FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No.3

Table A.5 - WORLD STOCKS: Estimated Total Carryovers of Cereals 1/

	Crop Years ending in:
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000 estim.	2001 f'cast
	( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
TOTAL CEREALS	313.2	254.5	294.5	330.5	345.1	331.0	320.9
held by:
- main exporters 2/	110.8	75.0	99.5	127.0	154.4	147.4	147.5
- others	202.5	179.5	195.0	203.5	190.7	183.7	173.4
BY GRAINS
Wheat	115.4	101.7	112.7	135.2	139.8	132.9	128.8
held by:
- main exporters 2/	32.6	28.7	36.6	39.3	51.4	49.7	48.8
- others	82.9	73.0	76.1	95.9	88.3	83.2	80.0
Coarse Grains	142.8	100.4	125.5	140.0	148.5	137.9	135.7
held by:
- main exporters 2/	63.8	31.7	46.1	68.9	84.2	77.9	81.3
- others	79.0	68.6	79.4	71.2	64.3	60.1	54.4
Rice (milled basis)	55.0	52.5	56.2	55.3	56.9	60.2	56.4
held by:
- main exporters 2/	14.5	14.6	16.8	18.8	18.8	19.8	17.3
- others	40.6	37.9	39.5	36.5	38.1	40.4	39.1
BY REGIONS
Developed Countries	158.9	102.5	120.8	166.5	172.4	159.1	164.3
North America	69.3	35.2	53.9	69.1	90.2	89.5	91.6
Canada	9.2	9.8	14.0	10.4	12.4	12.7	12.1
United States	60.2	25.5	39.9	58.7	77.8	76.8	79.5
Others	89.5	67.3	66.9	97.4	82.2	69.6	72.6
Australia	2.6	3.1	4.1	3.7	3.3	3.1	2.9
EC 4/	25.1	22.5	24.2	35.1	41.4	34.6	35.2
Japan	5.5	6.1	6.7	6.8	6.1	5.7	5.5
Russian Fed.	15.9	7.2	6.5	18.0	5.8	4.0	5.7
Souith Africa	3.2	1.3	1.9	3.3	1.9	1.4	1.9
Developing Countries	154.4	152.0	173.7	164.0	172.7	172.0	156.6
Asia	122.2	125.7	139.7	132.6	139.5	137.7	126.7
China 4/	48.2	53.3	63.9	55.9	57.8	52.2	41.4
India 5/	24.1	18.4	10.7	19.0	22.1	25.0	26.5
Indonesia	5.0	6.0	6.4	4.7	5.4	5.5	4.5
Iran, Islamic Rep. of	5.4	4.6	5.5	4.4	4.2	4.5	4.3
Korea, Rep. of	2.4	2.0	2.4	2.5	2.7	2.9	3.0
Pakistan	3.2	3.4	3.7	4.1	4.4	4.1	4.3
Philippines	1.2	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.6	2.8	2.8
Syria	3.0	3.3	3.2	2.2	2.1	1.0	1.5
Turkey	1.9	4.0	5.9	5.9	6.0	3.6	3.4
Africa	17.9	11.4	20.1	17.3	20.1	19.7	15.7
Algeria	2.7	1.5	2.2	1.1	1.9	1.7	1.5
Egypt	1.3	1.6	2.2	2.8	3.0	3.0	2.9
Morocco	2.9	0.6	3.8	2.5	4.4	3.3	1.2
Tunisia	1.5	1.0	2.1	1.9	1.7	1.7	1.2
Central America	4.6	6.3	7.0	6.9	7.0	7.2	6.9
Mexico	2.8	5.0	5.7	5.9	6.1	6.3	6.1
South America	9.5	8.4	6.8	7.0	6.0	7.2	7.2
Argentina	0.7	0.8	1.9	1.7	2.0	2.2	2.2
Brazil	5.8	5.0	2.5	2.8	1.5	2.9	3.0
WORLD STOCKS	( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
as % of consumption	17.5	13.8	15.7	17.6	18.2	17.4	16.6

SOURCE: FAO
Note: Based on official and unofficial estimates. Totals computed from unrounded data.

1/ Stock data are based on an aggregate of carryovers at the end of national crop years and should not be construed as representing world stock levels at a fixed point in time. 2/ For a list of main exporters of wheat, coarse grains and rice see table A.4. 3/ From 1996, includes 15 member countries. 4/ Including Taiwan Province. 5/ Government stocks only.

FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No.3 - June 2000 p. 8

Table A.5 - WORLD STOCKS: Estimated Total Carryovers of Cereals 1/