Commodity watch · updated Nov 13, 7:44 AM EST
For every crop USDA forecasts and every country that matters for it: USDA's crop outlook, the weather forecast over the main growing regions at the crop's stage, trade, prices and hedge funds' bets, and how much our sources are saying about it. A plain score from 0 to 100 says how much the supply looks at risk, and when the risk is real but the news is quiet, the watch raises a flag. Now: 800 cards for 62 commodities, 5 flagged.
USDA's weekly export sales, the week to October 29, 2026: new sales less cancellations, and this marketing year's shipments.
| Commodity | This week | Shipped this year |
|---|---|---|
| corn | 173,750 t | 1,851,076 ta year earlier 1,988,023 |
| soybeans | 52,603 t | 415,624 ta year earlier 479,670 |
| rice | 3,760 t | 86,024 ta year earlier 86,380 |
| beef | 2,946 t | 140,008 ta year earlier 159,714 |
| pork | 2,859 t | 194,312 ta year earlier 170,734 |
| wheat | 2,000 t | 928,004 ta year earlier 870,048 |
| upland cotton | 1,508 bales | 17,895 balesa year earlier 19,041 |
| soybean meal | 837 t | 51,617 ta year earlier 84,661 |
| sorghum | 0 t | 4,532 ta year earlier 1,815 |
Its biggest commodity exports (farm, energy, metals) in 2024 and their main buyers, by value (CEPII BACI, January 2026 release, from UN trade statistics; Etalab Open Licence 2.0).
Its biggest commodity imports in 2024 and where they come from, by value.
The World Bank's monthly averages in US dollars (the Pink Sheet, updated November 3), against the month before and a year before. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
| Commodity | Price | Month | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy | |||
| Crude oil, average | 108.5 $/bbl | +6.1% | +72.2% |
| Crude oil, Brent | 125 $/bbl | +7% | +93.2% |
| Crude oil, Dubai | 102.7 $/bbl | +10.1% | +59.7% |
| Crude oil, WTI | 97.7 $/bbl | +0.8% | +62.3% |
| Coal, Australian | 152.3 $/mt | +3.5% | +41.7% |
| Coal, South African | 100 $/mt | +1.8% | +9.2% |
| Natural gas, US | 2.96 $/mmbtu | +0.3% | −7.5% |
| Natural gas, Europe | 28.5 $/mmbtu | +12.1% | +161.7% |
| Liquefied natural gas, Japan | 16.59 $/mmbtu | +2% | +49.5% |
| Natural gas index | 182.7 2010=100 | +8.9% | +86.2% |
| Beverages | |||
| Cocoa | 5.75 $/kg | −2.9% | −3.4% |
| Coffee, Arabica | 7.4 $/kg | +1.9% | −16.9% |
| Coffee, Robusta | 3.63 $/kg | −1.6% | −23.4% |
| Tea, avg 3 auctions | 2.88 $/kg | +0.7% | −4.3% |
| Tea, Colombo | 3.75 $/kg | +0.5% | −4.8% |
| Tea, Kolkata | 2.55 $/kg | +0.8% | −10.8% |
| Tea, Mombasa | 2.33 $/kg | +1.3% | +4.5% |
| Food | |||
| Coconut oil | 2,029 $/mt | −2.4% | −20.3% |
| Groundnuts | 1,600 $/mt | +2.4% | +33.3% |
| Fish meal | 2,840 $/mt | −2.6% | +60.5% |
| Groundnut oil | 1,850 $/mt | −0.5% | +13.6% |
| Palm oil | 1,120 $/mt | −5.1% | +7.9% |
| Palm kernel oil | 2,287 $/mt | −2.9% | +0.6% |
| Soybeans | 515 $/mt | −1.7% | +27.5% |
| Soybean oil | 1,546 $/mt | −4.3% | +36.6% |
| Soybean meal | 453 $/mt | +1.3% | +27.2% |
| Rapeseed oil | 1,405 $/mt | −2.6% | +11.2% |
