Trade specialisation

This table shows the variation in baseline trade quantities, adjusted for economy size. Tonnage is normally proportional to the square root of the economy size.

Category Name Supply Demand
Minimum Low quartile Median High quartile Maximum Variation Minimum Low quartile Median High quartile Maximum Variation
Chemicals Agronomic Treatment 1.06 1.18 1.81 2.46 2.69 2.5 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.47 47.0
Chemicals Explosives 2.65 10.51 26.27 26.32 52.65 19.9 10.87 12.51 26.35 85.28 145.54 13.4
Chemicals Hydrogen Fuel 42.5 42.5 42.5 42.5 42.5 1.0
Chemicals Hydrogen Peroxide 3.37 56.68 121.5 142.51 146.35 43.4
Chemicals Liquid oxygen 5.68 29.32 34.97 39.53 39.6 7.0 3.9 51.19 71.83 76.31 82.35 21.1
Chemicals Mineral Oil 4.09 4.2 39.18 40.08 56.13 13.7 141.67 141.67 141.67 141.67 141.67 1.0
Chemicals Nerve Agents 0.2 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.3 1.5 6.72 10.69 10.69 10.69 14.67 2.2
Chemicals Pesticides 5.22 23.52 46.75 46.75 51.55 9.9 7.52 7.59 7.76 12.77 19.31 2.6
Chemicals Surface Stabilisers 22.37 22.38 22.44 22.88 24.1 1.1 13.13 13.16 15.33 28.62 35.18 2.7
Chemicals Synthetic Reagents 2.88 2.89 2.89 3.09 3.23 1.1 0.64 0.7 3.91 4.88 8.39 13.1
Chemicals Water 17.47 18.23 84.72 210.41 293.7 16.8 0.3 1.61 5.26 24.28 161.94 539.8
Consumer Items Clothing 1.24 1.24 1.27 6.93 12.61 10.2 1.5 5.5 8.52 13.13 14.27 9.5
Consumer Items Consumer Technology 0.31 5.79 8.21 8.61 10.86 35.0 0.05 0.48 0.58 0.92 1.31 26.2
Consumer Items Domestic Appliances 0.73 0.75 0.78 4.29 7.82 10.7 1.83 2.6 3.67 5.55 6.35 3.5
Consumer Items Evacuation Shelter 0.4 0.75 1.37 3.33 4.68 11.7 0.41 0.43 0.54 0.68 1.14 2.8
Consumer Items Survival Equipment 0.13 3.86 5.72 5.87 6.03 46.4 0.05 0.09 0.13 0.2 0.32 6.4
Foods Algae 31.6 32.97 43.82 187.37 216.21 6.8 3.85 15.16 25.49 40.23 68.99 17.9
Foods Animal Meat 0.09 1.34 2.14 2.14 3.41 37.9
Foods Coffee 4.67 4.81 4.89 5.02 169.89 36.4 0.07 1.01 1.65 1.75 4.42 63.1
Foods Fish 6.84 6.98 43.4 82.97 86.25 12.6 0.3 4.64 7.59 7.92 10.39 34.6
Foods Food Cartridges 6.45 33.78 65.63 71.56 74.39 11.5 0.03 1.86 2.26 3.35 7.56 252.0
Foods Fruit and Vegetables 8.75 8.83 9.03 146.85 284.54 32.5 0.25 4.11 6.32 6.33 15.97 63.9
Foods Grain 14.18 73.24 75.53 152.88 269.73 19.0 0.81 13.53 21.85 21.91 29.89 36.9
Foods Synthetic Meat 5.46 10.92 11.65 60.18 77.15 14.1 0.31 1.92 2.11 3.83 8.38 27.0
Foods Tea 4.42 4.57 4.64 4.76 153.18 34.7 0.08 1.35 2.11 2.15 3.34 41.8
