153 bcm
  8. NONorway117 bcm
  9. SASaudi Arabia114 bcm
  10. DZAlgeria100 bcm
Coal
Energy
  1. CNChina4,710 Mt
  2. INIndia997 Mt
  3. IDIndonesia775 Mt
  4. USUnited States578 Mt
  5. AUAustralia476 Mt
  6. RURussia437 Mt
  7. ZASouth Africa234 Mt
  8. DEGermany131 Mt
  9. PLPoland114 Mt
  10. KZKazakhstan100 Mt
Copper
Base Metals
  1. CLChile5,300 kt
  2. PEPeru2,760 kt
  3. CDDR Congo2,500 kt
  4. CNChina1,900 kt
  5. USUnited States1,100 kt
  6. AUAustralia950 kt
  7. RURussia920 kt
  8. ZMZambia900 kt
  9. KZKazakhstan700 kt
  10. MXMexico680 kt
Gold
Precious Metals
  1. CNChina375 t
  2. AUAustralia310 t
  3. RURussia295 t
  4. CACanada175 t
  5. GHGhana130 t
  6. USUnited States170 t
  7. KZKazakhstan125 t
  8. MXMexico120 t
  9. ZASouth Africa100 t
  10. IDIndonesia110 t
Wheat
Agriculture
  1. RURussia45 Mt
  2. AUAustralia28 Mt
  3. CACanada24 Mt
  4. EUEuropean Union35 Mt
  5. USUnited States21 Mt
  6. UAUkraine10 Mt
  7. ARArgentina12 Mt
  8. KZKazakhstan9 Mt
  9. INIndia5 Mt
  10. TRTurkey4 Mt
Soybeans
Agriculture
  1. BRBrazil154 Mt
  2. USUnited States116 Mt
  3. ARArgentina46 Mt
  4. PYParaguay11 Mt
  5. CACanada6 Mt
  6. UYUruguay3 Mt
  7. UAUkraine4 Mt
  8. BOBolivia3 Mt
  9. CNChina20 Mt
  10. RURussia5 Mt
Lithium
Critical Minerals
  1. AUAustralia86 kt
  2. CLChile44 kt
  3. CNChina33 kt
  4. ARArgentina9 kt
  5. BRBrazil4 kt
  6. ZWZimbabwe3 kt
  7. PTPortugal1 kt
  8. USUnited States1 kt
  9. CACanada1 kt
  10. CZCzech Republic<1 kt
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