FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 11/98 - LATVIA (25 November)
The aggregate area sown to grains (cereals and pulses) remained stable at nearly 0.5 million hectares. Excessive rains this summer adversely affected yield and the aggregate output is forecast at 1 million tonnes, about 4 percent less than last year. Nevertheless, cereal imports in 1998/99 are expected to remain low as the export market for livestock products in the Russian Federation contracts.
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