FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No.3 - June 1999 p. 6

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Table A.3 b) - WORLD EXPORTS OF CEREALS

     
Rice (milled)
Total Cereals 1/
1998
1999
estim.
2000
f'cast
1997/98
1998/99
estim.
1999/2000
f'cast
( . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
ASIA
21.5
16.1
 
38.7
28.4
 
China 2/
3.8
1.5
 
11.4
5.4
 
India
4.5
2.5
 
4.5
2.6
 
Indonesia
-
-
 
0.5
0.4
 
Japan
0.8
0.5
 
1.1
0.8
 
Kazakhstan
-
-
 
4.2
1.9
 
Myanmar
0.1
0.1
 
0.2
0.2
 
Pakistan
2.0
2.2
 
2.1
2.2
 
Saudi Arabia
-
-
 
-
-
 
Thailand
6.4
5.5
 
6.4
5.7
 
Turkey
-
-
 
2.5
4.1
 
Viet Nam
3.8
3.6
 
4.0
3.8
 
AFRICA
0.5
0.3
 
3.8
3.0
 
Egypt
0.4
0.3
 
0.4
0.3
 
South Africa
-
-
 
1.1
1.3
 
Sudan
-
-
 
0.1
0.3
 
Zimbabwe
-
-
 
0.3
0.1
 
CENTRAL AMERICA
-
-
 
0.4
0.2
 
SOUTH AMERICA
1.6
1.8
 
24.8
22.0
 
Argentina
0.6
0.6
 
22.8
20.1
 
Suriname
0.1
0.1
 
0.1
0.1
 
Uruguay
0.6
0.7
 
0.7
0.8
 
NORTH AMERICA
3.2
2.8
 
100.3
99.0
 
Canada
-
-
 
24.6
17.5
 
United States
3.2
2.8
 
75.6
81.5
 
EUROPE
0.2
0.2
 
30.9
35.6
 
EC 3/
0.2
0.2
 
18.3
23.6
 
Hungary
-
-
 
3.3
2.7
 
Poland
-
-
 
0.1
0.6
 
Romania
-
-
 
2.1
1.1
 
Russian Fed.
-
-
 
2.6
1.4
 
Ukraine
-
-
 
2.6
4.4
 
OCEANIA
0.6
0.7
 
18.8
19.7
 
Australia
0.6
0.7
 
18.8
19.7
 
WORLD
27.5
21.8
20.4 4/
217.6
208.0
212.5
Developing countries
22.8
17.7
16.2
61.1
49.5
46.4
Developed countries
4.8
4.1
4.2
156.6
158.4
166.1

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/ Highly Tentative.

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