Table 3

China- Soybean product imports and consumption of soybean oil.


1989–1991
2000–2002

Imports of soybeans (Mt)
1,961,944
14,368,805
Imports of soybean oil (Mt)
435,735
736,254
Calories available from soybean oil/cap/day
27
78
Calories available from all vegetable oils/cap/day
141
213
Soybean oil as percentage of calories available from all vegetable oils (%)
19
37

Source: based on data from FAOSTAT 2005 [42,145,146]. The numbers represent 3 year averages around 1990 and 2001

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