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 0.9 1.2 1.25 2.15 2.82 3.1 0.01 0.04 0.04 0.04 1.31 131.0
Chemicals Explosives 10.47 12.61 31.4 36.86 73.73 7.0 19.7 27.62 32.6 138.1 189.2 9.6
Chemicals Hydrogen Fuel 0.43 42.5 42.5 42.5 42.5 98.8
Chemicals Hydrogen Peroxide 16.86 70.8 141.75 141.75 141.95 8.4
Chemicals Liquid oxygen 7.94 7.94 39.53 39.53 39.6 5.0 18.82 79.02 79.03 79.11 83.18 4.4
Chemicals Mineral Oil 3.24 3.24 23.04 32.26 32.38 10.0 196.26 196.35 196.59 196.59 196.64 1.0
Chemicals Nerve Agents 1.1 1.15 1.15 1.15 1.2 1.1 0.3 0.3 4.8 9.61 9.61 32.0
Chemicals Pesticides 2.17 13.65 22.99 26.41 26.41 12.2 5.5 13.15 13.99 13.99 14.02 2.5
Chemicals Surface Stabilisers 56.12 56.12 56.12 56.12 56.12 1.0 11.71 31.34 31.39 31.39 43.63 3.7
Chemicals Synthetic Reagents 4.05 4.05 4.05 4.05 4.05 1.0 0.45 0.47 4.05 4.06 8.1 18.0
Chemicals Tritium 0.67 0.76 1.41 2.25 2.37 3.5
Chemicals Water 24.26 73.44 210.42 292.6 294.4 12.1 0.98 2.3 4.2 24.22 132.74 135.4
Consumer Items Clothing 1.23 1.25 1.54 4.15 17.53 14.3 4.88 13.09 13.09 13.12 18.2 3.7
Consumer Items Consumer Technology 0.17 5.47 6.08 6.74 6.84 40.2 0.1 1.12 1.12 1.13 1.58 15.8
Consumer Items Domestic Appliances 0.74 0.75 1.05 4.25 10.51 14.2 2.08 5.55 5.56 5.56 7.73 3.7
Consumer Items Evacuation Shelter 0.35 0.71 0.99 2.25 2.6 7.4 0.47 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.05 2.2
Consumer Items Survival Equipment 0.12 1.31 5.93 5.97 5.97 49.8 0.04 0.12 0.24 0.24 0.24 6.0
Foods Algae 17.95 25.14 25.25 125.72 176.03 9.8 2.35 3.13 27.26 51.24 64.57 27.5
Foods Animal Meat 3.54 3.79 3.79 3.79 96.8 27.3 0.09 1.34 2.14 2.14 4.89 54.3
Foods Coffee 3.69 3.74 3.79 3.79 3.79 1.0 0.07 1.19 1.75 1.8 3.34 47.7
Foods Fish 4.61 5.41 5.41 54.3 54.31 11.8 0.3 4.78 7.7 7.92 10.33 34.4
Foods Food Cartridges 5.48 25.82 85.87 89 90.25 16.5 0.04 3.58 4.42 5.13 15.54 388.5
Foods Fruit and Vegetables 6.98 6.99 6.99 174.44 174.89 25.1 0.25 3.14 6.31 6.75 12.04 48.2
Foods Grain 56.5 58.29 116.56 174.85 174.86 3.1 0.84 13.37 21.67 22.34 29.94 35.6
Foods Synthetic Meat 3.66 6.46 25.24 43.77 47.19 12.9 0.39 3.87 4.08 4.32 7.74 19.8
Foods Tea 3.36 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 1.1 0.12 1.72 2.15 2.15 4.5 37.5
Industrial Materials Ceramic Composites 9.76 9.76 38.85 126.3 145.73 14.9 9.74 9.78 145.55 145.97 166.8 17.1
Industrial Materials CMM Composite 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45 1.0 1.61 2.25 9 22.35 22.38 13.9
