Year metric tons 1960 1730060 1961 1823244 1962 1961398 1963 2021727 1964 2195583 1965 2321389 1966 2445738 1967 2545447 1968 2678141 1969 2813723 1970 2994338 1971 3254138 1972 3533246 1973 3624634 1974 3596072 1975 3514355 1976 3584343 1977 3732805 1978 3795565 1979 3789690 1980 3778333 1981 3875995 1982 3933064 1983 4125564.2399999998 1984 4253007.140000001 1985 4360790.109999999 1986 4677859.720000001 1987 4839950.28 1988 4928229.970000001 1989 5081484.99 1990 5319403.170000001 1991 5397570.25 1992 5696605.899999999 1993 5778443.640000001 1994 5743242.279999999 1995 6110094.73 1996 6227566.159999999 1997 6745071.42 1998 7020089.09 1999 7734963.629999999 2000 8068220.739999999 2001 8451465.07 2002 8759887.8 2003 9346622.28 2004 10208341.4 2005 10567769.44 2006 11149863.889999999 2007 11325476.23 2008 11648525.09 2009 12312227.410000002 2010 12880830.530000001 2011 13356721.89 2012 13970348.9 2013 14387054.95 2014 15057692.05 2015 15192828.05 2016 15717419.26 2017 16780847.040000003 2018 17000937.419999998 2019 17225501.03 2020 17161287.149999995 2021 17292435.440000005 2022 17310911.91