
Global Leaders in Agricultural and Food Trade in 2024
The EU dominates both markets, while the U.S. and Brazil remain strong exporters. China plays a larger role as an importer.

The EU dominates both markets, while the U.S. and Brazil remain strong exporters. China plays a larger role as an importer.

Silver supply remains flat while industrial demand—driven by solar and electronics—continues to surge, keeping the market in a deepening structural deficit.

In 1995, nearly four-fifths of China’s exports went to just ten economies. By 2024, the top-ten’s share was reduced to 51%.

China’s rise from 4% of world exports in 2000 to nearly 16% in 2024 reflects a two-decade structural transformation.

The world’s export landscape has been transformed over the past 80 years, from Trans-Atlantic dominance to Japan’s and China’s rise and mega-trading blocs.

China’s rise from a minor exporter to the centre of global manufacturing redefined world trade flows, reshaped supply chains and forced the global economy to evolve.