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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
157
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 157 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 60,154 t.

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

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

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
Last refreshed

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.