Oats: Movement

The rail route from Canadian farms to US mills

What this tab covers How it flows between countries: the largest bilateral trade routes drawn on a world map, 2024 UN Comtrade export and import values with the top exporters and importers by share, plus shipping routes, chokepoints and trade restrictions.

World oat trade (HS 1004) was worth about $1.1 billion in 2024 (Comtrade), small next to other grains. Canada supplied 43.9% of export value, Finland 13.8% and Australia 11.7%. The US took 31.6% of imports, mostly Canadian oats moving by rail to mills. Germany took 15.6% and China 13.7%, a newer buyer for food. Most oats are fed on the farms that grow them, so trade is a small slice of output. A short Canadian crop forces US millers to look to the Nordic countries or Australia.

Where it is exported from and imported to, 2024

Chart: World map of the largest trade flows

Exporter (size = share of world exports) Importer (share of world imports) Shipping chokepoint UN Comtrade 2024. Bubbles: shares of reported world exports and imports for the main traded form. Country-to-country route lines are not available for this commodity yet. Hover a circle for values.

Oats · HS 1004

World exports 2024 $1.05 bn sum of 40 reporting countries World imports 2024 $1.09 bn sum of 40 reporting countries Top exporters, share of value Canada 43.9% Finland 13.8% Australia 11.7% Poland 4.1% Estonia 3.2% Sweden 3.2% Top importers, share of value United States 31.6% Germany 15.6% China 13.7% Spain 5.2% Belgium 5.1% Netherlands 3.9% UN Comtrade, reporter declarations to the world, US$. Exports and imports are reported separately, so totals differ. Re-exporting hubs (Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland, UAE) can appear large.