Food Outlook 04/96

Table A.8 - WORLD STOCKS: Estimated Total Carryovers of Cereals 1/

	Crop Years ending in:
	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995 estim.	1996 forecast
	( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .)
TOTAL CEREALS	307.5	350.8	336.4	379.6	338.0	313.7	265.2
held by:
- main exporters 2/	122.4	146.6	132.5	168.5	118.2	110.0	78.8
- others	185.1	204.2	203.6	211.1	219.9	203.7	186.3
BY GRAINS
Wheat	119.0	141.7	137.2	144.1	136.3	111.9	104.6
held by:
- main exporters 2/	39.1	54.9	49.4	54.5	46.7	33.2	26.9
- others	79.9	86.8	87.8	89.5	89.5	78.7	77.8
Coarse Grains	130.2	143.5	133.8	168.7	138.8	146.7	105.8
held by:
- main exporters 2/	67.0	71.0	61.8	90.9	52.4	62.4	36.1
- others	63.3	72.5	72.0	77.8	86.4	84.3	69.7
Rice (milled basis)	58.3	65.6	65.4	66.9	62.9	55.2	54.7
held by:
- main exporters 2/	16.3	20.6	21.3	23.1	19.0	14.4	15.9
- others	42.0	45.0	44.1	43.8	43.9	40.8	38.8
BY REGIONS
Developed Countries	167.0	193.8	174.7	213.5	169.2	153.8	108.6
of which:
North America	71.9	88.0	62.7	96.3	59.8	69.3	33.1
Canada	10.8	15.8	15.0	17.5	16.1	9.0	8.8
United States	61.1	72.2	47.7	78.8	43.7	60.2	24.4
Others	95.1	105.8	112.0	117.1	109.4	84.5	75.5
Australia	3.9	3.8	3.4	5.4	3.7	2.3	3.0
CIS 3/	39.1	45.6	35.0	45.1	43.4	27.8	18.7
EC 4/	30.5	34.8	46.0	45.2	35.8	24.9	27.8
Japan	6.3	6.7	5.8	5.7	5.5	6.5	7.1
Developing Countries	140.5	154.0	161.7	166.2	168.8	159.9	156.5
of which:
Asia 5/	113.0	131.4	135.9	134.6	135.3	122.6	125.4
Bangladesh	2.4	3.0	3.2	3.3	3.0	2.4	2.1
China 6/	42.0	57.0	62.0	57.0	54.0	49.0	50.0
India 7/	11.0	12.7	9.8	11.8	15.2	16.5	20.5
Indonesia	4.7	5.1	4.7	6.3	6.1	4.7	5.6
Korea, Rep. of	3.4	3.6	3.6	3.7	2.9	2.2	2.0
Pakistan	3.9	3.1	2.8	3.6	4.1	3.1	3.3
Philippines	2.1	2.9	2.2	2.0	2.1	2.2	2.8
Turkey	4.5	5.1	2.5	2.3	4.5	2.1	2.1
Africa	15.0	12.8	16.9	18.2	18.2	21.1	16.7
Central America	3.4	4.3	3.6	4.5	4.9	5.2	3.1
South America	8.8	5.3	5.1	8.8	10.3	10.9	11.2
Argentina	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.4	1.1	0.7	0.4
Brazil	5.2	2.2	2.5	5.6	5.2	5.6	7.2
WORLD STOCKS	( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
as % of consumption	18	20	19	22	19	18	14-15

SOURCE: FAO
Note: Based on official and unofficial estimates. Totals computed from unrounded data.
1/ Stock data are based on an aggregate of carryovers at the end of national crop years and should not be construed as representing world stock levels at a fixed point in time. 2/ For a list of main exporters of wheat, coarse grains and rice see table A.7. 3/ FAO estimates; up to crop years ending in 1991, former U.S.S.R.; thereafter, Commonwealth of Independent States. 4/ From 1996, includes 15 member countries. 5/ Total includes FAO estimates for privately-held stocks. 6/ FAO estimates and including Taiwan Province. 7/ Government stocks only.