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 182 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.
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 Italy 3,594 1000 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)
- Bananas — Production 12.10 million t (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 182 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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About this data
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.