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Million Metric Tons
Date Created  9/12/2008 8:51:35 AM 
 
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  2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 Aug
2008/09		 Sep
2008/09
Production
China, Peoples Republic of 39.69 43.18 43.18 45.41 47.54 47.71
United States 39.27 39.95 41.56 41.50 41.53 40.95
Argentina 23.35 26.75 27.51 29.70 31.48 31.68
Brazil 23.71 22.76 25.26 26.17 26.29 26.31
EU-27 22.48 22.85 24.30 25.27 25.11 25.72
Other 58.41 60.82 62.56 63.92 67.10 66.25
 
 
Total 206.91 216.31 224.36 231.97 239.05 238.62
 
Imports
EU-27 27.29 28.30 26.90 28.69 27.74 27.84
Korea, Republic of 2.70 2.95 3.11 3.43 3.36 3.36
Vietnam 1.34 1.92 2.54 2.79 2.61 3.01
Thailand 2.09 2.44 2.75 2.46 2.93 2.73
Indonesia 2.02 2.24 2.41 2.60 2.66 2.66
Japan 1.95 2.06 2.19 2.26 2.24 2.26
United States 1.53 1.65 1.70 1.97 2.07 2.02
Other 20.69 23.60 25.03 25.91 27.67 26.91
 
 
Total 59.60 65.16 66.62 70.10 71.27 70.78
 
Exports
Argentina 21.79 25.20 26.41 28.24 29.97 30.25
Brazil 14.26 12.91 12.72 12.40 13.20 12.80
United States 6.95 7.61 8.26 8.88 8.29 8.10
India 2.72 4.69 4.44 6.02 4.77 5.67
Indonesia 1.84 1.99 2.10 2.24 2.40 2.40
Malaysia 1.93 1.82 2.01 2.12 2.07 2.07
Canada 1.50 1.63 1.63 2.00 2.05 2.07
Other 9.63 9.93 10.54 9.60 11.09 10.32
 
 
Total 60.61 65.78 68.12 71.50 73.82 73.67
 
Domestic Consumption
EU-27 48.83 49.98 50.35 53.19 52.02 52.71
China, Peoples Republic of 40.67 44.81 43.58 46.29 48.49 48.66
United States 33.90 33.85 34.97 34.64 35.31 34.87
Brazil 9.93 10.15 12.27 13.21 13.43 13.88
India 9.60 9.96 10.24 9.92 11.30 10.42
Japan 6.00 5.90 6.02 6.07 6.04 6.07
Mexico 5.32 6.01 6.14 5.80 5.98 5.83
Thailand 3.79 4.06 4.37 4.19 4.66 4.41
Korea, Republic of 3.49 3.64 3.95 4.26 4.15 4.15
Russian Federation 2.40 2.70 3.11 3.26 3.42 3.40
Other 41.03 44.85 48.21 49.41 51.71 51.45
 
 
Total 204.95 215.90 223.21 230.23 236.50 235.84
 
SME
EU-27 44.85 45.79 46.37 48.77 47.42 48.04
China, Peoples Republic of 38.75 42.56 41.40 44.37 46.63 46.80
United States 33.23 33.15 34.28 33.88 34.53 34.10
Brazil 9.76 10.00 12.06 12.99 13.22 13.67
India 8.34 8.61 8.83 8.63 9.89 9.01
Japan 5.91 5.82 5.93 5.98 5.94 5.97
Mexico 5.05 5.68 5.84 5.48 5.67 5.52
Other 47.70 52.02 55.82 57.09 59.78 59.27
 
 
Total 193.58 203.63 210.53 217.19 223.09 222.39
 
Ending Stocks
Brazil 1.58 1.48 1.93 2.62 2.43 2.39
Argentina 1.47 1.80 1.61 1.72 1.63 1.71
EU-27 1.09 1.11 1.06 1.03 1.05 1.05
United States 0.22 0.36 0.39 0.34 0.33 0.33
Japan 0.30 0.25 0.25 0.23 0.25 0.24
Other 3.28 2.73 2.16 1.79 1.91 1.89
 
 
Total 7.94 7.73 7.39 7.73 7.59 7.62