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Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified

1512 (Harmonized System 1992 for 4-digit)

2022
World Trade $21.6BRnk 203 / 1218
2022
Top Exporter | Top Importer $5.54B | $2.88BUkraine | India
2022
Product Complexity -1.08Rnk 864 / 1033
2021 - 2022
Export Growth (CAGR) 23.4%Rnk 138 / 1218
2022
Share of World Trade 0.091%Rnk 203 / 1218

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Overview This page contains the latest trade data of Seed Oils. In 2022, Seed Oils were the world's 203rd most traded product, with a total trade of $21.6B. Between 2021 and 2022 the exports of Seed Oils grew by 23.4%, from $17.5B to $21.6B. Trade in Seed Oils represent 0.091% of total world trade.

Seed Oils are a part of Animal or vegetable fats, oils, & waxes. They include Sunflower-seed or safflower oil, crude, Sunflower or safflower oil,fractions simply refined, Cotton-seed or fractions simply refined, and Cotton-seed oil crude.

Exports In 2022 the top exporters of Seed Oils  were Ukraine ($5.54B), Russia ($3.01B), Turkey ($1.88B), Bulgaria ($1.57B), and Argentina ($1.51B).

Imports In 2022 the top importers of Seed Oils were India ($2.88B), Turkey ($1.84B), Netherlands ($1.26B), Spain ($1.11B), and Italy ($940M).

Ranking Seed Oils ranks 864th in the Product Complexity Index (PCI).

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* Trade values are converted to USD using each month's exchange rate. For December 2023 data, the exchange rate from December 30, 2023 is used.

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Historical Data

Exporters and Importers

Top Origin (2022)Ukraine$5.54B
Top Destination (2022)India$2.88B

In 2022 Seed Oils were the world's 203rd most traded product (out of 1,218).

In 2022, the top exporters of Seed Oils were Ukraine ($5.54B), Russia ($3.01B), Turkey ($1.88B), Bulgaria ($1.57B), and Argentina ($1.51B).

In 2022, the top importers of Seed Oils were India ($2.88B), Turkey ($1.84B), Netherlands ($1.26B), Spain ($1.11B), and Italy ($940M).

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Exporters of Seed Oils (2022)
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Market Dynamics

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Top Origin Growth (2021 -  2022)Turkey$934M
Top Destination Growth (2021 -  2022)Turkey$562M

Between 2021 and 2022, the exports of Seed Oils grew the fastest in Turkey ($934M), Argentina ($894M), Bulgaria ($879M), Hungary ($312M), and Spain ($307M).

Between 2021 and 2022, the fastest growing importers of Seed Oils were Turkey ($562M), Romania ($520M), India ($490M), Poland ($439M), and Iraq ($374M).

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Exporters of Seed Oils (2021 - 2022)

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Market Concentration

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This chart shows the evolution of the market concentration of exports of Seed Oils.

In 2022, market concentration measured using Shannon Entropy, was 4.02. This means that most of the exports of Seed Oils are explained by 16 countries.

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Value of Exports in Seed Oils

Net Trade

TOP NET EXPORTER (2022)Ukraine$5.53B
TOP NET IMPORTER (2022)India$2.85B

This map shows which countries export or import more of Seed Oils. Each country is colored based on the difference in exports and imports of Seed Oils during 2022.

In 2022, the countries that had a largest trade value in exports than in imports of Seed Oils were Ukraine ($5.53B), Russia ($3B), Argentina ($1.51B), Bulgaria ($1.17B), and Hungary ($849M).

In 2022, the countries that had a largest trade value in imports than in exports of Seed Oils were India ($2.85B), Iraq ($832M), Italy ($780M), China ($733M), and Germany ($559M).

Net Trade (2022)

Disaggregation

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In 2022, the world most traded Seed Oils, disaggragated by their HS6 level were Sunflower-seed or safflower oil, crude ($14.4B), Sunflower or safflower oil,fractions simply refined ($6.89B), Cotton-seed or fractions simply refined ($240M), and Cotton-seed oil crude ($30M)

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This visualization shows the countries that have an important ratio of their trade related to Seed Oils.
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Top 10 Exporters Countries of Seed Oils by percentage of total exports

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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TOP EXPORT POTENTIALChina+ $91.3M
TOP IMPORT POTENTIALKazakhstan+ $330k

Seed Oils’s highest export potential is China. With an export gap of $91.3M.  Seed Oils’s highest import potential is Kazakhstan with an import gap of $330k.

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Product Complexity

Diversification Frontier

Specialization

The Complexity-Relatedness diagram compares the risk and the strategic value of a product's potential export opportunities. Relatedness is predictive of the probability that a country increases its exports in a product. Complexity, is associated with higher levels of income, economic growth potential, lower income inequality, and lower emissions.

Relatedness vs Country Complexity (2022)

Related Products

This visualization shows products that are likely to be exported by countries that export Seed Oils.

Country by Relatedness

The following visualization shows the relatedness of Seed Oils to countries. Higher relatedness values ​​indicate greater knowledge, which predicts a greater probability of exporting that product in the future.

Relative Relatedness by Country (2022)

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