FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops and Shortages 06/02 - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (5 June)
Harvesting of this year’s main paddy crop and planting of the 2002/03 first season coarse grain crops have started under normal weather conditions. Early forecasts point to an above-average paddy output, the main cereal, but lower than the record production level reached in 2001. The outlook is also favourable for other important food crops such as beans, plantains and roots.
Wheat imports in marketing year 2002/03 (July/June) are forecast at about 325 000 tonnes, slightly above the previous year’s volume, while maize imports, mostly for the animal feed industry, should remain at about the same 2001/02 (July/June) level of 700 000 tonnes.