
Note 1. Total before 1999 is estimated world total. Totals after 2000 are sum up of major countries.
2. Figures with # are based on International Sericulture Commission (ISC). Others are based on the estimate by Agriculture and Livestock Industries Corporation (ALIC). - : Data not available
3. Figures of China are estimated by ALIC based on the data of National Bureau of Statistics of China.
4. Figures of India are based on The Central Silk Board (CSB), Ministry of Textiles in India.
5. Figures of Vietnam before 1999 are based on the data of Vietnam Sericulture Corporation (Bizeri). After 2000 based on the data of ISC.
6. Figures of Brazil are based on ABRASSEDA
7. Figures of Thailand are besed on Ministry of Agriculture and Corporatives丂
8. Figures of Uzbekistan in 1999 are estimated by ALIC based on cocoon production. 2000 based on ISC, 2001 based on International Silk Association (ISA). 2002 substituted by the data of 2001.