| Rice (milled) | Total Cereals 1/ | |||||
| 1996 |
1997
estim. |
1998
f'cast | 1995/96 |
1996/97
estim. |
1997/98
f'cast |
|
| ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) | ||||||
| ASIA | 14.4 | 13.5 | 16.1 | 19.3 | 21.5 | 25.7 |
| China 2/ | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 6.8 |
| India | 3.6 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 5.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| Indonesia | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Japan | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| Korea, D. P. R. | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Myanmar | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Pakistan | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - |
| Thailand | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
| Turkey | - | - | - | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| Viet Nam | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
| AFRICA | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 5.3 | 3.9 |
| Egypt | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| South Africa | - | - | - | 0.6 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| Sudan | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Zimbabwe | - | - | - | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| CENTRAL AMERICA | - | - | - | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| SOUTH AMERICA | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 12.5 | 23.6 | 19.7 |
| Argentina | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 10.9 | 21.2 | 17.5 |
| Suriname | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Uruguay | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| NORTH AMERICA | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 123.4 | 105.0 | 102.4 |
| Canada | - | - | - | 20.7 | 22.8 | 23.9 |
| United States | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 102.7 | 82.2 | 78.5 |
| EUROPE | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 24.7 | 26.1 | 26.6 |
| EC 3/ | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 16.7 | 24.1 | 20.2 |
| Hungary | - | - | - | 2.6 | 1.3 | 3.4 |
| Poland | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Romania | - | - | - | 2.3 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| CIS 4/ | - | - | - | 2.6 | 1.3 | 4.0 |
| OCEANIA | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 16.4 | 23.4 | 19.3 |
| Australia | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 16.4 | 23.4 | 19.2 |
| WORLD | 19.6 | 18.5 | 21.6 | 202.2 | 206.4 | 201.9 |
| Developing countries | 16.1 | 15.0 | 17.6 | 34.0 | 47.1 | 46.6 |
| Developed countries | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 168.3 | 159.3 | 155.3 |