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Cereals - Excluding Beer — 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...

Countries reporting
194
Highest
75,737 1000 t
China
Lowest
3 1000 t
Nauru
Median
1,305 1000 t
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
3,046

What the numbers show

Cereals - Excluding Beer — Import quantity is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 75,737 1000 t in China; the lowest is 3 1000 t in Nauru.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,305 1000 t, and the mean is 4,343 1000 t.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 25,246.

Over the past decade 145 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 1,184.8%), and the largest decrease in Russia (down 72.7%).

Cereals - Excluding Beer — Import quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 75,737 1000 t 2023 up 217.9% volatile
2 China, mainland 68,144 1000 t 2023 up 319.5% volatile
3 Turkey 33,695 1000 t 2023 up 128.9% rising
3 Türkiye 33,695 1000 t 2023 up 128.9% rising
5 Spain 26,898 1000 t 2023 up 128.6% rising
6 Mexico 25,090 1000 t 2023 up 62.5% rising
7 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 24,769 1000 t 2023 up 39.9% rising
8 United States 21,914 1000 t 2023 up 23.1% rising
9 Vietnam 21,089 1000 t 2023 up 318.6% rising
9 Viet Nam 21,089 1000 t 2023 up 318.6% rising
11 Germany 19,672 1000 t 2023 up 41.4% rising
12 Italy 19,147 1000 t 2023 up 44.9% rising
13 Indonesia 17,747 1000 t 2023 up 55.1% rising
14 Republic of Korea 17,704 1000 t 2023 up 3.6% rising
15 Egypt 17,081 1000 t 2023 down 20.6% falling
16 Belgium 15,698 1000 t 2023 down 4.0% rising
17 Saudi Arabia 12,690 1000 t 2023 down 28.1% rising
18 Philippines 12,378 1000 t 2023 up 198.6% rising
19 Morocco 11,622 1000 t 2023 up 87.5% rising
20 United Kingdom 11,013 1000 t 2023 down 19.1% rising
20 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 11,013 1000 t 2023 down 19.1% rising
22 Bangladesh 10,978 1000 t 2023 up 188.8% rising
23 Algeria 10,701 1000 t 2023 up 3.4% rising
24 Brazil 9,915 1000 t 2023 down 13.1% rising
25 Malaysia 9,211 1000 t 2023 up 10.7% rising
26 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 8,963 1000 t 2023 down 31.5% rising
27 Colombia 8,906 1000 t 2023 up 42.7% rising
28 Canada 8,350 1000 t 2023 up 58.0% rising
29 Iraq 7,770 1000 t 2023 up 37.7% rising
30 Thailand 7,302 1000 t 2023 up 145.8% rising
31 Caribbean 7,282 1000 t 2023 up 19.5% rising
32 China, Taiwan Province of 6,450 1000 t 2023 up 2.9% flat
33 Portugal 6,396 1000 t 2023 up 41.9% rising
34 France 6,184 1000 t 2023 up 16.1% rising
35 Peru 6,010 1000 t 2023 up 35.9% rising
36 South Africa 5,884 1000 t 2023 up 15.9% rising
37 United Arab Emirates 5,334 1000 t 2023 down 23.5% falling
38 Uzbekistan 5,091 1000 t 2023 up 135.5% rising
39 Nigeria 5,077 1000 t 2023 down 29.0% falling
40 Ireland 5,060 1000 t 2023 up 68.7% rising
41 Romania 4,828 1000 t 2023 up 117.4% rising
42 Kenya 4,752 1000 t 2023 up 108.4% rising
43 Afghanistan 4,744 1000 t 2023 up 120.1% rising
44 Kazakhstan 4,728 1000 t 2023 up 1,184.8% volatile
45 Poland 4,419 1000 t 2023 up 56.0% rising
46 Chile 4,304 1000 t 2023 up 34.9% rising
47 Israel 4,227 1000 t 2023 down 14.8% rising
48 Yemen 4,200 1000 t 2023 down 3.4% rising
49 Tunisia 4,189 1000 t 2023 up 15.9% rising
50 Senegal 4,085 1000 t 2023 up 66.1% rising
51 Austria 3,704 1000 t 2023 up 36.1% rising
52 Norway 3,411 1000 t 2023 up 24.6% rising
53 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,312 1000 t 2023 down 30.5% falling
54 Cuba 3,144 1000 t 2019 up 1.6% rising
