Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits used for the extraction of other fixed oils 223
Since 2004, the value (in current prices) of exports of oil seeds and oleaginous fruits used for the extraction of other fixed oils (SITC group 223)
increased more than twofold (on average by 24 percent each year) and amounted to US$2.8 bln in 2008 (table 2). Graph 1 shows that in 2008, its
exports increased by 45.7 percent, compared to 21.2 percent for world exports of inedible crude materials, except fuels (SITC section 2) and 15.3
percent for total world exports. It accounted for 0.4 percent of world exports of inedible crude materials, except fuels (SITC section 2) and less than
0.1 percent of total world exports (table 1).
USA and Canada were the two major exporting countries. In 2008, they accounted respectively for 23.3 and 16.5 percent of world exports (table
2). Netherlands was another major exporting country, with 13.5 percent of world exports. USA was also one of the major destinations, together
with Belgium and Mexico (table 3). By MDG regions (graph 2), Developed North America was the origin of a large share of exports of oil seeds and
oleaginous fruits used for the extraction of other fixed oils (SITC group 223): in 2008, its exports were valued at US$1.1 bln, resulting in a trade
surplus of US$828 mln. Developed Europe was the destination of a majority of goods: its imports amounted to US$1.3 bln and it recorded a trade
deficit of US$417 mln. A deficit amounting to US$393 mln was recorded by Latin America and the Caribbean.
Table 1: Imports (Imp.) and exports (Exp.), 1994-2008, in current prices
1994
1995
0.7
0.6
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.0
Values in Bln US$ Imp.
Exp.
As a percentage of Imp.
SITC section (%) Exp.
As a percentage of Imp.
world trade (%) Exp.
1996
0.9
0.7
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.0
1997
0.9
0.7
0.4
0.3
0.0
0.0
1998
1.0
0.8
0.4
0.4
0.0
0.0
1999
0.9
0.8
0.4
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.9
0.7
0.4
0.4
0.0
0.0
Graph 1: Annual growth rates of exports, 1994−2008
(In percentage by year)
SITC code 223
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SITC, Section 2
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2000
0.8
0.7
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.0
2001
0.8
0.7
0.3
0.4
0.0
0.0
2002
2003
0.9
0.8
0.4
0.4
0.0
0.0
Country or area
●
●
40%
●
●
30%
20%
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
10%
●
●
●
●
●
0%
●
●
●
−10%
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
Exports
Country or area
Developed N. America
South−eastern Europe
CIS
Northern Africa
Sub−Saharan Africa
Latin Am, Caribbean
Eastern Asia
Southern Asia
South−eastern Asia
Western Asia
1
1.2
0.8
0.6
0.4
0
0.2
.2
−1
−0
.8
−0
.6
−0
.4
−0
.2
Oceania
−1
1.4
1.4
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.0
2007
1.9
1.9
0.3
0.4
0.0
0.0
2008
2.7
2.8
0.4
0.4
0.0
0.0
Avg.
Growth Growth World share %
(%)
(%)
(million US$) 04-08 07-08
Cum.
2 790.8
650.5
460.6
377.1
216.1
99.9
88.8
56.8
50.8
47.7
46.5
45.4
44.3
43.3
40.9
34.7
24.0
25.4
24.5
46.2
32.5
41.0
25.3
34.3
13.0
39.2
46.9
20.8
790.3
18.9
59.6
50.9
45.7 100.0
30.6 23.3
57.1 16.5
103.1 13.5
32.2
7.7
8.8
3.6
30.4
3.2
92.1
2.0
4.5
1.8
10.6
1.7
226.5
1.7
23.3
1.6
46.5
1.6
95.5
1.6
406.4
1.5
149.8
1.2
23.3
39.8
53.3
61.1
64.7
67.8
69.9
71.7
73.4
75.1
76.7
78.3
79.8
81.3
82.5
Avg.
Growth Growth World share %
(%)
(%)
(million US$) 04-08 07-08
Cum.
Value
World....................................
Belgium.................................
USA.......................................
Mexico..................................
Germany................................
Dominican Rep......................
Spain.....................................
Denmark................................
United Kingdom....................
Netherlands..........................
Philippines............................
Cuba......................................
France...................................
India......................................
Rep. of Korea........................
Canada..................................
Developed Europe
.4
2006
08
World....................................
USA.......................................
Canada..................................
Netherlands..........................
Belgium.................................
Czech Rep.............................
China.....................................
India......................................
Turkey...................................
Viet Nam...............................
Spain.....................................
Austria..................................
Ghana....................................
Ethiopia.................................
Burkina Faso.........................
Papua New Guinea...............
Trade balance
Developed Asia−Pacific
−1
1.3
1.5
0.3
0.4
0.0
0.0
Table 3: Top importing countries or areas in 2008
Graph 2: Trade Balance by MDG regions 2008
Imports
2005
20
06
07
20
20
04
05
20
20
02
03
20
20
00
01
20
20
98
99
19
19
96
97
19
19
19
19
94
95
−20%
(Bln US$)
1.2
1.2
0.3
0.4
0.0
0.0
Value
60%
50%
2004
Table 2: Top exporting countries or areas in 2008
Total
●
1.0
0.9
0.4
0.3
0.0
0.0
Source: UN Comtrade
2 710.4
344.2
234.6
233.3
211.9
148.0
124.7
110.5
103.4
98.5
87.2
64.7
63.8
56.4
54.5
48.9
21.7
11.6
22.7
34.1
18.4
22.4
33.2
80.1
32.0
29.1
41.3
10.9
28.6
47.0
27.7
12.6
43.6 100.0
25.1 12.7
42.9
8.7
43.9
8.6
55.5
7.8
18.1
5.5
245.1
4.6
24.8
4.1
114.7
3.8
26.7
3.6
146.1
3.2
30.9
2.4
67.8
2.4
52.4
2.1
26.7
2.0
58.1
1.8
12.7
21.4
30.0
37.8
43.2
47.8
51.9
55.7
59.4
62.6
65.0
67.3
69.4
71.4
73.2