FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No.2 - May 2002 p.23

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Table A.3 b) - WORLD EXPORTS OF CEREALS

Rice (milled) Total Cereals 1/
2001 2002
estim.
2003
f'cast
2000/01 2001/02
estim.
2002/03
f'cast
  ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
ASIA 18.1 19.7   39.5 37.7  
  China  2/ 2.0 2.0   12.1 7.8  
  India 1.5 3.5   3.9 7.3  
  Indonesia - -   0.2 0.2  
  Japan 0.5 0.6   0.9 1.0  
  Kazakhstan - -   4.0 3.4  
  Myanmar 0.6 0.7   0.7 0.8  
  Pakistan 2.4 1.5   2.7 2.4  
  Syria - -   0.1 0.5  
  Thailand 7.5 7.5   7.8 7.8  
  Turkey - -   1.7 0.6  
  Viet Nam 3.5 3.8   3.6 4.0  
AFRICA 0.8 0.9   3.6 2.9  
  Egypt 0.8 0.9   0.8 0.9  
  Ethiopia - -   0.2 0.2  
  Nigeria - -   0.2 0.1  
  South Africa - -   1.7 1.0  
  Sudan - -   - 0.1  
  Uganda - -   0.1 0.1  
CENTRAL AMERICA - -   0.7 1.2  
SOUTH AMERICA 1.3 1.1   27.2 27.1  
  Argentina 0.3 0.3   24.6 20.6  
  Brazil - -   1.0 5.0  
  Paraguay - -   0.3 0.3  
  Uruguay 0.6 0.5   0.7 0.6  
NORTH AMERICA 2.6 2.8   105.7 106.0  
  Canada - -   20.0 18.8  
  United States 2.6 2.8   85.6 87.3  
EUROPE 0.2 0.2   31.8 40.0  
  Bulgaria - -   0.8 1.0  
  Czech Rep. - -   0.5 1.0  
  EC  3/ 0.2 0.2   25.3 18.7  
  Hungary - -   1.7 3.8  
  Romania - -   0.2 1.2  
  Russian Fed. - -   1.3 4.5  
  Ukraine - -   1.7 8.3  
OCEANIA 0.7 0.6   21.5 23.2  
  Australia 0.7 0.6   21.5 23.2  
WORLD 23.7 25.2 24.2  4/ 230.0 238.1 236.2
  Developing countries 19.7 21.1 20.0 64.3 63.3 61.0
  Developed countries 4.1 4.1 4.1 165.7 174.8 175.2
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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