AGRICULTURAL TRADE

Table 111. Agricultural products: imports in value
Table 112. Agricultural products: exports in value
Table 113. Cereals: imports in volume
Table 114. Cereals: exports in volume
Table 115. Rice: imports in volume
Table 116. Rice: exports in volume
Table 117. Wheat +flour wheat equiv.: imports in volume
Table 118. Wheat + flour wheat equiv.: exports in volume
Table 119. Palm oil: imports in volume
Table 120. Palm oil: exports in volume
Table 121. Natural Rubber: Imports in Volume
Table 122. Natural Rubber: Exports in Volume
Table 123. Coffee (green + roast): imports in volume
Table 124. Coffee (green + roast): exports in volume
Table 125. Tea: imports in volume
Table 126. Tea: exports in volume
Table 127. Cotton lint: imports in volume
Table 128. Cotton lint: exports in volume
Table 129. Jute: imports in volume
Table 130. Jute: exports in volume
Table 131. Silk: Imports in Volume
Table 132. Silk: Exports in Volume

Total exports (million US$) of agricultural products (Asia Pacific Region and Rest of World)

Total agricultural exports (million US$) for Asia-Pacific region countries with largest value of exports

Table 111. Agricultural products: imports in value

Unit: Million US$
							Annual
Country	1990	1997	1998	1999	2000		Growth Rate
							1990-2000
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
1. Bangladesh	767	1,369	1,314	1,966	1,434		11.0	%
2. Bhutan	16	25	21	20	18		2.2	%
3. Cambodia	14	350	306	296	227		42.0	%
4. China	16,823	27,582	23,251	21,527	24,105		4.3	%
5. Cook Islands	10	14	10	11	11	F	1.5	%
6. DPR Korea	247	453	401	326	415		2.9	%
7. Fiji	91	136	121	108	75		0.7	%
8. India	1,085	2,577	3,833	3,970	2,872		16.2	%
9. Indonesia	1,591	4,467	3,655	4,736	4,054		10.7	%
10. Iran	2,676	3,343	2,530	2,671	2,643		0.7	%
11. Laos	12	88	72	79	79		23.7	%
12. Malaysia	2,137	4,372	3,535	3,733	3,070	F	5.4	%
13. Maldives	32	79	65	58	54		7.1	%
14. Mongolia	66	82	72	61	87		3.1	%
15. Myanmar	120	123	289	283	114	F	3.4	%
16. Nepal	123	208	312	236	222		8.0	%
17. Pakistan	1,399	1,816	2,084	2,365	1,719		5.2	%
18. Papua New Guinea	198	237	205	192	162		-1.4	%
19. Philippines	1,363	2,544	2,762	2,646	2,633		10.3	%
20. Republic of Korea	6,459	9,710	6,763	7,325	8,297		2.2	%
21. Samoa	19	16	19	16	15	F	-1.3	%
22. Solomon Islands	16	22	20	19	18		2.2	%
23. Sri Lanka	494	857	833	772	767		6.2	%
24. Thailand	1,601	3,054	2,249	2,316	2,612		4.2	%
25. Tonga	18	22	22	21	21	F	3.5	%
26. Vanuatu	14	22	21	21	17		3.8	%
27. Viet Nam	236	815	1,078	1,102	1,355		23.5	%
SUB-TOTAL	37,625	64,382	55,843	56,876	57,096		5.3	%
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
28. Australia	1,717	2,834	2,639	3,076	2,989		6.8	%
29. Japan	28,659	38,205	34,757	35,276	36,154		2.4	%
30. New Zealand	668	1,183	984	1,120	1,096		6.8	%
SUB-TOTAL	31,044	42,223	38,379	39,472	40,239		2.8	%
ASIA-PACIFIC TOTAL	68,669	106,605	94,223	96,348	97,335		4.2	%
REST OF WORLD	284,479	361,162	361,936	345,462	350,163		2.7	%
WORLD	353,148	467,767	456,159	441,810	447,497		3.0	%

