FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No. 3, June 1998 Page 8

Table A.5 - WORLD STOCKS: Estimated Total Carryovers of Cereals 1/

	Crop Years ending in:
	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998 estim.	1999 forecast
	( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . )
TOTAL CEREALS	384.7	347.6	320.3	262.3	296.5	321.5	327.7
held by:
- main exporters 2/	170.0	119.3	108.7	74.8	101.2	126.0	139.0
- others	214.8	228.3	211.6	187.5	195.3	195.5	188.7
BY GRAINS
Wheat	149.2	147.5	118.5	104.8	114.6	133.9	136.0
held by:
- main exporters 2/	55.6	46.9	31.8	28.8	36.1	40.6	45.2
- others	93.6	100.6	86.8	76.1	78.5	93.2	90.8
Coarse Grains	168.8	137.9	147.3	103.6	125.3	133.8	138.7
held by:
- main exporters 2/	91.2	53.3	62.4	31.8	48.8	68.4	77.2
- others	77.6	84.6	84.9	71.8	76.5	65.4	61.5
Rice (milled basis)	66.7	62.2	54.5	53.9	56.5	53.7	53.0
held by:
- main exporters 2/	23.2	19.1	14.5	14.2	16.3	17.0	16.6
- others	43.6	43.1	40.0	39.6	40.2	36.7	36.4
BY REGIONS
Developed Countries	215.5	175.5	160.0	105.7	124.4	159.5	170.0
of which:
North America	96.4	59.9	69.3	35.3	54.4	68.9
Canada	17.6	16.2	9.2	9.9	14.5	10.6
United States	78.8	43.7	60.2	25.5	39.9	58.3
Others	119.1	115.6	90.7	70.4	70.0	90.6
Australia	5.6	4.6	2.6	3.0	3.8	4.7
EC 4/	46.1	35.8	23.0	22.7	26.9	35.5
CIS 3/	46.5	49.0	35.0	19.4	13.1	20.3
Japan	4.9	4.3	5.4	6.1	6.6	6.8
Developing Countries	169.2	172.1	160.3	156.6	172.1	161.9	157.7
of which:
Asia 5/	137.6	139.1	123.3	127.7	139.8	132.6
Bangladesh	3.3	3.0	2.6	1.9	1.9	1.6
Korea, Rep. of	4.0	3.3	2.3	1.9	2.5	2.5
China 6/	58.9	57.1	48.5	53.7	63.1	58.3
Philippines	2.0	2.1	2.0	2.6	2.8	2.7
India 7/	11.3	19.0	24.1	18.4	10.7	12.0
Indonesia	6.3	6.1	5.0	6.0	6.4	5.0
Pakistan	3.6	4.1	3.2	3.3	3.6	4.2
Turkey	2.2	4.4	1.9	3.4	5.1	5.0
Africa	18.0	17.5	21.1	13.3	20.4	17.0
Central America	4.5	5.0	5.4	5.2	4.4	50
South America	8.9	10.3	10.4	10.3	7.4	7.1
Argentina	0.4	1.1	0.7	0.8	1.1	1.3
Brazil	5.6	5.2	5.8	5.6	2.6	2.5
WORLD STOCKS	( . . . . . . . . . . . . percentage . . . . . . . . . . . )
as % of consumption	21.8	19.3	17.8	14.2	15.7	16.9	17.2

SOURCE: FAO Note: Based on official and unofficial estimates. Totals computed from unrounded data.

Stock data are based on an aggregate of carryovers at the end of national crop years and should not be construed as representing world stock levels at a fixed point in time. 2/ For a list of main exporters of wheat, coarse grains and rice see table A.7. 3/ FAO estimates; up to crop years ending in 1991, former U.S.S.R.; thereafter, Commonwealth of Independent States. 4/ From 1996, includes 15 member countries. 5/ Total includes FAO estimates for privately-held stocks. 6/ FAO estimates and including Taiwan Province. 7/ Government stocks only.