Due to favourable weather, the recently harvested 1999 cereal crop is estimated at an above-average 4.4 million tonnes, some 44 percent above 1998. Wheat production is estimated at 2.8 million tonnes, 40 percent above 1998, while barley crop increased by 50 percent to 1.5 million tonnes. Imports of cereals, mostly wheat, are forecast at about 5 million for the 1999/2000 (July/June) marketing year.
1999 cereal production is estimated at about 19.3 million tonnes, slightly above last year's above average crop. Wheat output is estimated at 6.3 million tonnes, 4 percent above 1998, while maize production is expected to remain unchanged at 6 million tonnes. The 1999 paddy crop is growing under normal weather conditions. An estimated 675 000 hectares have been sown this year, 30 percent above last year, and harvest prospects are favourable so far.
Imports of wheat in 1999/2000 (July/June) are forecast at 7 million tonnes and coarse grains, mostly maize, at 3 million tonnes.
1999 cereal output is estimated at 3.8 million tonnes, 41 percent below last year's crop, as a result of inadequate rainfall and reduced plantings. Wheat production is estimated at about 2.1 million tonnes, some 50 percent below 1998. The barley crop, which was also affected by drought, is estimated at 1.4 million tonnes, a 36 percent reduction while maize production is expected to remain unchanged at 200 000 tonnes.
Imports of wheat in 1999/2000 (July/June) are forecast at 2.8 million tonnes and coarse grains at 1.6 million tonnes.
The output of the 1999 cereal crop harvested recently is estimated at 1.7 million tonnes, some 2 percent higher than last year. Wheat production is estimated at 1.2 million tonnes, down 8 percent. In contrast, barley output is put at 455 000 tonnes, 50 percent above 1998, due to favourable conditions.
Imports of cereals in 1999/2000 (July/June), mostly wheat and maize, are forecast at about 1.6 million tonnes.
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