Industrial Materials Micro-weave Cooling Hoses 5.47 7.65 24.4 76.5 76.61 14.0
Industrial Materials Insulating Membrane 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07 1.0 1.01 1.36 5.7 14.1 14.12 14.0
Industrial Materials Meta-Alloys 1.1 1.8 2.85 2.85 2.99 2.7
Industrial Materials Neofabric Insulation 2.55 2.55 9.9 9.9 10.36 4.1
Industrial Materials Polymers 256.08 256.08 256.08 256.1 256.17 1.0 52.25 146.43 146.44 292.65 293.01 5.6
Industrial Materials Semiconductors 35.5 35.51 35.51 35.51 35.51 1.0 7.05 131.95 197.25 197.79 207.75 29.5
Industrial Materials Superconductors 19.01 40.29 40.29 40.29 40.35 2.1 4.83 20.24 20.25 20.25 23.19 4.8
Legal Drugs Narcotics 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 1.0 0.28 0.41 0.55 0.55 0.55 2.0
Legal Drugs Beer 2.67 3.76 3.76 19.61 37.83 14.2 13.7 18.58 24.58 24.65 27.11 2.0
Legal Drugs Bootleg Liquor 0.55 0.55 0.55 0.57 1.05 1.9
Legal Drugs Liquor 0.19 0.41 1.27 1.55 2.08 10.9 0.33 1.98 2.81 3 5.65 17.1
Legal Drugs Tobacco 1.25 1.5 9.46 17.3 17.44 14.0 1.93 3.24 3.24 3.25 9.74 5.0
Legal Drugs Wine 1.6 2.25 2.25 12.1 22.58 14.1 2.39 6.18 6.95 6.96 10.09 4.2
Machinery Articulation Motors 0.54 1.46 1.47 1.47 1.53 2.8
Machinery Atmospheric Processors 2.55 13 13.44 20.34 27.53 10.8 0.38 5.58 10.15 10.16 10.18 26.8
Machinery Building Fabricators 0.16 9.29 47.77 48.41 48.41 302.6 1.98 9.59 9.59 9.59 13.34 6.7
Machinery Crop Harvesters 1.77 7.01 9.59 52.94 96.35 54.4 13.56 36.3 36.33 36.35 36.35 2.7
Machinery Emergency Power Cells 0.86 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.78 4.4
Machinery Exhaust Manifold 1.62 4.38 4.38 4.39 4.59 2.8
Machinery Geological Equipment 1.2 11.26 38.48 56.28 56.92 47.4 0.45 1.2 1.2 11.6 23.48 52.2
Machinery Heatsink Interlink 1.49 4.04 4.04 4.05 4.24 2.8
Machinery Microbial Furnaces 6.52 9.13 9.14 28.52 45.92 7.0 45.98 45.98 45.98 91.95 138.07 3.0
Machinery HN Shock Mount 2.14 11.23 11.23 11.23 11.54 5.4 1.6 4.27 4.27 4.27 4.28 2.7
Machinery Ion Distributor 1.77 4.79 4.79 4.79 4.81 2.7
Machinery Magnetic Emitter Coil 2.23 6.06 6.06 6.07 6.36 2.9
Machinery Marine Equipment 4.16 9.62 44.27 57.78 57.79 13.9 4.4 4.41 5.45 11.92 17.39 4.0
Machinery Mineral Extractors 20.21 28.37 34.41 48.6 56.74 2.8 10.55 28.42 141.24 141.24 196.32 18.6
Machinery Modular Terminals 1.58 4.28 4.28 4.28 4.48 2.8
Machinery Power Converter 2.11 5.72 5.73 5.74 6.01 2.8
