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Table II. Imports of raw sisal and henequen


1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

thousand tonnes

WORLD

595.2

600.6

516.9

562.1

515.8

524.9

529.5

499.6

479.5

412.0

275.0

275.4

246.2

203.0

230.9

213.0

184.6

165.4

DEVELOPED

580.0

586.1

498.9

542.2

495.4

503.2

498.1

464.6

446.5

390.0

255.0

245.4

221.2

181.0

208.6

188.5

162.9

154.2

North America

127.7

123.1

99.7

98.6

72.5

72.9

78.8

62.1

42.5

14.0

12.6

20.2

17.0

15.5

12.5

7.6

6.0

4.3

Canada

39.4

38.6

31.6

23.3

17.8

13.3

16.9

12.1

10.1

4.8

4.3

6.2

5.0

4.7

4.2

2.7

2.5

1.3

U.S.A.

88.3

84.5

68.1

75.3

54.7

59.6

61.9

50.0

32.4

9.2

8.3

14.0

12.0

10.8

8.3

4.9

3.5

3.0

Europe

399.3

407.7

349.3

391.8

370.0

379.5

366.4

355.0

354.9

328.7

214.3

199.0

177.3

137.3

166.9

137.4

124.7

117.2

EEC (15)

367.2

365.6

319.3

352.1

336.5

338.7

325.5

310.5

318.4

291.6

178.2

170.5

154.8

109.2

135.3

111.8

92.7

94.0

Austria

7.0

7.1

6.3

7.0

7.3

6.2

7.2

5.7

5.3

2.7

1.7

1.0

1.0

0.9

1.1

0.8

0.8

0.7

Belgium-Lux

37.6

41.2

30.2

36.8

33.9

39.9

42.4

40.6

39.7

45.1

25.7

21.9

12.6

7.9

8.7

6.7

5.3

4.6

Denmark

15.2

15.2

14.6

16.2

15.2

14.3

13.3

10.4

11.1

11.6

7.7

3.9

3.1

1.0

1.8

3.7

1.6

3.2

Finland

1.5

1.7

1.1

1.0

1.4

0.8

0.6

0.6

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.2

0.3

0.3

France

58.9

58.4

51.4

57.8

66.1

61.4

50.5

54.5

64.3

72.6

32.3

37.5

28.1

26.2

31.5

22.0

18.1

19.8

Germany

56.2

52.5

34.5

54.6

48.1

40.9

40.7

40.1

35.9

30.9

17.3

15.0

9.0

7.4

5.0

5.0

4.4

5.3

Greece

3.1

2.2

2.4

3.1

3.1

3.0

3.2

2.2

3.5

3.0

1.5

2.2

2.5

2.3

1.5

1.8

0.6

0.4

Ireland

5.8

6.3

6.3

8.1

7.9

7.5

8.3

9.4

7.6

12.7

5.8

9.8

5.6

8.7

6.0

4.0

7.4

5.2

Italy

22.2

30.1

28.6

30.4

30.4

33.6

29.2

35.8

34.1

24.9

23.8

27.0

20.2

15.9

23.1

17.4

18.8

15.0

Netherlands

37.4

30.7

29.1

22.6

16.3

14.5

16.3

16.6

14.5

10.1

7.5

2.5

1.9

0.8

0.8

0.6

0.0

0.5

Portugal

44.8

47.7

42.6

51.6

39.7

46.6

50.9

39.9

43.6

38.1

22.1

22.1

38.8

18.0

33.6

33.8

23.5

26.2

Spain

11.2

13.3

14.6

14.1

15.8

17.3

18.8

16.7

19.0

15.7

17.6

15.2

16.6

12.4

12.6

10.8

9.1

9.9

U.K.

61.8

59.2

57.6

48.8

51.3

52.7

44.1

38.0

39.4

23.8

14.9

12.1

15.2

7.6

9.6

5.0

2.8

2.9

Other Europe

32.1

42.1

30.0

39.7

33.5

40.8

40.9

44.5

36.5

37.1

36.1

28.5

22.5

28.1

31.6

25.6

32.0

23.2

Bulgaria

0.0

5.2

1.6

8.3

1.1

1.6

1.8

1.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Czech Rep.



















