Vegetables — Import quantity in China
China: Vegetables — Import quantity was 2,518 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Vegetables — Import quantity in China, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
China recorded 2,518 1000 t for vegetables — import quantity in 2023.
That represents a change of up 9.0% on the previous year and up 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables — import quantity in China peaked at 2,907 1000 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,920 1000 t, in 2010.
That places China 15th 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.
Vegetables — Import quantity in China, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,920 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 2,131 1000 t | +11.0% |
| 2012 | 2,412 1000 t | +13.2% |
| 2013 | 2,171 1000 t | -10.0% |
| 2014 | 2,358 1000 t | +8.6% |
| 2015 | 2,450 1000 t | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 2,703 1000 t | +10.3% |
| 2017 | 2,646 1000 t | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 2,682 1000 t | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 2,907 1000 t | +8.4% |
| 2020 | 2,634 1000 t | -9.4% |
| 2021 | 2,585 1000 t | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 2,310 1000 t | -10.6% |
| 2023 | 2,518 1000 t | +9.0% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 2,518 1000 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 107 1000 t, 23.5× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- China's 2,518 1000 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 21 1000 t, 119.9× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,438 1000 t | 1,920 1000 t | 2,907 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,512 1000 t | 2,310 1000 t | 2,634 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
- 12 Republic of Korea 2,822 1000 t compare
- 13 Australia and New Zealand 2,636 1000 t compare
- 14 Iraq 2,529 1000 t compare
- 16 Australia 2,351 1000 t compare
- 17 Poland 2,339 1000 t compare
- 18 United Arab Emirates 2,214 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 vegetables — import quantity in China?
- Vegetables — import quantity in China was 2,518 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables — import quantity recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 2,907 1000 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest vegetables — import quantity recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,920 1000 t in 2010.
- How does China rank for vegetables — import quantity?
- China ranks 15th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetables — import quantity rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.0%. 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 Vegetables — 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.