CROATIA (21 September)
Latest reports point to an aggregate cereal harvest of about 3.1 million tonnes, which is almost 594 000 tonnes up on last year’s poor harvest but nearly 600 000 tonnes down on the good harvest in 2002/03 marketing year. The aggregate harvest this year includes about 2.1 million tonnes of maize, 849 000 tonnes of wheat and 153 000 tonnes of barley. Aggregate cereal imports are estimated at 92 000 tonnes and exports at 30 000 tonnes during the 2004/05 marketing year.