FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 11/00 - CROATIA (10 November)
The 2000 wheat harvest, officially reported at 1.08 million tonnes, is better than expected after the hot dry weather experienced in May and June. This outcome is nearly double that of 1999 (0.558 million tonnes). However, spring crops have been badly affected by the drought and output of maize is now expected to be only 0.8 million tonnes, not even 40 percent of last year’s bumper crop.
Aggregate cereal production in 2000 is likely to fall by nearly 30 percent to 2.1 million tonnes. Output of other foodcrops has also been affected by the drought. Thus, output of sugarbeet is down by nearly a third, that of sunflower by 11 percent and potato output is down by 30 percent. Production of fruit, grapes, pastures and fodder crops are also affected.
Despite the lower output, the country plans to export about 200 000 tonnes of wheat in 2000/01.
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