FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No.5 - November 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
17.6
17.2
38.7
30.9
30.3
China 2/
3.8
2.1
2.1
11.3
5.8
7.5
India
4.5
2.5
2.5
4.5
2.6
3.0
Indonesia
-
-
-
0.5
0.4
0.2
Japan
0.8
0.5
0.4
1.1
0.8
0.7
Kazakhstan
-
-
-
4.2
2.5
3.2
Myanmar
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
Pakistan
2.0
2.1
2.0
2.1
2.4
2.3
Saudi Arabia
-
-
-
-
-
-
Thailand
6.4
5.7
5.7
6.4
5.9
5.9
Turkey
-
-
-
2.2
4.1
2.1
Viet Nam
3.8
4.3
4.1
4.0
4.5
4.3
AFRICA
0.4
0.3
0.4
4.1
2.7
2.3
Egypt
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.4
South Africa
-
-
-
1.5
1.0
0.2
Sudan
-
-
-
0.1
0.3
0.4
Zimbabwe
-
-
-
0.3
0.1
-
CENTRAL AMERICA
-
-
-
0.4
0.3
0.3
SOUTH AMERICA
1.7
1.9
1.9
24.4
21.6
22.1
Argentina
0.6
0.7
0.7
22.6
19.8
20.2
Suriname
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
Uruguay
0.7
0.8
0.7
0.8
0.9
0.8
NORTH AMERICA
3.2
2.8
3.0
100.3
101.0
109.1
Canada
-
-
-
24.6
16.4
21.1
United States
3.2
2.8
3.0
75.6
84.5
88.0
EUROPE
0.2
0.2
0.2
30.0
39.8
36.7
EC 3/
0.2
0.2
0.2
17.1
24.6
27.3
Hungary
-
-
-
4.0
3.5
2.6
Poland
-
-
-
0.1
0.8
0.3
Romania
-
-
-
2.1
1.0
1.1
Russian Fed.
-
-
-
2.5
1.5
0.1
Ukraine
-
-
-
2.6
5.8
3.7
OCEANIA
0.6
0.7
0.7
18.8
21.7
20.6
Australia
0.6
0.7
0.7
18.7
21.7
20.6
WORLD
27.5
23.5
23.3 4/
216.7
218.0
221.4
Developing countries
22.7
19.4
19.0
60.7
51.2
50.7
Developed countries
4.8
4.1
4.4
156.0
166.8
170.6

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/ Highly Tentative.

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