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Guinea: Guinea: Top Agricultural Commodity Products in 2008

2011/11/27

Guinea: Top Agricultural Commodity Products in 2008

Agriculture, forestry, and livestock represented 24.9% of Guinea’s national GDP in 2008, according to the African Economic Outlook 2010. The following list represents the top twenty agricultural commodity products, in terms of production, in Guinea in 2008, including figures for both value and tonnage.

Rank	Product	Value (in Thousands)*	Metric Tons
1	Rice, paddy	318,313	1,534,088
2	Groundnuts, with shell	147,346	315,107
3	Indigenous Cattle Meat	104,909	50,723
4	Plantains	96,709	436,000
5	Cassava	80,863	1,122,171
6	Citrus fruit, nes	78,305	218,000
7	Maize, green	56,085	285,000
8	Vegetables fresh nes	42,784	228,000
9	Mangoes, mangosteens, guavas	40,419	166,000
10	Maize	32,475	952,170
11	Cow milk, whole, fresh	28,189	106,000
12	Bananas	23,086	162,000
13	Pineapples	21,079	109,000
14	Cotton lint	20,782	14,000
15	Sweet potatoes	20,560	204,598
16	Hen eggs, in shell	18,850	22,155
17	Pulses, nes	15,730	62,500
18	Palm oil	15,138	50,000
19	Coffee, green	14,716	18,000
20	Indigenous Goat Meat	12,884	8,462

* International commodity prices

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