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| ASIA | 501.9 | 513.7 | 514.3 | 931.8 | 956.3 | 960.7 |
| Bangladesh | 26.6 | 28.9 | 28.0 | 27.9 | 30.3 | 29.4 |
| China 2/ | 187.3 | 191.7 | 192.0 | 418.6 | 437.8 | 440.3 |
| India | 119.6 | 120.9 | 121.5 | 214.9 | 216.6 | 217.7 |
| Indonesia | 48.5 | 50.5 | 51.0 | 56.7 | 58.5 | 59.5 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. of | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 16.6 | 16.4 | 16.0 |
| Japan | 13.4 | 12.9 | 12.2 | 14.1 | 13.7 | 13.1 |
| Korea, D. P. R. | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| Korea, Rep. of | 6.4 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 7.0 |
| Myanmar | 18.0 | 17.1 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 17.6 | 17.5 |
| Pakistan | 5.9 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 24.8 | 25.2 | 24.1 |
| Philippines | 11.1 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 15.3 | 15.9 | 16.0 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | - | - | 4.5 | 1.9 | 2.5 |
| Thailand | 21.3 | 21.3 | 21.8 | 25.7 | 25.9 | 26.6 |
| Turkey | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 28.2 | 29.1 | 29.2 |
| Viet Nam | 25.0 | 26.4 | 27.0 | 26.2 | 27.7 | 28.3 |
| AFRICA | 14.5 | 16.0 | 15.1 | 98.9 | 126.1 | 116.0 |
| North Africa | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 21.7 | 34.8 | 26.6 |
| Egypt | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 16.8 | 17.0 | 16.8 |
| Morocco | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 10.1 | 6.3 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 9.6 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 77.1 | 91.3 | 89.4 |
| Western Africa | 5.6 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 35.4 | 37.2 | 37.7 |
| Nigeria | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 20.8 | 21.6 | 22.2 |
| Central Africa | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
| Eastern Africa | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 23.4 | 25.6 | 26.1 |
| Ethiopia | - | - | - | 9.2 | 11.1 | 11.5 |
| Sudan | - | - | - | 3.3 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
| Southern Africa | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 15.2 | 25.3 | 22.6 |
| Madagascar | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| South Africa | - | - | - | 7.2 | 13.5 | 11.2 |
| Zimbabwe | - | - | - | 1.0 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| CENTRAL AMERICA | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 29.8 | 32.0 | 33.4 |
| Mexico | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 24.7 | 26.8 | 27.8 |
| SOUTH AMERICA | 19.1 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 90.9 | 93.8 | 100.8 |
| Argentina | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 24.0 | 30.2 | 33.0 |
| Brazil | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 | 49.6 | 46.2 | 49.8 |
| Colombia | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| NORTH AMERICA | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 326.3 | 396.9 | 402.1 |
| Canada | - | - | - | 49.3 | 59.2 | 54.6 |
| United States | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 276.9 | 337.7 | 347.5 |
| EUROPE | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 274.1 | 291.1 | 294.3 |
| Bulgaria | - | - | - | 6.5 | 3.5 | 5.3 |
| EC 3/ | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 180.1 | 207.9 | 202.6 |
| Hungary | - | - | - | 11.1 | 11.1 | 12.6 |
| Poland | - | - | - | 25.9 | 25.0 | 24.0 |
| Romania | - | 0.1 | 0.1 | 19.9 | 14.3 | 19.3 |
| CIS 4/ | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 125.8 | 125.7 | 135.6 |
| OCEANIA | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 29.1 | 35.5 | 28.9 |
| Australia | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 28.2 | 34.6 | 28.1 |
| WORLD | 549.9 | 562.4 | 562.3 | 1 906.7 | 2 057.4 | 2 072.0 |
| Developing countries | 523.8 | 536.6 | 537.1 | 1 130.0 | 1 180.9 | 1 186.7 |
| Developed countries | 26.1 | 25.8 | 25.2 | 776.7 | 876.5 | 885.3 |