Hard Fibres, Other — Production by country
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What the numbers show
Hard Fibres, Other — Production is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 596,500 t in India; the lowest is 0 t in Australia.
The median across all reporting countries is 4,100 t, and the mean is 38,502 t.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Jamaica (up 267.1%), and the largest decrease in China, Taiwan Province of (down 44.8%).
Hard Fibres, Other — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 596,500 t | 2013 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 412,500 t | 2013 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Sri Lanka | 147,000 t | 2013 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 3 | Brazil | 90,000 t | 2013 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 4 | Thailand | 60,700 t | 2013 | up 84.9% | volatile |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 9,100 t | 2013 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 5 | Ghana | 39,400 t | 2013 | unchanged | volatile |
| 5 | Polynesia | 420 t | 2013 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 6 | Canada | 28,500 t | 2013 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Malaysia | 24,200 t | 2013 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 21,000 t | 2013 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 9 | Ethiopia PDR | 17,600 t | 1992 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 10 | Colombia | 16,000 t | 2013 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 10,845 t | 2013 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | 9,250 t | 2013 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 13 | Madagascar | 7,000 t | 2013 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 14 | Mexico | 6,000 t | 2013 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Philippines | 5,900 t | 2013 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 15 | Caribbean | 4,290 t | 2013 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 16 | Nicaragua | 5,250 t | 2013 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Ecuador | 4,200 t | 2013 | up 82.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Cuba | 4,000 t | 2013 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 19 | Cambodia | 3,650 t | 2013 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Australia and New Zealand | 2,700 t | 2013 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 20 | New Zealand | 2,700 t | 2013 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 22 | South Africa | 2,500 t | 2013 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 23 | C�te d'Ivoire | 2,100 t | 2013 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 24 | El Salvador | 1,900 t | 2013 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Chile | 1,790 t | 2013 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 26 | Argentina | 1,650 t | 2013 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Samoa | 420 t | 2013 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 28 | China, Taiwan Province of | 380 t | 2013 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Jamaica | 290 t | 2013 | up 267.1% | falling |
| 30 | Myanmar | 155 t | 2013 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 31 | Guatemala | 115 t | 2013 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Mauritius | 75 t | 2013 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Republic of Korea | 0 t | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 33 | Nigeria | 0 t | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 33 | Togo | 0 t | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 33 | Australia | 0 t | 2013 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.52 million t
- Asia 1.26 million t
- Southern Asia 754,345 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries 700,445 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries 21,000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 507,105 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries 216,365 t
- Americas 159,695 t
- South America 113,640 t
- Africa 90,425 t
- Least developed countries 61,000 t
- Western Africa 50,750 t
- Eastern Africa 37,175 t
- Northern America 28,500 t
- Central America 13,265 t
- Small Island Developing States 4,785 t
- Oceania 3,120 t
- Southern Africa 2,500 t
- Eastern Asia 380 t
About this data
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.