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Yerba mate: top exporters and importers (2024)

In 2024, world trade in yerba mate totaled $228 million (100 thousand tonnes). The top exporters were Brazil (47%), Argentina (40%) and Paraguay (5%); the top importers were Syria (31%), Uruguay (30%) and Argentina (10%). Compared with 2019, the value rose 17%.

Summary

World trade
$228million
Tonnes
100thousand tonnes
Price per tonne
$2,275
The largest flows between countries. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Top exporters

  1. Brazil$107 million · 47.1%
  2. Argentina$91 million · 39.8%
  3. Paraguay$11 million · 5%
  4. Syria$4 million · 1.7%
  5. Germany$3 million · 1.2%
  6. Netherlands$2 million · 0.78%
    re-exports
  7. Uruguay$2 million · 0.73%
  8. Spain$1 million · 0.62%
  9. Czechia$951 thousand · 0.42%
  10. Turkey$748 thousand · 0.33%
  11. United States$670 thousand · 0.29%
  12. France$531 thousand · 0.23%
  13. United Arab Emirates$509 thousand · 0.22%
  14. Singapore$436 thousand · 0.19%
    re-exports
  15. Ecuador$408 thousand · 0.18%
  16. Lebanon$283 thousand · 0.12%
  17. Poland$254 thousand · 0.11%
  18. Luxembourg$249 thousand · 0.11%
  19. Sri Lanka$159 thousand · 0.07%
  20. China$158 thousand · 0.07%

Top importers

  1. Syria$70 million · 30.6%
  2. Uruguay$68 million · 29.9%
  3. Argentina$22 million · 9.7%
  4. Spain$13 million · 5.9%
  5. Chile$12 million · 5.2%
  6. United States$7 million · 2.9%
  7. Germany$6 million · 2.6%
  8. Netherlands$3 million · 1.2%
    re-exports
  9. Brazil$3 million · 1.1%
  10. Lebanon$2 million · 0.94%
  11. France$2 million · 0.87%
  12. Poland$2 million · 0.77%
  13. Austria$2 million · 0.76%
  14. Czechia$1 million · 0.49%
  15. Canada$1 million · 0.47%
  16. Turkey$1 million · 0.44%
  17. Bolivia$933 thousand · 0.41%
  18. Italy$862 thousand · 0.38%
  19. Belgium$801 thousand · 0.35%
    re-exports
  20. United Kingdom$731 thousand · 0.32%

Trend

Who sells it

Brazil has been the top exporter since 2020

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

  • Brazil 107
  • Argentina 90.7
  • Paraguay 11.4
  • Syria 3.8
  • Germany 2.6

Source: CEPII BACI

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Country19952024
Brazil39.3107
Argentina30.490.7
Paraguay0.3811.4
Syria03.8
Germany0.482.6

Price

Implied price

The price per tonne rose 101% since 1995

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

  • 2024: $2,275

Source: CEPII BACI

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YearUSD per tonne
1995$1,130
1996$1,093
1997$1,007
1998$1,005
1999$945
2000$842
2001$1,508
2002$1,348
2003$1,203
2004$1,447
2005$859
2006$1,032
2007$1,109
2008$1,259
2009$1,243
2010$1,347
2011$1,607
2012$2,081
2013$2,621
2014$3,234
2015$2,824
2016$2,570
2017$2,478
2018$2,454
2019$2,199
2020$1,938
2021$2,044
2022$2,199
2023$2,350
2024$2,275

What it includes

  • 090300 · subheading of heading 0903: Yerba mate

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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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