Machinery Power Generators 0.91 8.09 20.98 22.03 22.98 25.3 0.68 1.8 1.81 1.81 13.85 20.4
Machinery Energy Grid Assembly 1.2 3.26 3.26 3.26 3.42 2.9
Machinery Power Transfer Bus 1.41 3.82 3.82 3.82 3.82 2.7
Machinery Radiation Baffle 4.72 4.72 4.72 4.72 4.72 1.0
Machinery Reinforced Mounting Plate 1.18 3.48 3.48 3.49 3.49 3.0
Machinery Skimmer Components 0.21 0.65 0.98 1.25 2.5 11.9 0.38 1.02 1.02 1.02 4.93 13.0
Machinery Thermal Cooling Units 0.11 0.61 10.75 16.01 16.01 145.5 0.51 1.35 1.35 1.89 3.9 7.6
Machinery Water Purifiers 3.93 4.77 88.19 134.5 138.33 35.2 2.08 5.55 5.57 5.57 7.58 3.6
Medicines Advanced Medicines 0.38 1.45 2.7 3.8 5.34 14.1 2.14 4 4.01 4.02 4.22 2.0
Medicines Agri-Medicines 1.7 3.23 11.31 12.33 14.17 8.3 5.62 14.84 15.04 15.04 16.95 3.0
Medicines Basic Medicines 1.98 3.09 6.38 8.66 17.67 8.9 1.54 4.13 4.15 4.42 9.61 6.2
Medicines Combat Stabilisers 0.11 0.2 0.21 0.22 11.41 103.7
Medicines Performance Enhancers 0.39 5.94 8.51 10.95 13.43 34.4 0.33 0.7 1.73 3.48 4.24 12.8
Medicines Progenitor Cells 0.38 2.77 13.16 13.36 13.43 35.3 0.09 0.48 0.48 0.48 1.04 11.6
Metals Aluminium 251.84 251.84 251.86 419.7 587.29 2.3 29.69 49.82 99.55 99.74 412.8 13.9
Metals Beryllium 3.46 3.46 3.46 13.81 17.29 5.0 0.3 17.2 17.2 17.28 39.64 132.1
Metals Bismuth 91.6 91.6 91.6 91.6 91.65 1.0 16.95 36.6 45.8 69.75 91.78 5.4
Metals Cobalt 16.21 24.29 24.29 119.89 121.44 7.5 14.97 24.3 25.56 238.9 254.37 17.0
Metals Copper 86.98 87.05 87.1 130.65 174.2 2.0 41.49 124.45 346.8 347.52 348.83 8.4
Metals Gallium 4.96 27.23 49.6 49.61 49.61 10.0 5.9 24.7 37.64 49.5 54.07 9.2
Metals Gold 2 2.85 4 4 6 3.0 3.8 4.5 6 29.67 31.24 8.2
Metals Indium 44.58 44.58 44.58 44.64 44.82 1.0 2.82 22.34 22.38 44.67 46.79 16.6
Metals Lanthanum 3.3 3.3 3.3 18.07 32.83 9.9 12.13 32.89 32.89 32.89 34.39 2.8
Metals Lithium 12.44 12.44 124.56 124.66 124.67 10.0 29.6 124.56 124.57 124.89 214.51 7.2
Metals Osmium 2.1 3.52 20.7 20.7 21.74 10.4
Metals Palladium 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.09 1.3 3.6 19.92 24.12 24.15 25.28 7.0
Metals Platinum 0.05 1.8 1.92 3.75 18.75 375.0
Metals Praseodymium 4.32 18.15 18.15 18.18 20.85 4.8
Metals Samarium 2.76 11.55 11.55 11.56 13.27 4.8
Metals Silver 3.69 5.25 5.26 13.05 26.1 7.1 5.25 50.68 51.87 52.15 54.63 10.4
Metals Tantalum 6.15 6.15 60.89 60.91 60.91 9.9 3.61 60.94 61.08 62.42 122.01 33.8
Metals Thallium 64.01 64.01 64.01 64.01 64.05 1.0 23.65 32.02 64.19 64.19 67.05 2.8
