estim. | f'cast | estim. | f'cast | |||
| ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) | ||||||
| ASIA | 8.3 | 12.4 | 8.8 | 96.5 | 110.9 | 108.5 |
| Bangladesh | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 2.6 |
| China 2/ | 0.8 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 13.7 | 22.9 | 23.6 |
| Hong Kong | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| India | - | - | - | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Indonesia | 0.6 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 4.8 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. of | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.0 |
| Japan | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 29.2 | 27.3 | 26.4 |
| Korea, Rep. of | - | - | 0.1 | 12.0 | 12.1 | 11.6 |
| Malaysia | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| Pakistan | - | - | - | 2.1 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| Philippines | - | 0.3 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 3.9 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 5.5 |
| Singapore | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.1 | - | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| Syria | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Yemen | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| AFRICA | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 34.5 | 32.5 | 33.3 |
| North Africa | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 20.9 | 20.7 | 20.5 |
| Algeria | - | - | - | 6.2 | 5.4 | 4.8 |
| Egypt | - | - | - | 8.1 | 9.2 | 7.6 |
| Morocco | - | - | - | 3.0 | 1.8 | 3.9 |
| Tunisia | - | - | - | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 13.6 | 11.9 | 12.8 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Ethiopia | - | - | - | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| Kenya | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
| Madagascar | - | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Senegal | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Sudan | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| CENTRAL AMERICA | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 11.9 | 13.3 | 13.8 |
| Mexico | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 7.7 |
| SOUTH AMERICA | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 16.8 | 17.7 | 17.5 |
| Brazil | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 7.8 | 8.9 | 9.2 |
| Colombia | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| Peru | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| Venezuela | - | 0.1 | - | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| NORTH AMERICA | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 8.4 | 6.7 | 6.6 |
| EUROPE | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 12.9 | 12.2 | 12.4 |
| EC 3/ | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 4.9 | 6.9 | 7.5 |
| CIS 4/ | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 11.0 | 6.0 | 6.4 |
| OCEANIA | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
| Unspecified | - | - | - | - | - | 1.7 |
| WORLD | 16.7 | 20.3 | 17.8 5/ | 193.0 | 200.6 | 201.3 |
| Developing countries | 11.6 | 17.7 | 14.8 | 127.3 | 143.5 | 144.0 |
| Developed countries | 5.1 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 65.7 | 57.1 | 57.3 |