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Home | Economics & Trade | World Production | World Summary: Flax Fibre and Tow

World Summary -- Fibre and Tow Production (Mt), Yield (hectogram/hectare), Area Harvested (Ha)

1990-Present

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

updated 12/15/2008

For previous years, go to our Historical Production Data page

F = FAO estimate | A = May include official, semi-official or estimated data

countries item element 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
World + Flax fibre and tow Area Harvested 1039344 A 863106 A 819467 A 662519 A 532079 A 638631 A 545761 A 450698 A 457942 A 479923 A 450339 A 532249 A 473962 A 521128 A 538095 A 515493 A 449394 A 451059 A
World + Flax fibre and tow Yield 6616 F 8474 F 7221 F 8004 F 11131 F 11207 F 10305 F 8678 F 8755 F 9898 F 11092 F 11659 F 16601 F 14779 F 18713 F 19583 F 21211 F 21608 F
World + Flax fibre and tow Production Quantity 687729 A 731413 A 591737 A 530308 A 592288 A 715734 A 562428 A 391124 A 400945 A 475033 A 499520 A 620590 A 786828 A 770200 A 1006939 A 1009525 A 953227 A 974685 A

 

 
 

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Last updated: 16.12.2008

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