Flax Fiber and Tow Production (Mt)
From FAOStat Database: Agriculture--Primary Crops.(http://faostat.fao.org/)
Accessed 12/15/2005; updated 5/29/2006
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 | 2005 | ||
Argentina | 1,451 | 2,325 | 1,370 | 2,034 | 1,806 | 2,046 | 2,055 | 2,100 | 3,405 | 2,271 | 1,860 | 2,040 | 1,290 | 1,740 | 1,605 | 1,536 | 1,410 | 1,470 | 1,410 | 1,320 | 1,350 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,600 | 1,700 | 1,800 | 1,900 | 1,900 | 1,900 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 1,900 | 1,900 | 1,900 | 1,900 | 1,900 | 1,900 | 1,900 | Argentina |
Australia | 147 | 589 | 67 | 292 | 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 | Australia |
Austria | 68 | 52 | 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 | 0 | Austria |
Belarus | 60,700 | 56,600 | 48,700 | 59,600 | 49,100 | 26,100 | 35,700 | 20,900 | 37,200 | 31,500 | 26,100 | 41,300 | 56,600 | 60,000 | Belarus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Belgium-Luxembourg | 32,086 | 37,842 | 39,564 | 46,417 | 31,229 | 25,908 | 17,205 | 17,637 | 18,228 | 7,752 | 15,224 | 9,999 | 8,363 | 11,264 | 9,722 | 8,475 | 11,703 | 10,063 | 9,025 | 7,877 | 7,592 | 9,343 | 7,740 | 11,635 | 12,643 | 8,580 | 11,631 | 12,613 | 10,813 | 11,710 | 10,449 | 7,830 | 9,806 | 11,536 | 12,840 | 13,670 | 14,430 | 12,100 | 15,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Belgium-Luxembourg |
Bulgaria | 3,100 | 2,000 | 2,490 | 3,691 | 2,988 | 4,859 | 6,302 | 3,011 | 2,712 | 4,076 | 4,464 | 3,485 | 2,305 | 3,165 | 2,859 | 2,891 | 1,246 | 1,725 | 1,002 | 1,472 | 2,555 | 1,192 | 1,328 | 1,876 | 1,748 | 1,233 | 1,280 | 1,393 | 986 | 1,873 | 982 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 209 | 209 | Bulgaria |
Chile | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,500 | 1,400 | 1,200 | 1,100 | 1,300 | 1,700 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,100 | 2,200 | 2,250 | 2,300 | 2,400 | 2,500 | Chile |
China | 41,171 | 56,394 | 56,946 | 72,282 | 72,504 | 61,870 | 66,761 | 72,139 | 73,581 | 76,479 | 81,606 | 81,232 | 84,273 | 86,444 | 91,643 | 96,129 | 96,067 | 98,817 | 103,100 | 111,200 | 191,000 | 62,000 | 135,250 | 193,000 | 159,485 | 209,306 | 321,200 | 370,300 | 244,137 | 243,400 | 290,000 | 227,000 | 188,698 | 251,315 | 353,414 | 266,408 | 154,329 | 100,668 | 170,128 | 214,877 | 345,675 | 524,781 | 465,500 | 470,500 | 470,500 | China |
Croatia | 7 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Croatia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech Republic | 25,000 | 27,100 | 34,300 | 18,300 | 6,400 | 11,200 | 17,065 | 15,100 | 17,700 | 16,000 | 12,387 | 17,830 | 17,830 | Czech Republic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czechoslovakia | 24,100 | 23,900 | 29,500 | 29,000 | 23,100 | 19,800 | 21,200 | 22,000 | 25,300 | 16,600 | 18,000 | 19,700 | 22,200 | 19,100 | 21,713 | 15,770 | 22,465 | 27,729 | 18,834 | 23,266 | 15,566 | 20,273 | 23,817 | 27,105 | 24,937 | 21,408 | 19,233 | 18,939 | 25,108 | 22,439 | 8,149 | 8,486 | Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||
Denmark | 876 | 1,046 | 1,425 | 1,445 | 1,178 | 783 | 617 | 337 | 267 | 95 | 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 | Denmark |
