FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No.2 - April 1999 p. 6

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Table A.3 b) - WORLD EXPORTS OF CEREALS

   
 
Rice (milled)
  Total Cereals 1/
1997
1998
estim.
1999
f'cast
1996/97
1997/98
estim.
1998/99
f'cast
( . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . )
ASIA
13.8
21.5
15.8
21.9
34.3
26.8
China 2/
1.0
3.8
1.2
4.1
11.4
5.7
India
2.0
4.5
2.3
2.6
4.5
2.4
Indonesia
-
-
-
-
0.5
0.3
Japan
0.1
0.8
0.5
0.4
1.1
0.8
Korea, D. P. R.
-
-
-
-
-
-
Myanmar
-
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
Pakistan
1.9
2.0
2.2
2.0
2.1
2.2
Saudi Arabia
-
-
-
-
-
-
Thailand
5.3
6.4
5.5
5.4
6.4
5.6
Turkey
-
-
-
1.2
2.5
3.8
Viet Nam
3.6
3.8
3.9
3.7
4.0
4.1
AFRICA
0.2
0.5
0.3
5.2
3.6
2.9
Egypt
0.2
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.4
0.3
South Africa
-
-
-
2.7
1.7
0.8
Sudan
-
-
-
0.1
0.1
0.5
Zimbabwe
-
-
-
0.3
0.3
0.1
CENTRAL AMERICA
-
-
-
0.2
0.4
0.2
SOUTH AMERICA
1.7
1.5
1.8
24.2
24.7
21.9
Argentina
0.5
0.6
0.6
21.5
22.8
20.1
Suriname
0.1
-
0.1
0.1
-
0.1
Uruguay
0.7
0.5
0.7
0.8
0.6
0.8
NORTH AMERICA
2.3
3.1
2.8
104.4
100.2
99.5
Canada
-
-
-
22.9
24.6
18.0
United States
2.3
3.1
2.8
81.5
75.6
81.5
EUROPE
0.2
0.2
0.2
27.8
25.2
31.1
EC 3/
0.2
0.2
0.2
25.7
18.3
25.3
Hungary
-
-
-
1.3
3.0
2.4
Poland
-
-
-
0.2
0.1
0.6
Romania
-
-
-
0.2
2.1
1.2
CIS 4/
-
-
-
1.3
5.3
4.4
OCEANIA
0.6
0.7
0.7
23.4
19.0
18.7
Australia
0.6
0.7
0.7
23.4
18.9
18.7
WORLD
18.9
27.5
21.6
208.3
212.6
205.6
Developing countries
15.7
22.7
17.5
48.4
60.2
50.3
Developed countries
3.2
4.8
4.1
159.9
152.4
155.3

SOURCE: FAO
Note: Totals computed from unrounded data.
1/ Trade in rice refers to the calendar year of the second year shown.
2/ Including Taiwan Province.
3/ Excluding trade between the fifteen EC member countries.
4/ Commonwealth of Independent States; excluding intratrade.
5/ Highly Tentative.

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