Table 112. Agricultural products: exports in value

Unit: Million US$
							Annual
Country	1990	1997	1998	1999	2000		Growth Rate
							1990-2000
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
1. Bangladesh	160	148	158	130	104		-1.6	%
2. Bhutan	12	19	17	17	17		5.6	%
3. Cambodia	38	45	27	44	25		3.2	%
4. China	13,840	19,148	16,894	15,533	17,587		1.2	%
5. Cook Islands	2	1	0	0	0	F	-15.5	%
6. DPR Korea	56	106	100	28	37	F	-1.8	%
7. Fiji	183	187	156	166	142		-2.3	%
8. India	3,075	5,656	5,225	4,642	4,951		7.3	%
9. Indonesia	2,802	6,090	5,054	5,136	4,946		6.8	%
10. Iran	457	891	1,085	1,112	868		6.5	%
11. Laos	34	21	28	27	34		-2.3	%
12. Malaysia	4,360	7,330	7,756	7,118	4,348	F	3.9	%
13. Maldives	0	0	0	0	0		52.5	%
14. Mongolia	159	122	113	91	91		1.0	%
15. Myanmar	188	328	300	260	79		-2.0	%
16. Nepal	49	60	42	40	37		-2.6	%
17. Pakistan	987	837	1,153	1,189	1,069		1.3	%
18. Papua New Guinea	220	534	497	423	322		8.3	%
19. Philippines	1,230	1,803	1,718	1,358	1,540		2.6	%
20. Republic of Korea	1,145	1,810	1,656	1,694	1,533		5.1	%
21. Samoa	8	9	6	6	8		2.4	%
22. Solomon Islands	20	66	47	41	39		9.6	%
23. Sri Lanka	745	1,079	1,064	949	1,002		6.7	%
24. Thailand	5,388	8,692	7,097	7,159	7,274		3.2	%
25. Tonga	8	7	5	8	8		-4.2	%
26. Vanuatu	12	27	27	20	18		7.5	%
27. Viet Nam	754	2,135	2,440	2,446	2,176		16.3	%
SUB-TOTAL	35,932	57,150	52,666	49,637	48,255		3.7	%
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
28. Australia	11,750	16,948	14,344	14,607	14,698		4.1	%
29. Japan	1,165	1,639	1,558	1,660	1,560		2.6	%
30. New Zealand	4,780	7,034	5,670	5,388	5,961		2.6	%
SUB-TOTAL	17,695	25,621	21,572	21,655	22,220		3.5	%
ASIA-PACIFIC TOTAL	53,626	82,771	74,239	71,292	70,474		3.7	%
REST OF WORLD	272,617	375,226	363,199	345,507	340,074		3.1	%
WORLD	326,244	457,997	437,437	416,799	410,549		3.2	%

Table 113. Cereals: imports in volume

Unit: 1000 MT
						Annual
Country	1990	1997	1998	1999	2000	Growth Rate
						1990-2000
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
1. Bangladesh	1,538	1,613	2,176	4,765	2,062	8.3	%
2. Bhutan	40	55	35	43	43	-0.1	%
3. Cambodia	26	40	66	63	65	6.0	%
4. China	20,713	11,892	10,637	10,158	10,100	-7.5	%
5. Cook Islands	2	2	3	2	1	0.9	%
6. DPR Korea	596	1,468	1,507	1,195	1,730	5.2	%
7. Fiji	95	149	144	128	135	3.3	%
8. India	131	1,490	1,821	1,611	55	23.0	%
9. Indonesia	1,828	5,087	6,683	8,599	6,863	14.2	%
10. Iran	5,525	8,711	5,180	8,439	9,928	6.1	%
11. Laos	7	27	45	10	16	6.5	%
12. Malaysia	2,664	4,477	3,569	4,151	4,005	3.7	%
13. Maldives	27	29	25	18	10	-4.4	%
14. Mongolia	58	122	205	77	163	10.0	%
15. Myanmar	7	41	44	101	104	33.1	%
16. Nepal	14	33	24	56	202	21.4	%
17. Pakistan	2,048	2,503	2,527	3,243	1,054	1.7	%
18. Papua New Guinea	205	335	319	338	253	3.1	%
19. Philippines	2,545	3,479	4,784	3,055	3,799	8.7	%
20. Republic of Korea	9,087	11,833	11,993	10,804	12,801	2.2	%
21. Samoa	13	6	7	6	5	-5.5	%
22. Solomon Islands	12	34	35	36	34	9.5	%
23. Sri Lanka	945	1,286	1,189	1,224	1,029	2.5	%
24. Thailand	387	830	940	922	1,100	7.7	%
25. Tonga	7	8	8	9	9	2.4	%
26. Vanuatu	8	14	15	14	13	5.5	%
27. Viet Nam	227	481	667	711	863	11.9	%
SUB-TOTAL	48,752	56,048	54,650	59,778	56,445	1.9	%
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
28. Australia	40	49	40	53	54	3.6	%
29. Japan	27,008	27,872	26,997	27,813	27,012	-0.2	%
30. New Zealand	279	261	193	352	253	1.6	%
SUB-TOTAL	27,327	28,182	27,231	28,218	27,319	-0.2	%
ASIA-PACIFIC TOTAL	76,079	84,229	81,881	87,996	83,764	1.2	%
REST OF WORLD	147,060	156,793	163,256	172,818	179,827	1.2	%
WORLD	223,139	241,022	245,136	260,814	263,590	1.2	%

