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

Flax Fibre & Tow Imports - Value (1000$)

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
Albania 3 7 0 7 2 1 0 2 0 * 0
Algeria 3 0 * 1 0 21 20 0 34 0 * 31 2 1
Argentina 221 156 184 175 189 94 132 113 107 80 171 86 52 113 122 58
Aruba 1 0 0 1
Australia 41 156 120 291 360 178 342 175 156 244 228 0 2 0 * 0 F 15
Austria 3611 1656 1716 2245 2959 3581 2937 3585 3577 4478 8502 8100 9147 10836 8863 3107
Bahamas 0 1 1 F 1 F 1 F 1 F
Bahrain 0 0 F
Bangladesh 6 0 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F
Barbados 30 0 0 F
Belarus 6055 7387 5867 5108 5450 7661 142 127
Belgium 67906 53678 58605 83002 96817 64522
Belgium-Luxembourg 29995 23449 20992 26609 49511 59560 31392 33412 38012 48163
Bolivia 1 0 0 F 1 0 * 0 F
Botswana 8 1 2 2 4 7 7 2 0 * 0 1 2 2 0 0 F 0 F
Brazil 9505 8931 14019 15175 26999 32326 14109 12984 6181 8513 2719 1053 527 822 1054 1340
Bulgaria 483 269 260 49 512 748 619 658 524 0 F 0 F 145 140 315 358 249
Cameroon 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F
Canada 25 219 1050 59 38 52 15 36 40 32 73 313 289 178 125 222
Cape Verde 0 1 0 0 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F
Chile 96 56 23 11 38 471 64 31 19 88 71 489 218 274 330 464
China 2592 1868 3936 11105 30114 36344 25771 29189 33979 57504 93895 81778 89695 147482 177852 202085
China, Hong Kong SAR 72 22 57 329 104 0 * 3 238 0 * 3 0 5 25 7 84 11
China, Macao SAR 0 0 21 108 26 0 * 0 * 0 F 0 * 0 F 0 4 5 0 * 0 F 22 R
Colombia 353 361 193 131 312 167 19 65 21 11 5 5 F 23 10 6 7
Congo 3 0 * 0 * 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F 1 * 1 F 1 F 1 F
Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F
Côte d'Ivoire 3 0 3 0 2 1 5 1 3
Croatia 28 118 25 1 3 3 1 7 10 36 4 0 *
Cuba 4 4 F 4 F 4 F 4 F
Cyprus 6 2 2 0 2 8 0 1 0 * 0 0 0 0 F 0 F 10 0 *
Czech Republic 3201 7079 8495 1058 2573 2929 5312 7377 6877 5878 5839 8672 3931
Czechoslovakia 1800 * 677 4000 *
Denmark 126 91 124 21 25 68 299 668 828 1197 1438 2101 521 421 616 597
Ecuador 15 0 0 0 6 6 0 * 0 * 0 * 0 * 0 0 1 1 2 0
Egypt 86 2 299 443 658 985 447 1235 1514 2189 0 1 0 * 28 0 * 289
El Salvador 53 6 0 * 0 * 0 * 0 1 0 * 0 0 F 0
Estonia 1 8 424 2900 469 328 2951 4215 8022 10505 9070 9629 8259 4399
Ethiopia 11 9 14 19 8 0 *
Faroe Islands 0 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F 2 R
Fiji 56 3 0 * 0 F 0 F 0 F
Finland 507 264 671 686 1031 685 645 295 597 429 729 1060 764 338 525 388
France 8958 9241 6116 15058 30991 22694 8769 8531 9369 10878 18621 13956 11098 9277 6819 6919
French Polynesia 0 0 F 1 0 *
Gabon 5
Germany 4446 * 2426 3444 2927 4112 2785 1704 2133 5049 5075 5460 6982 8018 7766 6009 3656
Greece 241 299 212 118 119 75 78 34 17 25 133 98 49 45 40 77
Guatemala 13 10 1 0 * 1 3 3 0 2 2 0 * 1 0 *
Guyana 3 1 2 1 3 1 1 F
Honduras 0 8 54 23 0 * 0 0 * 1 6 1 1 7 7 0 3 10
Hungary 2756 1400 * 1410 1995 4217 3560 2652 2673 2636 5025 7652 5328 11336 7885 7971 2841
Iceland 1 3 2 1 2 3 6 10 12 12
India 155 91 181 2492 1674 524 765 1734 2429 2530 2628 1943 2826 4017 4840 4389
Indonesia 40 61 0 * 161 658 132 0 * 0 * 89 42 209 108 129 414 53 0 *
Ireland 682 1395 1041 5067 8147 6025 3472 5262 2733 2863 3231 1695 48 31 40 164
Israel 78 53 65 31 64 95 202 210 36 27 28 74 3 17 41 50
Italy 25742 26885 24676 33247 49545 38221 23780 34838 34846 38380 47663 42291 34172 46051 43726 32992
Jamaica 2
Japan 1062 490 929 5924 2482 1876 1836 1713 1523 2175 2433 1479 1191 1508 2110 2991
Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 * 0 * 4 0 * 1 7 2 0 * 0 F 2
Kazakhstan 31 25 10 8 0 12 * 0 * 21 49
Korea, Republic of 5593 3538 2894 6943 14386 5069 2982 677 3008 2617 3779 3573 2087 307 623 264
