Cotton lint — Import Quantity in Central America
Central America: Cotton lint — Import Quantity was 295,253 t in 2013. ◆ Volatile
Cotton lint — Import Quantity in Central America, 1961–2013
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cotton lint — import quantity in Central America is 295,253 t, measured in 2013.
That represents a change of up 8.6% on the previous year and down 38.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cotton lint — import quantity in Central America peaked at 509,471 t in 2002 and was at its lowest, 254 t, in 1963.
Central America ranks 10th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cotton lint — Import Quantity in Central America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 646 t | — |
| 1962 | 445 t | -31.1% |
| 1963 | 254 t | -42.9% |
| 1964 | 834 t | +228.3% |
| 1965 | 706 t | -15.3% |
| 1966 | 1,035 t | +46.6% |
| 1967 | 1,210 t | +16.9% |
| 1968 | 2,695 t | +122.7% |
| 1969 | 2,958 t | +9.8% |
| 1970 | 2,119 t | -28.4% |
| 1971 | 3,775 t | +78.2% |
| 1972 | 2,484 t | -34.2% |
| 1973 | 5,197 t | +109.2% |
| 1974 | 3,562 t | -31.5% |
| 1975 | 4,853 t | +36.2% |
| 1976 | 4,956 t | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 2,999 t | -39.5% |
| 1978 | 2,995 t | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 2,078 t | -30.6% |
| 1980 | 5,323 t | +156.2% |
| 1981 | 3,965 t | -25.5% |
| 1982 | 3,392 t | -14.5% |
| 1983 | 5,368 t | +58.3% |
| 1984 | 3,600 t | -32.9% |
| 1985 | 3,807 t | +5.8% |
| 1986 | 23,481 t | +516.8% |
| 1987 | 52,898 t | +125.3% |
| 1988 | 28,102 t | -46.9% |
| 1989 | 25,315 t | -9.9% |
| 1990 | 52,427 t | +107.1% |
| 1991 | 59,961 t | +14.4% |
| 1992 | 121,578 t | +102.8% |
| 1993 | 191,829 t | +57.8% |
| 1994 | 181,040 t | -5.6% |
| 1995 | 131,662 t | -27.3% |
| 1996 | 218,440 t | +65.9% |
| 1997 | 308,501 t | +41.2% |
| 1998 | 447,896 t | +45.2% |
| 1999 | 306,144 t | -31.6% |
| 2000 | 481,658 t | +57.3% |
| 2001 | 448,137 t | -7.0% |
| 2002 | 509,471 t | +13.7% |
| 2003 | 479,316 t | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 434,736 t | -9.3% |
| 2005 | 433,244 t | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 421,234 t | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 402,907 t | -4.4% |
| 2008 | 398,420 t | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 351,437 t | -11.8% |
| 2010 | 378,529 t | +7.7% |
| 2011 | 311,060 t | -17.8% |
| 2012 | 271,993 t | -12.6% |
| 2013 | 295,253 t | +8.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cotton lint — Import Quantity in Central America changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +516.8% | 3,807 t | 23,481 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,198 t | 254 t | 2,958 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,502 t | 2,078 t | 5,197 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,525 t | 3,392 t | 52,898 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 201,948 t | 52,427 t | 447,896 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 436,056 t | 351,437 t | 509,471 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 314,209 t | 271,993 t | 378,529 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 544 t compare
- 7 Republic of Korea 294,560 t compare
- 8 Mexico 238,622 t compare
- 8 Republic of Moldova 73 t compare
- 9 China, Taiwan Province of 206,225 t compare
- 10 India 172,387 t compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 5 t compare
- 11 Malaysia 112,302 t compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 0 t compare
- 11 Polynesia 0 t compare
- 12 Egypt 70,866 t compare
- 13 Japan 69,165 t compare
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- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.7054 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -10.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -3.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cotton lint — import quantity in Central America?
- Cotton lint — import quantity in Central America was 295,253 t in 2013, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cotton lint — import quantity recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 509,471 t in 2002.
- What is the lowest cotton lint — import quantity recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 254 t in 1963.
- How does Central America rank for cotton lint — import quantity?
- Central America ranks 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2013.
- Is cotton lint — import quantity rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cotton lint — Import Quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.