Table 114. Cereals: exports in volume

Unit: 1000 MT
						Annual
Country	1990	1997	1998	1999	2000	Growth Rate
						1990-2000
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
1. Bangladesh	0	0	0	0	0	21.5	%
2. Bhutan	0	16	19	19	19	10.2	%
3. Cambodia	5	5	1	2	1	-20.4	%
4. China	4,307	8,575	9,063	7,553	13,998	1.2	%
5. Cook Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-
6. DPR Korea	43	1	1	1	1	-37.5	%
7. Fiji	1	3	3	3	3	10.0	%
8. India	652	2,435	4,981	1,912	2,822	18.0	%
9. Indonesia	145	19	635	94	32	-7.1	%
10. Iran	0	7	5	5	7	-25.3	%
11. Laos	0	0	0	2	1	-25.9	%
12. Malaysia	65	249	316	146	30	2.4	%
13. Maldives	-	-	-	-	-	-
14. Mongolia	34	0	0	0	0	-47.3	%
15. Myanmar	234	78	295	148	146	-6.9	%
16. Nepal	0	32	32	27	0	15.1	%
17. Pakistan	744	1,771	1,976	1,795	2,087	8.6	%
18. Papua New Guinea	1	0	0	0	1	20.7	%
19. Philippines	0	0	0	0	4	-6.0	%
20. Republic of Korea	1	19	25	43	54	40.4	%
21. Samoa	-	-	-	-	-	-
22. Solomon Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-
23. Sri Lanka	0	1	3	1	2	17.3	%
24. Thailand	5,281	5,667	6,689	6,948	6,206	2.3	%
25. Tonga	-	-	-	-	-	-
26. Vanuatu	-	-	-	-	-	-
27. Viet Nam	1,660	3,639	3,734	4,511	3,486	12.6	%
SUB-TOTAL	13,174	22,519	27,777	23,209	28,899	4.7	%
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
28. Australia	15,013	24,139	19,973	22,061	21,819	6.1	%
29. Japan	436	407	734	609	472	3.1	%
30. New Zealand	34	9	55	5	24	-11.7	%
SUB-TOTAL	15,483	24,555	20,762	22,675	22,316	6.0	%
ASIA-PACIFIC TOTAL	28,657	47,073	48,540	45,884	51,215	5.1	%
REST OF WORLD	197,578	200,742	207,833	219,716	220,263	0.7	%
WORLD	226,235	247,816	256,373	265,600	271,478	1.4	%

