YUGOSLAVIA, FED. REP. OF (SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO)* (11 August)
Despite heavy rain and hailstorms in June and the first ten days in July which slowed the harvest and reduced grain quality, the 1997 wheat harvest is forecast at 2.8 million tons. This is substantially larger than last year in response to better average yields and the sharp increase in the area sown to wheat, which increased by over 200 000 hectares to 818 000 hectares.