KYRGYZ REPUBLIC (21 September)
Cereal harvesting is complete and latest reports point to an aggregate cereal harvest of about 1.7 million tonnes, which compares with 1.65 million tonnes average harvest of the past five years. This aggregate includes some1.25 million tonnes of wheat, 320 000 tonnes of maize, 110 000 tonnes of barley and 16 000 tonnes of rice. Aggregate area planted with cereals for harvest in 2004 was estimated at about 610 000 hectares, up by about 25 000 hectares on 2003. Total cereal import requirement for the 2004/05 marketing year is estimated at about 122 000 tonnes of mainly food quality wheat.