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Home | Economics & Trade | World Production | Linseed: production

Linseed Production (Mt)

1990-Present

From FAOSTAT Database: Production--ProdSTAT--Crops (http://faostat.fao.org/)  

updated 12-11-2008

For previous years, go to our Historical Production Data page

blank cell = no data reported
* = Unofficial figure | F = FAO estimate | P = Provisional official data

countries 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Afghanistan 14000 F 13500 F 13500 F 13500 F 13500 F 13500 F 13500 F 13500 F 13500 F 13500 F 13500 F 13500 F 13500 F 13500 F 13500 F 13500 F 13500 F 13500 F
Argentina 514200 456800 342900 176500 112560 152182 152660 71707 75148 85673 46917 22300 15500 11250 29000 36000 53780 34000
Armenia 60
Australia 1750 4102 5351 3851 8800 5900 15100 7000 8800 10000 9200 9100 9000 7000 * 8000 * 10000 * 8000 *
Austria 5633 5868 6441 5765 2415 P
Bangladesh 48085 54540 49480 49115 48320 48655 46000 50195 50425 46000 48000 * 50000 * 50000 * 50000 * 50000 * 50000 * 50000 * 50000 F
Belarus 23800 22700 23100 28900 22800 14300 12000 12600 16600 17000 13800 17409 22576 19460 11099 12200 F
Belgium 14800 11900 14100 13460 12341 10270 10578 9893
Belgium-Luxembourg 8792 7450 5428 7467 8997 10900 11880 12406 10174 12420
Brazil 20000 * 20000 * 20000 * 12000 * 11000 * 8000 * 7000 * 7000 * 6000 * 6000 * 4000 * 4000 * 5000 * 5000 * 10000 * 11000 * 12000 * 12000 F
Bulgaria 858 533 61 0 * 0 F 10 1 0 18 F 30 F 60 F 90 F 120 F 142 100 F 100 F 160 F 140 F
Canada 889000 635000 337000 627400 960100 1105000 851000 895400 1080900 935000 693400 715000 679400 754400 516900 990600 988800 633500
Chile 900 F 900 F 900 F 900 F 900 F 900 F 900 F 900 F 900 F 900 F 990 F 990 F 1000 F 1035 F 1080 F 1125 F 1150 F 1150 F
China 535122 510000 * 500000 440000 * 511400 363846 553364 393202 523429 404000 343748 252645 409000 450000 460000 * 475000 * 480000 * 480000 *
Cyprus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F
Czech Republic 4020 2677 2700 * 2800 * 2800 * 2103 7642 7552 7952 5308 4848 3460 8851 7990 1700
Czechoslovakia 16387 13477 5600 *
Denmark 80 F 90 F 695 304 313 1219 2027 3037 1645 5066 2670 282 68 39 30 0 45 F 40 F
Ecuador 7 9 31 30 F 18 24 29 30 F 30 F 30 F 30 F 30 F 35 F 36 F 38 F 38 F 40 F 48 F
Egypt 21000 28000 21000 * 22000 * 23000 * 22514 23000 * 24000 F 27000 F 30000 30000 30000 * 15127 22439 30486 28000 * 27000 * 26300 F
Eritrea 350 670 500 F 500 F 400 F 350 F 305 184 587 55 50 F 92 11 11 F 15 F
Estonia 200 F 200 F 200 F 200 36 98 21 59 54 94 98 58 108 209 140 120 F
Ethiopia 35000 F 45000 F 56838 121999 66346 44023 35278 32138 64052 51052 77363 151864 125907 127998 67000 *
Ethiopia PDR 33997 34000 * 35000 F
France 36410 26655 18795 22210 31140 32756 28464 31395 28402 33923 37162 28459 48925 53503 54561 59236 43155 41000 F
Germany 4000 * 12000 * 70000 * 30000 * 27000 * 46000 * 74000 * 116000 194000 160000 * 90000 * 32000 * 10000 * 15000 * 23160 25370 14000 * 6400 F
Hungary 9827 12852 4714 1198 2200 * 1300 F 866 424 1185 1800 880 778 463 701 1783 2818 1896 1950 F
