Year metric tons 1961 4203000 1962 4279000 1963 4304000 1964 4453700 1965 4561100 1966 4661400 1967 4726200 1968 4653200 1969 4931700 1970 5070300 1971 5232900 1972 5166300 1973 4370000 1974 4345300 1975 3808710 1976 4708090 1977 4380120 1978 3997360 1979 5203770 1980 6403227 1981 5610377 1982 5393494 1983 6718279 1984 5516819 1985 4239874 1986 4819987 1987 5707736 1988 6136960 1989 5733573 1990 6137530 1991 5810665 1992 5034885 1993 5304825 1994 5254031.58 1995 6751322 1996 9388992.55 1997 9484807 1998 7210329 1999 8392918 2000 8019830 2001 9585753 2002 9000335 2003 9532780 2004 10140082 2005 12749986 2006 12672350 2007 13252798.06 2008 14014121.48 2009 16457164.46 2010 18380017.41 2011 19269598.3 2012 20322264.7 2013 22338783.3 2014 24215411.4 2015 25837227.61 2016 26587343.15 2017 28763752.2 2018 28364293.66 2019 29672647.7 2020 30248749.18 2021 30602960.6 2022 31616415.5