FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No.2 - April 2000 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 21.4 19.4 17.2 38.8 32.5 32.1
China 2/ 3.8 2.8 2.6 11.4 6.6 8.3
India 4.5 2.7 1.7 4.5 2.8 2.2
Indonesia - - - 0.5 0.4 0.2
Japan 0.8 0.5 0.4 1.2 0.9 0.8
Kazakhstan - - - 4.2 2.5 4.8
Myanmar 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2
Pakistan 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3
Saudi Arabia - - - - - -
Thailand 6.4 6.7 6.0 6.4 6.9 6.1
Turkey - - - 2.2 4.1 2.1
Viet Nam 3.8 4.6 4.3 4.0 4.7 4.5
AFRICA 0.5 0.3 0.4 4.0 2.6 2.8
Egypt 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5
South Africa - - - 1.5 1.0 1.0
Sudan - - - 0.1 0.3 -
Zimbabwe - - - 0.3 0.1 -
CENTRAL AMERICA - - - 0.4 0.3 0.3
SOUTH AMERICA 1.6 1.9 1.7 24.3 21.6 23.4
Argentina 0.5 0.7 0.5 22.5 19.9 21.6
Suriname 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Uruguay 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9
NORTH AMERICA 3.2 2.7 3.0 99.5 101.3 105.5
Canada - - - 24.6 16.9 21.5
United States 3.2 2.7 3.0 74.9 84.5 84.0
EUROPE 0.2 0.2 0.2 29.7 40.3 36.1
EC 3/ 0.2 0.2 0.2 17.2 24.6 26.2
Hungary - - - 3.7 3.5 2.5
Poland - - - 0.1 0.8 0.4
Romania - - - 2.1 1.0 0.8
Russian Fed. - - - 2.5 1.6 0.5
Ukraine - - - 2.6 5.8 3.1
OCEANIA 0.6 0.7 0.5 18.7 21.9 22.0
Australia 0.6 0.7 0.5 18.6 21.9 22.0
WORLD 27.6 25.1 23.0 215.5 220.6 222.2
Developing countries 22.8 21.0 18.8 60.5 52.6 52.0
Developed countries 4.8 4.1 4.2 155.0 168.0 170.2

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