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Market data explorer: agrifood & industrial history by country

Use this to see long-run context before a CAPEX decision: how large agriculture and manufacturing are in a market, how much it invests (gross fixed capital formation), inflation and exchange-rate history, and trade in the equipment or products of each vertical. Every figure is fetched from the named public source with its unit, year and update date. We show nothing we could not retrieve — no estimates are filled in, and none of this is a forecast.

Historical country explorer — World Bank (actuals)

Period
Countries (up to 6)

Equipment & product trade by vertical — UN Comtrade (last 5 reported years)

Vertical: Global B2B Group (packaging lines)

UN Comtrade did not respond. Open UN Comtrade

Data source registry

Access checked on 2026-10-17 with a real request to each service.

Data sources, access status and licences
SourceStatusLicenceCoverage and notes
World Bank Indicators API (WDI)Live in explorerCC BY 4.0Countries, annual, 1960–latest; macro, agriculture, manufacturing, investment, prices, FX. Fetched live without a key, cached 12 h on our server.
UN Comtrade API (public preview)Live, limitedUN Comtrade terms of use — attribution requiredAnnual HS trade values by reporter; preview allows one year per request and no partner detail. We fetch the last 5 reported years for world totals only. Full history needs a subscription key.
FAOSTATNot ingested — key requiredCC BY 4.0Crop/livestock production, trade, prices 1961–latest. API returned 401 (token required). Use the FAOSTAT site directly until a token is configured.
USDA FAS PSDNot ingested — key requiredUS Government public domainSupply & distribution: production, consumption, trade, stocks by commodity/country. API returned 403 without a key. Not ingested.
FAO GIEWS FPMA price toolLink onlyFAO termsDomestic retail/wholesale food prices, monthly. No stable public API used here; link to the tool.
OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2026–2035Link onlyOECD termsProjections to 2035 — projections, not actuals. Not ingested; any figure quoted from it must be labelled as a projection.

How to read the data

  • Actuals vs estimates: World Bank values are reported statistics; the most recent years are often preliminary and get revised.
  • Projections: none are shown here. OECD-FAO Outlook figures are projections and are linked, not mixed into historical series.
  • Gaps: a missing year is shown as "—", never as zero.
  • Trade values are in current US dollars, so inflation and exchange rates affect trends.

Data checks and refresh: live series are fetched on the server and cached for up to 12 hours; each chart shows its source, unit and latest available year. If a source is unreachable, the explorer shows an empty state with a link to the original data instead of old or estimated numbers.

Historical case studies: what past shocks teach procurement

Three documented episodes, each tied to its primary public source. Check the figures in the linked source; we do not restate them here.

2007–2008 and 2021–2022

Food commodity price spikes

The FAO Food Price Index rose sharply in 2007–2008 and again in 2021–2022, when it reached its highest level on record in March 2022. Raw-material cost for food processors moved far faster than equipment budgets were updated.

Procurement lesson: Size a food-processing plant's business case on a range of input prices, not one year. Test ROI and payback with a high-cost scenario before committing CAPEX.

Source: FAO Food Price Index

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2020–2022

Container freight disruption

UNCTAD's Review of Maritime Transport 2021 documented an unprecedented surge in container freight rates and port congestion during the pandemic recovery, lengthening delivery times for imported goods and equipment.

Procurement lesson: Quote comparisons on EXW or FOB terms hide freight risk. Normalise every bid to a delivered basis, record the quote date, and add schedule contingency to the project plan.

Source: UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport 2021

Landed cost and bid comparison

2021–2023

European energy price shock

The IEA's World Energy Outlook 2022 describes the global energy crisis that followed reduced Russian gas supply to Europe, with natural gas and electricity prices reaching record levels in 2022.

Procurement lesson: Energy-intensive lines (drying, refrigeration, thermal processing) should be compared on lifetime OPEX, not purchase price. Ask suppliers for rated energy use under your operating conditions.

Source: IEA World Energy Outlook 2022

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