Industrial Materials Ceramic Composites 6.97 6.98 17.37 69.9 143.92 20.6 6.2 10.15 50 149.03 155.47 25.1
Industrial Materials CMM Composite 0.32 0.44 0.55 0.55 0.56 1.8 1.9 8.87 9 22.35 22.93 12.1
Industrial Materials Micro-weave Cooling Hoses 0.96 12.34 49.79 76.72 78.99 82.3
Industrial Materials Insulating Membrane 0.67 5 5.74 10.66 14.35 21.4
Industrial Materials Meta-Alloys 1.49 2.19 3.13 3.82 3.99 2.7
Industrial Materials Neofabric Insulation 4.09 13.86 13.86 13.95 15.38 3.8
Industrial Materials Polymers 10.53 104.45 104.48 108.72 125.39 11.9 61.68 112.95 134.32 181.87 288.68 4.7
Industrial Materials Semiconductors 14.16 14.18 15.25 19.82 19.84 1.4 8.35 30.94 136.41 190.86 202.71 24.3
Industrial Materials Superconductors 14.47 28.76 29.01 31.77 36.52 2.5 3.1 6.25 9.28 16 24.69 8.0
Legal Drugs Narcotics 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.38 0.55 2.6
Legal Drugs Beer 4.59 4.7 4.79 4.91 47.57 10.4 9.21 17.24 24.07 24.65 28.15 3.1
Legal Drugs Bootleg Liquor 0.57 0.57 0.57 0.61 0.65 1.1
Legal Drugs Liquor 0.13 1.27 1.3 1.33 1.78 13.7 0.55 1.45 2.26 2.82 6.3 11.5
Legal Drugs Tobacco 2.21 2.23 2.26 12.21 22.17 10.0 1.21 2.64 3.24 3.29 10.12 8.4
Legal Drugs Wine 2.77 2.84 2.9 2.97 28.69 10.4 2.17 4.86 6.62 6.98 8.87 4.1
Machinery Articulation Motors 0.81 2.05 2.05 2.16 2.28 2.8
Machinery Atmospheric Processors 4.83 9.69 13.14 13.65 14.12 2.9 0.29 0.52 0.55 5.31 14.01 48.3
Machinery Building Fabricators 0.36 16.72 62.94 71.21 80.12 222.6 4.39 4.4 4.42 8.56 11.78 2.7
Machinery Crop Harvesters 3.42 6.89 9.6 10 69.34 20.3 2 18.58 18.87 19.39 49.8 24.9
Machinery Emergency Power Cells 1.02 3.6 3.62 3.7 4.11 4.0
Machinery Exhaust Manifold 0.23 4.38 4.41 4.5 4.57 19.9
Machinery Geological Equipment 0.86 10.76 22.75 41.21 51.67 60.1 0.36 0.62 1.43 5.17 23.25 64.6
Machinery Heatsink Interlink 2.22 5.66 5.66 5.96 6.28 2.8
Machinery Microbial Furnaces 10.49 11.66 11.66 23.6 82.2 7.8 34.13 40.34 43.44 111.9 146.02 4.3
Machinery HN Shock Mount 4.06 8.02 8.06 8.52 11.72 2.9 0.56 1.4 2.24 2.4 5.98 10.7
Machinery Ion Distributor 2.63 6.69 6.71 6.71 7.66 2.9
Machinery Magnetic Emitter Coil 3.33 8.48 8.48 8.92 9.41 2.8
Machinery Marine Equipment 4.18 20.68 49.42 57.75 60.16 14.4 2.37 4.22 7.51 9.03 9.1 3.8
Machinery Mineral Extractors 20.22 20.57 20.91 40.61 57.12 2.8 14.54 40.16 95.41 125.9 147.61 10.2
Machinery Modular Terminals 2.35 5.99 5.99 6.3 6.64 2.8
Machinery Power Converter 3.15 8.02 8.02 8.45 8.89 2.8
Machinery Power Generators 2.25 20.24 42.69 61.58 70.95 31.5 0.4 1.61 1.78 4.31 42.82 107.1
