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Who buys the United States’ wheat? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United States exported $6.5 billion of wheat (21.5 million tonnes), 11.5% of the world total. Its main destinations were Mexico (17%), the Philippines (13%) and Japan (10%). The United States was the world’s 3rd-largest exporter of wheat.

Summary

Value
$6.5billion
Tonnes
21.5million tonnes
Share of world total
11.5%
World rank
3rd
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
Mexico1.1Tonnes: 3,971,221USD per tonne: $28217.1%Sea
Philippines0.86Tonnes: 2,760,872USD per tonne: $31213.2%Sea
Japan0.65Tonnes: 2,119,457USD per tonne: $3069.9%Sea
China0.59Tonnes: 1,909,787USD per tonne: $3079%Sea
South Korea0.52Tonnes: 1,737,716USD per tonne: $3008%Sea
Taiwan0.35Tonnes: 1,098,513USD per tonne: $3235.4%Sea
Indonesia0.19Tonnes: 686,020USD per tonne: $2833%Sea
Thailand0.19Tonnes: 610,718USD per tonne: $3132.9%Sea
Italy0.18Tonnes: 454,469USD per tonne: $4022.8%Sea
Nigeria0.15Tonnes: 534,815USD per tonne: $2772.3%Sea
Dominican Republic0.14Tonnes: 459,914USD per tonne: $3052.1%Sea
Colombia0.13Tonnes: 458,421USD per tonne: $2822%Sea
Vietnam0.12Tonnes: 440,691USD per tonne: $2761.9%Sea
Ecuador0.12Tonnes: 423,924USD per tonne: $2761.8%Sea
Brazil0.11Tonnes: 370,250USD per tonne: $2921.7%Sea
Chile0.11Tonnes: 357,199USD per tonne: $2981.6%Sea
Guatemala0.1Tonnes: 322,049USD per tonne: $3021.5%Sea
Egypt0.08Tonnes: 46,927USD per tonne: $1701.3%Sea
Honduras0.08Tonnes: 278,071USD per tonne: $2901.2%Sea
Venezuela0.07Tonnes: 270,849USD per tonne: $2721.1%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Mexico has been its main destination since 2023

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

  • Mexico 1.1
  • Philippines 0.86
  • Japan 0.65
  • China 0.59
  • South Korea 0.52

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Mexico0.151.1
Philippines0.30.86
Japan0.690.65
China0.710.59
South Korea0.310.52

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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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