Flax Fibre and Tow Yield (Hg/Ha)
FAOStat Database: Agriculture--Primary Crops.(http://faostat.fao.org/)
Accessed 12-15-2005
(2004 data provisional)
	Year
	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Argentina	4,995	5,916	6,432	6,465	5,440	5,590	5,708	6,000	6,810	6,222	6,000	6,000	6,000	6,692	7,070	6,269	6,267	6,000	6,267	6,000	6,000	6,222	6,222	6,222	6,222	6,364	6,364	6,250	6,250	6,400	6,538	6,667	6,786	6,786	6,786	7,143	7,143	7,143	7,037	7,037	7,037	7,037	7,037	7,037	Argentina
Australia	8,750	11,284	9,710	9,898	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Australia
Austria	7,727	7,761	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Austria
Belarus																																4,856	5,896	5,867	6,082	6,215	3,615	4,754	2,736	4,537	3,938	3,838	5,736	7,547	Belarus
Belgium-Luxembourg	12,042	11,574	11,665	11,845	11,561	10,999	12,279	12,063	11,703	9,450	12,225	12,420	12,582	12,424	10,464	9,418	11,718	11,772	12,383	10,854	11,952	12,169	10,584	12,042	11,916	11,232	11,826	11,844	9,414	9,990	10,800	10,963	10,638	10,386	11,661	12,139	12,767	11,170	12,580	0	0	0	0	0	Belgium-Luxembourg
Bulgaria	4,058	2,425	2,970	4,308	3,357	5,376	5,608	2,447	2,774	4,528	4,854	4,172	3,285	4,813	4,864	4,366	2,862	3,591	2,214	2,617	4,097	1,948	2,364	3,109	2,987	2,725	3,313	4,439	4,554	6,675	4,893	5,020	0	0	1,040	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	12,106	16,720	Bulgaria
Chile	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	8,824	9,333	8,000	7,857	8,667	9,444	10,526	10,526	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	Chile
China	11,007	13,088	12,946	14,597	14,350	14,008	15,185	14,577	15,907	15,892	17,224	17,770	17,676	17,463	17,613	18,083	17,858	18,057	10,010	9,841	16,186	5,041	10,566	14,733	11,814	15,058	22,780	25,538	24,438	27,024	26,968	28,025	26,804	26,600	30,702	28,245	24,732	24,980	31,102	22,102	24,292	37,619	29,840	29,224	China
Croatia																																4,667	4,667	7,222	6,667	7,000	6,000	5,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	Croatia
Czech Republic																																	33,021	24,532	32,279	26,770	29,210	23,609	23,329	17,798	25,369	27,383	21,793	33,234	Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia	5,215	5,042	5,719	5,663	5,665	5,566	6,087	5,674	6,825	5,530	7,054	7,824	7,512	6,720	7,025	5,248	6,842	8,737	6,032	7,649	5,559	7,363	7,916	9,377	8,887	8,794	8,413	7,762	9,661	8,834	4,736	7,422													Czechoslovakia
Denmark	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	7,197	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Denmark
Egypt	7,975	7,907	7,868	7,984	7,486	7,499	7,501	7,684	7,325	8,649	7,969	8,094	7,935	8,154	8,579	8,723	8,857	9,004	8,823	8,722	9,295	9,369	8,959	8,696	10,379	9,967	10,204	10,453	9,299	9,314	9,111	9,142	9,231	9,231	9,462	9,470	9,630	9,643	9,517	9,333	9,298	8,950	10,112	10,112	Egypt
Estonia																																5,747	5,000	7,333	8,700	14,317	1,981	1,548	5,130	12,154	10,396	9,346	4,587	5,000	Estonia
France	10,677	9,697	9,701	10,904	9,847	10,707	11,961	16,343	13,418	10,161	12,078	13,536	12,839	11,979	11,875	11,905	12,833	14,339	14,097	13,959	10,227	14,295	15,196	18,996	16,978	13,830	13,645	16,486	12,542	12,638	13,008	13,374	13,171	12,932	12,959	11,012	11,825	12,343	12,058	11,919	10,001	10,962	9,996	10,050	France
Germany	3,319	3,627	3,393	3,382	4,260	4,121	4,656	5,460	5,558	5,361	4,730	5,574	11,183	12,247	9,282	4,301	7,156	6,356	5,559	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Germany
Greece	3,809	1,730	1,745	14,396	5,789	5,414	6,100	4,583	8,000	5,600	3,500	2,500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,000	0	0	5,000	5,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	Greece
