FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops and Shortages 06/02 - INDONESIA (4 June)
Most of the area normally under the secondary rice crop has been planted. Aggregate paddy production in 2002 is estimated to decline by some 2 percent to 48.7 million tonnes reflecting a similar reduction in the area planted. The floods in late January and February, which affected 700 000 people across the country, is estimated to have destroyed 10 000 hectares, or 0.1 percent of total rice area. The output from the 2002 maize crop is provisionally estimated at 9.3 million tonnes, a slight increase compared to last year.
Lower paddy production should result in increased imports in the marketing year ending in March 2003. Currently planned imports in 2002/03 are set at 3 million tonnes. One million will be handled by BULOG (National Logistic Planning Agency) and the remainder by private traders. Imports of wheat and maize will also be needed.