FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 11/00 - PERU (6 November)
The bulk of the 2000 wheat crop has been collected and output is provisionally estimated at an above-average 160 000 tonnes. Harvesting of the 2000 yellow maize crop has also been virtually completed and output collected in the period January/August is estimated at about 637 500 tonnes which compares to 554 700 during the same period the year before. White maize collected during January/August amounts to 273 2000 compared to 236 000 during January/August the year before. Maize output in year 2000 is forecast to considerably exceed the above-average level reached in 1999. About 1.1 million tonnes are expected to be collected. Production of paddy should decline from 1999 record but should still remain at an above-average level.
Wheat imports in marketing year 2001 (January/December) are forecast to increase from the previous year�s volume of 1 250 000 tonnes to some 1 300 000 tonnes, while maize imports should stay close to the volume of 650 000 tonnes imported in 2000 (January/December). Rice imports are also forecast to be similar to 2000 marketing year (January/December) level of 350 000 tonnes.
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