1997/98
|
1998/99
|
1999/2000
|
2000/2001
|
2001/02 forecast
|
Change 2001/02 over 2000/2001
| |
WORLD PRODUCTION 1/
|
(. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . )
|
(percentage)
| ||||
Wheat
|
613
|
598
|
592
|
587
|
577
|
-1.6
|
Coarse grains
|
903
|
913
|
887
|
868
|
905
|
4.2
|
Rice, milled
|
387
|
390
|
409
|
398
|
396
|
-0.6
|
(paddy)
|
(579)
|
(584)
|
(611)
|
(595)
|
(592)
|
-0.5
|
All cereals (incl. milled rice)
|
1 903
|
1 902
|
1 888
|
1 853
|
1 878
|
1.3
|
Developing countries
|
1 003
|
1 042
|
1 039
|
997
|
1 018
|
2.1
|
Developed countries
|
900
|
860
|
848
|
857
|
860
|
0.5
|
WORLD IMPORTS 2/
|
||||||
Wheat
|
102
|
99
|
110
|
105
|
105
|
-0.9
|
Coarse grains
|
89
|
96
|
102
|
106
|
102
|
-3.4
|
Rice (milled)
|
28
|
25
|
22
|
22
|
23
|
1.7
|
All cereals
|
219
|
219
|
235
|
233
|
229
|
-1.8
|
Developing countries
|
160
|
161
|
170
|
170
|
169
|
-0.4
|
Developed countries
|
59
|
58
|
64
|
64
|
60
|
-5.5
|
FOOD AID IN CEREALS 3/
|
6.2
|
11.3
|
11.1
|
10.0
|
|
|
WORLD UTILIZATION
|
||||||
Wheat
|
592
|
593
|
596
|
598
|
600
|
0.3
|
Coarse grains
|
891
|
892
|
895
|
900
|
909
|
0.9
|
Rice (milled)
|
381
|
390
|
404
|
407
|
410
|
0.6
|
All cereals
|
1 864
|
1 874
|
1 895
|
1 906
|
1 919
|
0.7
|
Developing countries
|
1 108
|
1 130
|
1 150
|
1 156
|
1 164
|
0.8
|
Developed countries
|
756
|
744
|
745
|
750
|
754
|
0.5
|
Per Caput Food Use
|
(. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kg/year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
|
|||||
Developing countries
|
167
|
168
|
169
|
168
|
168
|
0.0
|
Developed countries
|
131
|
131
|
131
|
132
|
132
|
0.3
|
WORLD STOCKS 4/
|
(. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . million tonnes . . ..
. . . . . . . . . . . . )
|
|||||
Wheat
|
256
|
260
|
258
|
246
|
221
|
-10.0
|
Coarse grains
|
269
|
286
|
277
|
247
|
242
|
-2.3
|
Rice (milled)
|
152
|
156
|
162
|
154
|
140
|
-9.1
|
All cereals
|
678
|
702
|
698
|
647
|
603
|
-6.8
|
Developing countries
|
509
|
528
|
534
|
487
|
451
|
-7.4
|
Developed countries
|
169
|
174
|
164
|
160
|
152
|
-5.0
|
EXPORT PRICES 5/
|
(. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . US$/tonne . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . )
|
|||||
Rice (Thai, 100%, 2nd grade) 1/
|
316
|
315
|
253
|
207
|
1796/
|
-22.27/
|
Wheat (U.S. No.2 Hard Winter)
|
142
|
120
|
112
|
1288/
|
|
14.87/
|
Maize (U.S. No.2 Yellow)
|
112
|
95
|
91
|
878/
|
|
-5.37/
|
OCEAN FREIGHT RATES 5/
|
||||||
From U.S. Gulf to Egypt
|
11.7
|
9.3
|
13.7
|
15.08/
|
|
16.17/
|
LOW-INCOME FOOD-DEFICIT COUNTRIES 9/
|
(. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . .
. . . . .. . . . . . . . )
|
|||||
Roots & tubers production 1/
|
368
|
387
|
393
|
400
|
|
|
Cereal production (milled rice) 1/
|
779
|
809
|
814
|
770
|
783
|
1.6
|
Per caput production (kg.) 10/
|
215
|
219
|
217
|
203
|
204
|
0.6
|
Cereal imports 2/
|
79.2
|
73.2
|
74.5
|
72.2
|
73.7
|
2.1
|
of which: Food aid
|
5.5
|
8.4
|
7.5
|
7.7
|
|
|
Proportion of cereal import
|
(. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
|
|||||
covered by food aid
|
6.9
|
11.5
|
10.1
|
10.7
|
|
|
|