Trade Production Statistics

Trade Production Statistics are needed to give some sense of how much mass of product is created, as the trade system requires something upon which to base the amount of goods in the game world. While these numbers on this page — taken from production figures generated by the United Nations, 1988, sourced from the Industrial Commodities Yearbook and the Food and Agriculture Organization — cannot themselves be used as is for measuring trade, the comparisons between one product and another is relevant in terms of supply. While the list is not exhaustive for all earthly products, there is enough here to provide a practical reference for estimating other commodities, products and even goods and services.

Commodity	Unit	Africa	Asia	Europe	N. America	Oceania	Russia	S America	World
aquatic plants*	mt	27,940	3,284,768	318,610	142,853	18,645	193,989	168,753	4,155,500
cottonseed	th mt	3,792	24,275	1,082	9,865	740	8,700	4,661	53,115
eggs (misc.)	mt	8,632	395,520	55,556	550	16,619	88,000	9,940	573,817
fibres (misc.)	th mt	42	453	0	70	1	0	73	639
milk (sheep)	th mt	1,512	3,665	3,716	0	0	150	39	9,082
mules	th head	2,289	5,903	406	3,597	0	1	3,266	15,462
olive oil	th mt	138	274	1,176	2	0	0	11	1,601
olives	th mt	1,000	1,706	5,931	97	1	0	101	8,836
palm kernals	mt	691,730	1,972,214	0	40,080	67,800	0	313,000	3,084,824
palm oil	mt	1,586,150	6,779,000	0	143,450	171,000	0	381,165	9,060,765
pulses	th mt	6,865	23,237	6,906	3,462	1,591	8,735	3,856	54,652
raisins	th mt	28	562	166	316	61	0	18	1,151
rapeseed	th mt	25	8,749	8,096	4,244	84	425	134	21,757
roots & tubers	th mt	97,986	237,703	105,116	23,016	2,985	62,700	41,676	571,182
safflower seed	th mt	34	454	13	332	26	4	11	874
cottonseed	th mt	3,792	24,275	1,082	9,865	740	8,700	4,661	53,115
Livestock
sheep	th head	199,599	331,566	142,081	19,071	228,983	140,783	110,745	1,172,828

• includes seaweed, guano, seabird eggs, pearls, shells, corals, sponges, etc.