prelim. | estim. | prelim. | estim. | |||
| ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) | ||||||
| ASIA | 485.2 | 490.3 | 507.1 | 905.6 | 894.3 | 931.5 |
| Bangladesh | 27.1 | 25.2 | 26.7 | 28.3 | 26.5 | 28.0 |
| China 2/ | 179.8 | 178.0 | 192.1 | 405.8 | 393.3 | 417.6 |
| India | 120.6 | 121.9 | 120.1 | 208.9 | 211.1 | 215.7 |
| Indonesia | 48.2 | 46.6 | 48.5 | 54.6 | 53.3 | 55.2 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. of | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 16.3 | 16.8 | 17.2 |
| Japan | 9.8 | 15.0 | 13.4 | 10.7 | 15.8 | 14.1 |
| Korea, D. P. R. | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 7.0 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
| Korea, Rep. of | 6.5 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 6.8 |
| Myanmar | 16.8 | 18.2 | 18.5 | 17.3 | 18.7 | 19.1 |
| Pakistan | 6.0 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 23.9 | 22.3 | 24.8 |
| Philippines | 9.9 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 14.9 | 14.9 | 14.9 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | - | - | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Thailand | 18.4 | 21.0 | 21.1 | 22.0 | 25.2 | 25.6 |
| Turkey | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 31.7 | 27.0 | 28.2 |
| Viet Nam | 24.3 | 24.6 | 24.7 | 25.1 | 25.7 | 26.1 |
| AFRICA | 15.1 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 96.7 | 105.9 | 91.8 |
| North Africa | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 21.6 | 27.0 | 21.8 |
| Egypt | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 14.9 | 15.4 | 16.8 |
| Morocco | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 9.6 | 1.8 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.9 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 75.1 | 78.9 | 70.0 |
| Western Africa | 6.9 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 29.5 | 28.9 | 28.5 |
| Nigeria | 3.8 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 14.7 | 13.1 | 13.3 |
| Central Africa | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
| Eastern Africa | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 19.1 | 22.7 | 23.1 |
| Ethiopia | - | - | - | 7.0 | 7.6 | 8.6 |
| Sudan | - | - | - | 3.1 | 5.1 | 3.7 |
| Southern Africa | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 23.8 | 24.6 | 15.3 |
| Madagascar | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| South Africa | - | - | - | 12.7 | 16.0 | 7.5 |
| Zimbabwe | - | - | - | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.0 |
| CENTRAL AMERICA | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 32.7 | 31.6 | 29.5 |
| Mexico | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 27.2 | 26.9 | 24.2 |
| SOUTH AMERICA | 16.9 | 18.1 | 19.1 | 85.1 | 89.1 | 90.5 |
| Argentina | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 25.1 | 25.3 | 23.4 |
| Brazil | 9.9 | 10.5 | 11.2 | 42.8 | 45.8 | 49.9 |
| Colombia | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| NORTH AMERICA | 7.1 | 9.0 | 7.9 | 310.4 | 404.2 | 326.7 |
| Canada | - | - | - | 51.4 | 46.8 | 49.7 |
| United States | 7.1 | 9.0 | 7.9 | 259.0 | 357.4 | 277.0 |
| EUROPE | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 263.5 | 264.9 | 274.7 |
| Bulgaria | - | - | - | 5.7 | 6.4 | 6.3 |
| EC 3/ | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 167.8 | 163.7 | 179.7 |
| Hungary | - | - | - | 8.5 | 11.7 | 11.0 |
| Poland | - | - | - | 23.4 | 21.8 | 25.9 |
| Romania | - | 0.1 | 0.1 | 15.5 | 18.2 | 19.9 |
| CIS 4/ | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 177.7 | 141.9 | 119.2 |
| OCEANIA | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 27.9 | 15.9 | 27.4 |
| Australia | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 27.1 | 15.0 | 26.6 |
| WORLD | 531.0 | 538.0 | 555.7 | 1 899.5 | 1 947.7 | 1 891.2 |
| Developing countries | 509.3 | 509.1 | 529.5 | 1 096.4 | 1 089.0 | 1 121.5 |
| Developed countries | 21.7 | 28.9 | 26.2 | 803.1 | 858.7 | 769.7 |