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

Linseed Oil Production (Mt)

1990-Present

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

updated 12/12/2008

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 3883 F 4058 F 4054 F 4054 F 4054 F 4054 F 4054 F 4054 F 4054 F 4054 F 4054 F 4054 F 4054 F 4054 F 4054 F 4047 F 4055 F 4055 F
Argentina 150586 130239 99700 37358 37665 47000 43825 15600 19690 24200 * 15000 F 6100 * 2900 * 2300 * 3200 * 7500 * 11700 * 12000 F
Australia 471 F 1283 F 1793 F 1123 F 2725 F 1632 F 4894 F 3207 F 3052 F 3144 F 3286 F 3485 F 2981 F 2824 F 3110 F 3153 F 3120 F 3200 F
Austria 767 F 604 F 622 F 763 F 777 F 843 F 893 F 596 F 458 F 99 F 107 F 68 F 1 F 2654 F 500 300 F
Bangladesh 15815 F 18049 F 16316 F 16194 F 15933 F 16072 F 15166 F 16605 F 16732 F 15191 F 15852 F 16538 F 16538 F 16538 F 16538 F 16538 F 16538 F 16538 F
Barbados 6 F 6 F 4 F 6 F 4 F 6 F 4 F 4 F 3 F 5 F 5 F 4 F 6 F 4 F 3 F 3 F 4 F 4 F
Belarus 1487 1169 341 735 1061 1327 1320 62 100 * 300 * 500 * 800 * 601 469 838 600 F
Belgium 87000 F 113000 F 97200 * 100400 * 110400 * 96300 * 102000 F 105000 F
Belgium-Luxembourg 16000 F 27000 F 35149 38324 55308 68000 F 76300 F 82500 F 67800 F 87500 F
Brazil 6500 * 6500 * 6600 * 4400 * 4100 * 3900 * 3500 * 2500 * 2700 * 1500 * 2000 * 1600 * 1700 * 2000 * 2400 * 3400 * 3600 * 3600 F
Bulgaria 217 F 25 F 13 F 0 F 1 F 2 F 11 F 3 F 6 F 7 F 17 F 32 F 49 F 26 F 43 F 53 F 58 F 50 F
Canada 5600 4900 5500 8600 * 24400 * 22000 * 41700 * 44400 * 28800 * 33300 * 38200 * 26300 * 26000 * 24700 * 20600 * 24400 * 31600 * 20000 F
Chile 293 F 290 F 321 F 286 F 308 F 308 F 313 F 310 F 305 F 322 F 349 F 357 F 340 F 393 F 458 F 778 F 473 F 475 F
China 110471 F 112393 F 115090 F 118107 * 124011 * 124407 * 118115 * 117431 * 128918 * 147817 * 120501 * 75000 F 71506 * 115906 * 124923 * 129923 * 139123 * 150624 *
Costa Rica 26 F 51 F 25 F 30 F 53 F 65 F 52 F 62 F 51 F 50 F 72 F 69 F 74 F 77 F 84 F 84 F 84 F 84 F
Czech Republic 1326 F 1598 F 408 F 408 F 408 F 680 F 1292 F 1598 F 1598 F 1360 F 612 F 408 F 836 F 1300 * 700 *
Czechoslovakia 8600 * 7100 * 6900 *
Denmark 1203 F 1175 F 1611 F 918 F 1427 F 1645 F 2328 F 2299 F 2463 F 3131 F 2347 F 876 F 1387 F 2207 F 3353 F 2750 F 3357 F 3000 F
Egypt 7000 F 8000 F 9700 * 7700 * 9300 * 7200 * 8900 * 9700 * 11700 * 15300 * 18900 * 18500 * 16600 * 13400 * 10300 * 13800 * 14000 * 13800 F
Eritrea 94 F 203 F 144 F 147 F 115 F 107 F 93 F 46 F 188 F 15 F 11 F 28 F 0 F 1 F 1 F
Estonia 6 3 2 2 F
