Total spice consumption rose 28.5% to 703 kt in China in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, total spice consumption in China reached an all time high of 6,911 kt in 1978 and an all time low of 333 kt in 2016. When compared to China's main peers, total spice consumption in India amounted to 5,394 kt, 134 kt in Japan, 74.0 kt in Russia and 408 kt in USA in 2021.
China has been ranked 4th within the group of 147 countries we follow in terms of total spice consumption.
| Spice Consumption (Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Bangladesh | kt | 474 | 440 | 458 | 465 | 546 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kt | 39.0 | 38.0 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 45.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 438 | 333 | 379 | 389 | 491 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 65.0 | 64.0 | 67.0 | 66.0 | 73.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 2,957 | 3,587 | 4,278 | 4,675 | 4,911 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 160 | 157 | 153 | 144 | 147 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 141 | 140 | 137 | 147 | 139 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | kt | 324 | 305 | 300 | 318 | 271 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 29.0 | 55.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 38.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kt | 26.0 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 25.0 | 48.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | kt | 109 | 131 | 118 | 135 | 129 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 308 | 310 | 313 | 318 | 347 |
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