Year metric tons 1961 1850 1962 1891 1963 1871 1964 1788 1965 1886 1966 1847 1967 1927 1968 1977 1969 2251 1970 2963 1971 4358 1972 3127 1973 2708 1974 2477 1975 3826 1976 2769 1977 3616 1978 4905 1979 3434 1980 3608 1981 4082 1982 3486 1983 3812 1984 2369 1985 2278 1986 2199 1987 2450 1988 2900 1989 3500 1990 4120 1991 4720 1992 5420 1993 6030 1994 6850 1995 7650 1996 8650 1997 9600 1998 9810.89 1999 10550 2000 11300 2001 12600 2002 12804.86 2003 10300 2004 10479.67 2005 11671.73 2006 12250.1 2007 13241.84 2008 14300 2009 15202.12 2010 15919.12 2011 18204.77 2012 15270.72 2013 17364.67 2014 17752.75 2015 18190.15 2016 17943.56 2017 18502.82 2018 18366.63 2019 18288.65 2020 18398.47 2021 18361.86 2022 18357.45