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Cotton lint — Import 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
159
Highest
4.15 million t
China, mainland
Lowest
0 t
China, Macao SAR
Median
210 t
Years covered
53
1961–2013
Data points
9,072

What the numbers show

Cotton lint — Import Quantity is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 4.15 million t in China, mainland; the lowest is 0 t in China, Macao SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 210 t, and the mean is 59,659 t.

Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 97 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 39,409.5%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 100.0%).

Cotton lint — Import Quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China, mainland 4.15 million t 2013 up 376.6% volatile
2 T�rkiye 869,175 t 2013 up 56.4% volatile
2 Viet Nam 581,179 t 2013 up 545.8% volatile
3 Indonesia 672,197 t 2013 up 28.5% volatile
3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 20,100 t 2013 up 1,944.8% volatile
4 Bangladesh 450,000 t 2013 up 218.1% volatile
5 Pakistan 375,741 t 2013 up 99.3% volatile
5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 3,000 t 2013 up 12.5% volatile
6 Thailand 344,928 t 2013 down 15.5% volatile
6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2,490 t 2013 down 70.3% volatile
7 Republic of Korea 294,560 t 2013 down 4.7% rising
7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 544 t 2013 down 88.8% volatile
8 Mexico 238,622 t 2013 down 45.9% volatile
8 Republic of Moldova 73 t 2013 — volatile
9 China, Taiwan Province of 206,225 t 2013 down 12.0% rising
10 India 172,387 t 2013 down 28.7% volatile
10 United Republic of Tanzania 5 t 2013 down 80.8% volatile
11 Malaysia 112,302 t 2013 up 141.8% volatile
11 Timor-Leste 0 t 2013 — volatile
11 Polynesia 0 t 2013 — volatile
12 Egypt 70,866 t 2013 up 753.6% volatile
13 Japan 69,165 t 2013 down 65.3% volatile
14 Russian Federation 66,511 t 2013 down 76.8% volatile
15 Czechoslovakia 60,085 t 1992 down 52.3% flat
16 China, Hong Kong SAR 60,000 t 2013 down 27.8% falling
17 Peru 57,730 t 2013 up 44.1% volatile
18 Germany 53,051 t 2013 down 46.0% volatile
19 Belgium-Luxembourg 52,790 t 1999 up 8.5% falling
20 Italy 48,071 t 2013 down 80.3% falling
21 South Africa 41,605 t 2013 down 42.3% rising
22 Portugal 37,895 t 2013 down 60.8% falling
23 Morocco 35,342 t 2013 up 1.1% volatile
24 Colombia 33,040 t 2013 down 48.8% volatile
24 Caribbean 2,161 t 2013 down 19.8% volatile
25 Yugoslav SFR 31,000 t 1991 down 68.9% rising
26 El Salvador 29,557 t 2013 up 33.0% volatile
27 Guatemala 23,930 t 2013 up 66.7% volatile
28 Mauritius 21,606 t 2013 up 85.5% volatile
29 Brazil 17,400 t 2013 down 85.4% volatile
29 Cabo Verde 0 t 2013 — volatile
30 France 16,430 t 2013 down 76.1% volatile
31 Ecuador 15,064 t 2013 up 5.7% volatile
32 USSR 15,000 t 1991 down 32.1% falling
33 Belarus 13,876 t 2013 up 117.0% falling
34 Belgium 13,467 t 2013 down 69.3% volatile
35 Philippines 10,685 t 2013 down 62.6% falling
36 Tunisia 9,969 t 2013 down 50.8% volatile
37 Zimbabwe 8,297 t 2013 up 39,409.5% volatile
38 Austria 6,085 t 2013 down 71.6% falling
39 United Arab Emirates 4,812 t 2013 down 38.0% volatile
40 Bulgaria 4,658 t 2013 down 74.3% volatile
41 Ethiopia PDR 4,600 t 1992 — volatile
42 Argentina 4,380 t 2013 down 92.7% volatile
43 Czechia 4,004 t 2013 down 92.4% volatile
44 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 3,856 t 2013 up 41.4% volatile
45 Switzerland 3,469 t 2013 down 82.1% volatile
46 Greece 3,320 t 2013 up 3.4% volatile
47 Algeria 3,307 t 2013 down 83.2% volatile
48 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,240 t 2013 up 386.5% volatile
49 Poland 3,239 t 2013 down 93.3% volatile
50 Honduras 3,144 t 2013 up 502.3% volatile
51 Spain 3,025 t 2013 down 85.2% volatile
52 Afghanistan 2,280 t 2013 — volatile
53 Cuba 1,865 t 2013 down 6.6% volatile
54 Myanmar 1,837 t 2013 up 702.2% volatile
55 Nepal 1,802 t 2013 up 14.4% volatile
56 Serbia and Montenegro 1,718 t 2005 — volatile
57 Ukraine 1,669 t 2013 — volatile
58 Ethiopia 1,340 t 2013 — volatile
59 Djibouti 1,251 t 2013 — volatile
