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In , India exported To export this rice, the country used around 10 trillion litres of water. To put it another way, India virtually exported 10 trillion litres of water. How does it compare with China, which is the only other nation with a comparable population size? China is the eleventh largest country in the world in terms of virtual water imports and it runs a virtual water trade surplus in crop and animal products, that is, it has higher virtual water imports.
But China ends up exporting more water than importing because of its overseas sales of industrial products. In contrast, India is a large virtual net export of water because of agricultural products. One policy implication: While the country strives to increase manufacturing exports, care should be taken to maximize water use efficiency lest it ends up virtually exporting more water.
Rudimentary trade theory suggests that a country should be exporting things which it has in abundance and importing those which are scarce.
By that logic, India should be a virtual importer of water, especially so, when its report card of water scarcity looks very grim. Statista Accounts: Access All Statistics. Basic Account. The ideal entry-level account for individual users. Corporate solution including all features. Statistics on " Bottled water in the U. The most important statistics. Further related statistics.
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Instead it results from protection of their domestic water resources, land availability and land uses. Legend: Virtual water imports into Europe. Source: Mekonnen, M. Countries can both import and export virtual water through their international trade relations.
Legend: Global map showing countries with net virtual water import related to import of agricultural and industrial products from Latin American countries green and countries with net virtual water export due to agricultural and industrial exports to Latin American countries red over the period Only the biggest gross virtual water flows over 10 billion cubic meters per year are shown. Many nations save domestic water resources by importing water-intensive products and exporting commodities that are less water intensive.
National water saving through the import of a product can imply saving water at a global level if the flow is from sites with relatively high water productivity i.
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