Metals Thorium 2.49 14.6 26.72 26.72 26.72 10.7 2.7 16.58 26.77 53.59 53.7 19.9
Metals Titanium 77.78 155.3 233.08 310.85 310.96 4.0 10.61 17.89 35.58 35.76 187.76 17.7
Metals Uranium 8.26 8.26 8.26 82.85 82.9 10.0 23.68 82.72 82.73 82.92 133.2 5.6
Minerals Alexandrite 0.02 0.16 0.2 0.25 0.37 18.5
Minerals Bauxite 0.91 1.96 28.05 47.06 47.09 51.7 121.27 128.76 129.25 129.26 258.29 2.1
Minerals Benitoite 0.04 0.17 0.21 0.52 0.59 14.8
Minerals Bertrandite 8.51 13.1 29.78 34.87 87.31 10.3 65.68 89.09 112.5 112.92 113.35 1.7
Minerals Bromellite 6.69 18.15 18.15 18.15 19 2.8
Minerals Coltan 6.62 13.63 13.78 27.56 69.04 10.4 27.74 93.12 95.59 177.58 190.98 6.9
Minerals Cryolite 9.62 14.51 55.28 77.43 77.43 8.0 3.1 62.79 96.15 96.5 96.59 31.2
Minerals Gallite 8.24 8.25 23.01 40.69 41.36 5.0 30.68 101.46 132.36 133.81 133.82 4.4
Minerals Goslarite 10.22 17.83 20.81 31.21 41.61 4.1 31.21 104 104.02 208.15 208.15 6.7
Minerals Grandidierite 0.04 0.1 0.17 0.28 0.46 11.5
Minerals Indite 5.83 8.8 9.59 24.12 48.29 8.3 19.46 74.34 129.22 129.63 130.04 6.7
Minerals Jadeite 3.57 3.75 10.81 18.76 18.78 5.3
Minerals Lepidolite 0.68 2.86 11.44 28.39 113.54 167.0 57.07 125.4 193.98 388.56 388.56 6.8
Minerals Lithium Hydroxide 7.8 26.1 26.1 26.1 26.14 3.4
Minerals Low Temperature Diamonds 0 0.09 0.11 0.15 0.18
Minerals Methane Clathrate 45 67.51 112.34 224.84 224.93 5.0
Minerals Methanol Monohydrate Crystals 16.95 38.5 56.25 56.26 56.34 3.3
Minerals Moissanite 7.29 7.65 22.12 38.4 38.46 5.3
Minerals Monazite 0 0.03 0.09 0.15 0.38
Minerals Musgravite 0.1 0.16 0.27 0.33 0.35 3.5
Minerals Void Opals 0.02 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.19 9.5
Minerals Painite 0.06 0.08 0.13 0.16 0.28 4.7
Minerals Pyrophyllite 12.74 17.24 17.83 26.75 35.66 2.8 17.86 26.87 105.51 176.7 178.9 10.0
Minerals Rhodplumsite 0.01 0.09 0.21 0.42 0.43 43.0
Minerals Rutile 0.72 6.65 10.67 26.75 53.46 74.3 24.78 72.77 98.44 179.25 196.7 7.9
Minerals Serendibite 0.02 0.06 0.26 0.43 0.5 25.0
Minerals Taaffeite 3.57 3.75 3.77 18.76 18.78 5.3
Minerals Uraninite 14.08 19.77 97.21 98.83 98.86 7.0 39.65 116.51 132.16 132.16 256.73 6.5
Slavery Imperial Slaves 0.96 2.23 3.91 3.91 5.92 6.2
Slavery Slaves 2.52 2.52 2.52 2.52 2.52 1.0
Technology Advanced Catalysers 3.15 17.04 39.24 39.24 39.3 12.5 78.38 78.58 78.58 78.59 78.77 1.0
Technology Animal Monitors 1.52 3.96 5.55 36.28 55.2 36.3 49.56 55.15 96.48 137.76 138.21 2.8
