Facilitating Smallholder Farmers’ Market Access
In the OIC Member Countries
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summarizes the composition of food and agricultural trade for OIC member
countries. The largest category of exports comprises coffee, tea, cocoa, and spices,
followed by fruit and nuts and then by fish, crustaceans, and molluscs (see Annex Table
1.11 and Table 1.12). The main imports for OIC member countries are wheat, followed by
sugar, dairy and eggs, and rice (see Annex Table 1.13 and Table 1.14) . In agriculture-based
and transition 1 OIC member countries, coffee, tea, cocoa, and spices account for about 40
percent of total agri-food exports, followed in importance by exports of fish, crustaceans,
and molluscs. Export trends in transition 2 countries are similar, although coffee, tea,
cocoa, and spices account for about 32 percent of export value. In urbanizing countries,
fruit and vegetables are the major exports (36 percent of export value), followed by
exports of fish, crustaceans, and molluscs. For the urban group, the largest export category
is dairy and eggs, followed by fruit and vegetables.
FIGURE 8: CHANGE IN SHARES OF AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS (%), 1980–2010
Source: FAOSTAT (FAO 2014).