Ethiopia 9945 F 12811 F 15882 F 36187 F 19483 F 12693 F 10165 F 8724 F 18730 F 14406 F 21497 F 44543 F 35397 F 22293 F 23400 *
Ethiopia PDR 9763 F 9766 F 10072 F
Finland 81 F 63 F 93 F 104 F 137 F 109 F 131 F 114 F 50 F 103 F 116 F 206 F 186 F 155 F 219 F 298 F 219 F 220 F
France 700 1500 1100 700 2200 1800 900 600 700 650 F 650 F 650 F 650 F 650 F 650 F 650 F 450 F 320 F
Germany 33952 56904 57700 64000 84000 102000 65000 53300 73000 74300 70600 59200 63300 102625 95823 78208 62500 * 65000 F
Greece 300 * 1100 * 400 * 420 * 59 F 17 F 20 F 20 F 31 F 43 F 36 F 33 F 19 F 50 F 63 F 76 F 72 F 70 F
Hungary 0 340 F 500 F 240 F 0 F 0 F 95 F 30 F 3 F 21 F 100 F 30 F 90 F 30 F 30 F 30 F 30 F 30 F
India 94000 96000 85000 81000 96000 93000 87000 93000 72000 80000 72000 60000 63000 53000 59000 51000 42000 61000 *
Iran, Islamic Republic of 227 F 123 F 74 F 74 F 74 F 63 F 98 F 39 F 77 F 102 F 167 F 122 F 83 F 105 F 208 F 224 F 208 F 208 F
Iraq 110 F 75 F 92 F 95 F 92 F 92 F 88 F 92 F 95 F 92 F 89 F 76 F 60 F 53 F 53 F 53 F 80 F 75 F
Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Israel 19 F 19 F 16 F 24 F 46 F 28 F 44 F 65 F 92 F 69 F 49 F 118 F 113 F 200 F 0 F 231 F 0 F
Italy 1982 1600 2338 2283 2204 3116 1490 3287 2904 1600 * 3600 * 2800 * 2900 * 4200 * 4300 * 4400 * 5800 * 6100 *
Jamaica 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F 1 F 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F 1 F 1 F 0 F 0 F
Japan 31236 35644 30341 28483 31400 28600 30400 * 29800 * 30400 26500 23300 21000 15200 8300 7000 7100 6800 F 6500 F
Kazakhstan 1750 F 1225 F 682 F 385 F 245 F 175 F 210 F 210 F 157 F 175 F 175 F 175 F 175 F 245 F 175 F 180 F
Kenya 319 F 354 F 288 F 287 F 288 F 288 F 288 F 288 F 288 F 289 F 256 F 256 F 256 F 256 F 256 F 256 F 256 F 260 F
Korea, Republic of 3344 F 3577 F 3653 F 3036 F 3877 F 5095 F 3289 F 1188 F 1345 F 2759 F 2505 F 1232 F 705 F 47 F 41 F 81 F 40 F 40 F
Latvia 12 14 5
Lithuania 385 F 140 F 525 F 840 F 700 F 525 F 350 F 350 F 385 F 315 F 455 F 315 F 245 F 350 F 150 F 150 F
Luxembourg 277 F 502 F 317 F 202 F 1094 F 744 F 1100 F 1150 F
Mauritius 6 F 2 F 4 F 4 F 3 F 5 F 4 F 3 F 1 F 2 F 2 F 4 F 2 F 12 F 0 F 4 F 4 F 4 F
Mexico 1500 * 1300 * 1200 * 400 * 350 * 500 * 800 * 800 * 500 * 600 * 500 * 600 * 800 * 2400 * 5000 * 900 * 1500 * 1700 F
Morocco 0 0 6 F 148 F 74 F 78 F 171 F 191 F 117 F 264 F 157 F 164 F 152 F 224 F 69 F 370 F 69 F 120 F
Nepal 3612 F 1636 F 1851 F 3516 F 1601 F 1762 F 1199 F 1592 F 1841 F 1628 F 1486 F 1194 F 1234 F 2181 F 1603 F 1459 F 1600 F 1600 F
