FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No.4 - September 1999 p. 1

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A.1 a) - WORLD CEREAL PRODUCTION - Forecast for 1999 as of August 1999

      Wheat Coarse Grains
1997 1998
estim.
1999
f'cast
1997 1998
estim.
1999
f'cast
( . . . . . . . . million tonnes .. . . . . . . . . . . .)
ASIA 265.7 255.1 257.3 198.4 222.6 225.5
Bangladesh 1.5 1.8 1.9 0.1 0.1 0.1
China 1/ 123.3 110.0 112.0 119.6 141.7 147.2
India 69.3 65.9 73.5 30.9 31.4 32.5
Indonesia - - - 8.8 10.1 9.1
Iran, Islamic Rep. of 10.2 11.9 9.0 3.8 3.8 3.2
Japan 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2
Kazakhstan 9.0 5.5 7.0 3.1 1.5 1.8
Korea, D. P. R. - 0.2 0.2 1.2 1.9 1.9
Korea, Rep. of - - - 0.4 0.4 0.4
Myanmar 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.5
Pakistan 16.4 18.7 18.0 1.9 1.9 1.8
Philippines - - - 4.3 3.8 4.0
Saudi Arabia 1.3 1.8 1.5 0.6 0.6 0.7
Thailand - - - 4.1 5.2 5.0
Turkey 18.7 21.0 18.0 10.8 10.9 9.7
Viet Nam - - - 1.3 1.2 1.3
AFRICA 14.9 18.2 16.3 77.8 81.2 81.0
North Africa 10.0 14.0 12.7 9.1 10.7 10.9
Egypt 5.8 6.1 6.3 6.7 7.0 7.0
Morocco 2.3 4.4 2.1 1.7 2.2 1.7
Sub-Saharan Africa 5.0 4.2 3.7 68.8 70.5 70.1
Western Africa 0.1 0.1 0.1 29.3 32.8 30.2
Nigeria 0.1 0.1 0.1 18.5 19.3 18.3
Central Africa - - - 2.4 2.7 2.5
Eastern Africa 2.2 2.2 1.9 19.9 20.2 22.1
Ethiopia 1.1 1.1 1.5 8.4 6.1 9.5
Sudan 0.6 0.5 0.2 3.9 5.1 4.7
Southern Africa 2.7 1.9 1.7 17.1 14.8 15.2
Madagascar - - - 0.2 0.2 0.2
South Africa 2.3 1.5 1.3 9.6 8.1 7.5
Zimbabwe 0.3 0.3 0.3 2.4 1.6 1.7
CENTRAL AMERICA 3.7 3.3 3.4 27.0 28.6 28.3
Mexico 3.7 3.2 3.4 23.9 25.4 24.8
SOUTH AMERICA 20.1 15.7 16.3 63.7 63.0 59.5
Argentina 14.8 10.7 11.5 19.7 24.2 17.8
Brazil 2.4 2.2 2.3 35.6 30.6 33.6
Colombia 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.3 1.6 1.5
NORTH AMERICA 91.8 93.8 88.0 285.9 298.5 292.8
Canada 24.3 24.4 25.0 25.3 26.8 26.0
United States 67.5 69.4 63.0 260.6 271.8 266.8
EUROPE 197.3 188.0 175.9 241.7 202.5 202.6
Bulgaria 3.6 3.3 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.2
EC 2/ 95.1 102.8 97.2 110.6 105.9 100.1
Hungary 5.3 5.0 3.1 8.9 8.1 8.4
Poland 8.2 9.5 9.3 17.2 17.6 16.8
Romania 7.1 5.2 4.7 15.0 10.3 11.6
Russian Fed. 44.3 30.0 31.0 42.2 22.6 27.6
Ukraine 19.0 17.0 14.5 16.6 11.6 11.4
OCEANIA 19.7 21.3 22.1 10.7 9.1 9.2
Australia 19.4 21.1 21.9 10.0 8.5 8.6
WORLD 613.2 595.4 579.3 905.3 905.6 899.0
Developing countries 285.5 276.7 276.4 352.4 384.1 383.4
Developed countries 327.8 318.7 302.8 553.0 521.5 515.5

SOURCE:
FAO Note: Totals computed from unrounded data.
1/ Including Taiwan Province.
2/ Fifteen member countries.

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