Table 115. Rice: imports in volume

Unit: 1000 MT
											Annual
Country	1990		1997		1998		1999		2000		Growth Rate
											1990-2000
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
1. Bangladesh	380.1		179.4		1,127.2		2,215.3		502.0		44.8	%
2. Bhutan	19.4		29.0		9.7		9.6		9.6	F	-7.6	%
3. Cambodia	25.8		27.6	*	39.2	*	36.4	*	33.0	*	-1.3	%
4. China	463.2		703.8		594.9		524.7		578.0	F	1.9	%
5. Cook Islands	0.2		0.2		0.2		0.2		0.2	F	3.8	%
6. DPR Korea	27.0		327.3		514.0		250.3		448.3		20.4	%
7. Fiji	20.7		53.5	*	57.4		35.3		31.1		6.7	%
8. India	66.0		0.1		6.6		34.5		13.2		-27.1	%
9. Indonesia	49.6		348.1		2,895.0		4,748.1		1,355.0		45.2	%
10. Iran	620.0		637.5		631.3		852.0		1,129.5		2.5	%
11. Laos	4.2		19.9		40.6		4.7		13.7		6.8	%
12. Malaysia	330.3		630.0		657.9		612.5		476.9		5.8	%
13. Maldives	15.0	*	11.8		11.8	F	11.8	F	1.8	*	-8.1	%
14. Mongolia	19.1		7.7		6.6		7.7		4.1		-9.1	%
15. Myanmar	0.0		0.0		0.0	F	0.0	F	0.0	F	0.0	%
16. Nepal	11.6		29.5	F	11.1	F	29.0		195.0	F	20.3	%
17. Pakistan	0.0		0.2		0.9		1.5		0.7		60.1	%
18. Papua New Guinea	130.5		168.2		165.2		165.2	F	151.1		1.0	%
19. Philippines	592.7		722.4		2,414.0		834.4		642.3		92.9	%
20. Republic of Korea	1.6		24.1		61.6		155.8		172.3		79.3	%
21. Samoa	5.2		0.3		0.7		0.3		0.2		-11.9	%
22. Solomon Islands	9.7		24.0	*	24.0	F	24.0	F	26.0	F	9.2	%
23. Sri Lanka	131.8		305.9		167.5		206.1		14.9		-6.1	%
24. Thailand	0.0		0.3		0.8		1.4		0.5		64.4	%
25. Tonga	0.2		0.3		0.4		0.8		0.8	F	12.4	%
26. Vanuatu	4.6		10.0	F	10.0	F	10.0	F	10.0	F	6.9	%
27. Viet Nam	1.9		0.0	*	1.3	*	5.2	*	5.2	F	6.3	%
SUB-TOTAL	2,930.5		4,261.1		9,449.8		10,776.8		5,816.0		13.6	%
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
28. Australia	27.2		42.8	*	37.2	*	49.9		52.3		6.4	%
29. Japan	18.3		568.7		499.4		664.2		655.8		49.2	%
30. New Zealand	14.0		24.8		25.8		28.3		30.4		7.9	%
SUB-TOTAL	59.5		636.3		562.4		742.5		738.5		31.5	%
ASIA-PACIFIC TOTAL	2,990.0		4,897.4		10,012.2		11,519.2		6,554.3		14.0	%
REST OF WORLD	9,297.7		14,180.6		14,760.0		15,427.7		15,222.9		4.4	%
WORLD	12,287.8		19,078.0		24,772.2		26,946.9		21,777.1		7.1	%

Table 116. Rice: exports in volume

Unit: 1000 MT
											Annual
Country	1990		1997		1998		1999		2000		Growth Rate
											1990-2000
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
1. Bangladesh	0.0		0.1		0.1		0.2		0.2	F	21.5	%
2. Bhutan	0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	F	29.9	%
3. Cambodia	0.0		3.6	*	0.6	*	2.2	*	0.6	*	-38.6	%
4. China	429.8		1,022.2		3,799.6		2,826.6		3,077.0	F	15.7	%
5. Cook Islands	-		-		-		-		-		-
6. DPR Korea	43.0	*	0.0	F	0.0	F	0.0	F	0.0	F	-55.4	%
7. Fiji	0.1		0.0	F	0.0	F	0.0	F	0.0	F	-61.8	%
8. India	505.0		2,388.8		4,962.9		1,895.3		1,532.6		19.3	%
9. Indonesia	1.9		0.1		2.0		2.7		1.2		-23.7	%
10. Iran	0.0		0.2		0.0		0.4		0.4		16.5	%
11. Laos	-		-		-		-		-		-
12. Malaysia	0.1		0.1		2.1		0.1	*	0.1	F	-2.3	%
13. Maldives	-		-		-		-		-		-
14. Mongolia	0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	F	0.0	F		%
15. Myanmar	213.6		28.3		120.4		59.7		141.6		-12.6	%
16. Nepal	0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0			%
17. Pakistan	743.9		1,767.2		1,971.6		1,791.2		2,016.3		8.5	%
18. Papua New Guinea	0.7		0.0		0.0	F	0.0	F	1.1		20.7	%
19. Philippines	0.0		0.0		0.0		0.3		0.2		-0.5	%
20. Republic of Korea	0.5		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.1		-39.4	%
21. Samoa	0.0		0.0	F	0.0	F	0.0	F	0.0	F		%
22. Solomon Islands	0.0		0.0	F	0.0	F	0.0	F	0.0	F		%
23. Sri Lanka	0.2		1.4		2.7		1.4		2.0		19.1	%
24. Thailand	4,017.1		5,567.5		6,537.5		6,838.9		6,140.3		4.6	%
25. Tonga	-		-		-		-		-		-
26. Vanuatu	-		-		-		-		-		-
27. Viet Nam	1,624.0		3,574.8		3,730.0		4,508.3		3,477.0		13.1	%
SUB-TOTAL	7,580.1		14,354.3		21,129.7		17,927.3		16,391.0		9.2	%
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
28. Australia	424.3		654.6		551.8		668.6		621.7		4.2	%
29. Japan	0.0		35.9		358.2		144.0		42.1		189.2	%
30. New Zealand	0.1		0.0		0.1		0.1		0.2		9.6	%
SUB-TOTAL	424.4		690.5		910.0		812.6		664.0		6.8	%
ASIA-PACIFIC TOTAL	8,004.5		15,044.8		22,039.7		18,739.9		17,055.1		9.1	%
REST OF WORLD	4,466.8		5,919.3		6,803.5		6,473.8		6,107.8		3.8	%
WORLD	12,471.3		20,964.0		28,843.2		25,213.7		23,162.9		7.5	%

