FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No.5 - November 2000 p. 2

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Table A.1 b) - WORLD CEREAL PRODUCTION - Forecast for 2000 as of October 2000

    Rice (paddy) Total Cereals 1/
1998 1999
estim.
2000
f'cast
1998 1999
estim.
2000
f'cast
  ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
ASIA 535.1 553.1 540.4 1 018.7 1 031.2 981.6
Bangladesh 29.9 34.2 34.1 31.7 36.2 36.0
China 2/ 200.6 200.5 190.5 457.7 455.6 406.0
India 129.1 132.5 129.9 227.1 233.7 234.3
Indonesia 49.2 50.9 52.0 59.3 60.1 61.2
Iran, Islamic Rep. of 2.8 2.3 2.4 19.0 13.8 13.0
Japan 11.2 11.5 11.8 11.9 12.3 12.5
Kazakhstan 0.2 0.2 0.2 7.2 14.2 10.6
Korea, D. P. R. 2.1 2.3 2.0 3.9 3.7 2.8
Korea, Rep. of 7.0 7.2 7.0 7.3 7.6 7.4
Myanmar 17.1 19.8 20.0 17.7 20.4 20.6
Pakistan 7.0 7.7 7.0 27.6 27.5 30.9
Philippines 10.3 12.0 12.2 14.1 16.6 16.7
Saudi Arabia - - - 2.4 2.2 2.1
Thailand 22.8 23.5 23.3 28.0 28.0 28.0
Turkey 0.3 0.3 0.3 32.2 28.0 29.5
Viet Nam 30.9 32.6 32.6 32.5 34.4 34.4
AFRICA 16.1 17.7 17.5 114.3 108.7 110.1
North Africa 4.5 5.9 5.9 29.6 27.0 24.2
Egypt 4.5 5.8 5.9 17.9 19.4 19.9
Morocco - - - 6.6 3.9 2.0
Sub-Saharan Africa 11.6 11.9 11.6 84.7 81.7 85.8
Western Africa 7.2 7.7 7.8 38.1 38.2 38.4
Nigeria 3.3 3.4 3.4 20.7 20.0 21.2
Central Africa 0.4 0.4 0.4 3.2 3.1 3.1
Eastern Africa 1.2 0.9 0.9 23.4 20.2 20.7
Ethiopia - - - 7.2 7.7 7.7
Sudan - - - 5.5 3.1 4.9
Southern Africa 2.7 2.9 2.4 20.0 20.2 23.6
Madagascar 2.4 2.6 2.2 2.6 2.8 2.3
South Africa - - - 10.1 9.0 12.4
Zimbabwe - - - 1.9 2.0 2.4
CENTRAL AMERICA 2.2 2.3 2.4 34.2 34.1 34.5
Mexico 0.4 0.4 0.5 29.1 28.7 29.2
SOUTH AMERICA 16.8 21.1 20.1 96.1 99.5 100.4
Argentina 1.0 1.7 0.9 36.7 34.3 36.0
Brazil 8.5 11.6 11.5 41.3 47.3 46.6
Colombia 1.8 1.8 1.8 3.4 3.4 3.4
NORTH AMERICA 8.4 9.3 8.7 400.4 389.3 401.0
Canada - - - 50.9 53.6 50.9
United States 8.4 9.3 8.7 349.6 335.7 350.1
EUROPE 3.2 3.2 3.1 394.4 383.9 386.2
Bulgaria - - - 5.7 5.6 4.7
EC 3/ 2.6 2.7 2.6 213.0 203.4 215.7
Hungary - - - 13.0 11.3 10.1
Poland - - - 27.2 25.7 22.0
Romania - - - 15.4 17.0 9.7
Russian Fed. 0.4 0.4 0.5 52.6 59.0 70.0
Ukraine 0.1 0.1 0.1 28.5 26.3 23.4
OCEANIA 1.4 1.4 1.1 33.5 34.6 31.2
Australia 1.3 1.4 1.1 32.6 33.7 30.3
WORLD 583.0 608.2 593.4 2 091.6 2 081.4 2 044.9
Developing countries 558.3 582.1 568.1 1 224.5 1 228.0 1 181.8
Developed countries 24.7 26.1 25.3 867.1 853.4 863.1

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