| Rice (milled) | Total Cereals 1/ | |||||
| 1996 |
1997
estim. |
1998
f'cast | 1995/96 |
1996/97
estim. |
1997/98
f'cast |
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| ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) | ||||||
| ASIA | 10.4 | 8.9 | 9.9 | 117.2 | 111.8 | 115.0 |
| Bangladesh | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| China 2/ | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 26.9 | 13.3 | 13.0 |
| Hong Kong | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| India | - | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 1.7 |
| Indonesia | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.4 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. of | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 5.6 | 9.5 | 8.0 |
| Japan | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 26.2 | 27.0 | 27.5 |
| Korea, Rep. of | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 12.9 | 13.1 | 13.0 |
| Malaysia | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| Pakistan | - | - | - | 2.1 | 2.9 | 4.1 |
| Philippines | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 5.6 | 7.9 | 7.9 |
| Singapore | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| Syria | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Yemen | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| AFRICA | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 32.0 | 30.3 | 34.2 |
| North Africa | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 19.2 | 17.8 | 22.3 |
| Algeria | - | - | - | 3.5 | 4.0 | 5.5 |
| Egypt | - | - | - | 8.7 | 9.8 | 10.2 |
| Morocco | - | - | - | 3.7 | 1.5 | 3.2 |
| Tunisia | - | - | - | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.8 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa 3/ | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 12.7 | 12.4 | 11.8 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Ethiopia | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - |
| Kenya | - | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
| Madagascar | - | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Senegal | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Sudan | - | - | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| CENTRAL AMERICA | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 15.0 | 14.3 | 14.2 |
| Mexico | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 10.0 | 8.4 | 7.6 |
| SOUTH AMERICA | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 16.3 | 16.9 | 18.3 |
| Brazil | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 8.1 |
| Colombia | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| Peru | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| Venezuela | - | - | - | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| NORTH AMERICA | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 6.8 |
| EUROPE | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 12.2 | 14.1 | 9.7 |
| EC 4/ | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 7.6 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| CIS 5/ | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 2.8 |
| OCEANIA | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
| WORLD | 19.2 | 18.0 | 19.0 6/ | 204.6 | 198.2 | 202.0 |
| Developing countries | 16.1 | 14.9 | 15.8 | 150.3 | 142.3 | 150.5 |
| Developed countries | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 54.3 | 56.0 | 51.4 |