FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 02/99 - CROATIA (8 February)
The early outlook for the 1999 winter grain crops is satisfactory, despite a reduction in the area sown. The area sown to wheat has been cut back to about 205 000 hectares but plantings of winter barley and rye increased. The 1998 grain harvest reached a bumper 3.3 million tonnes, including 1 million tonnes of wheat and 2 million tonnes of maize. The import ban on wheat, imposed in mid-1998 has been lifted but the import duty on wheat has been increased sharply.
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