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Western Africa (excluding intra-trade) Natural Rubber Import quantity
What is Western Africa (excluding intra-trade)'s natural rubber import quantity (t)? As of 2023, it's 5.3K Tons, down from 43.6K Tons in 2014.
| Label | Natural Rubber Import quantity (t) |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 43605.48 Tons |
| 2015 | 29904.41 Tons |
| 2016 | 32784.44 Tons |
| 2017 | 31177.89 Tons |
| 2018 | 38532.64 Tons |
| 2019 | 34510.87 Tons |
| 2020 | 1113.49 Tons |
| 2021 | 1145.43 Tons |
| 2022 | 3837.12 Tons |
| 2023 | 5314.58 Tons |
Data Source: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Wantstats Repository
Western Africa (excluding intra-trade) Natural Rubber Import quantity: Key Points
- Bookending the series — 2014 at 43.61K t, 2023 at 5.31K t — puts Western Africa (excluding intra-trade)'s natural Rubber Import quantity down by roughly 88% across the full window.
- 2015: drops hard to 29.90K t (-31%).
- 2020: falls away sharply to 1.11K t (-97%).
- 2022: surges to 3.84K t (+235%).
- 2023: spikes to 5.31K t (+39%).
- Overall move from 2014 to 2023: 87.8% loss, settling at 5.31K t.
Why Trade Collapsed in 2020
There's no single story that fits every year here. Western Africa (excluding intra-trade)'s figure moves both ways across the period — don't extrapolate from the most recent year alone.
This isn't a local trade failure — 2020's disruption to global supply chains and demand hit trade flows broadly, not just here.
Treat the exact numbers as directional rather than precise, and lean on the overall shape of the natural Rubber Import quantity line for Western Africa (excluding intra-trade) rather than any one year in isolation.
This kind of indicator is almost never measured continuously — it's estimated from periodic data collection, published and later revised by Western Africa (excluding intra-trade)'s statistical authority. Direction is the reliable part; individual years less so.
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