Expana platform
The commodity market intelligence tool you need to stay ahead of market trends and price developments. Over 30,000 time series featuring more than 900 commodities – all in one place.

A more resilient, transparent, and sustainable supply chain
Discover Expana’s market intelligence, comprehensive database of independent commodity pricing data, and cost modeling tools. Our unique all-in-one solution offers actionable insights beneficial to a range of sectors of the agricultural supply chain, including protein, grains and oilseeds, feed additives, currencies and freight, energy, food ingredients, metals, plastics, softs, and steel. Access a range of invaluable features, such as price reporting, negotiation packs, weather and crop analysis, cost modeling, and supply and demand analysis.

Gain price clarity
Develop more competitive purchasing strategies and strengthen your negotiating power using our independent market price database.
Manage supply chain risk
Gain visibility on food price volatility and an understanding of primary cost drivers to assess supply chain impact and identify alternatives.
Be time efficient
View and retrieve data quickly. Automate complex modeling and analysis. Simplify and enhance data presentation and sharing.
Unlock actionable insights
Get a comprehensive view of the latest key category drivers beyond supply, demand fundamentals and macroeconomic factors. Access historic, current, and future price trends, and more.
Gain insight into market trends and pricing data
Forecasting
Our Commodity Price Forecast Service identifies key turning points and commodity trends. By giving you access to future price predictions and hedging advice, it enables you to better understand and de-risk your exposure to price fluctuations. Meanwhile our cost model forecasts offer unrivaled accuracy that empowers your business to predict raw material price changes so that you can respond accordingly in order to stay competitive and drive profitability.
- Complete a full risk assessment of your exposure to price changes
- Predict raw material price changes with unrivaled accuracy
- Access hedging advice for better decision-making that keeps you ahead of the curve

One platform, endless benefits
Expana combines comprehensive commodity price forecasts, offering price predictions and hedging advice. It includes cost model forecasts to predict raw material price changes, a price database to track the impact of commodity price movements, and cost models for enhanced spend control. Additionally, we provide negotiation packs to strengthen your position in discussions, market outlooks on over 60 commodities, and detailed supply and demand analysis. Our platform also offers information to assess the impact of key weather trends on crops, rich insights into price drivers, a consolidated view of critical events impacting price and demand, and knowledge on thousands of raw materials.
FAQs
Expana Benchmark Prices are available via the Expana Platform; if you would like access to this platform please contact [email protected].
Expana is not involved in buying or selling commodities, and as such Expana does not benefit regardless of whether market prices go up or down. Therefore, Expana has no incentive to make assessments that do not reflect the true value of the market.
Expana confirms the price points it receives with sellers, buyers, and traders to give all sides of the market a chance to comment on price behaviour. Expana makes its data points available for review upon request and encourages people to contact us if they disagree with a price assessment.
Yes, Expana’s commodity market intelligence is designed to cater to the needs of businesses of all sizes, from small and medium enterprises to large multinational corporations.
Yes, Expana offers integration options with other systems and software through APIs (Application Programming Interfaces), enabling seamless access to its data and insights within existing workflows.
Yes, Expana’s platform is designed to be user-friendly, with intuitive navigation, customizable dashboards, and interactive visualization tools to help users analyze data and extract insights easily.
Expana employs a rigorous validation process to ensure the accuracy and reliability of all its data. Expana is also the largest IOSCO assured Price Reporting Agency in the agrifood sector; you can find more information in our Methodology section
Yes, Expana offers customized market analysis and insights tailored to the specific needs of its clients, including supply chain analysis, price forecasting, and market trend analysis.
Expana updates its commodity market data up to several times a day, but this is depending on the frequency of price movements and market dynamics.
Commodity market intelligence refers to the collection, analysis, and dissemination of data and insights related to commodity markets, including prices, supply and demand dynamics, market trends, and other relevant information.
Yes, Expana prioritizes data security and confidentiality, employing industry-standard encryption protocols and robust security measures to protect customer data.
Expana sources data from trusted providers, exchanges, and industry experts, and employs rigorous validation processes to ensure data accuracy and reliability.
Yes, Expana offers trials and demos of Expana to interested businesses. Please contact our sales team for more information.
Empowering you to transform negotiations
Get access to accurate, reliable data to stay ahead of market trends and enter price negotiations with confidence.