BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (6 June)
Favourable weather conditions and adequate soil moisture for summer cereals, mainly maize, has increased prospects for another good harvest this year. Aggregate cereal harvest this year is forecast at about 1.2 million tonnes, slightly down on last year’s above average harvest. The forecast harvest includes some 220 000 tonnes of wheat, 55 000 tonnes of barley and 850 000 tonnes of maize. Aggregate cereal import requirement for the 2005/06 marketing year is forecast at about 529 000 tonnes, including 350 000 tonnes of wheat, 150 000 tonnes of maize and 29 000 tonnes of barley. In view of improving poultry and livestock sectors, the demand for coarse grains, maize and barley, has recently been rising.