| Rice (milled) | Total Cereals 1/ | |||||
| 1996 |
1997
estim. |
1998
f'cast | 1995/96 |
1996/97
estim. |
1997/98
f'cast |
|
| ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) | ||||||
| ASIA | 10.6 | 9.0 | 10.9 | 117.7 | 113.4 | 112.1 |
| Bangladesh | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| China 2/ | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 26.9 | 13.5 | 11.9 |
| China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
| India | - | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 1.7 |
| Indonesia | 2.1 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 6.9 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. of | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 5.8 | 10.1 | 8.4 |
| Japan | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 26.1 | 26.7 | 26.9 |
| Korea, Rep. of | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 11.6 |
| Malaysia | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| Pakistan | - | - | - | 2.1 | 3.1 | 4.1 |
| Philippines | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 5.3 | 7.9 | 7.9 |
| Singapore | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Syria | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| Yemen | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| AFRICA | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 32.1 | 31.5 | 36.2 |
| North Africa | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 19.0 | 18.8 | 22.2 |
| Algeria | - | - | - | 3.3 | 4.0 | 5.5 |
| Egypt | - | - | - | 8.7 | 10.0 | 9.8 |
| Morocco | - | - | - | 3.7 | 1.7 | 3.2 |
| Tunisia | - | - | - | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa 3/ | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 13.1 | 12.6 | 13.8 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Ethiopia | - | - | - | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| Kenya | - | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| Madagascar | - | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Senegal | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| Sudan | - | - | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| CENTRAL AMERICA | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 15.3 | 13.0 | 14.4 |
| Mexico | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 10.0 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
| SOUTH AMERICA | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 16.3 | 15.7 | 18.0 |
| Brazil | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 8.2 |
| Colombia | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| Peru | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| Venezuela | - | - | - | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| NORTH AMERICA | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 7.0 |
| EUROPE | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 12.1 | 13.8 | 9.9 |
| EC 4/ | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 7.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| CIS 5/ | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 2.7 |
| OCEANIA | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
| WORLD | 19.5 | 18.2 | 19.9 | 205.6 | 198.5 | 201.3 |
| Developing countries | 16.4 | 15.0 | 16.7 | 151.4 | 143.0 | 150.4 |
| Developed countries | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 54.1 | 55.5 | 50.9 |