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Cotton lint — Export Quantity by country

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
148
Highest
2.37 million t
India
Lowest
0 t
China, Macao SAR
Median
137 t
Years covered
53
1961–2013
Data points
8,495

What the numbers show

Cotton lint — Export Quantity is currently reported for 148 countries. The highest value is 2.37 million t in India; the lowest is 0 t in China, Macao SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 137 t, and the mean is 56,652 t.

Over the past decade 40 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Malaysia (up 16,698.0%), and the largest decrease in Botswana (down 100.0%).

Cotton lint — Export Quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 2.37 million t 2013 up 1,385.6% volatile
2 Australia 1.17 million t 2013 up 155.1% volatile
2 Australia and New Zealand 1.17 million t 2013 up 155.1% volatile
4 Brazil 572,913 t 2013 up 226.6% volatile
4 United Republic of Tanzania 68,274 t 2013 up 69.3% rising
5 USSR 495,000 t 1991 down 46.0% rising
5 Viet Nam 1,756 t 2013 up 7,534.8% volatile
6 Uzbekistan 309,602 t 2013 down 53.0% falling
6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 248 t 2013 down 82.8% volatile
7 Burkina Faso 271,193 t 2013 up 40.3% volatile
7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 100 t 2013 up 4,900.0% volatile
8 Greece 257,680 t 2013 down 8.5% volatile
8 Republic of Moldova 61 t 2013 — volatile
9 Mali 162,739 t 2013 down 8.2% volatile
9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 22 t 2013 down 90.8% volatile
10 Turkmenistan 162,319 t 2013 up 39.9% volatile
10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0 t 2013 — volatile
11 Benin 155,986 t 2013 down 4.5% volatile
12 C�te d'Ivoire 149,556 t 2013 up 3.7% volatile
13 Pakistan 124,341 t 2013 up 125.7% volatile
14 Malaysia 93,733 t 2013 up 16,698.0% volatile
15 Cameroon 86,125 t 2013 down 6.6% volatile
16 Kazakhstan 67,324 t 2013 down 36.6% volatile
17 Zimbabwe 58,391 t 2013 down 16.3% volatile
18 Mexico 54,376 t 2013 up 214.2% volatile
19 Tajikistan 51,387 t 2013 down 65.6% falling
20 T�rkiye 47,806 t 2013 down 46.0% volatile
21 Spain 47,722 t 2013 up 68.0% volatile
22 Mozambique 47,218 t 2013 up 91.3% volatile
23 Zambia 46,946 t 2013 up 69.1% volatile
24 Egypt 42,027 t 2013 down 78.6% volatile
25 Togo 33,607 t 2013 down 31.2% volatile
26 Argentina 28,891 t 2013 up 990.6% volatile
27 China, Hong Kong SAR 25,000 t 2013 up 274.5% volatile
28 Afghanistan 20,207 t 2013 up 199.3% volatile
28 Caribbean 103 t 2013 up 202.9% volatile
29 Israel 18,719 t 2013 down 9.3% volatile
30 Kyrgyzstan 15,500 t 2013 down 63.5% volatile
31 Chad 14,995 t 2013 down 69.7% flat
32 Nigeria 13,580 t 2013 down 48.0% volatile
33 Paraguay 13,492 t 2013 down 76.4% volatile
34 Belgium-Luxembourg 13,083 t 1999 up 290.7% volatile
35 Senegal 12,784 t 2013 down 47.4% volatile
36 Malawi 11,445 t 2013 up 109.1% volatile
37 Germany 8,246 t 2013 down 38.2% volatile
38 Sudan (former) 7,442 t 2011 down 81.3% volatile
39 China, mainland 6,560 t 2013 down 94.1% volatile
40 Belgium 5,260 t 2013 down 64.3% volatile
41 Italy 5,151 t 2013 down 13.1% volatile
42 South Africa 4,890 t 2013 down 12.3% volatile
43 Madagascar 4,733 t 2013 up 105.4% volatile
44 Azerbaijan 3,973 t 2013 down 88.1% volatile
45 Ghana 3,507 t 2013 up 16.5% volatile
46 France 3,291 t 2013 down 63.7% volatile
47 Uganda 2,404 t 2013 up 44.0% volatile
48 Central African Republic 2,000 t 2013 up 233.3% volatile
49 Serbia and Montenegro 1,931 t 2005 — volatile
50 Czechoslovakia 1,400 t 1992 down 80.8% volatile
51 United Arab Emirates 1,388 t 2013 down 89.4% volatile
52 Thailand 1,349 t 2013 up 77.3% volatile
53 Guinea 1,315 t 2013 down 61.2% volatile
54 Yugoslav SFR 1,300 t 1991 up 437.2% volatile
55 Indonesia 892 t 2013 down 74.5% volatile
56 Portugal 806 t 2013 up 100.0% volatile
57 Republic of Korea 800 t 2013 down 34.6% volatile
58 Colombia 777 t 2013 — volatile
59 Latvia 707 t 2013 up 7,755.6% volatile
