Wheat exports of the U.S., Canada, and Argentina 1852-1988

From the mid-19^th until the late 20^th century, the United States was generally the largest wheat exporter in the Americas. In the early 1900s, however, it did lag behind the other two major wheat exporters in the Americas, Canada and Argentina, due to the post-WWI farming crisis in the U.S., the Great Depression (where exports even fell below 100,000 tons in some years), and the Second World War. Canada was generally the second largest producer in the Americas, and Argentina was third (although it did have the highest volume in some individual years).

Annual exports of wheat by the United States, Canada, and Argentina from 1852 to 1988

Characteristic	United States	Canada	Argentina
1988	38,490	20,087	3,643
1987	29,100	22,140	4,192
1986	23,280	15,957	4,021
1985	23,571	16,983	9,583
1984	40,135	21,091	7,245
1983	36,570	21,808	10,181
1982	38,745	19,205	3,801
1981	41,717	15,472	3,766
1980	33,972	16,760	4,495
1979	31,719	11,696	4,279
1978	32,395	14,423	1,608
1977	23,826	14,272	5,635
1976	26,527	10,553	3,155
1975	30,966	11,039	1,758
1974	25,733	10,122	1,726
1973	37,444	12,305	2,971
1972	21,317	13,832	1,640
1971	16,221	12,869	811
1970	17,443	10,746	2,302
1969	12,086	6,686	2,345
1968	16,118	9,246	2,423
1967	17,474	9,535	2,060
1966	22,483	14,577	5,055
1965	17,700	11,882	6,661
1964	20,575	13,615	3,710
1963	17,473	10,731	1,831
1962	14,139	8,047	2,832
1961	17,158	9,964	1,066
1960	13,745	6,606	2,486
1959	9,731	7,173	2,399
1958	8,994	7,393	2,113
1957	11,276	6,323	2,660
1956	11,131	8,227	2,526
1955	6,025	5,167	3,617
1954	5,226	5,667	2,943
1953	6,408	7,890	2,527
1952	10,056	9,140	63
1951	11,497	6,452	2,455
1950	5,605	4,436	2,767
1949	9,261	5,726	1,847
1948	8,913	3,692	2,174
1947	4,552	4,366	2,284
1946	5,093	4,288	1,387
1945	3,504	8,973	2,358
1944	273	7,938	2,326
1943	322	5,967	1,955
1942	180	5,892	2,176
1941	357	5,352	2,390
1940	391	3,788	3,640
1939	1,720	4,434	4,746
1938	2,365	3,108	1,940
1937	948	2,613	3,887
1936	51	6,614	1,610
1935	6	4,509	3,860
1934	463	4,570	4,794
1933	242	5,234	3,929
1932	1,494	6,211	3,442
1931	2,185	5,207	3,639
1930	2,390	5,912	2,213
1929	2,452	4,817	6,613
1928	2,621	10,082	5,296
1927	4,580	7,264	4,226
1926	3,764	6,763	2,035
1925	2,355	6,795	2,993
1924	4,526	5,219	4,384
1923	2,682	6,991	3,706
1922	4,482	5,853	3,802
1921	7,622	3,715	1,704
1920	5,941	3,517	5,008
1919	4,030	2,122	3,286
1918	3,026	1,138	2,996
1917	2,890	4,093	936
1916	4,193	5,161	2,295
1915	5,605	4,293	2,512
1914	4,732	1,957	981
1913	2,708	3,277	2,812
1912	1,760	2,536	2,629
1911	646	1,755	2,286
1910	1,270	1,247	1,884
1909	1,821	1,354	2,514
1908	2,732	1,337	1,636
1907	2,084	1,188	2,681
1906	962	1,073	2,248
1905	120	1,099	2,868
1904	1,204	400	2,305
1903	3,108	457	1,681
1902	4,215	898	645
1901	3,594	711	904
1900	2,775	265	1,930
1899	3,783	458	1,713
1898	4,034	280	645
1897	2,165	516	102
1896	1,651	214	532
1895	2,071	270	1,010
1894	2,406	240	1,608
1893	3,188	252	1,008
1892	4,280	252	470
1891	1,500	237	396
1890	1,480	57	328
1889	1,263	11	23
1888	1,790	13	179
1887	2,775	59	238
1886	1,572	153	38
1885	2,304	93	78
1884	1,915	64	108
1883	2,895	20	61
1882	2,593	160	1.7
1881	1,376	105	0.2
1880	4,170	69	1.2
1879	3,330	139	26
1878	1,971	180	2.5
1877	1,097	120	0.2
1876	1,499	65	-
1875	1,444	165	-
1874	1,933	119	0.4
1873	1,067	179	-
1872	719	119	-
1871	934	81	-
1870	996	48	-
1869	478	97	-
1868	434	76	-
1867	167	-	-
1866	152	-	-
1865	270	-	-
1864	645	-	-
1863	984	-	-
1862	1,015	-	-
1861	850	-	-
1860	113	-	-
1859	82	-	-
1858	243	-	-
1857	397	-	-
1856	222	-	-
1855	22	-	-
1854	219	-	-
1853	92	-	-
1852	73	-	-