Food Outlook No.5 - December 2002 p.20

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Table A.3 b) - WORLD EXPORTS OF CEREALS

  Rice (milled) Total Cereals 1 /
2001 2002
estim.
2003
f'cast
2000/01 2001/02
estim.
2002/03
f'cast
  ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
ASIA 18.5 20.5 20.2 40.1 40.0 48.2
  China  2/ 2.0 1.8 1.3 12.6 9.1 13.5
  India 1.9 5.5 4.5 4.3 9.0 9.2
  Indonesia - - - 0.1 0.1 0.1
  Japan 0.6 0.6 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.9
  Kazakhstan - - - 4.0 4.2 5.9
  Myanmar 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8
  Pakistan 2.3 1.4 1.5 2.5 2.0 2.5
  Syria - - - 0.1 0.5 0.5
  Thailand 7.5 7.0 7.5 7.8 7.2 7.6
  Turkey - - - 1.7 0.9 1.4
  Viet Nam 3.5 3.2 3.9 3.5 3.2 3.9
AFRICA 0.8 0.9 0.8 4.0 3.8 3.4
  Egypt 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8
  Ethiopia - - - 0.2 0.2 0.1
  Nigeria - - - 0.2 0.1 0.1
  South Africa - - - 1.7 1.5 1.6
  Sudan - - - - 0.2 -
  Uganda - - - 0.3 0.3 0.2
CENTRAL AMERICA - - - 1.1 1.0 0.8
SOUTH AMERICA 1.4 1.2 1.4 27.8 27.2 21.7
  Argentina 0.4 0.3 0.3 23.9 20.8 18.4
  Brazil - - - 2.3 5.0 1.8
  Paraguay - - - 0.3 0.3 0.3
  Uruguay 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.8
NORTH AMERICA 2.5 3.1 3.2 106.0 104.8 99.6
  Canada - - - 20.6 19.1 11.9
  United States 2.5 3.1 3.2 85.4 85.7 87.7
EUROPE 0.2 0.2 0.2 31.8 41.9 49.3
  Bulgaria - - - 0.8 1.1 1.2
  Czech Rep. - - - 0.5 1.0 0.9
  EU  3/ 0.2 0.2 0.2 25.3 16.2 22.8
  Hungary - - - 1.7 4.6 2.5
  Romania - - - 0.2 1.4 1.2
  Russian Fed. - - - 1.3 6.9 8.5
  Ukraine - - - 1.7 9.0 9.6
OCEANIA 0.6 0.6 0.4 21.5 21.8 12.7
  Australia 0.6 0.6 0.4 21.5 21.8 12.6
WORLD 24.1 26.4 26.2 4/ 232.4 240.5 235.7
  Developing countries 20.1 22.0 21.8 66.3 65.2 65.6
  Developed countries 4.0 4.4 4.3 166.0 175.3 170.1

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 EU member countries.

4 / Highly tentative.


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