Hungary	7,699	6,752	7,544	7,175	7,438	8,495	7,786	4,984	8,968	7,586	7,645	7,028	3,643	8,929	5,494	7,514	4,732	7,311	4,086	8,830	8,253	5,986	5,662	10,497	10,129	9,124	7,050	6,351	9,733	9,087	5,140	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Hungary
Italy	687	555	548	452	344	329	325	665	554	331	61	11	12	15	16	13	10	12	17	32	36	1,059	1,042	1,426	1,064	249	518	765	1,547	943	1,250	1,718	2,872	2,768	2,568	1,667	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500	Italy
Japan	5,496	5,700	5,419	5,546	6,418	4,997	6,625	6,420	6,000	5,714	5,714	6,000	6,000	6,400	6,400	7,000	7,000	6,667	6,667	5,000	5,000	4,000	4,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Japan
Korea, Republic of	1,375	979	980	1,281	1,351	1,995	3,333	4,795	3,944	3,295	3,188	2,727	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Korea, Republic of
Latvia																																1,868	1,667	2,667	5,714	6,077	6,000	6,091	10,650	6,875	6,000	6,667	3,810	2,963	Latvia
Lithuania																																1,840	3,778	4,490	7,121	11,071	8,197	9,032	4,886	8,372	3,922	6,526	10,532	10,000	Lithuania
Netherlands	12,599	12,650	12,707	12,872	12,276	11,060	13,437	12,570	12,341	10,191	13,917	14,115	12,725	11,592	9,930	9,207	11,732	18,375	17,485	16,757	17,900	17,301	70,000	77,821	82,418	83,333	80,000	71,820	60,551	72,267	77,778	77,651	70,263	73,191	79,070	14,615	13,488	11,714	15,263	15,227	10,726	13,898	11,333	8,889	Netherlands
New Zealand	9,624	7,643	10,099	9,471	16,783	11,389	10,000	8,667	10,150	10,150	10,150	10,000	10,524	10,476	10,476	10,476	10,732	10,648	10,897	11,250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	New Zealand
Poland	4,865	4,962	4,397	3,680	4,978	5,232	5,783	5,317	5,321	5,300	5,950	5,892	5,705	5,954	7,677	6,111	5,801	7,033	6,381	6,015	5,760	5,431	5,375	6,307	6,382	6,385	6,110	5,774	5,437	5,490	4,797	3,388	4,122	3,621	4,002	3,926	3,759	4,214	22,194	19,268	19,615	19,804	21,379	19,608	Poland
Portugal	9,557	8,095	7,815	7,786	8,362	7,828	8,882	9,055	9,427	9,160	9,040	10,761	8,806	9,326	9,333	4,340	7,667	10,500	10,769	8,400	9,583	9,273	9,333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Portugal
Romania	3,395	5,064	4,349	4,050	5,665	6,374	5,120	3,254	4,179	4,498	5,703	4,326	3,698	4,789	4,623	7,314	3,957	5,695	3,093	4,640	2,237	2,456	4,286	5,061	4,058	3,060	4,247	4,009	4,422	6,103	3,481	5,482	5,500	4,267	7,513	17,826	23,750	23,333	23,333	22,500	13,333	20,000	17,500	15,000	Romania
Russian Federation																																2,382	2,213	4,014	3,898	3,845	2,020	3,168	3,598	5,500	5,000	4,703	6,603	7,059	Russian Federation
Slovakia																																	21,944	21,794	21,834	14,695	13,468	5,498	14,000	7,194	19,803	16,803	23,077	23,200	Slovakia
Spain	7,011	7,503	7,865	8,155	6,280	6,236	7,338	8,365	9,000	9,438	6,792	8,904	7,500	7,713	19,524	15,000	25,550	9,429	7,000	2,500	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,973	6,088	11,753	5,576	6,688	8,758	6,836	7,398	7,333	7,333	7,333	7,333	Spain
Sweden	11,062	11,451	9,158	10,156	9,623	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Sweden
Ukraine																																6,628	5,703	6,125	5,000	3,396	2,813	3,462	2,857	4,000	5,000	4,400	4,074	4,800	Ukraine
United Kingdom	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13,776	12,559	12,542	10,909	12,353	15,263	14,970	16,667	15,556	15,556	15,556	15,556	15,556	United Kingdom
USSR	2,455	2,546	2,594	2,205	3,252	3,286	3,527	3,013	3,720	3,551	3,907	3,645	3,550	3,322	4,058	4,193	3,970	3,141	3,002	2,537	2,780	4,091	4,431	3,693	3,393	3,446	4,377	3,469	3,961	3,171	4,763														USSR
Yugoslavia SFR	4,886	4,144	4,286	4,655	3,626	4,255	3,894	3,541	4,284	4,788	4,395	3,752	3,785	3,913	4,006	6,092	4,200	9,373	5,218	8,323	7,801	7,612	6,149	14,167	12,508	10,169	12,315	9,189	10,656	2,571	2,667														Yugoslavia SFR