| Sunflower oil | 1,413 $/mt | +1.4% | +3.7% |
| Barley | 80.4 $/mtAugust 2020 | — | — |
| Maize | 226.5 $/mt | −5.5% | +14.3% |
| Sorghum | 189.5 $/mtAugust 2020 | — | — |
| Rice, Thai 5% | 489 $/mt | +1.5% | +37.4% |
| Rice, Thai 25% | 472 $/mt | +2.4% | +34.5% |
| Rice, Thai A.1 | 467.4 $/mt | −1.2% | +39.1% |
| Rice, Viet Namese 5% | 413.9 $/mt | −1.1% | +13.2% |
| Wheat, US SRW | 260.3 $/mt | −6.6% | +24.4% |
| Wheat, US HRW | 317 $/mt | −8.6% | +37.3% |
| Banana, Europe | 1.1 $/kg | −1.8% | −2.7% |
| Banana, US | 1.18 $/kg | +5.4% | +4.4% |
| Orange | 0.75 $/kg | −5.1% | −28.6% |
| Beef | 6.83 $/kg | −0.4% | −3.7% |
| Chicken | 1.84 $/kg | +1.7% | +7% |
| Lamb | 7.48 $/kg | +3% | +18.2% |
| Shrimps, Mexican | 8.6 $/kgOctober 2023 | — | — |
| Sugar, EU | 0.37 $/kg | −2.6% | −2.6% |
| Sugar, US | 0.92 $/kg | +8.2% | +19.5% |
| Sugar, world | 0.43 $/kg | +4.9% | +26.5% |
| Raw materials | |||
| Tobacco, US import u.v. | 6,775 $/mtJuly 2026 | — | — |
| Logs, Cameroon | 392.1 $/cubic meter | −2.7% | −3.7% |
| Logs, Malaysian | 188.5 $/cubic meter | −0.9% | −4.1% |
| Sawnwood, Cameroon | 636.8 $/cubic meter | −0.9% | −0.5% |
| Sawnwood, Malaysian | 724.3 $/cubic meter | −1% | −0.5% |
| Plywood | 345.8 cents/sheet | −0.9% | −4.1% |
| Cotton, A Index | 2 $/kg | −4.8% | +19% |
| Rubber, TSR20 | 2.55 $/kg | +5.8% | +49.1% |
| Rubber, RSS3 | 2.83 $/kg | +2.9% | +41.5% |
| Fertilizers | |||
| Phosphate rock | 170 $/mt | 0% | +11.5% |
| DAP | 803.1 $/mt | +0.3% | +6.5% |
| TSP | 692 $/mt | +0.3% | +5.1% |
| Urea | 420 $/mt | +3.1% | +6.5% |
| Potassium chloride | 357.5 $/mt | −2.7% | +1.6% |
| Metals and minerals | |||
| Aluminum | 3,061 $/mt | −6.8% | +9.6% |
| Iron ore, cfr spot | 90.8 $/dmtu | −7.1% | −12.3% |
| Copper | 14,508 $/mt | +0.2% | +35.1% |
| Lead | 1,860 $/mt | −0.7% | −5.5% |
| Tin | 51,696 $/mt | −3.8% | +43.6% |
| Nickel | 15,436 $/mt | −5.4% | +2.3% |
| Zinc | 3,818 $/mt | −5% | +21.1% |
| Precious metals | |||
| Gold | 4,105 $/troy oz | −5% | +1.2% |
| Platinum | 1,621 $/troy oz | −9.1% | +0.3% |
| Silver | 57 $/troy oz | −11.8% | +15.4% |
Each card's score calls USDA's next revision of the country's crop: 50 or more “cut likely”, 30 to 49 “cut possible”, under 30 “no cut expected”. When USDA revises (grains, oilseeds and cotton every month, about the 10th; coffee and sugar twice a year), the last call before it is checked against what USDA did.
| Call | Calls | USDA cut | Raised | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| no cut expected | 403 | 30 | 32 | 341 |
| cut possible | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Crop figures: USDA FAS (PSD, Weekly Export Sales). Prices: World Bank Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet), CC BY 4.0. Hedge funds: CFTC Commitments of Traders. Weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0), normals from NASA POWER. Trade partners: CEPII BACI (Etalab Open Licence 2.0). Crop calendars after USDA FAS's; growing regions are the main ones of each main producer.
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