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Trade of agricultural commodities 2000–2020

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 12p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

Series title FAOSTAT Analytical Briefs

Series number No. 44

Synopsis (short abstract) The FAOSTAT trade data domain disseminates statistics on the international trade of food and agricultural products for the period of 1961–2020. The food and agricultural trade datasets are collected, processed and disseminated by FAO according to the standard International Merchandise Trade Statistics Methodology. The latest brief analyzes data for the period 2000-2020. According to the latest data, the value of global agricultural exports in 2020 is 3.7 times higher in nominal terms than it was in 2000, while the share of agriculture in total merchandise trade value went from 6.3 percent in 2000 to 8.5 percent in 2020. Fruit and vegetables accounted for 22 percent of the total value of food (excluding fish) exports in 2020, followed by cereals and preparations and meat and meat preparations.

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FAO. 2022. Trade of agricultural commodities 2000–2020. FAOSTAT Analytical Brief, 44. Rome.

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