Sesame seed — Import quantity by country
A 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...
What the numbers show
Sesame seed — Import quantity is currently reported for 105 countries. The highest value is 945 1000 t in China; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Lao People's Democratic Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 2 1000 t, and the mean is 31.58 1000 t.
Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Iraq (up 2,200.0%), and the largest decrease in Kenya (down 100.0%).
Sesame seed — Import quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 945 1000 t | 2023 | up 96.5% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 913 1000 t | 2023 | up 107.0% | rising |
| 3 | Turkey | 255 1000 t | 2023 | up 138.3% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 255 1000 t | 2023 | up 138.3% | rising |
| 5 | India | 125 1000 t | 2023 | up 62.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 58 1000 t | 2023 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 7 | Israel | 55 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 7 | Republic of Korea | 55 1000 t | 2023 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 9 | Jordan | 43 1000 t | 2023 | up 87.0% | rising |
| 10 | Greece | 36 1000 t | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 11 | Germany | 34 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 12 | United States | 32 1000 t | 2023 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 13 | China, Taiwan Province of | 31 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 14 | Vietnam | 30 1000 t | 2023 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Viet Nam | 30 1000 t | 2023 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Lebanon | 26 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 17 | Egypt | 23 1000 t | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 17 | Iraq | 23 1000 t | 2023 | up 2,200.0% | volatile |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 22 1000 t | 2023 | up 214.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Guatemala | 22 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 19 1000 t | 2023 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 22 | Syria | 17 1000 t | 2023 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Syrian Arab Republic | 17 1000 t | 2023 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Poland | 14 1000 t | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 24 | Russia | 14 1000 t | 2023 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 24 | Russian Federation | 14 1000 t | 2023 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 27 | Tunisia | 13 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 28 | Thailand | 12 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 29 | Indonesia | 11 1000 t | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 30 | Canada | 10 1000 t | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 30 | Italy | 10 1000 t | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 30 | Malaysia | 10 1000 t | 2023 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 33 | Morocco | 9 1000 t | 2023 | up 350.0% | rising |
| 33 | Mexico | 9 1000 t | 2023 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 35 | Algeria | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 35 | France | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 27.3% | flat |
| 37 | Spain | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 37 | Australia and New Zealand | 7 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 39 | Australia | 6 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 39 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Oman | 5 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Yemen | 5 1000 t | 2023 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 43 | United Kingdom | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 43 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 45 | Brazil | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 45 | Kuwait | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 45 | Philippines | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 45 | Romania | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 45 | Ukraine | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 3 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Austria | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | flat |
| 51 | Belgium | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | flat |
| 51 | Bulgaria | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 51 | Cyprus | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 51 | North Macedonia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 51 | Mozambique | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Norway | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 51 | Nepal | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 51 | Peru | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 51 | Serbia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 51 | Tajikistan | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Afghanistan | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Argentina | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Burkina Faso | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Bangladesh | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Switzerland | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 62 | Chile | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Colombia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 62 | Czechia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Denmark | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 62 | Croatia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Hungary | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Libya | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Lithuania | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | New Zealand | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Portugal | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Paraguay | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 62 | El Salvador | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Slovenia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Sweden | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 62 | South Africa | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 62 | Caribbean | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 62 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 62 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Armenia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Azerbaijan | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Bahrain | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Djibouti | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Ethiopia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Finland | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Ghana | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Honduras | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Ireland | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Kenya | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Laos | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Sri Lanka | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Latvia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Myanmar | 0 1000 t | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Montenegro | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Nigeria | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Slovakia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 2,241 1000 t
- Asia 1,905 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 1,176 1000 t
- Western Asia 521 1000 t
- Europe 175 1000 t
- European Union (27) 149 1000 t
- Southern Asia 136 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 116 1000 t
- Americas 83 1000 t
- Africa 70 1000 t
- Western Europe 67 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 65 1000 t
- Southern Europe 59 1000 t
- Northern Africa 56 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 45 1000 t
- Northern America 42 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 39 1000 t
- Central America 32 1000 t
- United States of America 32 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 23 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 14 1000 t
- Northern Europe 10 1000 t
- South America 9 1000 t
- Western Africa 9 1000 t
- Oceania 7 1000 t
- Central Asia 7 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 4 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 1 1000 t
- Southern Africa 1 1000 t
About this data
A 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 capita 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.