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Home | Economics & Trade | World: Trade Exports and Imports | Exports: Flax Fibre & Tow Quantity

Flax Fibre &Tow Exports - Quantity (tonnes)

1990-2005 (data for 2006- present have not yet been reported by FAO)

From FAOSTAT Database: Trade--TradeSTAT--Detailed trade data (http://faostat.fao.org/)

last updated by FAO May 2008 (accessed 12/16/2008)

For previous years, go to our Historical Trade Data page

* = Unofficial figure | F = FAO estimate | R = Estimated data using trading partners database

countries	1990		1991		1992		1993		1994		1995		1996		1997		1998		1999		2000		2001		2002		2003		2004		2005
Argentina	9		0		0		0		0		0		0	F	1		0		0	*	0		0		0	F	0	F	0	F	0	F
Aruba																									0		0	F	0	F	0	F
Australia	10	*	0		2		0	*	3		0	*	1		0	*	0	*	3		0		0	F	33		0	*	0		0	F
Austria	36		247		162		660		447		264		257		336		59		634		475		229		447		372		159		696
Belarus																	2447		2740		2490		4127		14365		12699		20807		16056
Belgium																					71115		47769		51129		74137		92004		71804
Belgium-Luxembourg	21985		23474		20721		38481		47800		43336		24112		30224		40568		56781
Botswana																							0		0	F	0	F	0	F	0	F
Brazil											12		18		0	*	0	*	0	*	0		157		0	*	0	F	10	*	0	*
Bulgaria	0		0		0		236		434		212		56		1		1		1	F	1	F	0		14		15		21		0	*
Chile	0		0		0		0		10		0	*	0	F	0	*	0	*	0		0		0		0	F	0	F	0	F	0	F
China	3800		3649		1712		2194		1237		1182		353		224		277		199		203		71		125		89		18		513
China, Hong Kong SAR	145		23		49		612		80		0	*	0	*	44		0	*	5		538		4		47		0	*	0	F	0	F
Côte d'Ivoire															0		0		0		0		0		0	F	0	F	0	F	0	F
Croatia																													2		0	*
Czech Republic							132		152		73		73	F	170		36		90		237		155		150		83		8		230
Czechoslovakia	3100	*	809		0	*
Denmark	2		0		0		0		0		2		17		81		89		200		140	*	63		29		42		51		58
Egypt	4568	*	4120		4438		4653		6297		3545		3540		2928		4386		3985		5203		6299		6855		9622		9529		8980
El Salvador																			1		0		5		0	*	0	F	0	F	0	F
Estonia					56		39		327		96		91		42		8		28		61		6		296		42		109		33
Ethiopia																													1		1	F
Fiji																											0		0	F	0	F
Finland	0		0		0		0		12		0	*	0		2		1		0	*	8		43		27		27		44		3
France	24228		33900		30035		38586		42398		31278		31863		44019		50442		67805		75542		58910		57579		88074		95521		95561
Germany	684	*	742		420		73		239		248		191		228		127		184		155		128		209		165		172		243
Greece															547		73		0	*	0	*	0	*	0	*	0	F	0	F	0	F
Guatemala																	1		0		0		0		0	F	0	F	0	F	0
Honduras	0		0		0		0		0		0		0	F	0	F	0	F	0	F	0		4		0	F	0	F	0	F	0	F
Hungary	1332		1000	*	243		273		0	*	237		0	*	811		477		113		0		170		131		0	*	203		0	*
India	0		0		0		0		6		0	*	0	*	3		0	*	0		131		105		0	*	74		63		20
Indonesia	0		0		10		0	*	0		8		37		11		26		7		2		20		24		0	*	0		5	*
Iran, Islamic Republic of									2		0	F	0	F	0	*	0	*	0	F	0		0		0	F	0	F	0	F	0	F
Ireland	39		22		5		1146		1639		540		352		582		274		0	*	9		0	*	0		0	F	0	F	0	F
Israel	0		0		0		0		5	F	20	F	0	F	0	F	0	F	150	F	200	F	250	F	0		0	F	0		0	F
Italy	241		350		110		475		1027		975		654		665		1013		1382		1325		1305		2070		3269		3943		2294
Japan	10		19		1		15		31		35		0	*	6		0	*	0	*	10		0		0	F	0	F	12		2
Korea, Republic of	0		0		1	*	0	*	237		14		0	*	135		89		105		199		97		28		0	*	18		20
Latvia									252		133		35		94		234		312		272		389		282		357		385		103
Lebanon	0		0		0		0		0	F	0	F	0	F	0		3		0		0		0		0		0		0	F	0	F
Lithuania					1305		1520	*	8218		10893		6225		5261		4179		5154		4391		5580		7083		9062		15463		7655
Luxembourg																					0		0		0		10		0		0
Madagascar									18		0	*	0	*	0	*	0	*	0	F	0		0		0	F	0	F	0		0	F
Malaysia									38		0	*	11		11	F	43		1		0		0		0	F	7		0	*	0	F
Mexico											2		0	*	0	*	0	*	0	*	1		0		0	F	1		0	*	0	F
Moldova									0		98		162		0						0		0		57		0	*	0	F	0	F
Morocco																							1		0	*	0	F	0	F	0	F
Nepal																											29		29	F	29	F
Netherlands	1487		4943		1312		2312		4075		1443		2936		1597		3091		5349		6843		4000		4661		7136		7330		7900
Norway									3		0	*	1		1		0	*	0	*	2		0		1		1		0	*	0	F
Poland	693		669		662		1023		1093		618		213		103		259		675		1665		905		1688		2152		4024		2563
Portugal	5		1		3		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		1		2		1		1
Romania	0		0	*	8		120		236				103		3		8		17		13		5		9		3		5		23
Russian Federation					106		83		5000	*	11000	*	173		1000	*	1085		150		70		748		4173		698		782		102
Saudi Arabia																					3		0		11		11	F	11	F	21
Singapore	0		0		0		1		0	*	1		0		0	*	1		0	*	1		0		0	F	0	F	0	F	0	F
Slovakia							261		375		165		38		24		143		53		0		0		70		20		0	*	0	F
Slovenia															10		0	*	0	F	0		0		0		0	F	2		0	*
South Africa					1	F	1	F	10		0	F	0	F	0	*	0	*	0	*	0		0		0	F	0	F	2		20
Spain	10		3		1		23		117		77		19		39		17		17		115	*	75	*	13		7		9		3
Sri Lanka													7		0	*	0	*	0	*	0		0		0	F	8		0		46
Swaziland															1		0		0	F	0		0		0	F	0	F	0	F	0
Sweden	4		2		2		1		4		0	*	0		2		0		0	*	1		0		0		1		4		3
Switzerland	48		24		32		41		166		1		6		1		0		13		2		0		0	F	0	F	2		6
Thailand									21		0	*	0		6		1		1		0		0		0		8		3	*	2
Togo																															5
Tunisia									2		17		2		48		21		34		6		74		1		0	*	0	F	0	F
Turkey	6		3		3		8		2		4		23		10		9		24		13		87		74		494		79		6
Ukraine															8662		7185		5730		3685		4114		10430		0	*	0	F	9576
United Kingdom	705		721		508		1378		1519		983		609		1179		724		726		1371		442		0		3		36		46
United States of America	62		572		3550		22		13		85		38		66		14		22		122		662		445		292		263		296
USSR	3676		0	*
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	10	*	10	*	0	*	0		0		0		0	F	0	F	0	F	0	F	0		0		0	F	0	F	0	F	0	F
Yugoslav SFR	34		0

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Last updated: 17.12.2008

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