| Wheat (July/June) 1/ | Coarse Grains (July/June) | |||||
| 1996/97 | 1997/98 estim. |
1998/99 f'cast |
1996/97 | 1997/98 estim. |
1998/99 f'cast |
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| ( . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . ) | ||||||
| ASIA | 49.2 | 46.0 | 43.1 | 56.1 | 54.1 | 53.1 |
| Bangladesh | 1.1 | 0.8 | 2.4 | - | - | - |
| China 2/ | 5.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 8.4 | 6.8 | 8.0 |
| China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | - | - |
| India | 1.8 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Indonesia | 4.2 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.2 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. of | 7.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| Japan | 6.3 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 20.3 | 21.0 | 20.7 |
| Korea, Rep. of | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 7.3 |
| Malaysia | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| Pakistan | 3.0 | 4.3 | 2.2 | - | - | - |
| Philippines | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | - | - | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.2 |
| Singapore | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | - | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Syria | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Thailand | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Yemen | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| AFRICA | 20.6 | 23.5 | 21.9 | 9.2 | 10.5 | 11.3 |
| North Africa | 14.0 | 16.7 | 15.6 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 6.5 |
| Algeria | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| Egypt | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| Morocco | 1.6 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| Tunisia | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa 3/ | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | - | - | - |
| Ethiopia | 0.2 | 0.6 | - | - | 0.2 | - |
| Kenya | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| Madagascar | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | - | - | - |
| Senegal | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Sudan | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | - |
| CENTRAL AMERICA | 4.3 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 8.7 | 9.8 | 10.5 |
| Mexico | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 7.4 |
| SOUTH AMERICA | 11.2 | 10.0 | 11.1 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 6.6 |
| Brazil | 6.5 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| Colombia | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| Peru | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Venezuela | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| NORTH AMERICA | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.2 |
| EUROPE | 6.7 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| EC 4/ | 2.1 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
| CIS 5/ | 2.8 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| OCEANIA | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | - | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| WORLD | 98.0 | 95.7 | 93.3 | 89.3 | 88.6 | 89.5 |
| Developing countries | 77.5 | 77.2 | 73.5 | 57.0 | 57.4 | 58.5 |
| Developed countries | 20.5 | 18.5 | 19.8 | 32.3 | 31.2 | 31.1 |
SOURCE: FAO
Note: Totals computed from unrounded data.
1/ Including wheat flour in wheat grain equivalent, but excluding semolina.
2/ Including Taiwan Province.
3/ Including the Republic of South Africa.
4/ Excluding trade between the fifteen EC member countries.
5/ Commonwealth of Independent States; excluding intratrade.