estim. | f'cast | estim. | f'cast | |||
| ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) | ||||||
| ASIA | 41.6 | 45.5 | 46.2 | 46.6 | 53.0 | 53.5 |
| Bangladesh | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.6 | - | - | - |
| China 2/ | 5.8 | 10.9 | 13.0 | 7.2 | 10.0 | 10.2 |
| Hong Kong | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| India | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Indonesia | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | - | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. of | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Japan | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 20.6 | 21.0 | 19.8 |
| Korea, Rep. of | 5.9 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 6.1 | 7.8 | 9.0 |
| Malaysia | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| Pakistan | 2.1 | 2.5 | 1.8 | - | - | 0.1 |
| Philippines | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| Singapore | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Syria | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Yemen | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| AFRICA | 20.5 | 19.8 | 19.1 | 10.5 | 9.5 | 10.6 |
| North Africa | 14.3 | 14.4 | 14.6 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 5.8 |
| Algeria | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| Egypt | 5.9 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
| Morocco | 2.4 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| Tunisia | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.2 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.8 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - |
| Ethiopia | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | - | - |
| Kenya | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | - | 0.6 |
| Madagascar | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | - | - | - |
| Senegal | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Sudan | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | - |
| CENTRAL AMERICA | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 7.7 | 8.0 |
| Mexico | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 6.0 |
| SOUTH AMERICA | 10.8 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
| Brazil | 5.7 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| Colombia | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| Peru | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Venezuela | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| NORTH AMERICA | 3.2 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| EUROPE | 5.0 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 5.8 |
| EC 3/ | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| CIS 4/ | 6.5 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| OCEANIA | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Unspecified | - | - | 0.9 | - | - | 0.8 |
| WORLD | 93.4 | 93.2 | 95.5 | 82.9 | 87.1 | 88.0 |
| Developing countries | 70.3 | 73.4 | 74.5 | 45.4 | 52.4 | 54.7 |
| Developed countries | 23.1 | 19.8 | 20.9 | 37.5 | 34.7 | 33.3 |