FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No.4 - September 1999 p. 5

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Table A.3 a) - WORLD EXPORTS OF CEREALS

      Wheat (July/June) 1/ Coarse Grains (July/June)
1997/98 1998/99
estim.
1999/2000
f'cast
1997/98 1998/99
estim.
1999/2000
f'cast
( . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . .)
ASIA 7.7 7.4 5.4 9.6 5.9 5.9
China 2/ 0.5 0.3 0.2 7.0 3.4 4.2
India - 0.1 0.5 - - -
Indonesia - - - 0.5 0.4 0.2
Japan 0.3 0.3 0.3 - - -
Kazakhstan 3.4 2.0 2.0 0.8 0.3 0.5
Myanmar - - - 0.1 0.1 0.1
Pakistan 0.1 0.6 0.6 - - -
Saudi Arabia - - - - - -
Thailand - - - - 0.2 0.2
Turkey 1.3 2.8 1.0 0.9 1.3 0.6
Viet Nam - - - 0.2 0.2 0.2
AFRICA 0.3 0.2 0.1 3.5 2.3 1.7
Egypt - - - - - -
South Africa 0.2 0.1 0.1 1.3 1.0 0.2
Sudan - - - 0.1 0.3 0.4
Zimbabwe - - - 0.3 0.1 -
CENTRAL AMERICA 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
SOUTH AMERICA 9.0 8.5 8.1 13.7 11.3 11.7
Argentina 8.9 8.3 8.0 13.1 10.8 11.3
Suriname - - - - - -
Uruguay - - - 0.1 0.1 0.1
NORTH AMERICA 49.2 42.9 49.5 47.9 55.3 56.9
Canada 21.1 13.9 17.5 3.5 2.5 2.9
United States 28.1 29.0 32.0 44.4 52.8 54.0
EUROPE 18.8 24.0 20.6 10.9 15.4 14.5
EC 3/ 12.9 14.2 16.5 4.0 10.5 10.0
Hungary 1.6 1.5 0.8 2.4 2.0 2.0
Poland - 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Romania 0.9 0.5 0.3 1.2 0.5 0.8
Russian Fed. 1.0 1.4 0.2 1.5 0.2 -
Ukraine 1.6 4.4 2.0 1.0 1.4 1.1
OCEANIA 15.3 15.8 17.0 3.0 4.5 3.6
Australia 15.2 15.8 17.0 3.0 4.5 3.6
WORLD 100.6 99.0 101.0 88.6 94.8 94.5
Developing countries 13.3 13.8 11.4 24.7 18.3 18.7
Developed countries 87.3 85.2 89.6 63.9 76.5 75.8

SOURCE:
FAO
Note: Totals computed from unrounded data.
1/ Including wheat flour in wheat grain equivalent, but excluding semolina.
2/ Including Taiwan Province.
3/ Excluding trade between the fifteen EC member countries.

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