| Crop Years ending in: | |||||||
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
2002 estim. |
2003 f'cast |
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| ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) | |||||||
| TOTAL CEREALS | 617.7 | 660.8 | 683.0 | 681.1 | 629.7 | 575.3 | 465.8 |
| Wheat | 227.3 | 252.8 | 259.7 | 254.3 | 241.1 | 216.2 | 166.5 |
| held by: | |||||||
| - main exporters 2/ | 36.0 | 39.3 | 50.7 | 50.4 | 52.3 | 46.8 | 31.6 |
| - others | 191.3 | 213.6 | 209.0 | 203.9 | 188.7 | 169.4 | 134.9 |
| Coarse Grains | 238.6 | 255.1 | 265.9 | 258.8 | 225.6 | 211.0 | 173.8 |
| held by: | |||||||
| - main exporters 2/ | 46.7 | 69.3 | 79.7 | 77.0 | 76.7 | 72.7 | 50.1 |
| - others | 191.9 | 185.8 | 186.3 | 181.8 | 148.9 | 138.3 | 123.6 |
| Rice (milled basis) | 151.7 | 152.9 | 157.4 | 167.9 | 163.1 | 148.1 | 125.5 |
| held by: | |||||||
| - main exporters 2/ | 111.8 | 115.7 | 117.2 | 119.6 | 114.1 | 101.8 | 87.9 |
| excl. China 3/ | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 8.8 | 8.7 |
| - others | 40.0 | 37.2 | 40.1 | 48.3 | 49.0 | 46.3 | 37.6 |
| BY REGIONS | |||||||
| Developed Countries | 121.5 | 169.0 | 171.0 | 164.6 | 160.1 | 162.7 | 123.3 |
| Australia | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 7.5 | 3.0 |
| EU | 24.4 | 35.1 | 36.6 | 34.2 | 31.9 | 34.5 | 35.8 |
| Canada | 14.0 | 10.4 | 12.5 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 10.1 | 7.3 |
| Hungary | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| Japan | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| Poland | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| Romania | 1.2 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 1.7 |
| Russian Fed. | 6.5 | 18.0 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 6.5 | 9.6 | 8.0 |
| South Africa | 2.4 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| Ukraine | 3.6 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 5.0 | 5.2 |
| United States | 39.9 | 58.7 | 77.8 | 75.6 | 77.4 | 67.4 | 35.9 |
| Developing Countries | 496.1 | 491.8 | 511.9 | 516.4 | 469.6 | 412.6 | 342.5 |
| Asia | 457.5 | 456.1 | 473.3 | 478.3 | 434.1 | 376.3 | 311.8 |
| China 3/ | 374.0 | 366.6 | 374.7 | 367.5 | 318.8 | 271.9 | 225.7 |
| India | 35.3 | 42.9 | 47.3 | 57.4 | 62.1 | 58.3 | 46.3 |
| Indonesia | 6.9 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. of | 3.5 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| Korea, Rep. of | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| Pakistan | 6.3 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 4.8 | 0.9 |
| Philippines | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| Syria | 5.1 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| Turkey | 6.8 | 7.4 | 9.4 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 5.1 | 3.5 |
| Africa | 23.8 | 20.9 | 26.1 | 24.1 | 22.4 | 22.2 | 18.7 |
| Algeria | 2.8 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
| Egypt | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 2.7 |
| Ethiopia | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.5 |
| Morocco | 3.8 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
| Nigeria | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| Tunisia | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| Central America | 7.0 | 5.1 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| Mexico | 5.7 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| South America | 7.7 | 9.7 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 8.5 | 6.6 |
| Argentina | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.7 |
| Brazil | 2.9 | 4.9 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 2.8 |
Source : FAO Note : Based on official and unofficial estimates. Totals computed from unrounded data.
1 / Stock data are based on an aggregate of carryovers at the end of national crop years and do not represent world stock levels at any point in time.
2 / The major wheat and coarse grains exporters are Argentina, Australia, Canada, the EU and the United States. The major rice exporters are China (including Taiwan Province), Pakistan, Thailand, the United States and Viet Nam. See Table A.4 for country details.
3 / Including Taiwan Province.