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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