10 Countries That Export the Most Corn in the World

8. Russia

Exports value: $586.6 million

Market share: 2.10%

In 2010, Russia exported 37,000 metric tons of corn, which is on the level of some African countries. The next year, it managed to increase that number to more than 2 million metric tons, a staggering 5,000% surge. The fact is even more astonishing when compared to 2001 when the country didn’t export a single kernel of corn. Their exports levels may be unstable, but Russia has big plans for corn, devoting more than 7.4 million acres of land to its production in 2016, as farmers seek to get away from wheat, a highly politically sensitive crop with often government imposed sanctions on exports. Corn is a much safer choice and more and more Russian farmers are becoming aware of that fact.