55 Jordan 3,075 1000 t 2023 up 6.0% rising
56 Cote d'Ivoire 3,053 1000 t 2023 up 56.8% rising
56 Côte d'Ivoire 3,053 1000 t 2023 up 56.8% rising
58 Guatemala 3,017 1000 t 2023 up 96.9% rising
59 Pakistan 2,701 1000 t 2023 up 387.5% volatile
60 Oman 2,602 1000 t 2023 up 64.1% rising
61 Greece 2,597 1000 t 2023 up 16.1% rising
62 Australia and New Zealand 2,545 1000 t 2023 up 34.7% rising
63 Dominican Republic 2,359 1000 t 2023 up 46.0% rising
64 Syria 2,351 1000 t 2023 down 23.4% falling
64 Syrian Arab Republic 2,351 1000 t 2023 down 23.4% falling
66 Slovenia 2,284 1000 t 2023 up 187.3% rising
67 Ghana 2,231 1000 t 2023 up 47.3% rising
68 Mozambique 2,214 1000 t 2023 up 32.0% rising
69 Hungary 2,085 1000 t 2023 up 121.1% rising
70 United Republic of Tanzania 2,062 1000 t 2023 up 80.7% falling
71 Guinea 1,984 1000 t 2023 up 137.3% rising
72 Ecuador 1,958 1000 t 2023 up 102.9% rising
73 Cameroon 1,876 1000 t 2023 up 4.5% rising
74 Nepal 1,867 1000 t 2023 up 77.5% rising
75 Latvia 1,816 1000 t 2023 up 182.9% rising
76 Honduras 1,805 1000 t 2023 up 70.9% rising
77 Costa Rica 1,764 1000 t 2023 up 50.3% rising
78 Czechia 1,760 1000 t 2023 up 101.1% rising
79 Burkina Faso 1,677 1000 t 2023 up 81.1% rising
80 Azerbaijan 1,666 1000 t 2023 down 10.8% falling
81 Denmark 1,642 1000 t 2023 down 3.0% flat
82 Switzerland 1,624 1000 t 2023 up 10.9% rising
83 Ethiopia 1,592 1000 t 2023 up 33.8% rising
84 Kuwait 1,564 1000 t 2023 up 18.6% rising
85 Australia 1,555 1000 t 2023 up 46.1% rising
86 Angola 1,544 1000 t 2023 down 12.2% rising
87 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,537 1000 t 2023 up 96.0% rising
88 Uruguay 1,505 1000 t 2023 up 105.0% rising
89 Melanesia 1,387 1000 t 2023 up 85.4% rising
90 El Salvador 1,370 1000 t 2023 up 70.6% rising
91 Haiti 1,369 1000 t 2023 up 89.1% rising
92 Sri Lanka 1,352 1000 t 2023 up 27.3% rising
93 Slovakia 1,340 1000 t 2023 up 109.7% rising
94 Niger 1,330 1000 t 2023 up 61.4% rising
95 Tajikistan 1,326 1000 t 2023 up 32.7% rising
96 Uganda 1,319 1000 t 2023 up 93.1% rising
97 Djibouti 1,318 1000 t 2023 up 41.3% rising
98 Qatar 1,292 1000 t 2023 — falling
99 Liberia 1,246 1000 t 2023 up 158.0% rising
100 Zimbabwe 1,228 1000 t 2023 up 20.0% falling
101 Lebanon 1,144 1000 t 2023 down 10.7% rising
102 Libya 1,099 1000 t 2023 down 70.6% falling
103 Sweden 1,069 1000 t 2023 down 1.1% flat
104 China, Hong Kong SAR 1,042 1000 t 2023 down 14.3% falling
105 Panama 1,030 1000 t 2023 up 46.5% rising
106 Gambia 1,009 1000 t 2023 up 212.4% rising
107 India 1,007 1000 t 2023 up 87.9% volatile
108 Botswana 1,006 1000 t 2023 up 0.8% rising
109 Madagascar 991 1000 t 2023 up 23.1% rising
110 New Zealand 990 1000 t 2023 up 20.0% rising
111 Nicaragua 968 1000 t 2023 up 67.2% rising
112 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 945 1000 t 2018 up 95.2% rising
113 Papua New Guinea 936 1000 t 2023 up 193.4% rising
114 Georgia 900 1000 t 2023 down 7.1% falling
115 Cambodia 886 1000 t 2023 up 299.1% volatile
116 Mauritania 882 1000 t 2023 up 10.1% rising
117 Bosnia and Herzegovina 875 1000 t 2023 down 15.8% falling
118 Jamaica 861 1000 t 2023 up 35.0% rising
119 Croatia 836 1000 t 2023 up 169.7% rising
120 Namibia 834 1000 t 2023 up 127.2% rising
121 Lithuania 829 1000 t 2023 up 51.8% rising
122 Kyrgyzstan 806 1000 t 2023 up 17.7% rising
123 Sierra Leone 723 1000 t 2023 up 51.3% rising
124 Cyprus 716 1000 t 2023 up 31.4% rising
125 Russia 700 1000 t 2023 down 72.7% falling
125 Russian Federation 700 1000 t 2023 down 72.7% falling
127 Armenia 652 1000 t 2023 up 34.2% rising