India 325600 332000 292000 278000 330000 322600 291900 309000 241000 264900 240800 203500 209100 176700 196500 169700 172500 167000
Iran, Islamic Republic of 700 F 243 250 F 250 F 250 F 250 F 383 188 558 400 F 400 F 500 F 700 F 700 F 700 F 700 F 700 F 700 F
Iraq 350 F 250 F 300 F 310 F 300 F 300 F 290 F 300 F 310 F 300 F 290 F 250 F 200 F 180 F 180 F 180 F 250 F 250 F
Italy 480 1104 1010 825 832 4412 * 1200 * 2000 * 2000 * 2000 * 2000 * 2000 * 2000 * 2000 * 2000 * 2000 * 2000 * 2000 *
Japan 0 0 0
Kazakhstan 10800 3900 2300 1800 900 700 780 F 1200 590 800 630 786 777 1000 * 1000 * 1000 *
Kenya 1000 F 1100 F 900 F 900 F 900 F 900 F 900 F 900 F 900 F 900 F 800 F 800 F 800 F 800 F 800 F 800 F 800 F 800 F
Kyrgyzstan 132 301 372 350 F 300 F
Latvia 620 100 300 400 400 360 700 580 540 320 1500 600 300 600 300 500
Lithuania 3000 F 1200 3500 6500 3200 2900 2700 3700 2700 3200 F 2700 2700 1800 2000 700 400
Mexico 396 24 20 28 80 60 40 20 24 65 15 8 3 960 F 2000 960 3 F 3 F
Morocco 0 0 0
Nepal 14000 F 11800 F 11800 F 9400 F 9400 F 10400 F 8500 F 8500 F 7000 F 6500 F 4700 F 5600 F 6000 F 8000 F 6100 F 6100 F 6400 F 6400 F
Netherlands 8000 * 9000 * 4437 6000 * 7000 * 6000 * 5700 4600 3200 4600 4000 4200 4100 5347 5300 3641 3400 3500 F
New Zealand 300 F 400 F 500 F 600 F 700 F 800 F 918 1000 F 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1800 1800 1800 F 1900 F 1900 F
Pakistan 4465 4126 4365 4102 3901 4151 4609 4591 4531 4940 4473 2710 3021 2966 3091 2558 2781 3000 F
Peru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 191 390 464 529 388 1050 1104 751 552 844 900 F
Poland 10845 4852 1967 1987 3393 6193 2690 1593 1111 1314 493 727 641 733 870 1685 1348 1400 F
Portugal 0 0 0
Romania 28000 22800 17900 28000 6500 4744 4517 4758 3019 2800 1000 2000 1760 1500 2465 55 321 158
Russian Federation 50000 F 58000 54100 68690 58990 23400 33540 23700 51200 58000 38000 55300 57800 55500 36110 47490
Slovakia 3113 2601 3326 1668 1620 700 3590 1309 855 1754 1333 1786 2674 4548 3000 *
Spain 14 583 0 0 22 6963 7000 7900 * 30228 24000 * 14688 6989 3800 3800 7000 * 7000 * 7200 F 7300 F
Sweden 0 0 0 5400 9900 12200 6400 32500 7900 3300 5200 6900 11600 15700 11900 6700
Tunisia 4300 F 4400 F 4400 F 4500 F 4700 F 4700 F 4700 F 4700 F 4700 F 4700 F 4700 F 4700 F 4700 F 4700 F 4700 F 4700 F 4700 F 4700 F
Turkey 1570 1440 758 488 650 390 228 228 185 227 173 155 130 110 80 86 84 83
Ukraine 49662 34000 22000 25000 10000 5000 5000 4000 5000 6400 7000 * 10900 16200 28200 61500 45000 *
United Kingdom 70000 * 160900 225000 193000 94000 81000 87000 106000 143000 302000 43000 39000 18000 59000 52000 89000 49000 23000
United States of America 96800 157480 83500 88400 74200 56160 40690 61470 170400 200150 272550 290970 319270 264830 263360 500280 279900 149963
Uruguay 3382 6002 6000 2400 2125 1211 3000 * 3000 * 2000 * 3000 F 3000 F 3050 F 3050 F 3100 F 3200 F 3200 F 3200 F 3200 F
USSR 197000 * 140000 *
Uzbekistan 1700 1500 1300 900 500 1000 * 500 F 1000 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000 *

 
 

Kathie Richardson
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Last updated: 12.12.2008

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