Table 117. Wheat +flour wheat equiv.: imports in volume

Unit: 1000 MT
											Annual
Country	1990		1997		1998		1999		2000		Growth Rate
											1990-2000
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
1. Bangladesh	1,157		1,420		1,042		2,424		1,451		2.7	%
2. Bhutan	19		24		23	F	23	F	23	F	1.7	%
3. Cambodia	0		13	*	22	*	26	*	32	*	13.2	%
4. China	13,807		3,199		2,853		1,808		2,373		-18.8	%
5. Cook Islands	1		2		3		2		1		0.1	%
6. DPR Korea	300	*	435		388	*	531	*	781	*	3.3	%
7. Fiji	62		87	*	82	*	89	*	101	*	3.1	%
8. India	64		1,489		1,812		1,371		11		13.6	%
9. Indonesia	1,767		3,634		3,468		3,225		4,226		7.1	%
10. Iran	3,382		5,958		3,535		6,156		6,578		8.4	%
11. Laos	3		7		5		4		2		2.8	%
12. Malaysia	841		1,082		1,065		1,332		1,211	*	2.0	%
13. Maldives	12		17		13		6		8		-3.2	%
14. Mongolia	38		113		198		68		158	*	12.8	%
15. Myanmar	7		41		44		101		104	*	33.1	%
16. Nepal	1		3	F	13		27		4		12.3	%
17. Pakistan	2,047		2,500		2,524		3,240		1,048		1.7	%
18. Papua New Guinea	55		127	*	124	*	153		82		5.4	%
19. Philippines	1,597		2,441		1,891		2,057		2,686		4.2	%
20. Republic of Korea	2,516		3,326		4,697		2,190		3,330		-2.4	%
21. Samoa	7		6		6		5		5		-3.2	%
22. Solomon Islands	3		10	*	11	*	12	*	8	*	12.2	%
23. Sri Lanka	767		888		913		891		889		2.1	%
24. Thailand	373		572		698		788		747		5.5	%
25. Tonga	7		7		8		8		8	F	1.9	%
26. Vanuatu	3		4		5		4		3		2.4	%
27. Viet Nam	223		462		568		559		661		9.5	%
SUB-TOTAL	29,061		27,867		26,010		27,100		26,532		-1.5	%
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
28. Australia	0		1	*	2	*	3		2		23.1	%
29. Japan	5,474		6,317		5,760		5,975		5,855		0.5	%
30. New Zealand	183		226		159		217		207		1.5	%
SUB-TOTAL	5,657		6,544		5,921		6,194		6,063		0.5	%
ASIA-PACIFIC TOTAL	34,718		34,411		31,930		33,294		32,595		-1.1	%
REST OF WORLD	70,553		83,558		87,159		89,752		92,077		1.4	%
WORLD	105,271		117,970		119,089		123,046		124,672		0.7	%