Wheat or meslin flour

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Overview This page contains the latest trade data of Wheat Flours. In 2022, Wheat Flours were the world's 480th most traded product, with a total trade of $6.73B. Between 2021 and 2022 the exports of Wheat Flours grew by 27.4%, from $5.28B to $6.73B. Trade in Wheat Flours represent 0.028% of total world trade.

Wheat Flours are a part of Products of the milling industry. They include Wheat or meslin flour.

Exports In 2022 the top exporters of Wheat Flours  were Turkey ($1.49B), Kazakhstan ($752M), Germany ($515M), India ($305M), and Uzbekistan ($269M).

Imports In 2022 the top importers of Wheat Flours were Afghanistan ($843M), Iraq ($614M), Netherlands ($338M), United States ($261M), and Yemen ($242M).

Ranking Wheat Flours ranks 927th 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)Turkey$1.49B
Top Destination (2022)Afghanistan$843M

In 2022 Wheat Flours were the world's 480th most traded product (out of 1,218).

In 2022, the top exporters of Wheat Flours were Turkey ($1.49B), Kazakhstan ($752M), Germany ($515M), India ($305M), and Uzbekistan ($269M).

In 2022, the top importers of Wheat Flours were Afghanistan ($843M), Iraq ($614M), Netherlands ($338M), United States ($261M), and Yemen ($242M).

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Exporters of Wheat Flours (2022)
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Market Dynamics

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Top Origin Growth (2021 -  2022)Turkey$385M
Top Destination Growth (2021 -  2022)Afghanistan$255M

Between 2021 and 2022, the exports of Wheat Flours grew the fastest in Turkey ($385M), Kazakhstan ($312M), Germany ($133M), India ($111M), and Kuwait ($68.5M).

Between 2021 and 2022, the fastest growing importers of Wheat Flours were Afghanistan ($255M), Iraq ($125M), Sri Lanka ($113M), Saudi Arabia ($78.3M), and Georgia ($56M).

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Exporters of Wheat Flours (2021 - 2022)

Importers of Wheat Flours (2021 - 2022)

Market Concentration

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This chart shows the evolution of the market concentration of exports of Wheat Flours.

In 2022, market concentration measured using Shannon Entropy, was 4.79. This means that most of the exports of Wheat Flours are explained by 27 countries.

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Value of Exports in Wheat Flours

Net Trade

TOP NET EXPORTER (2022)Turkey$1.47B
TOP NET IMPORTER (2022)Iraq$614M

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

In 2022, the countries that had a largest trade value in exports than in imports of Wheat Flours were Turkey ($1.47B), Kazakhstan ($744M), Germany ($443M), India ($302M), and Italy ($231M).

In 2022, the countries that had a largest trade value in imports than in exports of Wheat Flours were Iraq ($614M), Netherlands ($255M), Yemen ($239M), Syria ($200M), and Ireland ($149M).

Net Trade (2022)

Country Comparison

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

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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TOP EXPORT POTENTIALThailand+ $2.36M
TOP IMPORT POTENTIALItaly+ $321k

Wheat Flours’s highest export potential is Thailand. With an export gap of $2.36M.  Wheat Flours’s highest import potential is Italy with an import gap of $321k.

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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)

Country by Relatedness

The following visualization shows the relatedness of Wheat Flours 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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