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WORLD PRODUCTION 1/ |
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Wheat | 528 | 548 | 590 | 615 | 605 | -1.5 | |
Coarse grains | 892 | 810 | 919 | 911 | 925 | 1.6 | |
Rice, milled | 362 | 372 | 383 | 383 | 380 | -0.8 | |
(paddy) | (539) | (554) | (571) | (571) | (567) | 0.3 | |
All cereals (including milled rice) | 1 782 | 1 729 | 1 892 | 1 909 | 1 911 | 0.1 | |
Developing countries | 931 | 960 | 1 024 | 1 006 | 1 027 | 2.2 | |
Developed countries | 851 | 769 | 868 | 903 | 883 | -2.2 | |
WORLD IMPORTS 2/ | |||||||
Wheat | 93 | 94 | 96 | 95 | 90 | -5.3 | |
Coarse grains | 88 | 93 | 88 | 88 | 91 | 3.7 | |
Rice (milled) | 21 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 20 | -9.5 | |
All cereals | 203 | 206 | 203 | 205 | 201 | -1.9 | |
Developing countries | 146 | 151 | 148 | 154 | 150 | -2.5 | |
Developed countries | 57 | 55 | 56 | 51 | 51 | -0.1 | |
FOOD AID IN CEREALS 3/ | 9.4 | 7.7 | 4.9 | 5.5 4/ | |||
WORLD UTILIZATION | |||||||
Wheat | 556 | 564 | 578 | 598 | 603 | 0.9 | |
Coarse grains | 881 | 858 | 894 | 902 | 914 | 1.3 | |
Rice (milled) | 368 | 373 | 381 | 384 | 387 | 0.9 | |
All cereals | 1 805 | 1 795 | 1 853 | 1 883 | 1 904 | 1.1 | |
Developing countries | 1 052 | 1 081 | 1 110 | 1 117 | 1 136 | 1.7 | |
Developed countries | 753 | 714 | 743 | 767 | 768 | 0.2 | |
Per Caput Food Use |
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Developing countries | 170 | 171 | 172 | 172 | 173 | 0.4 | |
Developed countries | 127 | 128 | 128 | 129 | 129 | 0.2 | |
WORLD STOCKS 5/ |
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Wheat | 119 | 105 | 115 | 134 | 136 | 1.5 | |
Coarse grains | 147 | 104 | 125 | 134 | 139 | 3.7 | |
Rice (milled) | 54 | 54 | 57 | 54 | 53 | -1.3 | |
All cereals | 320 | 262 | 297 | 321 | 328 | 1.9 | |
Developing countries | 160 | 157 | 172 | 162 | 158 | -2.6 | |
Developed countries | 160 | 106 | 124 | 160 | 170 | 6.5 | |
Stocks as % of world |
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cereal consumption | 17.8 | 14.2 | 15.7 | 19.9 | 17.2 | ||
EXPORT PRICES 3/ |
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Rice (Thai, 100%, 2nd grade) 1/ | 289 | 336 | 352 | 316 | 315 6/ | -7.9 7/ | |
Wheat (U.S. No.2 Hard Winter) | 157 | 216 | 181 | 144 8/ | |||
Maize (U.S. No.2 Yellow) | 104 | 159 | 135 | 113 8/ | |||
OCEAN FREIGHT RATES 3/ | |||||||
From U.S. Gulf to Egypt | 19.0 | 16.8 | 12.8 | 12.0 8/ | |||
LOW-INCOME FOOD-DEFICIT COUNTRIES 9/ |
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Roots & tubers production 1/ | 344 | 360 | 378 | 372 | 371 | -0.3 | |
Cereal production 1/ | 861 | 890 | 952 | 932 | 948 | 1.7 | |
Per caput production (kg.) | 249 | 253 | 266 | 257 | 258 | 0.3 | |
Cereal imports 2/ | 71.9 | 77.0 | 65.4 | 71.0 | |||
of which: Food aid 3/ | 7.9 | 6.7 | 4.1 | 4.6 | |||
Proportion of cereal import |
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covered by food aid | 11.0 | 8.7 | 6.3 | 6.5 |
SOURCE: FAO
Note: Totals and percentages computed from unrounded
data.
1/ Data refer to the calendar year of the first year
shown.
2/ July/June except for rice for which the data refer
to the calendar year of the second year shown.
3/ July/June.
4/ Forecast based on donors' budgetary allocations and
their minimum contributions under the Food Aid Convention (FAC) 1995.
5/ Stock data are based on aggregate of national carryover
levels at the end of national crop years. 6/ Average of quotations for
January-May 1998.
7/ Change from corresponding period of previous year
for which figures are not shown. 8/ Average of quotations for July 1997-May
1998.
9/ Food deficit countries with per caput income below
the level used by the World Bank to determine eligibility for IDA assistance
(i.e. U.S.$ 1 505 in 1996), which in accordance with the guidelines and
criteria agreed to by the CFA should be given priority in the allocations
of food aid.