MOLDOVA (3 October)
Cereal harvesting is complete and aggregate harvest this year is estimated at 2.4 million tonnes, some 100 000 tonnes down on last year’s bumper harvest. This aggregate includes over 1 million tonnes of wheat, 1.2 million tonnes of maize and 150 000 tonnes of barley. Aggregate cereal exports during the 2005/06 marketing year are forecast at 400 000 tonnes including 100 000 tonnes of wheat, 200 000 tonnes of maize and 100 000 tonnes of barley. The country could certainly export higher amounts but the tendency is to keep relatively high stocks given past experiences with food shortages.