128 Turkmenistan 608 1000 t 2023 up 257.6% volatile
129 East Timor 553 1000 t 2023 up 202.2% volatile
129 Timor-Leste 553 1000 t 2023 up 202.2% volatile
131 Rwanda 545 1000 t 2023 up 78.7% rising
132 Finland 511 1000 t 2023 up 12.6% rising
133 Bulgaria 507 1000 t 2023 up 30.7% rising
134 Congo 505 1000 t 2023 up 82.3% rising
135 Mauritius 497 1000 t 2023 up 14.3% rising
136 Mongolia 474 1000 t 2023 up 177.2% rising
137 Albania 464 1000 t 2023 down 28.0% falling
138 Myanmar 460 1000 t 2023 up 119.0% volatile
139 Eswatini 368 1000 t 2023 up 91.7% rising
139 Trinidad and Tobago 368 1000 t 2023 up 11.9% rising
141 Belarus 363 1000 t 2023 down 7.2% rising
142 Lesotho 360 1000 t 2023 up 15.4% falling
143 Guinea-Bissau 343 1000 t 2023 up 226.7% rising
144 Gabon 340 1000 t 2023 up 21.0% rising
145 Ukraine 339 1000 t 2023 up 4.0% rising
146 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 337 1000 t 2023 down 29.5% flat
147 Luxembourg 324 1000 t 2023 up 47.9% rising
148 Bahrain 301 1000 t 2023 — flat
149 North Macedonia 297 1000 t 2023 up 32.6% rising
150 Montenegro 271 1000 t 2023 up 7.1% rising
151 Laos 267 1000 t 2023 up 468.1% volatile
151 Lao People's Democratic Republic 267 1000 t 2023 up 468.1% volatile
153 Serbia 244 1000 t 2023 up 134.6% rising
154 Fiji 241 1000 t 2023 up 3.4% rising
155 Bhutan 230 1000 t 2023 — rising
156 Estonia 227 1000 t 2023 down 14.7% flat
157 Comoros 217 1000 t 2023 up 178.2% rising
158 Malta 184 1000 t 2023 down 5.2% falling
159 Paraguay 178 1000 t 2023 down 1.1% rising
160 Zambia 177 1000 t 2023 up 160.3% rising
161 Argentina 173 1000 t 2023 down 41.2% falling
162 Malawi 171 1000 t 2023 down 33.7% falling
163 Moldova 168 1000 t 2023 up 29.2% rising
163 Republic of Moldova 168 1000 t 2023 up 29.2% rising
165 Cabo Verde 150 1000 t 2023 up 25.0% rising
166 Iceland 144 1000 t 2023 up 19.0% rising
167 Polynesia 118 1000 t 2023 up 42.2% rising
168 Guyana 115 1000 t 2023 up 12.7% rising
169 Maldives 100 1000 t 2023 up 40.8% rising
169 China, Macao SAR 100 1000 t 2023 up 3.1% flat
171 Solomon Islands 89 1000 t 2023 up 3.5% rising
172 Barbados 87 1000 t 2023 up 13.0% flat
173 Bahamas 63 1000 t 2023 down 11.3% rising
173 New Caledonia 63 1000 t 2023 down 13.7% falling
175 French Polynesia 59 1000 t 2023 down 6.3% flat
176 Vanuatu 58 1000 t 2023 up 56.8% rising
177 Suriname 56 1000 t 2023 up 1.8% falling
178 Grenada 51 1000 t 2023 up 104.0% rising
179 Micronesia 43 1000 t 2023 up 152.9% volatile
180 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 41 1000 t 2023 down 6.8% flat
181 Belize 38 1000 t 2023 up 46.2% rising
182 Seychelles 36 1000 t 2023 up 50.0% rising
183 Saint Lucia 34 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
184 Samoa 31 1000 t 2023 up 55.0% rising
185 Sao Tome and Principe 21 1000 t 2023 unchanged rising
185 Tonga 21 1000 t 2023 — flat
187 Kiribati 20 1000 t 2023 up 17.6% rising
188 Antigua and Barbuda 14 1000 t 2023 unchanged rising
189 Marshall Islands 10 1000 t 2023 — volatile
190 Micronesia (Federated States of) 8 1000 t 2023 — falling
191 Saint Kitts and Nevis 7 1000 t 2023 up 40.0% falling
191 Tuvalu 7 1000 t 2023 — rising
193 Nauru 3 1000 t 2023 — rising
193 Nauru 3 1000 t 2023 — rising

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Indicator
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Import quantity
Unit
1000 t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
224 places, 3,046 data points, 2010–2023
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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.