The latest data from international statistics aggregators paints a striking picture for the agricultural sector. The global agrifood export decline in 2025 has been sharp, affecting both volumes and revenues across all major producing nations. Consequently, market participants and policymakers alike are closely analyzing the scale and causes of this downturn.
Global Agrifood Export Decline: Volumes Drop 15% in 2025
Global agricultural exports in 2025 totaled approximately 2.3 billion tonnes. This represents a 15% decrease compared to 2024. Moreover, total revenue from products exported to other countries decreased by 24%, falling to $1.6 trillion. The federal center Agroexport reported these figures, citing data from international statistics aggregators.
Top Export Revenues by Country and Commodity
Despite the overall downturn, several countries still generated significant agrifood revenues. The largest export revenues by country and commodity were:
- Brazil – soybeans (over $43.5 billion), beef (over $16.6 billion), coffee (over $14.9 billion), and sugar (over $14.1 billion);
- Indonesia – palm oil (over $24.4 billion);
- United States – corn (over $18.9 billion), soybeans (over $16.5 billion);
- Malaysia – palm oil (over $14.8 billion);
- India – rice (over $11 billion).
Thus, Brazil and Indonesia remain among the most dominant players in global agrifood trade by revenue.
Russia’s Wheat Leads Domestic Agricultural Export Revenue
In Russia, wheat made the largest contribution to agricultural export revenue, exceeding 9.2 billion. Furthermore, Russian wheat holds a strong position on the international market overall.
“Russian wheat is among the leading products exported by any country abroad. Since 2018, Russia has been the largest wheat exporter: over 20% of this grain sold on the global market comes from our country,” the center noted.
Additionally, earlier forecasts from the Russian Union of Grain Producers and Exporters predicted that grain exports could increase by 7 million tons to 60 million tons by the end of the season. Of that total, 54 million tons would be wheat. Therefore, Russia’s role in global grain trade continues to grow, even as the broader global agrifood export decline shapes market conditions worldwide.
Source: Oleoscope (Russia)