FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No. 5 - Rome, December 2001 p. 8

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Table A.5 - WORLD STOCKS: Estimated Total Carryovers of Cereals 1/

 
Crop Years ending in:
 
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
estim.
2002
f'cast
 
( . . . . . . .. . million tonnes . . .. . . . . . )
TOTAL CEREALS
574.2
616.3
660.0
686.1
677.4
627.6
553.1
Wheat
216.7
224.9
251.4
257.7
251.9
236.8
200.8
held by:
              
- main exporters 2/
28.6
36.0
39.3
50.7
50.4
52.3
37.4
- others
188.1
188.8
212.2
207.0
201.5
184.5
163.5
Coarse Grains
212.7
239.7
255.8
272.1
262.1
235.4
213.4
held by:
              
- main exporters 2/
31.7
46.7
69.3
82.2
74.6
77.0
65.9
- others
181.0
193.0
186.4
189.9
187.6
158.4
147.5
Rice (milled basis)
144.9
151.7
152.8
156.2
163.3
155.4
138.9
held by:
              
- main exporters 3/
107.0
112.0
116.1
118.2
119.8
112.9
100.5
excl. China 4/
4.1
4.7
4.9
5.0
7.0
6.6
5.3
- others
37.9
39.7
36.7
38.0
43.5
42.5
38.4
BY REGIONS
              
Developed Countries
102.8
121.7
169.1
173.8
162.4
160.2
143.5
Australia
2.4
3.2
3.8
3.4
4.8
4.2
2.9
EC
22.7
24.4
35.1
38.8
30.9
33.2
28.0
Canada
9.8
14.0
10.4
12.5
13.6
13.7
10.5
Hungary
1.2
2.3
3.2
3.4
2.9
2.0
3.9
Japan
6.1
6.8
6.9
6.3
6.2
5.9
5.4
Poland
1.9
4.2
4.0
4.2
3.7
1.4
1.6
Romania
3.3
1.2
4.5
2.7
2.8
0.6
1.8
Russian Fed.
7.2
6.5
18.0
5.8
4.9
6.5
9.2
South Africa
1.0
2.4
3.7
2.3
1.7
2.8
0.8
Ukraine
7.6
3.6
4.5
2.2
2.2
1.9
3.8
United States
25.5
39.9
58.7
77.8
75.6
77.6
62.6
Developing Countries
471.4
494.5
490.9
512.3
514.9
467.4
409.6
Asia
439.5
456.2
457.5
474.3
476.6
433.2
372.9
China 4/
366.0
380.0
378.1
387.7
382.3
337.7
290.5
India
31.7
32.0
37.3
40.2
49.0
54.1
49.4
Indonesia
6.0
6.4
4.7
5.0
5.3
5.1
3.3
Iran, Islamic Rep. of
4.0
2.8
2.0
2.2
1.5
1.2
1.2
Korea, Rep. of
1.8
2.3
2.8
2.8
3.3
3.3
3.4
Pakistan
3.4
3.7
4.1
4.6
4.2
4.4
0.7
Philippines
1.9
2.0
2.0
2.6
2.0
2.4
2.4
Syria
4.9
5.1
4.0
4.2
3.6
2.1
2.4
Turkey
4.4
6.8
7.2
9.0
6.5
5.6
3.7
Africa
16.4
23.5
20.9
25.5
22.8
20.3
19.6
Algeria
2.0
2.8
2.1
2.6
1.8
1.3
1.5
Egypt
1.8
2.6
3.2
3.9
3.5
4.1
3.3
Ethiopia
1.1
1.4
0.8
0.9
1.1
1.3
1.0
Morocco
0.6
3.8
2.5
4.7
2.9
1.4
1.5
Nigeria
1.8
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.6
1.8
2.3
Tunisia
1.0
2.1
1.9
1.9
2.1
2.0
1.8
Central America
5.8
6.7
4.7
5.5
6.1
5.8
6.4
Mexico
4.5
5.4
3.6
4.3
4.5
4.3
5.0
South America
9.5
8.0
7.6
6.8
9.2
7.9
10.6
Argentina
1.2
2.5
2.1
1.7
1.9
2.2
1.3
Brazil
5.5
3.0
2.7
1.8
4.1
2.8
5.9
               

Table A.6 - EXPORT PRICES OF CEREALS AND SOYBEANS

 
Wheat
Maize
Sorghum
Soybeans
 
U.S. No.2 Hard
Red Winter Ord.
Prot. 1/
U.S. Soft Red
Winter No.2
1/
Argentina
Trigo Pan
2/
U.S. No.2
Yellow
1/
Argentina
2/
U.S. No.2
Yellow
1/
U.S. No.2
Yellow
1/
 
( . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . US$/tonne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
July/June
              
1996/97
181
158
153
135
133
124
299
1997/98
142
129
135
112
109
111
263
1998/99
120
100
116
95
98
92
203
1999/2000
112
97
112
91
90
89
190
2000 - November
130
103
128
89
85
96
187
December
130
105
116
97
95
102
199
2001 - January
134
109
122
95
91
104
191
February
131
106
125
93
86
101
182
March
133
106
121
92
85
99
178
September
127
108
119
90
88
98
185
October
126
114
111
86
89
96
171
November I
129
117
108
89
91
93
169
II
126
114
107
90
94
95
172
III
129
119
111
92
94
98
177
IV
128
116
109
90
93
98
176

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