Aquatic Plants — Import quantity by country
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply...
What the numbers show
Aquatic Plants — Import quantity is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 350 1000 t in China; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Tunisia.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.5 1000 t, and the mean is 19.48 1000 t.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in France (up 233.3%), and the largest decrease in Morocco (down 100.0%).
Aquatic Plants — Import quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 350 1000 t | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 332 1000 t | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 3 | Ireland | 69 1000 t | 2023 | up 97.1% | rising |
| 4 | France | 50 1000 t | 2023 | up 233.3% | rising |
| 5 | United States | 29 1000 t | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 6 | China, Taiwan Province of | 17 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Spain | 14 1000 t | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 8 | Australia and New Zealand | 13 1000 t | 2023 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 9 | Australia | 12 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 10 | Republic of Korea | 11 1000 t | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 10 1000 t | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 12 | Denmark | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 12 | Russia | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 12 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 17 | Chile | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 18 | Norway | 5 1000 t | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 18 | Thailand | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 20 | Turkey | 4 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 20 | Türkiye | 4 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 20 | South Africa | 4 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 20 | Philippines | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Canada | 4 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Italy | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 25 | Germany | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 27 | Vietnam | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 27 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 27 | Viet Nam | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 27 | Brazil | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 27 | Poland | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 32 | Myanmar | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 32 | Argentina | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Austria | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 32 | Belgium | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 32 | Belarus | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 32 | Indonesia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | India | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 32 | Kazakhstan | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 32 | Mexico | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 32 | Malaysia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 32 | New Zealand | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Portugal | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 32 | Ukraine | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 46 | Timor-Leste | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 46 | Morocco | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Romania | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 46 | Hungary | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 46 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 46 | East Timor | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 46 | Tunisia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 682 1000 t
- Asia 441 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 412 1000 t
- Europe 180 1000 t
- European Union (27) 156 1000 t
- Northern Europe 92 1000 t
- Western Europe 57 1000 t
- Americas 43 1000 t
- Northern America 33 1000 t
- United States of America 29 1000 t
- Southern Europe 18 1000 t
- Western Asia 15 1000 t
- Oceania 13 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 13 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 13 1000 t
- South America 9 1000 t
- Africa 5 1000 t
- Southern Africa 4 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 3 1000 t
- Central America 1 1000 t
- Southern Asia 1 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1 1000 t
- Northern Africa 1 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1 1000 t
- Central Asia 1 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0 1000 t
About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.