60 Austria 691 t 2013 down 48.8% volatile
61 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 482 t 2013 down 10.4% volatile
62 Peru 453 t 2013 down 83.8% volatile
63 Iraq 405 t 2013 down 92.3% volatile
64 Russian Federation 345 t 2013 up 197.4% volatile
65 Niger 338 t 2013 up 116.7% volatile
66 Mauritius 298 t 2013 up 14,800.0% volatile
67 Hungary 297 t 2013 down 91.1% volatile
68 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 169 t 2013 down 71.9% volatile
69 Cambodia 162 t 2013 up 3,140.0% volatile
70 Switzerland 149 t 2013 down 74.8% volatile
71 Yemen 139 t 2013 — volatile
72 Sri Lanka 135 t 2013 up 321.9% volatile
73 Bulgaria 119 t 2013 down 52.6% volatile
73 Ukraine 119 t 2013 — volatile
75 China, Taiwan Province of 76 t 2013 down 95.1% volatile
76 Antigua and Barbuda 73 t 2013 — volatile
76 Costa Rica 73 t 2013 — volatile
78 Bosnia and Herzegovina 64 t 2013 — volatile
79 Poland 60 t 2013 down 16.7% volatile
80 Guatemala 42 t 2013 down 91.4% volatile
81 Nepal 40 t 2013 down 63.0% volatile
82 Serbia 29 t 2013 — volatile
83 Czechia 28 t 2013 down 98.7% volatile
84 North Macedonia 27 t 2013 up 1,250.0% volatile
85 Barbados 26 t 2013 up 36.8% volatile
86 Eswatini 20 t 2013 down 84.8% volatile
87 Belarus 18 t 2013 up 125.0% volatile
88 Slovenia 12 t 2013 down 96.1% volatile
89 Belize 10 t 2013 down 76.2% volatile
89 Denmark 10 t 2013 up 233.3% volatile
89 Philippines 10 t 2013 down 98.2% volatile
92 Sweden 7 t 2013 down 69.6% volatile
93 Kenya 5 t 2013 down 98.3% volatile
94 Jamaica 4 t 2013 down 73.3% volatile
95 Ireland 3 t 2013 up 200.0% volatile
96 Namibia 2 t 2013 down 99.3% volatile
96 Oman 2 t 2013 — volatile
96 Tunisia 2 t 2013 down 97.7% volatile
99 Canada 1 t 2013 down 80.0% volatile
99 Morocco 1 t 2013 down 99.2% volatile
99 Slovakia 1 t 2013 down 99.7% volatile
102 Angola 0 t 2013 — volatile
102 Albania 0 t 2013 — volatile
102 Bangladesh 0 t 2013 — volatile
102 Botswana 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
102 Chile 0 t 2013 — volatile
102 Cuba 0 t 2013 — volatile
102 Dominican Republic 0 t 2013 — volatile
102 Algeria 0 t 2013 — volatile
102 Ecuador 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
102 Estonia 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
102 Ethiopia 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
102 Finland 0 t 2013 — volatile
102 Georgia 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
102 Gambia 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
102 Guinea-Bissau 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
102 Grenada 0 t 2013 — volatile
102 Honduras 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
102 Croatia 0 t 2013 — volatile
102 Haiti 0 t 2013 — volatile
102 Jordan 0 t 2013 — volatile
102 Japan 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
102 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 t 2013 — volatile
102 Kuwait 0 t 2013 — volatile
102 Lebanon 0 t 2013 — volatile
102 Lithuania 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
102 Malta 0 t 2013 — volatile
102 Myanmar 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
102 Mongolia 0 t 2013 — volatile
102 Nicaragua 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
102 Norway 0 t 2013 — volatile
102 New Zealand 0 t 2013 — volatile
102 Romania 0 t 2013 — volatile
102 Saudi Arabia 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
102 El Salvador 0 t 2013 — volatile
102 Trinidad and Tobago 0 t 2013 — volatile
102 Uruguay 0 t 2013 — volatile
102 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 t 2013 — volatile
102 Ethiopia PDR 0 t 1992 down 100.0% volatile
102 China, Macao SAR 0 t 2013 — volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Cotton lint — Export Quantity
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
178 places, 8,495 data points, 1961–2013
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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 caput 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.