FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 06/00 - TURKEY (3 June)
Output of the 2000 wheat crop is forecast at 19 million tonnes about 5 percent above last year’s drought reduced crop, but about average. Maize production is also forecast to increase by nearly 8 percent to 2.2 million tonnes compared to the average. Wheat imports in the current 1999/2000 (July/June) marketing year are expected to be around 900 000 tonnes, about 40 percent of 1998/99. Maize imports are projected at 750 000 tonnes, some 80 000 tonnes higher than in the previous year.
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