| Rice (milled) | Total Cereals 1/ | |||||
| 1997 | 1998 estim. |
1999 f'cast |
1996/97 | 1997/98 estim. |
1998/99 f'cast |
|
| ( . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . ) | ||||||
| ASIA | 9.2 | 16.9 | 11.6 | 114.5 | 117.0 | 107.8 |
| Bangladesh | - | 2.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
| China 2/ | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 13.9 | 10.1 | 11.9 |
| China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| India | - | - | - | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.1 |
| Indonesia | 1.0 | 5.8 | 2.4 | 6.1 | 11.1 | 5.4 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. of | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 10.1 | 6.3 | 5.6 |
| Japan | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 27.2 | 27.6 | 27.6 |
| Korea, Rep. of | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 13.1 | 12.1 | 11.6 |
| Malaysia | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Pakistan | - | - | - | 3.0 | 4.3 | 2.2 |
| Philippines | 0.9 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 3.7 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 7.0 |
| Singapore | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Syria | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Thailand | - | 0.2 | - | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
| Yemen | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| AFRICA | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 34.2 | 37.9 | 37.4 |
| North Africa | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 20.1 | 23.4 | 22.3 |
| Algeria | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 5.5 |
| Egypt | - | - | - | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.4 |
| Morocco | - | - | - | 2.3 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
| Tunisia | - | - | - | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa 3/ | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 15.0 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Ethiopia | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.8 | - |
| Kenya | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
| Madagascar | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Senegal | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Sudan | - | - | - | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| CENTRAL AMERICA | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 14.3 | 16.3 | 17.5 |
| Mexico | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 10.0 |
| SOUTH AMERICA | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 17.9 | 17.7 | 19.1 |
| Brazil | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 8.1 |
| Colombia | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| Peru | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Venezuela | - | - | 0.1 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| NORTH AMERICA | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 6.6 | 7.2 | 6.3 |
| EUROPE | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 14.3 | 10.4 | 9.6 |
| EC 4/ | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
| CIS 5/ | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 5.4 |
| OCEANIA | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| WORLD | 18.9 | 26.6 | 21.1 | 206.1 | 210.9 | 204.0 |
| Developing countries | 15.3 | 23.3 | 17.6 | 149.8 | 157.9 | 149.6 |
| Developed countries | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 56.4 | 53.0 | 54.3 |
SOURCE: FAO
Note: Totals computed from unrounded data.
1/ Trade in rice refers to the calendar year of the second year shown.
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.
6/ Highly tentative.