Food Outlook No.4 - October 2002 p.14

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Table A.1 b) - WORLD CEREAL PRODUCTION

  Rice (paddy) Total Cereals 1/
2000 2001
estim.
2002
f’cast.
2000 2001
estim.
2002
f’cast.
  ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
ASIA 544.9 543.4 535.4 995.0 988.2 994.8
  Bangladesh 37.6 37.8 39.0 39.4 39.5 40.9
  China   2/ 189.8 179.3 178.8 407.9 399.3 403.8
  India 127.3 137.4 127.5 235.3 237.1 232.0
  Indonesia 51.9 50.5 50.8 61.6 59.6 60.1
  Iran, Islamic Rep. of 2.0 1.7 2.0 12.3 12.5 15.8
  Japan 11.9 11.3 11.0 12.8 12.3 11.9
  Kazakhstan 0.2 0.2 0.2 11.4 15.9 12.5
  Korea, D. P. R. 1.7 2.1 2.1 2.9 3.8 3.6
  Korea, Rep. of 7.2 7.5 7.2 7.5 7.9 7.5
  Myanmar 21.3 21.8 22.5 21.9 22.4 23.1
  Pakistan 7.2 5.6 5.9 30.5 26.8 27.2
  Philippines 12.5 13.1 12.6 17.0 17.6 17.1
  Saudi Arabia - - - 2.1 2.1 2.1
  Thailand 25.6 27.0 27.0 30.5 31.6 31.1
  Turkey 0.4 0.3 0.4 32.0 25.2 27.8
  Viet Nam 32.5 32.0 32.3 34.4 33.9 34.2
AFRICA 17.4 17.2 17.9 111.8 117.7 113.4
North Africa 6.0 5.3 6.1 24.4 28.3 28.0
  Egypt 6.0 5.2 6.1 20.1 19.3 20.2
  Morocco - - - 2.0 4.8 5.3
Sub-Saharan Africa 11.4 12.0 11.8 87.4 89.4 85.5
Western Africa 7.3 7.6 7.6 38.7 41.5 40.4
  Nigeria 3.3 3.4 3.5 22.7 23.0 23.6
Central Africa 0.4 0.4 0.4 3.0 3.0 3.0
Eastern Africa 1.0 1.1 1.0 21.0 24.5 21.9
  Ethiopia - - - 9.3 8.8 8.0
  Sudan - - - 3.3 5.4 3.9
Southern Africa 2.6 2.9 2.7 24.7 20.4 20.1
  Madagascar 2.3 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.8 2.6
  South Africa - - - 13.5 10.4 11.8
  Zimbabwe - - - 2.5 1.8 0.7
CENTRAL AMERICA 2.5 2.3 2.2 33.8 35.6 35.2
  Mexico 0.4 0.2 0.3 28.2 30.1 29.7
SOUTH AMERICA 21.0 19.8 19.5 103.9 113.1 106.1
  Argentina 0.9 0.9 0.7 38.5 35.8 34.0
  Brazil 11.4 10.4 10.7 46.0 57.4 52.0
  Colombia 2.3 2.1 1.9 3.7 3.5 3.4
NORTH AMERICA 8.7 9.7 9.4 394.1 368.3 333.1
  Canada - - - 51.3 43.0 35.2
  United States 8.7 9.7 9.4 342.8 325.3 297.9
EUROPE 3.2 3.2 3.2 385.3 424.9 418.8
  Bulgaria - - - 5.1 5.3 5.6
  EC   3/ 2.5 2.6 2.6 215.6 202.2 211.5
  Hungary - - - 10.0 14.9 11.7
  Poland - - - 22.3 25.9 25.7
  Romania - - - 10.4 16.9 13.4
  Russian Fed. 0.6 0.5 0.5 64.3 83.3 77.7
  Ukraine 0.1 0.1 0.1 24.9 37.4 34.7
OCEANIA 1.1 1.8 1.3 35.5 38.4 24.0
  Australia 1.1 1.8 1.3 34.6 37.5 23.1
WORLD 598.8 597.3 588.8 2 059.3 2 086.0 2 025.4
  Developing countries 573.5 571.0 563.5 1 197.5 1 204.6 1 199.8
  Developed countries 25.3 26.3 25.4 861.8 881.4 825.6

Source: FAO Note: Totals computed from unrounded data.

1/ Rice is included in the cereal total in paddy terms. 2/ Including Taiwan Province. 3/ Fifteen member countries.


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