FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No.4 - September 1999 p. 6

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Table A.3 b) - WORLD EXPORTS OF CEREALS

      Rice (milled) Total Cereals 1/
1998 1999
estim.
2000
f'cast
1997/98 1998/99
estim.
1999/2000
f'cast
( . . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . .)
ASIA 21.4 16.8   38.7 30.2  
China 2/ 3.8 1.9   11.3 5.5  
India 4.5 2.5   4.5 2.6  
Indonesia - -   0.5 0.4  
Japan 0.8 0.5   1.1 0.8  
Kazakhstan - -   4.2 2.3  
Myanmar 0.1 0.2   0.2 0.3  
Pakistan 2.0 2.1   2.1 2.7  
Saudi Arabia - -   - -  
Thailand 6.4 5.5   6.4 5.7  
Turkey - -   2.2 4.1  
Viet Nam 3.8 4.0   4.0 4.2  
AFRICA 0.4 0.3   4.1 2.8  
Egypt 0.3 0.3   0.3 0.3  
South Africa - -   1.5 1.0  
Sudan - -   0.1 0.3  
Zimbabwe - -   0.3 0.1  
CENTRAL AMERICA - -   0.4 0.3  
SOUTH AMERICA 1.6 1.9   24.3 21.6  
Argentina 0.6 0.7   22.6 19.8  
Suriname 0.1 0.1   0.1 0.1  
Uruguay 0.6 0.7   0.7 0.8  
NORTH AMERICA 3.2 2.8   100.3 101.0  
Canada - -   24.6 16.4  
United States 3.2 2.8   75.6 84.5  
EUROPE 0.2 0.2   30.0 39.6  
EC 3/ 0.2 0.2   17.1 24.9  
Hungary - -   4.0 3.5  
Poland - -   0.1 0.6  
Romania - -   2.1 1.0  
Russian Fed. - -   2.5 1.5  
Ukraine - -   2.6 5.8  
OCEANIA 0.6 0.7   18.8 21.0  
Australia 0.6 0.7   18.7 21.0  
WORLD 27.4 22.7 22.6 4/ 216.6 216.5 218.0
Developing countries 22.6 18.5 18.2 60.6 50.6 48.2
Developed countries 4.8 4.2 4.4 156.0 165.9 169.8

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/ Highly Tentative.

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