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What world events mean for vanilla — the exporters, the routes, and the retail endpoint.

Market stress
0/10Muted
12-month price change
-56.0%
2023 → 2024
Top exporter
63.8%
Madagascar · of world exports

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Vanilla

We don't have an honest retail series for this yet — BLS doesn't publish a retail vanilla price series.

US scope. We show a retail endpoint only when a published BLS series measures it honestly.

World map of Vanilla exporters

Circle size ∝ share of world exports — country area does not imply volume

Top exporters
Ranked by share of world exports (2024 trade value).

Madagascar

63.8% of world vanilla exports · 2024 trade value

Top 3 exporters: 74.8% of world exports.

Madagascar accounts for 63.8% of the world's exported vanilla by value — a disruption here travels through the buyers and companies below.

What-if presets

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Documented supply-chain relationships — independent of your scenario assumptions.

Vanilla
Flavor houses and ingredient suppliers

natural vanilla flavorings · vanilla extract for food manufacturers

No documented company exposure in our sources for Retail extract and finished foods.

A vanilla supply shock would likely first appear in futures and cash bids — timing and size are not established in our sources.

Trade structure

Critical exporters & importers

2024 vintage · annual data, 1–2y lag

Top exporters

  • Madagascardominant

    63.8% of world exports

  • France

    6.1% of world exports

  • Uganda

    4.9% of world exports

  • Canada

    3.8% of world exports

  • Indonesia

    3.2% of world exports

Next tier: Germany (3.1%), Netherlands (2.5%)

Top importers

  • United States

    34% of world imports64.3% from Madagascar

  • France

    22.8% of world imports81.1% from Madagascar

  • Germany

    8.5% of world imports64.1% from Madagascar

  • Netherlands

    5.8% of world imports75.2% from Madagascar

  • Canada

    5% of world imports75.5% from Madagascar

An importer is “critical” here by share of world vanilla imports; the per-exporter dependency underneath is what makes a shock travel. 2024 vintage · annual data, 1–2y lag — annual data, 1–2y lag.

Moves through: Mozambique Channel

Market stress data as of Sep 24, 2026 from the commodity supply-risk monitor.

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