| Rice (milled) | Total Cereals 1/ | |||||
| 1997 | 1998 estim. |
1999 f'cast |
1996/97 | 1997/98 estim. |
1998/99 f'cast |
|
| ( . . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . ) | ||||||
| ASIA | 13.8 | 20.5 | 15.5 | 21.9 | 33.2 | 26.3 |
| China 2/ | 1.0 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 4.1 | 10.9 | 5.6 |
| India | 2.0 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 2.2 |
| Indonesia | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Japan | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
| Korea, D. P. R. | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Myanmar | - | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Pakistan | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thailand | 5.3 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 6.4 | 5.6 |
| Turkey | - | - | - | 1.2 | 2.5 | 3.8 |
| Viet Nam | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.1 |
| AFRICA | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 2.5 |
| Egypt | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| South Africa | - | - | - | 2.7 | 1.7 | 0.8 |
| Sudan | - | - | - | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Zimbabwe | - | - | - | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| CENTRAL AMERICA | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| SOUTH AMERICA | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 24.3 | 24.7 | 21.9 |
| Argentina | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 21.6 | 22.8 | 20.2 |
| Suriname | 0.1 | - | 0.1 | 0.1 | - | 0.1 |
| Uruguay | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| NORTH AMERICA | 2.3 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 104.4 | 100.2 | 100.2 |
| Canada | - | - | - | 22.9 | 24.6 | 19.5 |
| United States | 2.3 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 81.5 | 75.5 | 80.8 |
| EUROPE | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 27.5 | 24.7 | 30.8 |
| EC 3/ | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 25.7 | 18.7 | 26.2 |
| Hungary | - | - | - | 1.3 | 3.0 | 2.4 |
| Poland | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Romania | - | - | - | 0.2 | 2.1 | 1.2 |
| CIS 4/ | - | - | - | 1.3 | 5.4 | 3.4 |
| OCEANIA | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 23.4 | 19.0 | 18.7 |
| Australia | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 23.4 | 18.9 | 18.7 |
| WORLD | 19.2 | 26.6 | 21.1 | 208.4 | 210.9 | 204.0 |
| Developing countries | 16.0 | 21.7 | 17.0 | 48.7 | 58.9 | 49.4 |
| Developed countries | 3.2 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 159.7 | 152.0 | 154.6 |
SOURCE: FAO
Note: Totals computed from unrounded data.
1/ Trade in rice refers to the calendar year of the second year shown.
2/ Including Taiwan Province.
3/ Excluding trade between the fifteen EC member countries.
4/ Commonwealth of Independent States; excluding intratrade.
5/ Highly Tentative.