Machinery Energy Grid Assembly 1.79 4.57 4.58 5.04 5.22 2.9
Machinery Power Transfer Bus 2.1 3.72 5.35 5.36 5.36 2.6
Machinery Reinforced Mounting Plate 1.32 3.48 3.49 3.53 3.59 2.7
Machinery Skimmer Components 0.28 0.47 0.88 0.9 1.79 6.4 0.19 0.5 0.76 1.17 2.68 14.1
Machinery Thermal Cooling Units 1.21 87.14 122.43 128.93 132.33 109.4 2.84 2.85 4.78 8.5 22.52 7.9
Machinery Water Purifiers 3.96 26.75 117.62 121.98 125.33 31.6 0.71 2.84 2.91 4.79 7.58 10.7
Medicines Advanced Medicines 1.82 1.93 4.42 6.82 6.86 3.8 1.74 2.07 2.79 4.63 4.84 2.8
Medicines Agri-Medicines 4.32 12.8 23.77 24.71 25.51 5.9 5.33 8.03 13.14 18.42 21.5 4.0
Medicines Basic Medicines 2.3 2.64 6.37 12.67 13.05 5.7 1.43 1.63 2.13 2.34 5.1 3.6
Medicines Combat Stabilisers 0.08 0.13 0.2 2.44 4.66 58.3
Medicines Performance Enhancers 7.42 12.86 17.13 18.69 24.11 3.2 0.33 0.38 0.82 1.64 4.37 13.2
Medicines Progenitor Cells 0.68 20.9 20.92 22.19 24.04 35.4 0.06 0.23 0.25 0.37 0.62 10.3
Metals Aluminium 35.74 107.03 121.16 202.04 342.43 9.6 22.97 40.32 44.76 174.16 348.86 15.2
Metals Beryllium 2.47 2.47 7.41 12.81 14.07 5.7 0.08 9.41 12.73 15.83 19.66 245.8
Metals Bismuth 65.39 65.44 70.43 74.56 77.92 1.2 14.81 46.32 63.21 69.9 126.2 8.5
Metals Cobalt 12.75 17.33 17.35 18.93 121.43 9.5 2.81 11.58 23.55 197.72 301.06 107.1
Metals Copper 24.94 77.04 87.1 105.74 174 7.0 9.34 72.5 144.32 282.68 340.44 36.4
Metals Gallium 3.55 35.42 36.78 39.06 45 12.7 6.97 22.46 27.59 45.59 54.67 7.8
Metals Gold 2.85 2.96 4.26 4.28 5.99 2.1 0.97 2.14 4.45 15.76 34.16 35.2
Metals Indium 31.82 31.87 31.91 33.09 36.28 1.1 1.44 10.37 18.7 24.55 54.47 37.8
Metals Lanthanum 2.36 2.36 2.37 25.39 26.88 11.4 17.46 34.25 45.72 45.72 50.7 2.9
Metals Lithium 8.88 8.88 8.89 52.37 101.47 11.4 35.15 55.82 86.73 120.02 148.14 4.2
Metals Osmium 2.41 20.7 20.7 21.24 22.96 9.5
Metals Palladium 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 1.3 1.37 12.91 22.75 24.12 26.41 19.3
Metals Platinum 0.32 1.8 1.84 3.76 20.04 62.6
Metals Praseodymium 5.12 18.15 18.15 18.68 20.13 3.9
Metals Samarium 3.26 11.55 11.55 11.89 12.81 3.9
Metals Silver 3.71 3.75 4.03 9.34 26.16 7.1 0.53 29.91 40.77 50.56 57.36 108.2
Metals Tantalum 4.39 4.39 24 45.21 49.57 11.3 4.27 28.11 33.3 60.68 163.3 38.2
Metals Thallium 45.71 45.71 45.73 49.22 52.1 1.1 20.64 32.78 44.19 68.8 88.58 4.3
Metals Thorium 20.52 27.83 56.86 74.64 74.64 3.6
Metals Titanium 32 68.15 68.8 107.13 173.54 5.4 4.11 11.81 15.32 20.53 118.7 28.9
