| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
|
|
# 1
|
United States: |
207,020 thousand metric tons |
|
|
# 2
|
China: |
128,100 thousand metric tons |
|
|
# 3
|
Brazil: |
37,000 thousand metric tons |
|
|
# 4
|
Mexico: |
25,700 thousand metric tons |
|
|
# 5
|
Japan: |
16,000 thousand metric tons |
|
|
# 6
|
India: |
12,600 thousand metric tons |
|
|
# 7
|
Canada: |
11,100 thousand metric tons |
|
|
# 8
|
Egypt: |
11,000 thousand metric tons |
|
|
# 9
|
Korea, South: |
9,570 thousand metric tons |
|
|
# 10
|
South Africa: |
8,700 thousand metric tons |
|
|
# 11
|
Indonesia: |
7,700 thousand metric tons |
|
|
# 12
|
Romania: |
6,700 thousand metric tons |
|
|
# 13
|
Nigeria: |
5,300 thousand metric tons |
|
|
# 14
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
4,700 thousand metric tons |
|
|
# 15
|
Hungary: |
4,600 thousand metric tons |
|
|
# 16
|
Malaysia: |
2,550 thousand metric tons |
|
| |
Total: |
498,340 thousand metric tons |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
31,146.3 thousand metric tons |
|