| Rice (milled) | Total Cereals 1/ | |||||
| 1995 | 1996 estim. | 1997 f'cast | 1994/95 | 1995/96 estim. | 1996/97 f'cast | |
| ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) | ||||||
| ASIA | 12.9 | 10.1 | 8.8 | 110.3 | 116.4 | 108.6 |
| Bangladesh | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
| China 2/ | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 19.5 | 26.8 | 13.9 |
| Hong Kong | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| India | - | - | - | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.1 |
| Indonesia | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 5.6 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. of | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 7.2 |
| Japan | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 26.9 | 26.2 | 27.1 |
| Korea, Rep. of | - | 0.1 | 0.1 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 13.5 |
| Malaysia | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| Pakistan | - | - | - | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| Philippines | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 6.9 | 5.6 | 6.9 |
| Singapore | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| Syria | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Yemen | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| AFRICA | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 33.1 | 32.3 | 27.2 |
| North Africa | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 20.7 | 19.5 | 16.0 |
| Algeria | - | - | - | 6.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
| Egypt | - | - | - | 9.0 | 8.6 | 8.4 |
| Morocco | - | - | - | 1.7 | 3.4 | 1.3 |
| Tunisia | - | - | - | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa 3/ | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 12.3 | 12.7 | 11.2 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Ethiopia | - | - | - | 0.8 | 0.2 | - |
| Kenya | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.3 |
| Madagascar | 0.1 | - | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Senegal | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Sudan | 0.1 | - | - | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| CENTRAL AMERICA | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 13.4 | 15.7 | 13.2 |
| Mexico | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 7.1 | 9.3 | 7.3 |
| SOUTH AMERICA | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 18.4 | 17.4 | 17.3 |
| Brazil | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 9.4 | 7.3 | 7.9 |
| Colombia | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| Peru | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| Venezuela | 0.1 | - | - | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| NORTH AMERICA | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 6.8 | 6.0 | 5.8 |
| EUROPE | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 12.1 | 13.0 | 12.6 |
| EC 4/ | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 6.1 | 7.7 | 4.4 |
| CIS 5/ | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 3.1 |
| OCEANIA | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| WORLD | 20.9 | 19.1 | 18.4 6/ | 201.1 | 206.7 | 188.7 |
| Developing countries | 18.4 | 16.1 | 15.2 | 145.0 | 152.1 | 135.9 |
| Developed countries | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 56.1 | 54.6 | 52.8 |