Kuwait 20 3 10 40 15 41 0 0 0 R 0 R 0 F 1 R
Latvia 0 14 87 631 330 1715 3137 3887 3105 1599 2020 3423 2094 1617
Lebanon 34 59 20 14 21 11 9 22 R
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 0 11 4 * 0 * 0 F 1052 1052 F 1052 F 0 F 0 * 0 F 0 F 0 F 76 R 0 * 2 R
Lithuania 212 0 F 4392 6986 3046 3404 5720 7762 9332 9314 16015 21495 29463 18301
Luxembourg 5 8 2 8 3 9
Madagascar 1 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 F 0 3 4
Malaysia 0 0 0 0 41 5 11 11 F 81 0 * 21 0 0 F 28 0 * 15
Mali 4 4 F
Malta 1 0
Mauritius 18 0 * 0 * 0 * 22 0 * 0 0 0 F 0 F 0 F 2
Mexico 74 22 193 837 858 113 99 270 315 374 399 56 150 107 35 53
Moldova 0 43 75 0 0 F 5 12 0 37 1 10 7
Mongolia 71 25 1 2 1 7 2 3
Morocco 30 61 21 84 246 32 115 190 132 50 128 124 149 128 79 204
Nepal 265 24 F 7 F 3 * 18 18 F 18 F
Netherlands 262 4236 122 171 572 882 1139 3119 2580 4618 5783 3153 4136 6454 6384 8732
New Caledonia 1 1 1 F 1 F 1 F 0 * 0 F 0 F 0 F
New Zealand 247 0 1 1 0 * 0 0 * 0 * 0 F 0 F 0 0 0 F 0 F 1 0 *
Nicaragua 0 0 0 17 0 * 0 0 * 0 * 0 F 0 F 0 8 0 * 0 F 0 F 0 F
Niger 0
Nigeria 37 1 3 0 0 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F 9 0 * 119 0 * 1 R 1 F
Norway 21 38 26 23 30 22 18 13 38 146 42 29 40 31 69 155
Oman 0 * 3 0 * 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 0 F 1 0 * 0 F
Pakistan 8 11 8 7 10 11 9 17 0 * 0 * 0 0 8 25 128 92
Panama 26 32 0 * 12 0 * 8 0 * 0 * 0 * 0 * 0 0 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F
Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F 6 * 0 0 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F
Paraguay 4 0 * 0 * 6 0 1 0 F 0 F 0 F
Peru 0 5 14 35 115 65 31 31 F 0 * 30 38 0 32 49 10 49
Philippines 0 0 0 0 2 0 * 0 * 13 2 15 4 0 0 F 0 F 2 2 F
Poland 645 196 271 3886 5959 4500 2151 3476 3258 4160 7738 9249 9285 11359 18738 15255
Portugal 797 512 487 144 764 527 152 152 169 324 498 309 216 346 517 430
Qatar 58
Romania 4409 3511 1415 805 4688 3300 * 2453 2261 1709 1467 1812 1031 1886 1396 2547 2452
Russian Federation 172 0 * 0 * 0 * 9197 170 * 2869 13173 18741 5670 0 * 19207 20461 8084
Saudi Arabia 0 32 9 7 70 0 0 88 93 400 F 1 1 12 6 22 60
Serbia and Montenegro 474 0 F 0 F 0 F 7 30 177 28 * 176 244 151 30 R 11 20 R
Singapore 0 0 0 7 104 2 3 9 1 1 17 0 4 0 * 0 F 0 F
Slovakia 223 871 878 363 12 54 320 154 0 256 48 96 217
Slovenia 60 254 159 110 251 353 100 38 * 153 40 216 879 1203 1263
South Africa 196 243 101 274 679 553 143 216 44 26 48 15 477 3619 6607 667
Spain 3599 2730 1889 3550 9377 6992 608 2229 3004 3556 4098 4070 5291 7767 6897 5210
Sri Lanka 20 0 0 39 71 6 0 * 0 * 0 * 0 * 0 149 0 * 1 0 * 1
Swaziland 1 9 9 F 0 0 0 1 0 1
Sweden 192 135 114 86 156 80 77 64 81 80 81 77 68 99 100 68
Switzerland 381 221 192 252 776 239 241 177 104 26 77 103 126 140 244 268
Tanzania, United Republic of 0
Thailand 395 18 0 * 56 399 145 149 243 0 * 11 91 139 242 280 341 46
Tunisia 9 0 5 1229 4542 3449 3134 2898 3309 4399 3849 5293 3827 6466 7895 6571
Turkey 1378 773 1312 2944 8188 6428 1564 1079 1362 1777 2296 1297 2541 2995 2408 2315
Uganda 0 1 0 * 0 F 0 F
Ukraine 160 78 0 * 0 F 105
United Arab Emirates 108
United Kingdom 22686 12979 13571 16014 26873 21995 10489 16368 10409 11702 16978 15323 8828 9886 894 104
United States of America 1009 859 810 413 3231 357 248 215 256 177 917 2500 467 199 64 13
Uruguay 18 17 1 26 88 25 61
USSR 0 14000 *
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 128 693 437 52 207 146 11 18 15 0 0 0 0 F 0 F 0 F 0 F
Yemen 73 0 *
Yugoslav SFR 896 0 F
Zambia 0 0 F 0 F

 
 

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Last updated: 18.12.2008

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