estim. | f'cast | estim. | f'cast | |||
| ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) | ||||||
| ASIA | 11.8 | 15.0 | 12.6 | 29.1 | 24.6 | 18.7 |
| China 2/ | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 13.4 | 3.8 | 1.3 |
| India | 1.0 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 3.5 |
| Indonesia | 0.2 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - |
| Japan | - | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Korea, D. P. R. | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Myanmar | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Pakistan | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | - | - | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.4 |
| Thailand | 4.7 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 5.6 |
| Turkey | - | - | - | 1.9 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| Viet Nam | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| AFRICA | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 2.0 |
| Egypt | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| South Africa | - | - | - | 1.6 | 3.4 | 0.6 |
| Sudan | - | - | - | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Zimbabwe | - | - | - | 0.1 | 0.6 | - |
| CENTRAL AMERICA | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - |
| SOUTH AMERICA | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 10.9 | 14.9 | 12.3 |
| Argentina | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 9.9 | 13.7 | 11.0 |
| Suriname | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Uruguay | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| NORTH AMERICA | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 99.6 | 118.2 | 122.6 |
| Canada | - | - | - | 24.1 | 25.8 | 23.3 |
| United States | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 75.5 | 92.4 | 99.3 |
| EUROPE | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 30.9 | 31.3 | 29.9 |
| EC 3/ | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 27.9 | 24.7 | 20.8 |
| Hungary | - | - | - | 0.2 | 2.3 | 2.8 |
| Poland | - | - | - | 0.1 | - | 0.8 |
| Romania | - | - | - | - | 1.1 | 3.1 |
| CIS 4/ | - | - | - | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| OCEANIA | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 17.8 | 10.8 | 15.6 |
| Australia | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 17.7 | 10.8 | 15.6 |
| WORLD | 16.7 | 20.3 | 18.0 5/ | 192.0 | 205.9 | 201.5 |
| Developing countries | 13.0 | 16.0 | 13.9 | 41.6 | 40.8 | 31.6 |
| Developed countries | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 150.4 | 165.1 | 169.9 |