Egypt | 9,617 | 8,990 | 8,611 | 11,110 | 8,128 | 7,560 | 7,582 | 11,620 | 12,000 | 7,280 | 7,700 | 11,900 | 14,000 | 16,100 | 19,460 | 17,402 | 21,823 | 22,700 | 25,400 | 24,920 | 20,300 | 14,840 | 14,500 | 16,000 | 17,000 | 18,000 | 15,000 | 18,000 | 15,875 | 12,025 | 16,685 | 11,320 | 12,000 | 12,000 | 12,300 | 12,500 | 13,000 | 13,500 | 13,800 | 14,000 | 7,110 | 7,160 | 9,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 | Egypt |
Estonia | 450 | 200 | 220 | 174 | 199 | 64 | 13 | 59 | 79 | 105 | 100 | 50 | 108 | 100 | Estonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
France | 55,520 | 58,520 | 71,690 | 86,250 | 59,352 | 66,477 | 66,473 | 51,105 | 56,726 | 40,343 | 50,124 | 46,294 | 42,497 | 46,000 | 57,000 | 75,000 | 73,400 | 71,300 | 71,100 | 68,400 | 45,000 | 62,900 | 62,000 | 87,000 | 100,000 | 65,000 | 70,000 | 91,000 | 74,000 | 77,000 | 55,000 | 55,000 | 65,000 | 64,000 | 70,000 | 57,000 | 66,000 | 66,000 | 72,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 86,000 | 90,000 | 90,000 | France |
Germany | 8,530 | 9,638 | 6,023 | 4,088 | 6,154 | 6,634 | 7,014 | 5,876 | 5,806 | 5,709 | 5,282 | 5,014 | 4,302 | 2,692 | 1,811 | 600 | 400 | 300 | 159 | 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 | Germany |
Greece | 323 | 128 | 96 | 691 | 220 | 157 | 147 | 55 | 72 | 56 | 35 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 550 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Greece |
Hungary | 5,400 | 5,500 | 6,600 | 6,800 | 7,900 | 9,300 | 8,400 | 4,100 | 7,700 | 8,100 | 9,000 | 6,500 | 2,300 | 5,200 | 4,400 | 5,600 | 3,724 | 5,773 | 2,718 | 3,449 | 3,478 | 2,593 | 2,364 | 3,949 | 4,236 | 3,811 | 3,174 | 1,805 | 1,826 | 1,254 | 1,896 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hungary |
Italy | 500 | 370 | 330 | 230 | 160 | 130 | 120 | 90 | 63 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 110 | 50 | 90 | 60 | 16 | 19 | 30 | 80 | 50 | 100 | 266 | 322 | 310 | 904 | 250 | 450 | 450 | 450 | 450 | 450 | 450 | 450 | 450 | 450 | Italy |
Japan | 6,156 | 6,384 | 4,731 | 4,503 | 3,363 | 1,499 | 689 | 260 | 240 | 200 | 200 | 180 | 180 | 160 | 160 | 140 | 140 | 100 | 100 | 50 | 50 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 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 | 40 | 70 | 64 | 72 | 112 | 234 | 305 | 467 | 420 | 284 | 176 | 6 | 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 | Korea, Republic of |
Latvia | 1,420 | 100 | 400 | 800 | 790 | 960 | 1,340 | 2,130 | 1,100 | 840 | 1,400 | 800 | 1,600 | 1,000 | Latvia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lithuania | 3,900 | 1,700 | 4,400 | 9,400 | 6,200 | 5,000 | 5,600 | 4,300 | 7,200 | 4,000 | 6,200 | 9,900 | 5,800 | 5,800 | Lithuania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Netherlands | 27,294 | 30,304 | 33,812 | 39,454 | 26,544 | 20,259 | 12,804 | 13,035 | 11,033 | 5,287 | 9,906 | 8,609 | 6,305 | 8,564 | 5,090 | 4,914 | 6,700 | 9,500 | 6,300 | 6,800 | 5,200 | 5,500 | 21,000 | 32,000 | 36,000 | 25,000 | 32,000 | 31,967 | 31,341 | 40,000 | 35,000 | 20,135 | 26,700 | 34,400 | 34,000 | 5,700 | 5,800 | 4,100 | 5,800 | 6,700 | 5,100 | 6,200 | 5,100 | 8,200 | 8,200 | Netherlands |
New Zealand | 205 | 201 | 205 | 197 | 193 | 205 | 170 | 130 | 203 | 203 | 203 | 200 | 221 | 220 | 220 | 220 | 220 | 230 | 170 | 9 | 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 | New Zealand |
