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Table 02: Major Protein Meals: World Supply and Distribution (Commodity View) 
 
Million Metric Tons
Date Created  04/11/2024 12:00:50 PM  
 
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  2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 Mar
2023/24		 Apr
2023/24
Production
Meal, Copra 1.91 1.90 1.97 1.96 1.98 1.98
Meal, Cottonseed 15.31 14.91 14.77 14.94 15.08 15.10
Meal, Fish 4.65 4.86 4.97 4.51 4.91 4.91
Meal, Palm Kernel 10.14 9.98 9.86 10.44 10.74 10.74
Meal, Peanut 7.62 7.85 7.91 7.66 7.55 7.55
Meal, Rapeseed 39.83 41.59 41.93 47.01 48.49 48.68
Meal, Soybean 245.52 250.00 248.40 247.77 257.76 257.68
Meal, Sunflowerseed 21.79 20.24 21.18 22.98 22.87 22.98
 
 
Total 346.77 351.33 350.98 357.27 369.37 369.60
 
Imports
Meal, Copra 0.43 0.62 0.69 0.62 0.63 0.63
Meal, Cottonseed 0.36 0.29 0.27 0.19 0.29 0.24
Meal, Fish 3.09 3.41 3.59 3.35 3.41 3.41
Meal, Palm Kernel 7.20 7.14 7.34 7.75 7.62 7.73
Meal, Peanut 0.13 0.10 0.13 0.12 0.09 0.09
Meal, Rapeseed 8.01 8.37 7.67 9.29 9.79 9.97
Meal, Soybean 63.98 65.29 67.13 62.97 66.95 67.41
Meal, Sunflowerseed 8.56 7.58 7.35 8.57 9.38 9.55
 
 
Total 91.75 92.79 94.17 92.85 98.17 99.03
 
Exports
Meal, Copra 0.43 0.55 0.75 0.62 0.69 0.69
Meal, Cottonseed 0.42 0.41 0.45 0.28 0.32 0.34
Meal, Fish 2.67 2.95 2.84 2.50 2.85 2.85
Meal, Palm Kernel 7.84 7.59 7.90 8.13 8.03 8.23
Meal, Peanut 0.18 0.13 0.18 0.19 0.14 0.14
Meal, Rapeseed 7.72 8.23 7.78 9.60 10.03 10.19
Meal, Soybean 67.94 69.44 68.80 67.27 70.03 70.49
Meal, Sunflowerseed 8.85 8.16 7.84 9.12 9.76 9.92
 
 
Total 96.06 97.45 96.54 97.72 101.85 102.84
 
Domestic Consumption
Meal, Copra 1.95 2.00 1.90 1.96 1.92 1.92
Meal, Cottonseed 15.28 14.80 14.60 14.83 15.05 15.01
Meal, Fish 5.05 5.38 5.64 5.39 5.50 5.50
Meal, Palm Kernel 9.43 9.39 9.46 10.21 10.25 10.19
Meal, Peanut 7.58 7.83 7.85 7.61 7.51 7.50
Meal, Rapeseed 39.96 41.86 41.62 46.92 47.94 48.15
Meal, Soybean 240.74 246.16 246.05 246.61 253.49 253.59
Meal, Sunflowerseed 21.43 20.48 20.95 21.87 22.77 22.65
 
 
Total 341.42 347.89 348.08 355.39 364.42 364.50
 
Ending Stocks
Meal, Copra 0.07 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04
Meal, Cottonseed 0.13 0.11 0.10 0.12 0.12 0.11
Meal, Fish 0.26 0.19 0.27 0.23 0.21 0.21
Meal, Palm Kernel 0.70 0.83 0.67 0.52 0.67 0.57
Meal, Peanut 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03
Meal, Rapeseed 1.42 1.30 1.50 1.28 1.53 1.58
Meal, Soybean 16.05 15.76 16.43 13.28 14.89 14.30
Meal, Sunflowerseed 2.05 1.23 0.97 1.53 1.35 1.48
 
 
Total 20.70 19.47 20.01 17.02 18.83 18.31
 
Totals may not add due to rounding