Net exports of these countries stood at 49 Mt., 30.2 Mt. and 11.4 Mt. respectively in 2004.

In 2010 the largest exporters were Australia with 328 million tonnes (27.1 of world coal export) and Indonesia with 316 million tonnes (26.1 ), while the largest importers were Japan with 207 million tonnes (17.5 of world coal import), China with 195 million tonnes (16.6 ) and South Korea with 126 million tonnes (10.7 ).

In terms of strategic materials, in 1940, Italy produced 4.4 megatonnes (Mt) of coal, 0.01 Mt of crude oil, 1.2 Mt of iron ore and 2.1 Mt of steel.

Production in China rose by 21 Mt., while the increase in the rest of the world was 2.5 Mt23.

In addition, Gazprom produced about 32.3 million tons of crude oil and nearly 12.1 million tons of gas condensate.

The annual production of both bananas and copra has been in the range of 13,000 to 15,000 metric tons (about 14,500 to 16,500 short tons).

The mass of the pyramid is estimated at 5.9 million tonnes.

The Soviets promised, by May 11, 1941 the delivery of 2.5 million tons of grain 1 million tons above its current obligations.

In 2002 North Americans disposed of 24 million tonnes of waste, with residential sources accounting for 9.5 million tonnes.

Total reserves of titanium are estimated to exceed 600 million tonnes.

The maximum designed capacity of the smelter is around 1.2 million tonnes year.

World exports of finished and semi finished steel increased from 245.4 Mt. in 1996 to 337.9 Mt. in 2003.

The port's throughput capacity reaches 15 million tons of liquid bulk and up to 10 million tons of dry cargoes.

Secondly, between 2006 and 2008, China shut down small thermal power generation units with a total installed capacity of 34.21 GW, phased out 60.59 million tons of backward steel making capacity, 43.47 million tons of iron smelting capacity and 140 million tons of cement production capacity.

If the rhinoceros beetle in Samoa were eradicated, Samoa could produce in excess of 40,000 metric tons (44,000 short tons) of copra.

Global crude steel making capacity is expected to increase from 1,184 Mt. per year in 2004 to over 1,305 Mt. per year in 2006.

The EU, the largest importer, witnessed a rising trend (from 72.8 Mt. in 1996 to 104.5 Mt. in 2004).

Compared to 1938 figures, the expanded Greater Germany and its sphere of influence lacked, among other items, 500,000 tons of manganese, 3.3 million tons of raw phosphate, 200,000 tons of rubber and 9.5 million tons of oil.

In 2007, the global HDPE market reached a volume of more than 30 million tons.

This can be contrasted with 59.9 million tonnes produced in fish farms, plus another 19.0 million tons of aquatic plants harvested in aquaculture.

As a result, annual plastics consumption worldwide has increased from five million tons in the 1950 s to around 280 million tons today.

Each second, it fuses approximately 600 million tons of hydrogen to helium, converting about 4 million tons of matter to energy.

All except these last four provided a worldwide catch of well over a million tonnes in 1999, with herring and sardines together providing a catch of over 22 million metric tons in 1999.

OMV has an annual processing capacity of 17.4 mn t (360,000 bbl d), excluding Bayernoil.

The airport has the capacity to handle 70 million passengers and 1.2 million tonnes of cargo a year.

In 2005, Cuba will import between 750,000 and 800,000 tons of rice those purchases could reach 1 million tons in a short time.

In 2005 it had proven recoverable coal reserves of 171 million tons.

A new airport in Almaty expects to handle about 45 million tonnes of cargo each year.

The port has 15 container berths, enabling it to handle 2.5 million tonnes a year.

In terms of cargo tonnage, Singapore is behind Shanghai with 423 million freight tons handled.

In 1998, excess capacity was estimated to be 275 Mt. worldwide.

It's created a million jobs inside that country, and it's saved 32 million tons of CO2. It's really substantial.

Apparent consumption of finished steel increased from 698 Mt. in 1996 to 967.9 Mt. in 2004, a growth of 38.7 per cent (9.2 per cent in 2004).

Before year 2000, more than 1.6 million tonnes have been used of those alloys with a content of 1 manganese, this amount would need 16,000 tonnes of manganese.

The Talison mine in Greenbushes, Western Australia has an estimated reserve of 13 million tonnes.

The total global production of farmed shrimp reached more than 1.6 million tonnes in 2003, representing a value of nearly 9 billion U.S. dollars.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the world harvest in 2005 consisted of 93.3 million tonnes captured by commercial fishing in wild fisheries, plus 48.1 million tonnes produced by fish farms.

As a result, in the long term, approximately 3.5 million tons of heating oil could be replaced, hence 12 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions could be avoided.

India is currently producing about 270 millions tons of sugar cane annually, about 50 55 per cent of which is utilized for the manufacture of crystal sugar generating over 40 million tons of bagasse annually.

1 GT (or gigatonne) CO2 equivalent means 1,000 million of tonnes of CO2.

Such an investment, backed by policy measures, would result in an increase in catch levels from 80 million tons now to 90 million tons in 2050, following an initial decline between now and 2020.

One of my favorite facts is that U.S. agriculture uses 1.2 billion pounds of pesticides every year.

At that time, annual export of rice and other grains from India was approximately one million tons.

It is estimated that more than a thousand million tonnes of southern Africa's soil are eroded every year.

During the same period, crude steel production increased by 260 Mt., indicating that the excess has been reduced.