1997/98
|
1998/99
|
1999/2000
|
2000/2001
|
2001/02 forecast
|
Change 2001/02 over 2000/2001
| |
WORLD PRODUCTION 1/
|
(. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . .. . . . . . . )
|
(percentage)
| ||||
Wheat
|
614
|
598
|
591
|
585
|
575
|
-1.6
|
Coarse grains
|
902
|
915
|
888
|
874
|
900
|
3.0
|
Rice, milled
|
387
|
390
|
409
|
398
|
394
|
-1.0
|
(paddy)
|
(579)
|
(584)
|
(612)
|
(596)
|
(590)
|
-1.0
|
All cereals (incl. milled rice)
|
1 903
|
1 904
|
1 888
|
1 857
|
1 870
|
0.7
|
Developing countries
|
1 003
|
1 044
|
1 039
|
998
|
1 007
|
0.9
|
Developed countries
|
900
|
860
|
849
|
859
|
863
|
0.5
|
WORLD IMPORTS 2/
|
||||||
Wheat
|
102
|
99
|
109
|
103
|
105
|
1.6
|
Coarse grains
|
89
|
96
|
103
|
107
|
105
|
-1.9
|
Rice (milled)
|
28
|
25
|
22
|
23
|
23
|
1.9
|
All cereals
|
218
|
220
|
234
|
233
|
233
|
0.0
|
Developing countries
|
160
|
161
|
170
|
171
|
171
|
0.1
|
Developed countries
|
59
|
59
|
65
|
62
|
62
|
-0.2
|
FOOD AID IN CEREALS 3/
|
6.2
|
11.3
|
11.2
|
8.5
|
9.5
|
12.2
|
WORLD UTILIZATION
|
||||||
Wheat
|
588
|
591
|
595
|
601
|
611
|
1.7
|
Coarse grains
|
890
|
894
|
898
|
905
|
921
|
1.8
|
Rice (milled)
|
381
|
390
|
404
|
407
|
410
|
0.9
|
All cereals
|
1 858
|
1 875
|
1 897
|
1 912
|
1 942
|
1.6
|
Developing countries
|
1 104
|
1 132
|
1 153
|
1 157
|
1 176
|
1.6
|
Developed countries
|
755
|
743
|
743
|
755
|
766
|
1.5
|
Per Caput Food Use
|
(. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kg/year . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . )
|
|||||
Developing countries
|
167
|
168
|
169
|
168
|
169
|
0.3
|
Developed countries
|
131
|
131
|
131
|
132
|
132
|
-0.1
|
WORLD STOCKS 4/
|
(. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
|
|||||
Wheat
|
251
|
258
|
252
|
237
|
201
|
-15.2
|
Coarse grains
|
256
|
272
|
262
|
235
|
213
|
-9.3
|
Rice (milled)
|
153
|
156
|
163
|
155
|
139
|
-10.7
|
All cereals
|
660
|
686
|
677
|
628
|
553
|
-11.9
|
Developing countries
|
491
|
512
|
515
|
467
|
410
|
-12.4
|
Developed countries
|
169
|
174
|
162
|
160
|
143
|
-10.5
|
EXPORT PRICES 5/
|
(. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . US$/tonne . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
|
|||||
Rice (Thai, 100%, 2nd grade) 1/
|
316
|
315
|
253
|
207
|
1776/
|
-15.37/
|
Wheat (U.S. No.2 HRW)
|
142
|
120
|
112
|
128
|
1278/
|
3.27/
|
Maize (U.S. No.2 Yellow)
|
112
|
95
|
91
|
86
|
908/
|
10.97/
|
OCEAN FREIGHT RATES 5/
|
||||||
From U.S. Gulf to Egypt
|
11.7
|
9.3
|
13.7
|
15.0
|
15.08/
|
-6.07/
|
LOW-INCOME FOOD-DEFICIT COUNTRIES 9/
|
(. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
|
|||||
Roots & tubers production 1/
|
388
|
414
|
422
|
430
|
432
|
0.4
|
Cereal production (milled rice) 1/
|
779
|
811
|
813
|
771
|
768
|
-0.4
|
Per caput production (kg.) 10/
|
216
|
221
|
218
|
204
|
201
|
-1.6
|
Cereal imports 2/
|
78.7
|
73.7
|
74.1
|
72.2
|
74.5
|
3.2
|
of which: Food aid
|
5.5
|
8.4
|
7.6
|
7.4
|
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Proportion of cereal import
|
(. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
|
|||||
covered by food aid
|
7.0
|
11.4
|
10.2
|
10.3
|
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