Key Market Indicators
Chinese consumption of cassava is projected to reach nearly 3,000 thousand metric tons by 2026, up 0.3% from 2021. Since 2017, Chinese demand has increased by an average of 0.1% per year. In 2021, India was the largest consumer at 2,850 thousand metric tons, while China came in tenth. Indonesia, Ghana, and Mozambique ranked second, third, and fourth, respectively. Chinese production of cassava is expected to hit 5.3 million metric tons by 2026, representing an average increase of 0.7% per year since 1966. In 2021, Ivory Coast was the largest producer at 5.1 million metric tons, while China ranked sixteenth. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Thailand, and Ghana placed second, third, and fourth, respectively.
