Globalisation of Virtual Water Flows

The Globalisation Of VIRTUAL WATER FLOWS National Water Saving Related To Trade Hundred Million M' of water per year UNITED STATES GERMANY 9,426 JAPAN 1 501 1 1,370 UNITED KINGDOM ITALY 1 529 1 536 INDIA MEXICO I 697 1 831 BRAZIL I 699 ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA +925 789 1 Water Saved Water Lost Top Net Importers of Virtual Water Hundred Million M of water per year 1 1,168 1 661 1 622 602 1578 Breakdown by product type Crop Products O Animal Products O Industrial Products 165 170 55 158 107 250 -207 122 115 91 936 - 708 - 656 922 - 560 Total imports Total imports Total imports 1,013 Total imports 1,244 Total imports 773 1,271 921 31 69 127 125 24 78 132 30 2. 32 205 244 -383 125 Total exports Total exports 260 Total exports Total exports Total exports 103 391 642 195 Top Net Exporters of Virtual Water Hundred Million M of water per year +954 + 923 + 796 1 772 769 Breakdown by product type I Crop Products O Animal Products O Industrial Products 11 106 57 247 369 21 170 267 923 1,084 2,519 608 -932 Total exports Total exports Total exports Total exports 886 Total exports 1,123 1,247 978 3,135 18 502 32 21 3. 17 250 - 316 - 272 42 77 -1,587 Total imports Total imports 293 Total imports 2,339 Total imports Total imports 354 55 114 Source Mekonnen, M.M. and Hoekstra, A.Y. (2011) National water footprint accounts: the green, blue and grey water footprint of production and consumption, Value of Water Research Report Series No.50, UNESCO-IHE, Delft, the Netherlands. All figures from the period 1996 -2005 www.atiuk.com/blog/virtual-water-flows HALYTICRL TECHNOLDOT