1997/98
|
1998/99
|
1999/2000
|
2000/2001
|
2001/02 forecast
|
Change 2001/02 over 2000/2001
| |
WORLD PRODUCTION 1/
|
(. . . . . . .. .. . . . million tonnes . . . . . .
. . . . . )
|
(percentage)
| ||||
Wheat
|
613
|
599
|
590
|
583
|
582
|
-0.1
|
Coarse grains
|
905
|
914
|
888
|
875
|
902
|
3.1
|
Rice, milled
|
387
|
389
|
409
|
400
|
395
|
-1.2
|
(paddy)
|
(578)
|
(581)
|
(610)
|
(598)
|
(591)
|
-1.2
|
All cereals (incl. milled rice)
|
1 903
|
1 901
|
1 887
|
1 858
|
1 880
|
1.2
|
Developing countries
|
1 006
|
1 043
|
1 038
|
1 000
|
1 004
|
0.3
|
Developed countries
|
897
|
858
|
849
|
858
|
876
|
2.2
|
WORLD IMPORTS 2/
|
||||||
Wheat
|
102
|
99
|
109
|
102
|
106
|
4.0
|
Coarse grains
|
89
|
97
|
103
|
108
|
106
|
-2.2
|
Rice (milled)
|
28
|
25
|
23
|
23
|
24
|
1.8
|
All cereals
|
218
|
220
|
235
|
234
|
236
|
0.9
|
Developing countries
|
160
|
162
|
170
|
172
|
171
|
-0.2
|
Developed countries
|
59
|
59
|
65
|
62
|
65
|
3.9
|
FOOD AID IN CEREALS 3/
|
6.2
|
11.3
|
11.2
|
8.5
|
9.5
|
12.2
|
WORLD UTILIZATION
|
||||||
Wheat
|
589
|
593
|
593
|
598
|
608
|
1.7
|
Coarse grains
|
890
|
898
|
897
|
900
|
918
|
1.9
|
Rice (milled)
|
380
|
388
|
400
|
403
|
409
|
1.3
|
All cereals
|
1 860
|
1 878
|
1 891
|
1 902
|
1 935
|
1.7
|
Developing countries
|
1 106
|
1 133
|
1 150
|
1 153
|
1 171
|
1.6
|
Developed countries
|
754
|
745
|
741
|
748
|
763
|
2.0
|
Per Caput Food Use
|
(. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kg/year . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . )
|
|||||
Developing countries
|
167
|
168
|
168
|
168
|
168
|
0.4
|
Developed countries
|
133
|
133
|
133
|
134
|
134
|
0.3
|
WORLD STOCKS 4/
|
(. . . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . ..
. .. . . . . )
|
|||||
Wheat
|
251
|
257
|
252
|
237
|
211
|
-10.8
|
Coarse grains
|
258
|
269
|
261
|
240
|
224
|
-6.7
|
Rice (milled)
|
153
|
157
|
168
|
165
|
151
|
-8.3
|
All cereals
|
662
|
684
|
681
|
642
|
587
|
-8.6
|
Developing countries
|
493
|
513
|
519
|
477
|
420
|
-11.9
|
Developed countries
|
169
|
171
|
162
|
165
|
166
|
0.9
|
EXPORT PRICES 5/
|
(. . . . . . . ... . . . . . . US$/tonne . . . . . .
. . . .. . . )
|
|||||
Rice (Thai, 100%, 2nd grade) 1/
|
316
|
315
|
253
|
207
|
178
|
-14.0
|
Wheat (U.S. No.2 HRW)
|
142
|
120
|
112
|
128
|
127 6/
|
1.0 7/
|
Maize (U.S. No.2 Yellow)
|
112
|
95
|
91
|
86
|
91 6/
|
6.3 7/
|
OCEAN FREIGHT RATES 5/
|
||||||
From U.S. Gulf to Egypt
|
11.7
|
9.3
|
13.7
|
15.0
|
15.0 6/
|
-2.0 7/
|
LOW-INCOME FOOD-DEFICIT COUNTRIES 8/
|
(. . . . . . . . . ... . . . million tonnes . . . .
. . . . . . .. )
|
|||||
Roots & tubers production 1/
|
388
|
414
|
422
|
431
|
434
|
0.7
|
Cereal production (milled rice) 1/
|
779
|
811
|
813
|
772
|
767
|
-0.7
|
Per caput production (kg.) 9/
|
216
|
221
|
218
|
204
|
200
|
-1.9
|
Cereal imports 2/
|
78.8
|
73.9
|
74.6
|
72.4
|
74.2
|
2.4
|
of which: Food aid
|
5.5
|
8.4
|
7.6
|
7.4
|
||
Proportion of cereal import
|
(. . . . . . . . .. .. . . . percentage . . . . .. .
. . . . . . . )
|
|||||
covered by food aid
|
7.0
|
11.4
|
10.1
|
10.2
|
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