Vegetable Oils — Import quantity in China
China: Vegetable Oils — Import quantity was 12,808 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Vegetable Oils — Import quantity in China, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetable oils — import quantity in China is 12,808 1000 t, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 36.0% on the previous year and up 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetable oils — import quantity in China peaked at 13,617 1000 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 8,500 1000 t, in 2016.
That places China 2nd out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Vegetable Oils — Import quantity in China, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9,842 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 9,237 1000 t | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 11,130 1000 t | +20.5% |
| 2013 | 10,826 1000 t | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 9,360 1000 t | -13.5% |
| 2015 | 10,043 1000 t | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 8,500 1000 t | -15.4% |
| 2017 | 9,131 1000 t | +7.4% |
| 2018 | 9,976 1000 t | +9.3% |
| 2019 | 13,617 1000 t | +36.5% |
| 2020 | 13,590 1000 t | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 13,302 1000 t | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 9,417 1000 t | -29.2% |
| 2023 | 12,808 1000 t | +36.0% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 12,808 1000 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 59 1000 t, 217.1× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- China's 12,808 1000 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 23 1000 t, 556.9× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10,166 1000 t | 8,500 1000 t | 13,617 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,279 1000 t | 9,417 1000 t | 13,590 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
- 1 India 16,187 1000 t compare
- 3 China, mainland 12,266 1000 t compare
- 4 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 7,981 1000 t compare
- 5 United States 7,609 1000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetable oils — import quantity in China?
- Vegetable oils — import quantity in China was 12,808 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetable oils — import quantity recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 13,617 1000 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest vegetable oils — import quantity recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,500 1000 t in 2016.
- How does China rank for vegetable oils — import quantity?
- China ranks 2nd out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetable oils — import quantity rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetable Oils — Import quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.