Technology Aquaponic Systems 4.38 6.15 21.83 24.45 30.6 7.0 61.3 61.32 84.43 115.06 122.64 2.0
Technology Auto-Fabricators 2.55 2.55 11.92 27.23 38.4 15.1 0.17 0.85 6.44 6.46 6.79 39.9
Technology Bioreducing Lichen 1.38 7.7 13.36 18.76 20.13 14.6 18.93 93.95 94.21 94.21 130.95 6.9
Technology Computer Components 0.19 9.25 10.48 10.48 15.74 82.8 7.82 15.69 24.73 39.21 41.11 5.3
Technology Hardware Diagnostic Sensor 0.72 1.95 1.95 1.95 2.04 2.8
Technology H.E. Suits 4.37 6.14 8.75 8.77 12.28 2.8 30.54 61.08 61.08 85.05 91.64 3.0
Technology Medical Diagnostic Equipment 0.54 1.09 3.9 3.9 4.1 7.6 7.42 7.8 9.02 11.84 11.85 1.6
Technology Micro Controllers 0.9 1.91 2.36 3.3 3.3 3.7 0.09 2.4 2.4 2.41 2.53 28.1
Technology Muon Imager 0.21 0.3 0.3 2.28 3.43 16.3 0.76 2.14 2.14 2.57 3.15 4.1
Technology Nanobreakers 2.16 5.85 5.85 5.85 6.12 2.8
Technology Resonating Separators 0.45 1.8 4.5 44.7 46.94 104.3 44.62 44.62 44.62 44.62 44.68 1.0
Technology Robotics 2.25 9 9 11.25 11.25 5.0 0.26 3.67 8.89 8.9 9.34 35.9
Technology Structural Regulators 0.19 0.38 0.45 0.45 2.52 13.3 0.19 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.34 1.8
Technology Telemetry Suite 1.6 4.35 4.35 4.35 4.55 2.8
Technology Land Enrichment Systems 0.58 1.5 10.37 26.12 26.12 45.0 1.97 5.26 15.7 26.15 26.17 13.3
Textiles Conductive Fabrics 28.93 34.76 34.77 34.77 34.8 1.2 16.58 34.81 34.82 51.6 79.64 4.8
Textiles Leather 2.68 3.75 3.75 3.76 18.86 7.0 26.97 201.74 226.72 227.01 227.18 8.4
Textiles Military Grade Fabrics 39.18 39.18 39.18 48.98 58.77 1.5 21.9 21.9 21.92 21.93 21.93 1.0
Textiles Natural Fabrics 0.96 1.35 1.35 7.44 13.52 14.1 40.61 88.84 405.43 405.73 405.9 10.0
Textiles Synthetic Fabrics 180.4 180.4 180.4 180.41 180.46 1.0 48.74 141.77 153.62 182.72 204.91 4.2
Waste Biowaste 0.26 3.07 3.9 4.31 5.11 19.7 54.61 60.86 61.11 61.35 61.41 1.1
Waste Chemical Waste 17.12 17.12 17.12 17.12 17.12 1.0
Waste Scrap 6.24 15.12 33.21 48.02 80.03 12.8 27.18 28.61 30.04 30.09 30.15 1.1
Weapons Battle Weapons 0.09 0.26 0.52 0.55 0.92 10.2 2.97 3.3 4.21 4.94 5.08 1.7
Weapons Landmines 9.65 9.65 9.65 9.65 9.65 1.0 1.33 1.49 3.07 4.55 4.55 3.4
Weapons Non-Lethal Weapons 0.27 0.36 6.16 7.52 17.29 64.0 0.57 1.51 1.51 1.52 2.37 4.2
Weapons Personal Weapons 0.09 0.12 0.16 2.94 14.03 155.9 0.14 1.45 1.49 1.49 1.97 14.1
Weapons Reactive Armour 0.24 1.35 2.42 3.63 16.99 70.8 0.55 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.09 3.8