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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
104
Highest
500,480 t
China, mainland
Lowest
0 t
China, Macao SAR
Median
4 t
Years covered
53
1961–2013
Data points
6,574

What the numbers show

Silk — Other uses (non-food) is currently reported for 104 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 4 t, and the mean is 7,208 t.

Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 39 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
4 Viet Nam 9,395 t 2013 down 37.5% volatile
5 Thailand 6,420 t 2013 up 6.8% volatile
6 Turkmenistan 4,480 t 2013 down 0.2% rising
7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4,413 t 2013 down 27.7% rising
8 Romania 4,172 t 2013 up 253.0% volatile
9 Brazil 3,241 t 2013 down 73.4% volatile
10 USSR 2,550 t 1991 down 4.5% rising
11 Tajikistan 1,762 t 2013 up 11.0% rising
12 Italy 1,166 t 2013 down 62.5% falling
13 Japan 1,159 t 2013 down 68.5% volatile
14 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 800 t 2013 up 1,566.7% volatile
15 Afghanistan 750 t 2013 up 29.5% rising
16 Republic of Korea 414 t 2013 down 75.0% volatile
17 France 280 t 2013 down 9.4% falling
18 T�rkiye 255 t 2013 down 34.1% volatile
19 Yugoslav SFR 225 t 1991 down 7.4% volatile
20 Bangladesh 218 t 2013 up 16.6% volatile
21 Cambodia 202 t 2013 down 38.0% flat
22 Nigeria 182 t 2013 — volatile
23 Germany 176 t 2013 down 63.3% volatile
24 Kyrgyzstan 150 t 2013 up 40.2% volatile
25 Egypt 123 t 2013 down 74.7% volatile
26 Indonesia 121 t 2013 up 6.1% volatile
27 Myanmar 99 t 2013 up 22.2% volatile
28 Spain 98 t 2013 down 66.9% falling
29 Bulgaria 86 t 2013 down 2.3% volatile
30 United Arab Emirates 70 t 2013 — volatile
31 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 56 t 2013 down 3.4% volatile
32 Tunisia 54 t 2013 up 8.0% volatile
33 Madagascar 49 t 2013 up 22.5% volatile
33 Nepal 49 t 2013 down 80.7% volatile
35 Lebanon 40 t 2013 down 13.0% volatile
36 Peru 39 t 2013 up 129.4% volatile
37 Switzerland 31 t 2013 down 81.7% volatile
38 Pakistan 24 t 2013 down 53.8% volatile
39 Austria 21 t 2013 up 16.7% volatile
40 Zambia 17 t 2013 — volatile
41 Czechia 13 t 2013 — volatile
42 Mexico 12 t 2013 up 500.0% volatile
42 Portugal 12 t 2013 up 500.0% volatile
42 China, Taiwan Province of 12 t 2013 up 500.0% volatile
45 Malaysia 11 t 2013 up 120.0% volatile
46 Canada 8 t 2013 down 63.6% volatile
46 Lithuania 8 t 2013 — volatile
46 Slovenia 8 t 2013 up 166.7% volatile
49 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 t 2013 up 400.0% volatile
49 Ethiopia 5 t 2013 — volatile
49 New Zealand 5 t 2013 up 66.7% volatile
49 Australia and New Zealand 5 t 2013 up 66.7% volatile
53 Dominican Republic 3 t 2013 — volatile
53 Hungary 3 t 2013 — volatile
53 Poland 3 t 2013 down 25.0% volatile
57 Denmark 2 t 2013 down 96.2% volatile
57 Malta 2 t 2013 down 96.6% volatile
57 Saudi Arabia 2 t 2013 — volatile
57 Uruguay 2 t 2013 down 98.7% volatile
61 Azerbaijan 1 t 2013 down 99.8% volatile
61 Ireland 1 t 2013 down 80.0% volatile
61 Eswatini 1 t 2013 down 93.3% volatile
61 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1 t 2013 — volatile
61 United Republic of Tanzania 1 t 2013 unchanged volatile
66 Albania 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 Argentina 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 Australia 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 Belgium 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
66 Bahamas 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 Belize 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
66 Botswana 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 Chile 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 Colombia 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 Cyprus 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 Djibouti 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 Ecuador 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 Estonia 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
66 Finland 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 Greece 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
66 Guatemala 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
66 Guyana 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 Honduras 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 Croatia 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 Iraq 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 Israel 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 Kazakhstan 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 Sri Lanka 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 Morocco 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 North Macedonia 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 Mauritius 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 Malawi 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 Nicaragua 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 Norway 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 Philippines 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
66 Paraguay 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
66 El Salvador 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
66 Sweden 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 Yemen 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
66 Russian Federation 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 Brunei Darussalam 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
66 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 t 2013 — volatile
66 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
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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.