Czechoslovakia

5.1

5.5

6.2

7.5

7.7

9.0

7.5

8.0

5.5

4.1

2.5

3.3

3.5

3.0

2.5

2.8

2.5

2.5

Hungary

4.1

11.1

10.3

9.2

7.2

5.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

5.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.5

Poland

13.7

12.2

7.2

8.1

8.4

13.5

15.0

17.7

14.3

15.9

20.5

20.6

12.2

20.4

22.2

16.0

20.5

16.0

Romania

0.6

1.1

0.5

2.4

0.7

2.9

0.8

2.0

2.2

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.5

0.7

1.2

Switzerland

3.1

1.7

1.1

1.9

2.0

1.3

1.4

1.0

0.4

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.0

Yugoslavia



















Yugoslavia SFR

5.5

5.3

3.1

2.3

6.4

7.5

7.4

7.0

7.1

9.9

11.0

2.6

4.7

2.5

4.7

5.1

8.2

2.0

Croatia



















Former USSR

6.4

9.9

4.6

7.7

9.9

7.0

9.4

5.5

8.0

9.3

9.2

8.0

7.0

12.0

11.0

29.5

19.0

18.0

Oceania

27.3

26.8

24.2

20.5

20.1

21.1

20.4

20.3

18.3

20.9

9.6

7.6

10.0

8.2

6.5

6.2

5.8

6.5

Australia

21.5

19.2

18.9

16.1

14.6

14.8

15.2

13.0

11.9

13.2

4.0

3.6

4.9

3.4

2.9

2.7

2.3

3.0

New Zealand

5.8

7.6

5.3

4.4

5.5

6.3

5.2

7.3

6.4

7.7

5.6

4.0

5.1

4.8

3.6

3.5

3.5

3.5

Other Developed

19.3

18.6

21.1

23.6

22.9

22.7

23.1

21.7

22.8

17.1

9.3

10.6

9.9

8.0

11.7

7.8

7.4

8.2

Japan

15.1

16.3

18.1

16.7

20.6

21.1

19.0

20.5

21.9

15.8

8.7

10.0

9.5

7.5

11.4

6.3

5.5

6.1

South Africa

3.4

1.7

1.5

5.2

1.0

0.4

2.7

0.2

0.9

0.7

0.2

0.4

0.2

0.3

0.1

1.3

1.7

1.9

Israel

0.8

0.6

1.5

1.7

1.3

1.2

1.4

1.0

0.0

0.6

0.4

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

DEVELOPING

15.2

14.5

18.0

19.9

20.4

21.7

31.4

35.0

33.0

22.0

20.0

30.0

25.0

22.0

22.3

24.5

21.7

11.2

Africa

5.4

5.4

9.7

9.2

8.4

9.8

12.0

14.2

15.2

11.5

10.6

13.5

11.4

9.1

10.2

11.2

10.6

3.6

Algeria

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.9

3.0

2.0

1.3

Côte d'Ivoire

0.0

0.0

1.8

1.4

1.4

1.8

2.8

4.5

6.2

4.1

3.0

6.3

4.8

3.0

2.6

2.0

2.5

2.3

Morocco

3.0

3.0

4.9

6.3

5.4

6.2

7.2

7.0

6.0

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.0

3.9

3.8

5.9

5.6

0.0

Senegal

2.4

2.4

2.3

1.5

1.6

1.8

2.0

2.7

3.0

2.7

3.0

2.7

2.6

2.2

1.9

0.3

0.5

0.0

Tunisia

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Latin America

3.4

3.9

2.5

2.9

2.8

3.2

3.9

2.7

2.4

2.1

2.0

2.4

1.9

1.9

2.1

2.2

1.5

0.4

Argentina

2.2

2.5

1.6

1.4

1.2

1.6

1.2

0.7

0.8

0.6

0.5

0.8

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.7

0.6

0.0

Chile

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.6

0.8

1.4

1.4

1.2

1.0

0.9

1.1

0.8

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.2

Colombia

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

El Salvador

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Mexico

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Peru

0.7

0.9

0.6

1.0

0.7

0.6

0.9

0.4

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.0

Uruguay

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Near East

1.1

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.2

2.0

2.2

2.6

2.1

1.9

2.8

2.9

2.8

3.6

3.1

4.3

2.0

Egypt

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.6

1.0

1.2

1.0

1.0

1.5

1.3

1.0

1.4

1.0

2.0

1.8

Saudi Arabia

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Turkey

1.1

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.2

Far East

4.3

3.2

4.9

7.2

8.7

8.2

10.3

9.8

9.0

4.3

3.7

5.7

5.8

5.2

5.4

7.0

4.3

5.2

China

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

2.2

3.8

1.0

2.1

India

4.3

3.2

4.9

7.2

8.7

8.2

8.7

8.3

7.4

3.2

2.7

3.0

3.7

3.3

1.2

1.2

1.0

1.0

Indonesia

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Korea rep.

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.6

1.5

1.6

1.1

1.0

1.3

1.1

0.9

0.8

1.0

1.3

1.1

Pakistan

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0



1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

thousand tonnes

WORLD

188.7

170.4

155.2

125.9

113.9

108.3

116.9

116.6

91.9

78.2

80.3

82.6

81.0

73.3

73.2

64.4

71.4


DEVELOPED

178.8

170.4

155.2

125.9

113.9

108.3

116.9

92.5

70.9

58.8

59.4

63.2

64.4

59.2

53.7

54.5

49.7


North America

4.4

3.1

4.2

3.7

2.1

0.7

0.8

0.6

0.9

0.6

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.5

0.7

0.6

0.5


Canada

1.8

1.3

1.6

1.7

1.3

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.5

0.4

0.6

0.5

0.4


U.S.A.

2.6

1.8

2.6

2.0

0.8

0.4

0.6

0.3

0.5

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

Europe

141.8

132.8

122.8

99.4

91.3

86.1

96.4

74.6

58.8

51.5

52.3

55.8

57.1

51.9

47.2

48.0

43.7


EEC (15)

102.6

98.6

84.6

71.8

68.2

70.0

79.0

64.4

54.8

47.0

47.5

51.6

53.1

49.1

46.0

47.3