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Table 02: Major Protein Meals: World Supply and Distribution (Commodity View) 
 
Million Metric Tons
Date Created  02/11/2025 12:00:40 PM  
 
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  2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Jan
2024/25		 Feb
2024/25
Production
Meal, Copra 1.90 1.97 1.96 2.05 1.92 1.92
Meal, Cottonseed 14.80 14.64 14.92 15.14 15.52 15.52
Meal, Fish 4.86 4.97 4.50 5.13 5.15 5.15
Meal, Palm Kernel 9.98 9.71 10.28 10.15 10.72 10.72
Meal, Peanut 7.85 7.91 7.64 7.46 7.72 7.72
Meal, Rapeseed 41.59 41.93 47.81 49.22 48.82 48.88
Meal, Soybean 249.75 248.16 247.91 260.10 274.11 274.58
Meal, Sunflowerseed 20.28 21.23 23.07 23.38 21.09 21.25
 
 
Total 351.01 350.52 358.09 372.63 385.04 385.73
 
Imports
Meal, Copra 0.62 0.69 0.62 0.61 0.63 0.63
Meal, Cottonseed 0.29 0.27 0.19 0.23 0.21 0.21
Meal, Fish 3.41 3.59 3.33 3.69 3.61 3.61
Meal, Palm Kernel 7.14 7.36 7.69 7.15 7.50 7.50
Meal, Peanut 0.10 0.13 0.12 0.07 0.09 0.09
Meal, Rapeseed 8.37 7.67 9.29 9.91 10.35 10.35
Meal, Soybean 65.37 67.06 63.29 69.67 72.21 73.01
Meal, Sunflowerseed 7.58 7.35 8.54 9.98 8.58 8.60
 
 
Total 92.86 94.12 93.06 101.32 103.17 103.99
 
Exports
Meal, Copra 0.55 0.75 0.62 0.55 0.67 0.67
Meal, Cottonseed 0.41 0.45 0.28 0.31 0.32 0.32
Meal, Fish 2.95 2.84 2.51 3.05 3.07 3.07
Meal, Palm Kernel 7.59 7.90 8.07 7.32 7.98 7.98
Meal, Peanut 0.13 0.18 0.18 0.15 0.17 0.17
Meal, Rapeseed 8.23 7.76 9.78 10.16 10.42 10.43
Meal, Soybean 69.46 68.76 67.06 74.42 75.67 76.32
Meal, Sunflowerseed 8.16 7.84 9.16 10.28 9.12 9.19
 
 
Total 97.48 96.49 97.65 106.24 107.41 108.14
 
Domestic Consumption
Meal, Copra 2.00 1.90 1.96 2.06 1.91 1.91
Meal, Cottonseed 14.69 14.47 14.81 15.06 15.39 15.40
Meal, Fish 5.38 5.64 5.36 5.78 5.68 5.68
Meal, Palm Kernel 9.39 9.31 9.96 10.04 10.18 10.18
Meal, Peanut 7.83 7.85 7.59 7.39 7.63 7.63
Meal, Rapeseed 41.85 41.63 47.56 48.86 48.69 48.72
Meal, Soybean 245.75 246.00 247.32 254.29 267.98 268.75
Meal, Sunflowerseed 20.47 20.94 21.76 22.70 21.10 21.15
 
 
Total 347.36 347.74 356.33 366.17 378.56 379.43
 
Ending Stocks
Meal, Copra 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.09 0.05 0.05
Meal, Cottonseed 0.11 0.10 0.11 0.10 0.12 0.11
Meal, Fish 0.19 0.27 0.23 0.22 0.23 0.23
Meal, Palm Kernel 0.83 0.68 0.62 0.57 0.61 0.61
Meal, Peanut 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.05 0.05
Meal, Rapeseed 1.28 1.49 1.25 1.37 1.44 1.44
Meal, Soybean 15.99 16.46 13.28 14.34 16.99 16.85
Meal, Sunflowerseed 1.34 1.14 1.83 2.21 1.61 1.73
 
 
Total 19.81 20.21 17.39 18.92 21.10 21.08
 
Totals may not add due to rounding