Inorganics prices by country

Inorganics commodities covered

Coverage by country

Each cell is the leg that carries the country's volume: FOB exports for net exporters, CIF imports for net importers. Countries in verification are added as soon as their customs record has enough recent months to publish a reliable monthly price.

How the prices are assessed

Every figure is a trade-implied unit value: the customs value of a country's monthly trade in the commodity's HS code divided by the customs tonnage, from national customs statistics as compiled by UN Comtrade. Exports FOB for net exporters, imports CIF for net importers, so each country line is the leg that carries the volume. A month is published only when its tonnage clears the volume floor and the figure passes the desk's checks against the previous months and the other countries; a month that fails is held, not estimated. Each commodity page carries its own methodology note and version.

• Monthly. Published as each country's customs statistics release, most within six to ten weeks of the month's end.
• By country and basis. Not one global number: the FOB export value of the United States and the CIF landed value in India are different prices, and both are shown.
• Verified, not estimated. A minimum traded volume, a written note on every unusual monthly move, enough recent months before a country is published, and a desk sign-off. A revised figure is marked and the earlier value stays in the record.
• Comparable. The same method for every commodity and country, so spreads between legs and countries mean something.

Free and subscription

Free on every commodity page: quarter means per country one quarter behind, a world figure a few months old, the quarter chart, the producers and the methodology. Subscribers get the current months and the newest quarter for every country, the monthly chart, spreads between any two legs, quarter and trailing averages, contract formulas, the full desk notes and CSV.

Payment by card or invoice through the same checkout as our reports; access starts the moment the payment clears. Subscribers tell the desk which countries and commodities to add next, and that sets the build order.

Questions about inorganics prices

Cite these prices

Douglas Insights, [commodity] price by country, [month or quarter], www.douglasinsights.com/prices/[commodity]/. Quarter means on the public pages may be quoted with that attribution; monthly figures from the dashboard are licensed to the subscriber.

Last publication 13 Oct 2026. Sitemap.