Food Outlook No.4 - October 2002 p.18

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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 18.4 19.7 20.2 39.7 39.5 46.2
  China   2/ 2.0 1.4 1.0 12.3 8.7 11.4
  India 1.9 5.0 4.5 4.2 8.5 10.0
  Indonesia - - - 0.1 0.1 0.1
  Japan 0.6 0.6 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.9
  Kazakhstan - - - 4.0 4.2 5.3
  Myanmar 0.6 1.0 1.5 0.7 1.0 1.6
  Pakistan 2.3 1.4 1.4 2.5 2.3 2.1
  Syria - - - 0.1 0.5 0.5
  Thailand 7.5 7.1 7.5 7.8 7.3 7.6
  Turkey - - - 1.7 0.9 1.4
  Viet Nam 3.5 3.0 3.4 3.5 3.0 3.4
AFRICA 0.8 0.9 0.9 3.9 3.6 3.3
  Egypt 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9
  Ethiopia - - - 0.2 0.2 0.1
  Nigeria - - - 0.2 0.1 0.1
  South Africa - - - 1.7 1.5 1.6
  Sudan - - - - 0.2 -
  Uganda - - - 0.1 0.1 0.1
CENTRAL AMERICA - - - 0.9 0.9 0.7
SOUTH AMERICA 1.4 1.2 1.4 27.8 27.3 23.3
  Argentina 0.3 0.3 0.3 23.8 20.8 19.5
  Brazil - - - 2.3 5.0 2.2
  Paraguay - - - 0.3 0.3 0.3
  Uruguay 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.8
NORTH AMERICA 2.5 3.1 3.1 106.7 105.5 102.1
  Canada - - - 20.6 18.9 13.5
  United States 2.5 3.1 3.1 86.1 86.6 88.6
EUROPE 0.2 0.2 0.2 31.8 41.1 46.2
  Bulgaria - - - 0.8 1.1 1.1
  Czech Rep. - - - 0.5 1.0 0.9
  EC   3/ 0.2 0.2 0.2 25.3 15.6 23.4
  Hungary - - - 1.7 4.6 2.9
  Romania - - - 0.2 1.2 1.1
  Russian Fed. - - - 1.3 6.9 6.8
  Ukraine - - - 1.7 9.0 8.0
OCEANIA 0.7 0.6 0.4 21.6 21.8 13.8
  Australia 0.7 0.6 0.4 21.5 21.8 13.7
WORLD 24.0 25.7 26.1   4/ 232.3 239.6 235.6
  Developing countries 19.9 21.3 21.9 65.5 64.4 65.8
  Developed countries 4.1 4.4 4.2 166.8 175.2 169.9

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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