**Table 10: The Structure of Agricultural Exports by Product in Developing and Industrial Countries, 1990s and 2000s**

|Aricultural Product|Developin|g CountryE|xport (%)|Industrial|CountryEx|ports (%)|Wo|rldExports|(%)|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|g|1990-91|2000-01|2006-07|1990-91|2000-01|2006-07|1990-91|2000-01|2006-07|
|**Tropical Products**||||||||||
|Coffee, cocoa, and tea|9.4|7.1|6.7|2.4|2.9|3.6|4.8|4.5|4.9|
|Nuts and spices|2.2|2.4|1.9|0.6|0.6|0.9|1.1|1.3|1.3|
|Sugar and confectionary|3.8|3.8|3.7|2.1|2.3|2.3|2.7|2.8|2.9|
|Textile fibers|5.9|4.4|3.3|4.8|3.8|2.9|5.1|4.0|3.1|
|Subtotal: above products|21.3|17.6|15.6|9.9|9.6|9.8|13.7|12.6|12.2|
|**Temperate Products**||||||||||
|Meats, fresh and processed|4.7|4.1|5.3|10.2|10.3|9.9|8.6|8.0|8.0|
|Milk and dairy products|0.6|1.3|1.8|6.7|7.1|7.5|4.9|4.9|5.1|
|Grains, raw and processed|3.4|6.3|7.3|9.5|10.4|10.5|7.5|8.9|9.1|
|Edible oils and oilseeds|3.1|3.2|3.9|2.8|2.7|2.5|2.8|2.9|3.1|
|Animal feeds|8.6|9.6|11.6|5.8|6.2|6.7|6.8|7.4|8.7|
|Subtotal: above products|20.4|24.6|29.8|35.0|36.7|37.1|30.7|32.1|34.1|
|**Seafood, Fruits and Vegetables**||||||||||
|Seafood, fresh and processed|15.2|15.8|12.2|7.3|6.4|6.1|9.6|9.9|8.6|
|Fruits and vegetables, fresh & proc.|19.9|16.9|17.2|11.7|11.1|12.0|14.4|13.3|14.1|
|Cut flowers & crude veg. materials|2.5|2.4|2.1|3.2|2.9|2.9|3.0|2.7|2.6|
|Subtotal: above products|37.6|35.1|31.5|22.2|20.4|21.0|27.0|25.9|25.4|
|**Other Processed Products**||||||||||
|Beverages, alcohol & non-alcohol|1.3|2.9|3.1|7.4|8.1|9.3|5.3|6.1|6.7|
|Tobacco and cigarettes|2.5|2.9|2.4|3.2|4.0|3.1|3.0|3.6|2.8|
|Other processed food|0.7|2.2|2.6|2.7|4.3|5.2|2.1|3.5|4.1|
|Other agricultural goods|17.5|16.0|16.1|20.1|17.4|15.2|18.9|16.9|15.6|
|Subtotal: above products|22.0|24.0|24.2|33.4|33.8|32.9|29.4|30.1|29.3|
|**All Agricultures**|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|

Source: Based on mirror data from UN COMTRADE Statistics.

In world trade, basic temperate food categories have increased their share. While all subgroups under this heading have increased their shares, grains, and animal feed have larger export share gains. Earlier assumptions by Aksoy (2004) where new products such as fruits and vegetables, seafood, processed foods, would end up dominating the world agricultural trade have not materialized.<sup>14</sup> It has been the temperate food commodities which are traditionally exported by industrial countries have increased their shares. On the other hand, tropical products have continued to lose market shares.

For developing countries the biggest decline in export shares has come in their traditional tropical products, such as coffee and cocoa, and cotton. Along with losing share in traditional commodities, Exports of new and dynamic nontraditional exports, such as seafood and fruits and vegetables have also lost some market shares. There is a large decline in share of exports of seafood, and a marginal decrease in fruits, vegetables and cut flowers. The biggest gains have come in temperate food products. Exports of grains have expanded much faster than others. Export market share gains for beverages

> 14 These are some differences of measurement between this table and earlier similar table in Aksoy (2004). In that table, the category which we now call “other agricultural products” was not included. So the shares are bigger but the changes are very similar.

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