Silk waste — Export quantity in China
China: Silk waste — Export quantity was 1,093 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Silk waste — Export quantity in China, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for silk waste — export quantity in China is 1,093 t, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.5% on the previous year and down 27.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, silk waste — export quantity in China peaked at 1,677 t in 2011 and was at its lowest, 984.41 t, in 2020.
That places China 3rd out of 57 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,475 t | 1,188 t | 1,677 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,125 t | 984.41 t | 1,241 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
- 1 India 3,260 t compare
- 2 Uzbekistan 1,735 t compare
- 3 China, mainland 1,093 t compare
- 5 Viet Nam 641.35 t compare
- 6 Germany 314.87 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture share gdp 6.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
- Rural population 33.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 473.41 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.30 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Cereal yield vs gdp per capita 6.42 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is silk waste — export quantity in China?
- Silk waste — export quantity in China was 1,093 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest silk waste — export quantity recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 1,677 t in 2011.
- What is the lowest silk waste — export quantity recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 984.41 t in 2020.
- How does China rank for silk waste — export quantity?
- China ranks 3rd out of 57 countries with data for 2023.
- Is silk waste — export quantity rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Silk waste — Export quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 14 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
Commodity balances (CB) present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's non-food supply during a specified reference period.