Metals Uranium 5.89 5.9 32.54 61.45 67.48 11.5 27.97 46.71 70.86 81.4 119.69 4.3
Minerals Alexandrite 0.06 0.1 0.21 0.44 0.59 9.8
Minerals Bauxite 5.68 10.48 104.55 274.93 365.26 64.3 190.68 279.59 317.46 584.51 695.46 3.6
Minerals Benitoite 0.23 0.24 0.59 0.59 0.63 2.7
Minerals Bertrandite 6.24 18.81 24.87 28 62.33 10.0 17.77 39.08 75.58 81.98 82.96 4.7
Minerals Bromellite 9.98 25.41 25.41 26.72 28.18 2.8
Minerals Coltan 5.36 9.83 11.82 21.48 54.64 10.2 8.06 51.76 62.74 126.84 138.31 17.2
Minerals Cryolite 6.86 31.01 55.21 66.35 77.43 11.3 8.84 39.3 83.86 95.68 96.5 10.9
Minerals Gallite 7.61 8.96 38.13 38.17 53.46 7.0 1.02 34.96 96.61 98.11 106.96 104.9
Minerals Goslarite 14.85 14.87 17.85 25.26 29.71 2.0 30.74 95.91 97.04 199.47 209.66 6.8
Minerals Grandidierite 0.07 0.18 0.23 0.35 0.59 8.4
Minerals Indite 4.69 6.84 6.86 8.59 20.38 4.3 6.4 34.74 49.56 51.46 109.17 17.1
Minerals Jadeite 3.75 4.46 18.76 19.16 20.04 5.3
Minerals Lepidolite 0.55 2.33 18.55 24.36 80.97 147.2 38.92 134.4 142.5 262.7 271.5 7.0
Minerals Lithium Hydroxide 7.39 17.35 26.1 26.14 28.95 3.9
Minerals Low Temperature Diamonds 0 0.04 0.09 0.19 0.47
Minerals Methane Clathrate 67.68 112.35 112.92 224.84 242.14 3.6
Minerals Methanol Monohydrate Crystals 23.73 28.56 78.76 78.76 87.34 3.7
Minerals Moissanite 7.65 9.09 38.4 39.23 41.03 5.4
Minerals Monazite 0.08 0.19 0.23 0.33 0.39 4.9
Minerals Musgravite 0.21 0.23 0.59 0.59 0.63 3.0
Minerals Void Opals 0 0.04 0.09 0.13 0.45
Minerals Painite 0.03 0.1 0.46 0.47 0.71 23.7
Minerals Pyrophyllite 12.71 12.73 15.29 21.65 25.46 2.0 18.09 39.91 104.86 176.22 196.51 10.9
Minerals Rhodplumsite 0 0.12 0.23 0.46 0.51
Minerals Rutile 3.52 29.74 35.56 98.35 177.58 50.4 4.94 129.39 232.34 476.66 526.49 106.6
Minerals Serendibite 0.23 0.23 0.24 0.59 0.59 2.6
Minerals Taaffeite 3.75 4.46 18.76 19.16 20.04 5.3
Minerals Uraninite 11.53 14.13 14.9 70.56 98.83 8.6 55.36 87.62 90.69 166.4 169.48 3.1
Salvage Damaged Escape Pod 0.02 0.04 0.04 0.38 0.53 26.5
Salvage Hostage 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.2 0.53 13.3
Salvage Occupied Escape Pod 0.02 0.04 0.17 0.39 0.53 26.5
Salvage Personal Effects 0.04 0.04 0.2 0.39 0.53 13.3
Salvage Black Box 0.04 0.04 0.2 0.39 0.53 13.3
Salvage Rare Artwork 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.19 1.0
Salvage Wreckage Components 0.04 0.19 0.28 0.38 0.48 12.0
Slavery Imperial Slaves 0.31 3.4 4.19 4.47 4.47 14.4
Technology Advanced Catalysers 3.63 21.53 50.14 53.94 70.23 19.3 35.73 44.92 60.53 67.71 81.51 2.3
