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Silk — Other uses (non-food) 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
106
Highest
500,480 t
China, mainland
Lowest
0 t
China, Macao SAR
Median
3 t
Years covered
53
1961–2013
Data points
6,574

What the numbers show

Silk — Other uses (non-food) is currently reported for 106 countries. The highest value is 500,480 t in China, mainland; the lowest is 0 t in China, Macao SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 3 t, and the mean is 7,072 t.

Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Democratic People's Republic of Korea (up 1,566.7%), and the largest decrease in Belgium (down 100.0%).

Silk — Other uses: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China, mainland 500,480 t 2013 up 40.2% volatile
2 India 178,279 t 2013 up 57.6% volatile
3 Uzbekistan 27,323 t 2013 up 56.7% rising
3 Viet Nam 9,395 t 2013 down 37.5% volatile
4 Thailand 6,420 t 2013 up 6.8% volatile
4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4,413 t 2013 down 27.7% rising
5 Turkmenistan 4,480 t 2013 down 0.2% rising
5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 800 t 2013 up 1,566.7% volatile
6 Romania 4,172 t 2013 up 253.0% volatile
6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1 t 2013 — volatile
6 United Republic of Tanzania 1 t 2013 unchanged volatile
7 Brazil 3,241 t 2013 down 73.4% volatile
8 USSR 2,550 t 1991 down 4.5% rising
8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0 t 2013 — volatile
9 Tajikistan 1,762 t 2013 up 11.0% rising
10 Italy 1,166 t 2013 down 62.5% falling
11 Japan 1,159 t 2013 down 68.5% volatile
12 Afghanistan 750 t 2013 up 29.5% rising
13 Republic of Korea 414 t 2013 down 75.0% volatile
14 France 280 t 2013 down 9.4% falling
15 T�rkiye 255 t 2013 down 34.1% volatile
16 Yugoslav SFR 225 t 1991 down 7.4% volatile
17 Bangladesh 218 t 2013 up 16.6% volatile
18 Cambodia 202 t 2013 down 38.0% flat
19 Nigeria 182 t 2013 — volatile
20 Germany 176 t 2013 down 63.3% volatile
21 Kyrgyzstan 150 t 2013 up 40.2% volatile
22 Egypt 123 t 2013 down 74.7% volatile
23 Indonesia 121 t 2013 up 6.1% volatile
24 Myanmar 99 t 2013 up 22.2% volatile
25 Spain 98 t 2013 down 66.9% falling
25 Caribbean 3 t 2013 — volatile
26 Bulgaria 86 t 2013 down 2.3% volatile
27 United Arab Emirates 70 t 2013 — volatile
28 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 56 t 2013 down 3.4% volatile
29 Tunisia 54 t 2013 up 8.0% volatile
30 Madagascar 49 t 2013 up 22.5% volatile
30 Nepal 49 t 2013 down 80.7% volatile
32 Lebanon 40 t 2013 down 13.0% volatile
33 Peru 39 t 2013 up 129.4% volatile
34 Switzerland 31 t 2013 down 81.7% volatile
35 Pakistan 24 t 2013 down 53.8% volatile
36 Austria 21 t 2013 up 16.7% volatile
37 Zambia 17 t 2013 — volatile
38 Czechia 13 t 2013 — volatile
39 Mexico 12 t 2013 up 500.0% volatile
39 Portugal 12 t 2013 up 500.0% volatile
39 China, Taiwan Province of 12 t 2013 up 500.0% volatile
42 Malaysia 11 t 2013 up 120.0% volatile
43 Canada 8 t 2013 down 63.6% volatile
43 Lithuania 8 t 2013 — volatile
43 Slovenia 8 t 2013 up 166.7% volatile
46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 t 2013 up 400.0% volatile
46 Ethiopia 5 t 2013 — volatile
46 New Zealand 5 t 2013 up 66.7% volatile
46 Australia and New Zealand 5 t 2013 up 66.7% volatile
50 Dominican Republic 3 t 2013 — volatile
50 Hungary 3 t 2013 — volatile
50 Poland 3 t 2013 down 25.0% volatile
53 Denmark 2 t 2013 down 96.2% volatile
53 Malta 2 t 2013 down 96.6% volatile
53 Saudi Arabia 2 t 2013 — volatile
53 Uruguay 2 t 2013 down 98.7% volatile
57 Azerbaijan 1 t 2013 down 99.8% volatile
57 Ireland 1 t 2013 down 80.0% volatile
57 Eswatini 1 t 2013 down 93.3% volatile
60 Albania 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 Argentina 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 Australia 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 Belgium 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
60 Bahamas 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 Belize 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
60 Botswana 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 Chile 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 Colombia 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 Cyprus 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 Djibouti 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 Ecuador 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 Estonia 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
60 Finland 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 Greece 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
60 Guatemala 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
60 Guyana 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 Honduras 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 Croatia 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 Iraq 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 Israel 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 Kazakhstan 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 Sri Lanka 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 Morocco 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 North Macedonia 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 Mauritius 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 Malawi 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 Nicaragua 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 Norway 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 Philippines 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
60 Paraguay 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
60 El Salvador 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
60 Sweden 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 Yemen 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 South Africa 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
60 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
60 Russian Federation 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 Brunei Darussalam 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
60 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 t 2013 — volatile
60 China, Macao SAR 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.

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Indicator
Silk — Other uses (non-food)
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
135 places, 6,574 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.