ESTONIA (3 June)
Prospects are for a similar cereal harvest to last year, which is estimated at about 600 000 tonnes. Spring cereals account for about 88 percent of the total cereal areas. This year’s forecast cereal harvest includes some 180 000 tonnes of wheat, 290 000 tonnes of barley and some 40 000 tonnes of rye. The total cereal import requirement for the 2005/06 marketing year is forecast at about 258 000 tonnes, including 136 000 tonnes of wheat, 60 000 tonnes of maize and 42 000 tonnes of barley.