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Who buys the United States’ sorghum? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United States exported $1.8 billion of sorghum (6 million tonnes), 62.2% of the world total. China bought 89% of the total, followed by Ethiopia (2%) and Eritrea (2%). The United States was the world’s largest exporter of sorghum.

Summary

Value
$1.8billion
Tonnes
6million tonnes
Share of world total
62.2%
World rank
1st
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China1.6Tonnes: 5,385,003USD per tonne: $29589.4%Sea
Ethiopia0.04Tonnes: 184,740USD per tonne: $2312.4%Sea
Eritrea0.03Tonnes: 126,000USD per tonne: $2762%Sea
Sudan0.02Tonnes: 78,780USD per tonne: $2621.2%Sea
Japan0.02Tonnes: 44,057USD per tonne: $3450.86%Sea
Mexico0.01Tonnes: 15,780USD per tonne: $8340.74%Sea
South Sudan0.01Tonnes: 39,010USD per tonne: $2490.55%Sea
Cameroon0.01Tonnes: 23,424USD per tonne: $3270.43%Sea
Djibouti0.01Tonnes: 30,970USD per tonne: $2360.41%Sea
Somalia0.01Tonnes: 28,650USD per tonne: $2480.4%Sea
Argentina< 0.01Tonnes: 1,462USD per tonne: $3,3750.28%Sea
France< 0.01Tonnes: 1,627USD per tonne: $2,7780.25%Sea
Kenya< 0.01Tonnes: 8,808USD per tonne: $4910.24%Sea
Bolivia< 0.01Tonnes: 1,229USD per tonne: $2,7140.19%Sea
Canada< 0.01Tonnes: 7,410USD per tonne: $3130.13%Sea
Zimbabwe< 0.01Tonnes: 3,301USD per tonne: $6260.12%Sea
Nigeria< 0.01Tonnes: 3,087USD per tonne: $3270.06%Sea
Madagascar< 0.01Tonnes: 1,110USD per tonne: $6950.04%Sea
Chad< 0.01Tonnes: 1,193USD per tonne: $3650.02%Sea
Colombia< 0.01Tonnes: 257USD per tonne: $1,4660.02%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2013

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • China 1.6
  • Ethiopia 0.04
  • Eritrea 0.03
  • Sudan 0.02
  • Japan 0.02

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China01.6
Ethiopia0.020.04
Eritrea00.03
Sudan< 0.010.02
Japan0.280.02

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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