Food Outlook 09/96

Table A.8 - WORLD STOCKS: Estimated Total Carryovers of Cereals 1/

	Crop Years ending in:
	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996 estim.	1997 forecast
	( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
TOTAL CEREALS	351.1	336.8	380.7	339.3	311.7	265.8	276.9
held by:
- main exporters 2/	146.6	132.4	168.8	119.0	109.0	79.0	97.2
- others	204.5	204.3	211.9	220.2	202.7	186.8	179.7
BY GRAINS
Wheat	141.7	133.1	144.3	136.2	110.3	104.0	110.5
held by:
- main exporters 2/	54.9	49.4	54.5	46.7	31.8	29.3	35.3
- others	86.8	83.7	89.7	89.4	78.5	74.7	75.2
Coarse Grains	143.5	138.0	169.4	139.9	147.0	108.7	117.5
held by:
- main exporters 2/	71.0	61.7	91.2	53.3	62.9	35.4	47.6
- others	72.5	76.3	78.2	86.6	84.2	73.3	69.9
Rice (milled basis)	60.0	65.6	67.1	63.2	54.4	53.1	48.9
held by:
- main exporters 2/	20.6	21.3	23.1	19.0	14.4	14.3	14.3
- others	45.4	44.4	44.0	44.2	40.0	38.8	34.6
BY REGIONS
Developed Countries	193.8	175.0	214.1	170.2	153.2	107.8	125.4
of which:
North America	88.0	62.7	96.3	59.8	69.3	33.7	48.3
Canada	15.8	15.0	17.5	16.1	9.0	9.1	12.9
United States	72.2	47.7	78.8	43.7	60.2	24.7	35.4
Others	105.8	112.3	117.8	110.3	84.0	74.0	77.1
Australia	3.8	3.3	5.6	4.6	2.8	3.0	4.0
CIS 3/	45.6	34.9	45.1	43.4	27.9	16.7	20.5
EC 4/	34.8	46.0	45.1	35.7	23.2	28.4	30.5
Japan	6.7	5.8	5.7	5.5	6.4	6.9	6.4
Developing Countries	154.3	161.8	166.6	169.1	158.4	158.0	151.5
of which:
Asia 5/	131.7	136.0	134.8	135.6	122.0	126.9	121.5
Bangladesh	3.0	3.2	3.3	3.0	2.4	1.9	2.2
China 6/	57.0	62.1	57.1	54.4	48.9	53.4	52.9
India 7/	12.7	8.3	11.3	19.0	23.6	18.6	18.1
Indonesia	5.1	4.7	6.3	6.1	4.8	5.7	5.4
Korea, Rep. of	3.6	3.6	3.7	2.9	1.8	1.6	1.4
Pakistan	3.1	2.8	3.6	4.1	3.2	3.4	3.5
Philippines	2.9	2.2	2.0	2.1	2.0	2.9	2.9
Turkey	5.1	2.5	2.3	4.5	2.1	2.6	2.3
Africa	12.8	16.8	18.3	18.9	20.5	15.7	17.9
Central America	4.3	3.7	4.6	4.4	4.8	4.3	3.3
South America	5.3	5.1	8.8	10.2	10.9	10.9	8.6
Argentina	0.7	0.4	0.4	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.2
Brazil	2.2	2.5	5.6	5.1	5.6	6.6	4.4
WORLD STOCKS	( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
as % of consumption	20	19	22	19	18	15	15

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 should not be construed as representing world stock levels at a fixed point in time.
2/ For a list of main exporters of wheat, coarse grains and rice see table A.7.
3/ FAO estimates; up to crop years ending in 1991, former U.S.S.R.; thereafter, Commonwealth of Independent States.
4/ From 1996, includes 15 member countries.
5/ Total includes FAO estimates for privately-held stocks.
6/ FAO estimates and including Taiwan Province.
7/ Government stocks only.