CYPRUS (11 February)
Sowing of the 2004/05 wheat and barley crops for harvest from May has been completed. Production of barley in 2004 has been revised to 95 000 tonnes, similar to the average of the previous five years. Imports of cereals in 2004/05 (May/April), mainly wheat and barley are forecast at the previous years’ level of some 645 000 tonnes.