YUGOSLAVIA, FED. REP. OF (SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO) (5 November)
Cereal harvest this year is estimated at 8.14 million tonnes, which is some 301 000 tonnes lower than the sharply recovered harvest in 2001. Cereal harvest in 2002 consists of 2.1 million tonnes of wheat and 6 million tonnes of coarse grains, which compares with 2.5 million tonnes of wheat and 5.9 million tonnes of coarse grains in the preceding year. Cereal exports are estimated at 502 000 tonnes, including 450 000 tonnes of maize and 250 000 tonnes of wheat.
Under a Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation since July this year, WFP has been assisting on average some 134 000 refugees, 130 000 of whom are in Serbia and 4 000 in Montenegro. This operation will continue until the end of December 2003. ICRC will continue to assist the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) until the end of March 2003.