Top Crop-based Agricultural Export Commodities in the World and in These Six Countries

Table AEC-1. List of top 20 food and agricultural export commodities originating or processed from agricultural crops in the world and in selected six countries for 2011 based on total production tonnage (constructed from FAOStat lists for 2011)

UNITEDUNITEDSOUTH
RANKWORLDSTATESKINGDOMAFRICAINDIAAUSTRALIAPHILIPPINES
1wheatmaizewheatmaizecake,
soybeans
wheatbananas
2maizesoybeansbarleyorangesrice–total
(rice milled
equivalent)
barleyoil, coconut
(copra)
3soybeanswheatrapeseedwinemaizesugar raw
centrifugal
sugar raw
centrifugal
4cake,
soybeans
cake,
soybeans
beer of
barley
applescotton lintrapeseedcake,
copra
5oil, palmforage
products
potatoesgrapessugar
refined
forage
products
molasses
6rice–total
(rice milled
equivalent)
sorghumsugar
refined
grapefruit
(inc pomelos)
cake,
rapeseed
cotton lintpineapples
7sugar raw
centrifugal
rice–total
(rice milled
equivalent)
flour,
wheat
pearsonions, drywinepineapples,
canned
8barleycotton lintmaltlemons and limessugar raw centifugalcotton seedcoconuts, dessicated
9sugar
refined
oil,
soybean
oil,
rapeseed
sugar
refined
groundnuts,
shelled
maltjuice,
pineapple,
conc
10bananaspotatoes,
frozen
broad beans,
horse beans,
dry
flour,
maize
sesame
seed
molassestobacco,
unmanu-
factured
11rapeseedapplescereals,
breakfast
sugar raw
centrifugal
oil, castor
beans
chick peasrubber
natural dry
12flour,
wheat
orangesbreadtangerines,
mandarins,
clementines,
satsumas
oil, castor
beans
rice–total
(rice milled
equivalent)
mangoes,
mangos-
teens,
guavas
13beer of
barley
bran,
wheat
oats rolledflour,
wheat
molasseslentilsjuice,
pineapple
14potatoesbananaswineoil,
soybean
teabroad beans,
horse beans,
dry
cigarettes
15winepotatoescake,
soybeans
plums
and sloes
chillies and
peppers, dry
peas, dryflour,
wheat
16oil,
soybean
almonds,
shelled
beans, dryoil, sunflowercoffee,
green
sugar
refined
onions,
dry
17cake,
rapeseed
winesugar raw
centrifugal
potatoestomatoesoatscereals,
breakfast
18applesgrapeslinseedonions,
dry
mangoes,
mangosteens,
guavas
oil,
rapeseed
beer of
barley
19cotton lintjuice, orange
single strength
cake,
rapeseed
soybeanspotatoesorangesManila fibre
(abaca)
20rubber
natural dry
beet pulprice–total
(rice milled
equivalent)
rice–total
(rice milled
equivalent)
tobacco,
unmanufactured
beans, drysoya sauce

Note: The above list of top 20 food and agricultural export commodities in the world and in six countries namely the United States of America, United Kingdom, South Africa, India, Australia, and the Philippines is a self-made list based on the top 10 and top 50 list of exported food and agricultural commodities provided by FAOStat.

The year 2011 is its most recent entry.

The countries are my own choosing, seeking only to make a comparison from around the world.

Aiming to show what possibly are the top export crops in these countries, the author disregarded those commodities termed by broad classifications, notably those “not elsewhere specified” or nes.

Livestock commodities were likewise excluded.

To be clear, however, the listing of any export commodity (example, beer of barley) does not necessarily mean that the crop (barley) is produced domestically or the country is a top producer of the specified agricultural crop.

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