United States Coconuts - Incl Copra Export quantity

United States Coconuts - Incl Copra Export quantity: Key Points

• In 2023, United States' coconuts - Incl Copra Export quantity stood at 12.00 t — down from 22.00 t in 2014, a fall of roughly 45%.
• 2015-2016: keeps gaining, out to 26.00 t (+18%).
• 2017-2018: falls away sharply to 14.00 t (-46%).
• 2019: lifts to 18.00 t (+29%).
• 2020-2022: drops hard to 11.00 t (-39%).
• Net result across the whole period: down 45.5%, closing 2023 at 12.00 t.

Why Trade Collapsed in 2020

This chart doesn't support a simple narrative. It moves up, it moves down — pick any two years and you can tell almost any story you want. Look at the whole series, not a slice of it.

Read this drop as part of the worldwide pandemic trade shock — lockdowns disrupted shipping, production, and demand together, and most countries' trade data shows the same pattern.

That 2017 spike deserves a second look before you cite it. Genuine 27% moves in a single year do happen, but so do reporting changes — the chart alone can't tell you which this is.

This chart is a starting point, not a conclusion. United States's coconuts - Incl Copra Export quantity numbers here are worth cross-checking against at least one other source or comparator before they inform any real decision.

United States's number here, like most in this category, is built from a mix of direct measurement and statistical modeling — reliable for tracking direction, less reliable for pinning down an exact year-to-year figure.