Netherlands 3276 F 8157 F 14190 F 14987 F 29430 F 26324 F 37113 F 37452 F 47339 F 45766 F 40467 F 41882 F 25719 F 8985 F 8365 F 7380 F 7805 F 7800 F
New Zealand 297 F 107 F 159 F 193 F 229 F 270 F 301 F 269 F 208 F 190 F 122 F 108 F 303 F 418 F 498 F 614 F 240 F 250 F
Norway 88 F 138 F 215 F 295 F 340 F 398 F 428 F 481 F 518 F 576 F 507 F 599 F 667 F 774 F 723 F 814 F 724 F 700 F
Pakistan 1445 F 1323 F 1409 F 1327 F 1256 F 1336 F 1493 F 1490 F 1473 F 1618 F 1484 F 864 F 973 F 952 F 1003 F 812 F 897 F 968 F
Poland 5054 F 3157 F 1240 F 2229 F 3122 F 3824 F 2623 F 2322 F 2365 F 2058 F 1759 F 1671 F 1804 F 1818 F 1821 F 2391 F 2226 F 2250 F
Portugal 43 F 53 F 71 F 88 F 106 F 90 F 95 F 119 F 112 F 188 F 180 F 153 F 461 F 460 F 309 F 377 F 309 F 310 F
Romania 9002 F 7019 F 5611 F 6121 F 1772 F 850 F 1249 F 1476 F 987 F 821 F 258 F 616 F 372 F 467 F 493 F 362 F 826 F
Russian Federation 9100 F 15400 F 10500 F 14000 F 11900 F 2800 F 8400 F 4900 F 11200 F 11900 F 15000 * 11900 * 13800 * 15800 * 279 270 F
Slovakia 800 F 770 F 1070 F 500 F 300 F 110 F 500 F 150 F 160 F 380 F 115 F 90 F 200 * 400 * 410 F
Spain 400 300 400 500 1300 * 2400 * 3500 * 4600 * 4400 * 3900 * 3400 * 3200 * 2900 * 1600 * 1400 * 1000 * 900 * 1500 F
Sweden 398 F 338 F 423 F 304 F 113 F 2232 F 4194 F 4648 F 547 F 14245 F 1177 F 733 F 2208 F 2686 F 2650 F 5189 F 4486 F 4500 F
Switzerland 1200 * 1600 * 1200 * 1300 * 1000 F 1000 * 900 * 800 F 750 F 700 F 600 F 550 F 400 * 400 * 400 * 400 * 400 * 400 *
Tunisia 1382 F 1427 F 1433 F 1460 F 1532 F 1532 F 1534 F 1532 F 1532 F 1533 F 1532 F 1532 F 1533 F 1551 F 1532 F 1532 F 1532 F 1540 F
Turkey 481 F 401 F 237 F 138 F 203 F 123 F 108 F 69 F 58 F 81 F 73 F 56 F 53 F 65 F 131 F 1098 F 34 F 33 F
Ukraine 12425 F 7700 F 3500 F 4725 F 2450 F 1190 F 875 F 1295 F 1225 F 1610 F 2000 * 2000 * 1714 1711 3496 2272
United Kingdom 11800 20967 24301 30300 33900 37600 33300 35200 39800 28100 29000 14600 * 8800 * 6100 * 6300 * 2900 * 4200 * 4400 *
United States of America 79800 82600 78000 78900 78000 81650 90700 93000 101600 101600 106142 88451 92986 99790 120202 145150 144900 150000 F
Uruguay 621 F 1419 F 1586 F 257 F 519 F 43 F 372 F 877 F 559 F 932 F 893 F 947 F 951 F 937 F 379 F 621 F 390 F 400 F
USSR 42790 F 25514 F
Uzbekistan 495 F 417 F 365 F 257 F 121 F 320 F 146 F 320 F 258 F 316 F 316 F 316 F 316 F 112 F 316 F 320 F
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 56 F 45 F 79 F 120 F 92 F 171 F 81 F 86 F 106 F 101 F 121 F 134 F 55 F 72 F 103 F 306 F 105 F 105 F
Yugoslav SFR 0 0

 
 

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