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Table I. Sisal and henequen production


1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

thousand tonnes

WORLD

823.6

810.2

781.1

785.5

817.2

799.2

771.2

768.0

760.3

774.4

620.3

553.8

523.7

475.3

462.0

509.0

487.7

489.7

DEVELOPED

6.0

2.3

3.6

5.6

10.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

7.3

9.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

7.0

6.5

6.0

7.0

7.0

South Africa

6.0

2.3

3.6

5.6

10.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

7.3

9.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

7.0

6.5

6.0

7.0

7.0

DEVELOPING

817.6

807.9

777.5

779.9

807.2

789.2

761.2

758.0

753.0

765.4

610.3

543.8

513.7

468.3

455.5

503.0

480.7

482.7

Africa

429.4

407.6

388.5

372.2

385.2

364.8

340.7

327.3

321.7

333.4

239.1

203.6

175.7

158.2

150.0

164.3

144.3

135.3

Angola

64.0

67.0

59.3

66.0

66.8

61.7

65.2

80.0

62.0

70.0

40.0

24.0

3.0

7.0

5.0

3.5

3.5

3.5

Ethiopia

1.0

2.2

2.2

2.5

2.5

3.1

3.0

3.0

1.0

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.4

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

Kenya

68.1

57.3

51.7

50.2

49.8

43.9

44.8

41.2

58.1

86.0

43.6

33.6

34.5

31.5

36.9

46.9

41.3

50.0

Madagascar

29.4

24.3

22.9

23.5

25.9

24.6

23.3

24.3

23.9

22.6

21.0

18.6

18.8

15.9

14.9

16.0

15.4

15.1

Mozambique

31.5

30.9

31.4

32.3

30.2

29.0

23.3

22.0

21.3

18.8

15.0

14.0

14.0

11.0

11.0

11.1

9.5

5.3

Tanzania

233.5

225.1

220.1

196.9

209.3

202.2

181.1

156.8

155.4

135.4

119.0

113.0

105.0

92.0

81.4

86.0

73.8

60.6

Latin America

373.9

382.6

370.6

389.4

404.0

410.9

409.5

423.0

422.9

421.5

361.9

331.3

328.8

301.1

296.5

329.7

320.4

331.4

Brazil

178.1

190.0

185.0

205.0

205.0

205.0

210.0

230.0

230.0

220.0

180.0

180.0

186.6

181.5

184.0

212.0

203.0

230.8

Cuba

10.3

10.1

10.5

10.5

11.0

11.0

11.0

11.0

10.2

8.3

8.0

7.5

5.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

3.7

5.8

Dominican Rep

0.7

0.7

1.7

1.3

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.0

.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

El Salvador

1.5

1.6

2.4

2.4

2.9

3.1

3.0

3.2

4.0

5.0

5.3

5.3

5.0

5.0

8.0

9.0

7.0

6.0

Guatemala

0.6

0.4

0.2

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.7

0.7

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

Haiti

20.6

20.8

16.1

24.5

29.0

27.6

25.2

19.6

22.5

24.0

14.0

8.7

12.0

9.0

9.0

11.0

10.2

12.3

Honduras

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.4

0.7

0.7

0.5

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

Jamaica

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.0

0.0

.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

Mexico

148.0

145.0

140.0

130.6

137.9

146.7

144.9

143.2

141.2

149.4

139.4

114.3

109.6

93.5

83.4

86.4

89.8

70.0

Nicaragua

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

Venezuela

13.6

13.5

14.2

14.4

15.8

14.7

12.5

13.3

13.5

13.5

13.8

14.3

9.0

6.6

6.1

5.3

5.2

5.0

Far East

14.3

17.7

18.4

18.3

18.0

13.5

11.0

7.7

8.4

10.5

9.3

8.9

9.2

9.0

9.0

9.0

16.0

16.0

China

11.3

10.7

10.4

9.4

10.0

8.1

8.7

7.6

8.3

10.5

9.3

8.9

9.2

9.0

9.0

9.0

16.0

16.0

Indonesia

3.0

7.0

8.0

8.9

8.0

5.4

2.3

0.1

0.1

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

403.0

418.6

431.7

427.6

385.8

404.8

421.0

390.8

430.9

384.4

307.5

312.5

304.7

314.1

318.8

286.7

272.6

281.1

DEVELOPED

4.9

4.9

6.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

4.3

4.1

6.2

4.3

5.2

5.0

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.5

South Africa

4.9

4.9

6.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

4.3

4.1

6.2

4.3

5.2

5.0

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.5

DEVELOPING

398.1

413.7

425.2

420.1

378.3

397.3

413.5

386.5

426.8

378.2

303.2

307.3

299.7

311.4

316.1

284.1

270.1

278.6

Africa

115.7

106.6

93.3

85.3

84.2

83.8

85.0

91.5

90.3

70.5

80.1

78.1

70.0

68.8

57.3

57.2

56.3

47.9

Angola

2.5

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.6

0.7

0.5

0.5

Ethiopia

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.7

Kenya

49.7

51.4

44.9

41.3

37.0

37.0

37.8

39.6

39.8

34.1

34.4

33.0

27.9

28.3

21.1

20.3

21.9

11.5

Madagascar

12.5

13.0

12.3

11.0

11.2

11.2

13.0

16.2

12.2

9.8

13.8

12.6

13.6

13.6

12.4

11.2

11.5

10.5

Mozambique

4.0

2.5

2.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

Tanzania

46.2

37.9

32.3

30.2

33.2

33.3

31.9

33.4

36.0

24.3

29.6

30.2

26.2

24.5

21.4

23.2

20.6

23.7

Latin America

266.4

291.1

315.9

318.8

278.1

297.5

308.5

265.0

307.5

271.7

192.1

197.2

186.7

193.7

210.8

185.0

177.8

192.7

Brazil

161.7

186.5

218.2

225.0

190.0

218.6

230.5

185.2

233.7

204.2

126.1

131.4

118.1

121.4

137.9

115.9

110.0

125.0

Cuba

6.3

6.3

6.4

6.8

7.0

6.6

6.7

6.7

6.5

7.0

6.5

6.0

6.0

6.0

8.7

8.0

8.0

8.0

Dominican Rep

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

5.2

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.8

4.5

4.7

5.0

5.0

5.2

5.2

5.5

6.3

6.4

6.5

6.5

6.5

6.5

Guatemala

0.6

0.5

0.6

0.3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Haiti

10.3

12.0

11.0

6.0

6.0

8.0

8.0

8.5

8.5

8.5

8.0

8.0

8.0

7.7

6.5

5.6

3.5

3.4

Honduras

0.1

0.0

0.0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Jamaica

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

Mexico

75.6

74.0

68.0

68.0

62.7

52.0

50.0

51.0

45.0

38.0

38.0

38.0

38.0

37.0

36.9

35.0

35.0

35.0

Nicaragua

0.5

0.5

0.2

0.2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Venezuela

5.8

6.0

6.2

7.2

7.3

7.5

8.3

8.3

8.5

8.5

8.0

8.0

10.0

14.8

14.0

13.7

14.5

14.5

Far East

16.0

16.0

16.0

16.0

16.0

16.0

20.0

30.0

29.0

36.0

31.0

32.0

43.0

49.0

48.0

42.0

36.0

38.0

China

16.0

16.0

16.0

16.0

16.0

16.0

20.0

30.0

29.0

36.0

31.0

32.0

43.0

49.0

48.0

42.0

36.0

38.0

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


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