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Crop Years ending in: | ||||||
| 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 estim. |
1999 forecast |
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| ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . ) | |||||||
| TOTAL CEREALS | 382.4 | 344.4 | 319.5 | 260.4 | 302.3 | 331.1 | 327.7 |
| held by: | |||||||
| - main exporters 2/ | 170.0 | 119.5 | 110.8 | 74.0 | 101.2 | 127.2 | 148.5 |
| - others | 212.4 | 224.9 | 208.8 | 186.4 | 201.0 | 203.9 | 179.2 |
| BY GRAINS | |||||||
| Wheat | 147.5 | 145.4 | 117.3 | 104.1 | 114.8 | 137.3 | 135.9 |
| held by: | |||||||
| - main exporters 2/ | 55.6 | 46.9 | 32.6 | 28.7 | 36.0 | 40.6 | 51.7 |
| - others | 91.9 | 98.6 | 84.8 | 75.4 | 78.8 | 96.7 | 84.2 |
| Coarse Grains | 168.2 | 136.8 | 147.0 | 103.8 | 131.1 | 138.8 | 142.3 |
| held by: | |||||||
| - main exporters 2/ | 91.2 | 53.5 | 63.7 | 31.1 | 48.9 | 68.2 | 80.8 |
| - others | 76.9 | 83.3 | 83.3 | 72.7 | 82.2 | 70.6 | 61.5 |
| Rice (milled basis) | 66.7 | 62.2 | 55.2 | 52.5 | 56.4 | 54.9 | 49.6 |
| held by: | |||||||
| - main exporters 2/ | 23.2 | 19.1 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 16.3 | 18.4 | 16.0 |
| - others | 43.5 | 43.1 | 40.7 | 38.2 | 40.0 | 36.5 | 33.6 |
| BY REGIONS | |||||||
| Developed Countries | 215.7 | 175.7 | 162.0 | 105.7 | 126.9 | 169.7 | 173.0 |
| of which: | |||||||
| North America | 96.4 | 59.9 | 69.4 | 35.0 | 54.0 | 69.2 | 89.6 |
| Canada | 17.6 | 16.2 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 14.0 | 10.4 | 12.2 |
| United States | 78.8 | 43.7 | 60.2 | 25.5 | 40.0 | 58.7 | 77.4 |
| Others | 119.3 | 115.8 | 92.6 | 70.8 | 72.9 | 100.5 | 83.4 |
| Australia | 5.6 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| CIS 3/ | 46.5 | 49.0 | 35.0 | 20.7 | 15.6 | 30.3 | 14.1 |
| EC 4/ | 46.1 | 36.0 | 25.1 | 22.2 | 27.0 | 35.8 | 38.6 |
| Japan | 4.5 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.0 |
| Developing Countries | 166.7 | 168.7 | 157.5 | 154.7 | 175.4 | 161.4 | 154.7 |
| of which: | |||||||
| Asia 5/ | 137.0 | 138.4 | 123.7 | 126.5 | 141.2 | 130.6 | 124.7 |
| Bangladesh | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| China 6/ | 58.1 | 56.4 | 48.2 | 53.3 | 63.7 | 56.3 | 53.7 |
| India 7/ | 11.3 | 19.0 | 24.1 | 18.4 | 10.7 | 14.0 | 18.3 |
| Indonesia | 6.3 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| Korea, Rep. of | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| Pakistan | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
| Philippines | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| Turkey | 2.2 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 4.1 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 4.1 |
| Africa | 16.4 | 15.3 | 18.7 | 12.1 | 19.8 | 16.4 | 17.4 |
| Central America | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.5 |
| South America | 8.9 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 9.7 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 6.1 |
| Argentina | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| Brazil | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 1.8 |
| WORLD STOCKS | ( . . . . . . . . . . . . percentage . . . . . . . . . . . ) | ||||||
| as % of consumption | 21.7 | 19.1 | 17.8 | 14.1 | 16.2 | 17.6 | 17.2 |
SOURCE: FAO
Note: Based on official and unofficial estimates. Totals computed from unrounded data.
1/ 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.4. 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.