Technology Animal Monitors 3.93 13.32 14.7 54.69 132.48 33.7 92.68 103.05 222.96 259.79 263.54 2.8
Technology Aquaponic Systems 11.02 14.15 39.11 51.66 54.78 5.0 76.53 85.24 149.48 168.62 211.03 2.8
Technology Auto-Fabricators 3.93 9.05 38.05 52.17 87.21 22.2 0.15 2.83 3.33 5.46 7.73 51.5
Technology Bioreducing Lichen 2.25 22.76 23.98 23.98 36.07 16.0 20 58.88 80.39 89.36 111.2 5.6
Technology Computer Components 0.39 7.45 7.51 9.59 11.31 29.0 6.1 17.95 33.8 36.31 54.5 8.9
Technology Hardware Diagnostic Sensor 1.07 2.74 2.74 3.02 3.13 2.9
Technology H.E. Suits 7.12 11.02 14.96 15.76 15.79 2.2 29.04 40.67 57.69 62.88 95.63 3.3
Technology Medical Diagnostic Equipment 0.87 1.71 5.01 5.16 7.03 8.1 7.14 7.14 7.14 7.14 7.14 1.0
Technology Micro Controllers 1.05 2.24 2.5 4.23 5.94 5.7 0.57 1.19 1.24 1.68 2.85 5.0
Technology Muon Imager 0.21 0.26 0.36 2.56 4.15 19.8 0.81 0.82 1.42 2.1 2.43 3.0
Technology Nanobreakers 3.22 8.19 8.2 9.06 9.36 2.9
Technology Resonating Separators 2.78 6.95 43.7 87.16 104.15 37.5 18.54 31.85 33.14 44.95 48.9 2.6
Technology Robotics 0.75 10.5 17.42 19.72 27.01 36.0 0.26 4.36 5.36 8.32 11.37 43.7
Technology Structural Regulators 0.05 0.54 0.61 0.77 2.76 55.2 0.13 0.14 0.19 0.29 0.36 2.8
Technology Telemetry Suite 2.39 6.09 6.09 6.74 6.96 2.9
Technology Land Enrichment Systems 1.08 3.97 39.24 46.75 51.56 47.7 2.74 7.32 17.89 27.26 33.02 12.1
Textiles Conductive Fabrics 24.82 24.84 24.88 25.81 28.3 1.1 15.19 16.32 28.93 53.39 87.53 5.8
Textiles Leather 4.67 4.77 4.84 6.68 25.01 5.4 83.97 185.78 226.2 229.83 233.32 2.8
Textiles Military Grade Fabrics 15.63 15.79 18.95 23.6 29.7 1.9
Textiles Natural Fabrics 0.56 0.58 0.59 0.6 8.12 14.5 40.51 113.76 385.2 407.36 418.64 10.3
Textiles Synthetic Fabrics 72.77 73.12 78.36 101.92 102.15 1.4 57.42 67.61 80.24 89.6 212.82 3.7
Waste Biowaste 2.61 3.09 4.31 4.31 6.96 2.7 53.85 73.89 75.38 76.6 80.78 1.5
Waste Chemical Waste 12.26 12.26 12.26 12.26 12.26 1.0
Waste Scrap 8.95 11.71 26.07 35.28 65.27 7.3
Weapons Battle Weapons 0.11 0.14 0.17 0.28 0.39 3.5 2.06 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.2 1.1
Weapons Landmines 11.92 11.92 11.92 11.92 11.92 1.0 0.57 1.09 4.58 4.62 4.77 8.4
Weapons Non-Lethal Weapons 0.44 0.54 9.52 10.31 31.76 72.2 0.26 0.69 0.74 1.12 2.56 9.8
Weapons Personal Weapons 8.87 8.87 8.87 8.87 8.87 1.0 0.29 0.65 0.72 1.04 1.61 5.6
Weapons Reactive Armour 0.38 1.02 3.74 4.31 7.47 19.7 0.36 0.74 0.79 1.29 2.02 5.6