The Most Traded Food and Beverage Commodities (Part 2)

Soybean Meal

Soybean meal was the sixth-most traded food commodity in 2013.

China was the world's biggest producer and consumer of soybean meal, producing and consuming more than 53 million tonnes of the commodity in 2013, followed by the US. The EU is the second-largest soybean meal consumer after China.

Argentina, exporting more than 25 million tonnes, was the biggest soybean meal exporter in the world followed by Brazil and the US. The EU, followed by Indonesia and Thailand, are the world's biggest soybean meal importers.

Corn / maize

Corn / maize was the seventh-most traded food commodity in the world.

The US produced more than 350 million tonnes of corn, becoming the biggest corn producer followed by China. T

The US exported more than 35 million tonnes of corn in 2013, becoming the biggest corn exporter followed by Brazil, Ukraine and Argentina. Japan, which imported more than 15 million tonnes of corn, was the world's biggest corn importer followed by Mexico, the EU and China.

Broiler Meat

Broiler Meat (poultry / chicken)was the eighth-most traded food commodity in 2013.

The US, with an annual production exceeding 16 million tonnes, was the biggest poultry producer after Indonesia and China. . The US and China, with annual domestic consumption exceeding 13 million tonnes each, were the leading chicken consumers.

Brazil exported more than 3.5 million tonnes in 2013 becoming the biggest broiler meat exporter, followed by the US and the EU. Japan was the biggest poultry importer followed by Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Mexico.

Rice

Rice ranks ninth on the list of the biggest food commodities traded in the world market.

China was the biggest rice producer and consumer in the world followed by India. India's rice production and consumption during the year stood at 103 million tonnes and 95 million tonnes respectively.

India, exporting more than ten million tonnes of rice annually, continued to be the world's biggest rice exporter followed by Thailand and Vietnam. China, importing more than three million tonnes of rice annually, was the biggest rice importer after Nigeria and Iran.

Coffee

An estimated trade value exceeding $15bn makes coffee the world's biggest beverage commodity and the tenth-biggest food andbeverage commodity by trade volume.

Brazil was by far the biggest coffee producer followed by Vietnam, Indonesia and Columbia. The EU, consuming more than 2.5 million tonnes annually, was the world's biggest coffee consumer followed by the US and Brazil which consumed more than 1.2 million tonnes of coffee each.

Brazil, exporting more than 1.6 million tonnes of coffee beans a year, was the biggest coffee exporter followed by Vietnam and Columbia. The EU was the biggest coffee importer followed by the US and Japan.