South Africa
Data
World Bank · Pink Sheet

Soybeans

US, Gulf export price

524 US$/tPrice · September 2026
+8,7%1 month
+29,7%12 months
-6,1%5 years

Monthly price since 2000

US$/t

Annual average price

US$/t
YearPrice
2025414
2024462
2023598
2022675
2021583
2020407
2019369
2018394
2017394
2016406
2015392
2014485
2013551
2012595
2011538
2010447
2009424
2008522
2007383
2006269

The last 24 months

US$/t
MonthPrice
September 2026524
August 2026482
July 2026478
June 2026464
May 2026473
April 2026463
March 2026473
February 2026459
January 2026425
December 2025440
November 2025446
October 2025404
September 2025404
August 2025407
July 2025410
June 2025416
May 2025414
April 2025408
March 2025401
February 2025412
January 2025411
December 2024409
November 2024436
October 2024442

Who produces it: world production in 2024

Countries with recorded production: 102

1 848 000South Africa · Tonnes
12 / 102World rank
0,5%Share of world
CountryTonnesShare of world
Brazil144 473 76836%
United States118 836 44030%
Argentina48 213 20712%
China20 650 0005,2%
India15 132 0823,8%
Paraguay11 100 2562,8%
Canada7 568 0131,9%
Russia7 000 0001,8%
Ukraine6 635 1801,7%
Bolivia3 216 4400,8%

World production since 2000

Largest exporters in 2024

CountryTonnesShare of worldExport value (million US$)
Brazil98 812 92455%42 942
United States52 327 70329%24 570
Paraguay7 987 0144,5%3 170
Canada5 102 6332,9%2 406
Argentina4 145 1672,3%1 806
Ukraine3 429 7571,9%1 343
Uruguay2 675 4021,5%1 191
Netherlands790 1830,4%396
Russia714 2810,4%319
Nigeria283 3790,2%143

Other food commodities

WheatMaizeRiceSoybean oilPalm oilSunflower oilRapeseed oilCoffee, ArabicaCoffee, RobustaCocoaTeaSugarBananasOrangesBeefChicken

These are prices on international markets, in US dollars, not shop prices: changes take months to reach the shelves, and exchange rates, transport and local costs count just as much.

Source: World Bank Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet), update of 2 October 2026, CC BY 4.0 · Shelfpedia calculations: changes over one month, twelve months and five years.

Source: FAOSTAT, Crops and livestock products — production (update of 23 December 2025) and trade (update of 23 July 2026), compiled by FAO, CC BY 4.0 · Shelfpedia calculations: shares and ranks.