Grain Production and Fertilizer Use in China, 1960-2004

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Year	Grain Production (Million Tons)	Fertilizer Consumption (Million Tons)	Grain Production Per Ton of Fertilizer Use (Tons)
1960-12-31	90.0	0.7	128.57142857143
1961-12-31	91.877	0.4	229.6925
1962-12-31	99.558	0.6	165.93
1963-12-31	108.61	1.0	108.61
1964-12-31	121.393	1.3	93.379230769231
1965-12-31	130.268	2.7	48.247407407407
1966-12-31	141.943	2.7	52.571481481481
1967-12-31	146.716	5.0	29.3432
1968-12-31	140.348	2.7	51.980740740741
1969-12-31	141.39	3.5	40.397142857143
1970-12-31	161.694	3.6	44.915
1971-12-31	172.345	4.2	41.034523809524
1972-12-31	167.569	5.1	32.856666666667
1973-12-31	180.917	5.1	35.473921568627
1974-12-31	194.187	4.9	39.63
1975-12-31	202.841	5.4	37.563148148148
1976-12-31	205.972	5.8	35.512413793103
1977-12-31	198.894	6.5	30.599076923077
1978-12-31	225.557	8.8	25.631477272727
1979-12-31	242.572	10.9	22.254311926606
1980-12-31	233.101	12.7	18.354409448819
1981-12-31	237.097	13.3	17.826842105263
1982-12-31	260.858	15.1	17.275364238411
1983-12-31	288.807	16.6	17.398012048193
1984-12-31	306.103	17.4	17.592126436782
1985-12-31	284.602	17.8	15.988876404494

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Source	Earth Policy Institute
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Quandl Code	EPI/240
Description	Source: Compiled by Earth Policy Institute from USDA, Production, Supply & Distribution, electronic database, updated March 13, 2005; Patrick Heffer, Short Term Prospects for World Agriculture and Fertilizer Demand 2003/04 - 2004/05 (Paris: International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA), January 2005); IFA Secretariat and IFA Fertilizer Demand Working Group, Fertilizer Consumption Report (Brussels: December 2001); historical data from Worldwatch Institute, compiled from IFA and the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, Fertilizer Yearbook (Rome: various years).