Wahi a ka helu helu aupuni mai ke aupuni Kina, ʻo ka nui o nā mea i hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai Kina i kēia hapa mua o ka makahiki ma kahi o 37 miliona tons, ua hoʻonui ʻia ma luna o 30% makahiki ma ka makahiki.
Ma waena o lākou, ʻo nā ʻano like ʻole o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ke kila me ka pahu pōʻai a me ka uea, me kahi o 5.3 miliona mau tona, ʻāpana kila (1.4 miliona tons), pā kila (24.9 miliona mau tons), a me ka paipu kila (3.6 miliona mau tons).
Eia kekahi, ʻo ko Kina Hema (4.2 miliona tons), Vietnam (4.1 miliona tons), Thailand (2.2 miliona tons), Philippines (2.1 miliona tons), Indonesia (1.6 miliona tons), Brazil (1.2 miliona tons), a me Turkey (906,000 tons).