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Flaxseed: top exporters and importers (2024)

In 2024, world trade in flaxseed totaled $1.2 billion (2.1 million tonnes). The top exporters were Russia (39%), Kazakhstan (20%) and Canada (13%); the top importers were China (29%), Belgium (23%) and the United States (9%). Compared with 2019, the value rose 36%.

Summary

World trade
$1.2billion
Tonnes
2.1million tonnes
Price per tonne
$589
The largest flows between countries. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Top exporters

  1. Russia$472 million · 38.9%
  2. Kazakhstan$243 million · 20.1%
  3. Canada$156 million · 12.9%
  4. Belgium$57 million · 4.7%
    re-exports
  5. Poland$51 million · 4.2%
  6. Ukraine$44 million · 3.6%
  7. India$31 million · 2.6%
  8. Netherlands$22 million · 1.8%
    re-exports
  9. France$14 million · 1.2%
  10. Latvia$13 million · 1%
  11. United Kingdom$11 million · 0.92%
  12. Germany$10 million · 0.82%
  13. Austria$9 million · 0.73%
  14. United States$8 million · 0.63%
  15. Estonia$7 million · 0.61%
  16. Lithuania$7 million · 0.6%
  17. Czechia$7 million · 0.56%
  18. Argentina$6 million · 0.47%
  19. Turkey$5 million · 0.41%
  20. Romania$4 million · 0.35%

Top importers

  1. China$349 million · 28.8%
  2. Belgium$278 million · 23%
    re-exports
  3. United States$104 million · 8.6%
  4. Germany$86 million · 7.1%
  5. Poland$74 million · 6.1%
  6. Netherlands$49 million · 4.1%
    re-exports
  7. France$34 million · 2.8%
  8. Italy$30 million · 2.5%
  9. Austria$18 million · 1.5%
  10. Latvia$17 million · 1.4%
  11. United Kingdom$17 million · 1.4%
  12. Afghanistan$16 million · 1.3%
  13. Canada$12 million · 0.95%
  14. Lithuania$10 million · 0.86%
  15. Czechia$10 million · 0.85%
  16. Russia$10 million · 0.83%
  17. Spain$8 million · 0.64%
  18. Switzerland$7 million · 0.58%
  19. Denmark$6 million · 0.52%
  20. Egypt$6 million · 0.51%

Trend

Who sells it

Russia has been the top exporter since 2021

Value in USD millions. The five largest exporters in 2024.

  • Russia 472
  • Kazakhstan 243
  • Canada 156
  • Belgium 56.8
  • Poland 51.3

Source: CEPII BACI

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Country19952024
Russia0.09472
Kazakhstan0243
Canada208156
Belgium20.256.8
Poland0.0351.3

Price

Implied price

The price per tonne rose 122% since 1995

Current US dollars per tonne: value over the weight reported by BACI.

  • 2024: $589

Source: CEPII BACI

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YearUSD per tonne
1995$265
1996$297
1997$296
1998$295
1999$250
2000$220
2001$223
2002$285
2003$327
2004$418
2005$435
2006$375
2007$404
2008$626
2009$558
2010$553
2011$680
2012$664
2013$715
2014$683
2015$579
2016$490
2017$503
2018$490
2019$490
2020$557
2021$755
2022$828
2023$589
2024$589

What it includes

  • 1204 · Flaxseed

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Sources and methodology

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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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