1996/97 | 1997/98 | 1998/99 | 1999/2000 | 2000/01 forecast |
Change 2000/01 over 1999/2000 | |
WORLD PRODUCTION 1/ | (. . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) | (percentage) | ||||
Wheat | 589 | 614 | 597 | 589 | 590 | 0.3 |
Coarse grains | 920 | 906 | 912 | 879 | 908 | 3.3 |
Rice, milled | 383 | 387 | 390 | 403 | 398 | -1.3 |
(paddy) | (571) | (579) | (583) | (603) | (596) | -1.2 |
All cereals (incl. milled rice) | 1 892 | 1 906 | 1 899 | 1 871 | 1 896 | 1.3 |
Developing countries | 1 025 | 1 005 | 1 039 | 1 026 | 1 025 | -0.1 |
Developed countries | 867 | 901 | 859 | 846 | 872 | 3.1 |
WORLD IMPORTS 2/ | ||||||
Wheat | 102 | 100 | 98 | 104 | 101 | -2.2 |
Coarse grains | 91 | 90 | 93 | 99 | 97 | -1.9 |
Rice (milled) | 19 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 22 | -0.1 |
All cereals | 212 | 218 | 216 | 225 | 221 | -1.9 |
Developing countries | 150 | 159 | 158 | 162 | 161 | -0.7 |
Developed countries | 62 | 58 | 58 | 63 | 60 | -5.0 |
FOOD AID IN CEREALS 3/ | 5.6 | 6.2 | 10.8 | 7.5 | ||
WORLD UTILIZATION | ||||||
Wheat | 575 | 591 | 589 | 595 | 594 | -0.2 |
Coarse grains | 893 | 897 | 895 | 896 | 907 | 1.3 |
Rice (milled) | 380 | 383 | 392 | 401 | 402 | 0.2 |
All cereals | 1 849 | 1 871 | 1 876 | 1 892 | 1 903 | 0.6 |
Developing countries | 1 106 | 1 111 | 1 136 | 1 147 | 1 151 | 0.4 |
Developed countries | 743 | 759 | 740 | 745 | 753 | 1.0 |
Per Caput Food Use | (. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kg/year . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) | |||||
Developing countries | 173 | 172 | 173 | 173 | 173 | -0.3 |
Developed countries | 129 | 130 | 130 | 130 | 130 | 0.3 |
WORLD STOCKS 4/ | (. . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . ) | |||||
Wheat | 113 | 135 | 140 | 133 | 129 | -3.1 |
Coarse grains | 126 | 140 | 149 | 138 | 136 | -1.6 |
Rice (milled) | 56 | 55 | 57 | 60 | 56 | -6.3 |
All cereals | 295 | 331 | 346 | 331 | 321 | -3.1 |
Developing countries | 174 | 164 | 173 | 172 | 157 | -8.9 |
Developed countries | 121 | 166 | 172 | 159 | 164 | 3.3 |
Stocks as % of world | (. . . . . . . . . . . . . . percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . ) | |||||
cereal consumption | 15.7 | 17.6 | 18.2 | 17.4 | 16.6 | |
EXPORT PRICES 5/ | (. . . . . . . . . . . . . . US$/tonne . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) | |||||
Rice (Thai, 100%, 2nd grade) 1/ | 352 | 316 | 315 | 253 | 230 6/ | -14.2 7/ |
Wheat (U.S. No.2 Hard Winter) | 181 | 142 | 120 | 112 8/ | -7.4 7/ | |
Maize (U.S. No.2 Yellow) | 135 | 112 | 95 | 92 8/ | -3.2 7/ | |
OCEAN FREIGHT RATES 5/ | ||||||
From U.S. Gulf to Egypt | 12.8 | 11.7 | 9.3 | 13.3 8/ | 46.2 7/ | |
LOW-INCOME FOOD-DEFICIT COUNTRIES 9/ | (. . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . ) | |||||
Roots & tubers production 1/ | 378 | 372 | 360 | 364 | ||
Cereal production (milled rice) 1/ | 803 | 785 | 810 | 807 | 803 | -0.4 |
Per caput production (kg.) 10/ | 225 | 216 | 220 | 215 | 212 | -1.5 |
Cereal imports 2/ | 69.4 | 78.5 | 71.9 | 70.5 | 68.2 | -3.2 |
of which: Food aid | 4.7 | 5.5 | 7.9 | 6.5 | ||
Proportion of cereal import | (. . . . . . . . . . percentage . . . . . . . . ) | |||||
covered by food aid | 6.8 | 7.0 | 11.0 | 9.2 |