Soft-Fibres, Other — Production by country
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What the numbers show
Soft-Fibres, Other — Production is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 385,000 t in USSR; the lowest is 0 t in New Zealand.
The median across all reporting countries is 900 t, and the mean is 21,654 t.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Belgium (up 177.8%), and the largest decrease in Slovakia (down 100.0%).
Soft-Fibres, Other — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USSR | 385,000 t | 1991 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 2 | China, mainland | 184,919 t | 2013 | down 75.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 14,000 t | 2013 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 3 | France | 84,100 t | 2013 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 3 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2,400 t | 2013 | up 129.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Belgium | 67,300 t | 2013 | up 177.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Indonesia | 66,300 t | 2013 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 6 | Belarus | 44,925 t | 2013 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 40,539 t | 2013 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 8 | Thailand | 35,000 t | 2013 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 9 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 21,510 t | 2013 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 15,100 t | 1999 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 11 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 14,000 t | 2013 | down 61.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Egypt | 8,500 t | 2013 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 13 | Czechoslovakia | 8,486 t | 1992 | down 59.4% | falling |
| 14 | Chile | 7,200 t | 2013 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 15 | Romania | 3,036 t | 2013 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Argentina | 2,700 t | 2013 | up 65.9% | rising |
| 17 | Ukraine | 2,160 t | 2013 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Austria | 2,100 t | 2013 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Italy | 2,002 t | 2013 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Yugoslav SFR | 1,558 t | 1991 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Philippines | 1,500 t | 2013 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Czechia | 900 t | 2013 | down 92.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Brazil | 650 t | 2013 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Latvia | 500 t | 2013 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Hungary | 500 t | 2013 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Poland | 374 t | 2013 | down 65.6% | volatile |
| 27 | China, Taiwan Province of | 300 t | 2013 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Bulgaria | 100 t | 2013 | down 66.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Spain | 30 t | 2013 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Republic of Korea | 20 t | 2013 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Serbia and Montenegro | 20 t | 2005 | down 96.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Lithuania | 10 t | 2013 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 33 | T�rkiye | 1 t | 2013 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Australia | 0 t | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Slovakia | 0 t | 2013 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Estonia | 0 t | 2013 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Sweden | 0 t | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Germany | 0 t | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Portugal | 0 t | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Denmark | 0 t | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Greece | 0 t | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Australia and New Zealand | 0 t | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Croatia | 0 t | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Japan | 0 t | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 34 | New Zealand | 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 607,576 t
- Asia 304,440 t
- Europe 284,086 t
- Eastern Asia 199,239 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries 2,400 t
- European Union (27) 182,462 t
- Western Europe 175,010 t
- South-Eastern Asia 105,200 t
- Eastern Europe 92,534 t
- Northern Europe 14,510 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries 14,000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries 10,900 t
- Americas 10,550 t
- South America 10,550 t
- Northern Africa 8,500 t
- Africa 8,500 t
- Least developed countries 2,400 t
- Southern Europe 2,032 t
- Western Asia 1 t
- Oceania 0 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.