Area Under Cultivation - 9.7 Million ha
Global Production - 118.5 Million MT (Fruit); 17.7 Million MT (Oil)
Average Productivity - 12,224 kg/ha (Fruit); 1,844 kg/ha (Oil)
Producer Price - $81 per MT
Producer Production Value - $9,560 Million
International Trade
Share of World Production - 49%
Exports - 8.7 million MT
Average Price - $456 per MT
Value - $3,969 Million
Principal Producing Countries/Blocs
(by weight)
Malaysia, Indonesia, Nigeria, Thailand, Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire, Ecuador
Principal Exporting Countries/Blocs
Indonesia, Malaysia
Principal Importing Countries/Blocs
European Union, India, China, Pakistan, Japan, Singapore, Egypt, Bangladesh
Major Environmental Impacts
- Habitat conversion, particularly tropical forests
- Soil erosion and degradation
- Threats to key species
- Effluents from processing
Potential to Improve
- High
- Land use planning and zoning can reduce many impacts
- BMPs are known
- Investors and buyers are interested in reducing the impact of production
- BMP-based certification programs are in development