Poland | 54,000 | 65,000 | 51,000 | 46,000 | 56,600 | 55,300 | 70,900 | 62,000 | 53,100 | 52,100 | 59,800 | 56,800 | 44,100 | 44,000 | 60,700 | 52,884 | 36,164 | 59,025 | 64,387 | 49,413 | 33,794 | 22,862 | 25,544 | 28,052 | 27,475 | 23,295 | 16,933 | 18,048 | 18,642 | 16,268 | 4,640 | 1,865 | 1,650 | 2,940 | 5,500 | 2,300 | 1,400 | 1,000 | 6,900 | 7,900 | 10,200 | 10,100 | 6,200 | 10,000 | 11,000 | Poland |
Portugal | 259 | 221 | 211 | 211 | 240 | 227 | 278 | 278 | 263 | 120 | 160 | 212 | 177 | 166 | 56 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 21 | 46 | 51 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Portugal |
Romania | 9,370 | 14,786 | 13,176 | 10,126 | 12,908 | 18,739 | 16,641 | 11,153 | 14,542 | 16,104 | 22,985 | 19,984 | 17,714 | 24,522 | 27,694 | 48,200 | 25,800 | 38,500 | 20,600 | 32,900 | 16,400 | 16,800 | 28,200 | 34,160 | 30,960 | 22,000 | 28,500 | 27,700 | 31,000 | 13,000 | 3,760 | 6,250 | 1,760 | 1,152 | 1,728 | 4,100 | 1,900 | 700 | 700 | 900 | 400 | 800 | 700 | 300 | 300 | Romania |
Russian Federation | 77,940 | 58,180 | 54,100 | 69,000 | 59,000 | 23,000 | 34,000 | 24,000 | 51,000 | 58,000 | 38,000 | 55,000 | 58,000 | 60,000 | Russian Federation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Slovakia | 2,800 | 2,600 | 2,500 | 2,000 | 1,600 | 800 | 2,233 | 418 | 1,812 | 904 | 1,200 | 1,160 | 1,160 | Slovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spain | 3,724 | 5,485 | 4,892 | 2,360 | 601 | 792 | 328 | 348 | 252 | 84 | 36 | 130 | 126 | 381 | 41 | 21 | 1,045 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 1,967 | 9,560 | 22,218 | 28,648 | 75,857 | 86,537 | 10,022 | 11,000 | 11,000 | 11,000 | 11,000 | 12,000 | Spain |
Sweden | 2,032 | 2,147 | 1,774 | 2,214 | 1,352 | 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 | Sweden |
Turkey | 6,750 | 3,500 | 5,000 | 5,500 | 4,000 | 3,800 | 3,900 | 3,500 | 3,700 | 1,400 | 1,500 | 1,300 | 1,425 | 3,500 | 3,500 | 1,750 | 1,750 | 1,150 | 1,150 | 2,300 | 2,000 | 385 | 1,000 | 885 | 850 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 408 | 101 | 44 | 45 | 45 | 35 | 42 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 50 | 55 | 55 | 55 | Turkey |
Ukraine | 105,000 | 73,000 | 49,000 | 48,000 | 18,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 | 6,000 | 8,000 | 12,000 | 11,000 | 11,000 | 16,200 | 12,000 | 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 | 197 | 2,748 | 22,200 | 12,000 | 21,000 | 29,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 28,000 | 28,000 | 28,000 | 28,000 | 28,000 | 28,000 | United Kingdom |
USSR | 399,000 | 432,000 | 380,000 | 346,000 | 480,000 | 461,000 | 485,000 | 402,000 | 487,000 | 456,000 | 486,000 | 456,000 | 443,000 | 402,000 | 493,000 | 509,000 | 480,000 | 376,000 | 314,000 | 284,000 | 263,000 | 414,000 | 471,000 | 394,000 | 344,000 | 336,000 | 425,000 | 323,000 | 345,100 | 245,000 | 301,000 | USSR | ||||||||||||||
Yugoslavia SFR | 3,860 | 2,420 | 2,520 | 2,500 | 1,755 | 1,872 | 1,616 | 1,126 | 1,202 | 1,062 | 900 | 612 | 486 | 360 | 252 | 346 | 239 | 359 | 215 | 258 | 227 | 153 | 182 | 408 | 379 | 482 | 830 | 204 | 130 | 9 | 8 | Yugoslavia SFR | ||||||||||||||