60 Slovenia 1,155 t 2013 down 90.0% volatile
61 Serbia 1,076 t 2013 down 59.3% volatile
62 Eswatini 1,032 t 2013 down 60.0% volatile
63 Sri Lanka 1,020 t 2013 down 79.2% volatile
64 Hungary 900 t 2013 down 90.2% volatile
65 Romania 761 t 2013 down 96.5% volatile
66 Canada 705 t 2013 down 99.0% falling
66 Latvia 705 t 2013 down 78.3% volatile
68 North Macedonia 683 t 2013 down 46.8% volatile
69 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 524 t 2013 down 97.1% volatile
70 Lebanon 382 t 2013 down 25.1% volatile
71 Ireland 326 t 2013 up 7.6% volatile
72 Ghana 300 t 2013 down 80.4% volatile
73 Saudi Arabia 215 t 2013 down 83.6% volatile
74 Paraguay 210 t 2013 up 46.9% volatile
75 Denmark 153 t 2013 up 61.1% volatile
76 Haiti 144 t 2013 — volatile
77 Dominican Republic 120 t 2013 down 79.6% volatile
78 Uzbekistan 100 t 2013 down 90.0% volatile
79 Uruguay 98 t 2013 down 55.5% volatile
80 Croatia 86 t 2013 down 95.9% volatile
81 Kenya 80 t 2013 down 95.6% volatile
82 Botswana 76 t 2013 up 137.5% volatile
83 Armenia 66 t 2013 up 266.7% volatile
84 Kuwait 65 t 2013 up 2,066.7% volatile
84 Oman 65 t 2013 up 27.5% volatile
86 Senegal 64 t 2013 up 392.3% volatile
87 Cambodia 49 t 2013 down 98.9% volatile
87 Norway 49 t 2013 down 31.0% volatile
89 Cameroon 47 t 2013 up 176.5% volatile
90 Chile 42 t 2013 down 99.7% falling
91 Namibia 39 t 2013 down 87.2% volatile
92 Sweden 37 t 2013 down 98.2% volatile
93 Finland 31 t 2013 down 3.1% volatile
94 Israel 28 t 2013 down 97.8% volatile
94 Lithuania 28 t 2013 down 99.6% volatile
96 Zambia 26 t 2013 down 98.7% volatile
97 Mauritania 25 t 2013 — volatile
97 Slovakia 25 t 2013 down 99.6% volatile
99 Trinidad and Tobago 21 t 2013 — volatile
100 Nigeria 20 t 2013 down 99.2% volatile
101 Uganda 19 t 2013 down 68.9% volatile
102 Jordan 18 t 2013 down 96.7% volatile
103 C�te d'Ivoire 13 t 2013 down 98.5% volatile
104 Guyana 12 t 2013 up 300.0% volatile
105 Australia 8 t 2013 down 77.1% volatile
105 Australia and New Zealand 8 t 2013 down 82.2% volatile
107 Angola 7 t 2013 up 133.3% volatile
107 Albania 7 t 2013 down 76.7% volatile
107 Mongolia 7 t 2013 down 91.7% volatile
110 Bahamas 6 t 2013 — volatile
110 Gambia 6 t 2013 down 53.8% volatile
110 Kazakhstan 6 t 2013 — volatile
113 Jamaica 5 t 2013 down 95.2% volatile
114 Benin 4 t 2013 down 96.0% volatile
114 Iraq 4 t 2013 down 50.0% volatile
116 Burkina Faso 3 t 2013 down 99.7% volatile
116 Estonia 3 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
116 Togo 3 t 2013 up 50.0% volatile
119 Kyrgyzstan 2 t 2013 down 97.8% volatile
119 Luxembourg 2 t 2013 up 100.0% volatile
119 Madagascar 2 t 2013 down 95.1% volatile
119 Rwanda 2 t 2013 down 99.1% volatile
123 Congo 1 t 2013 down 98.6% volatile
123 Mozambique 1 t 2013 down 95.0% volatile
123 Malawi 1 t 2013 down 97.0% volatile
123 Niger 1 t 2013 down 99.0% volatile
123 Brunei Darussalam 1 t 2013 down 50.0% volatile
128 Azerbaijan 0 t 2013 — volatile
128 Belize 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
128 Barbados 0 t 2013 — volatile
128 Central African Republic 0 t 2013 — volatile
128 Costa Rica 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
128 Cyprus 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
128 Gabon 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
128 Georgia 0 t 2013 — volatile
128 Guinea 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
128 Guinea-Bissau 0 t 2013 — volatile
128 Saint Lucia 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
128 Mali 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
128 Malta 0 t 2013 — volatile
128 Nicaragua 0 t 2013 — volatile
128 New Zealand 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
128 Panama 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
128 Suriname 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
128 Chad 0 t 2013 — volatile
128 Samoa 0 t 2013 — volatile
128 Yemen 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
128 China, Macao SAR 0 t 2013 down 100.0% 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 — Import Quantity
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
189 places, 9,072 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.