| Crop Years ending in: | ||||||||
| 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 estim. |
2000 forecast |
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| ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . .) | ||||||||
| TOTAL CEREALS | 342.9 | 312.0 | 252.3 | 294.8 | 329.8 | 336.4 | 322.9 | |
| held by: | ||||||||
| - main exporters 2/ | 119.5 | 110.7 | 74.3 | 101.3 | 128.6 | 153.9 | 145.8 | |
| - others | 223.4 | 201.3 | 178.0 | 193.5 | 201.2 | 182.5 | 177.1 | |
| BY GRAINS | ||||||||
| Wheat | 145.3 | 115.5 | 101.8 | 112.6 | 137.6 | 142.5 | 131.8 | |
| held by: | ||||||||
| - main exporters 2/ | 46.9 | 32.6 | 28.7 | 36.2 | 42.0 | 55.9 | 52.3 | |
| - others | 98.5 | 82.9 | 73.1 | 76.4 | 95.6 | 86.6 | 79.5 | |
| Coarse Grains | 135.3 | 141.5 | 98.5 | 126.4 | 137.4 | 140.9 | 136.6 | |
| held by: | ||||||||
| - main exporters 2/ | 53.5 | 63.7 | 31.3 | 48.8 | 68.2 | 81.4 | 75.8 | |
| - others | 81.8 | 77.8 | 67.1 | 77.6 | 69.1 | 59.6 | 60.8 | |
| Rice (milled basis) | 62.2 | 55.0 | 52.0 | 55.8 | 54.9 | 52.9 | 54.5 | |
| held by: | ||||||||
| - main exporters 2/ | 19.1 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 16.3 | 18.4 | 16.6 | 17.8 | |
| - others | 43.1 | 40.5 | 37.7 | 39.5 | 36.5 | 36.3 | 36.7 | |
| BY REGIONS | ||||||||
| Developed Countries | 174.2 | 158.7 | 102.0 | 123.1 | 167.4 | 172.0 | 160.4 | |
| North America | 59.9 | 69.3 | 35.2 | 53.9 | 69.2 | 92.2 | 96.1 | |
| Canada | 16.2 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 14.0 | 10.5 | 13.5 | 14.0 | |
| United States | 43.7 | 60.2 | 25.5 | 39.9 | 58.7 | 78.8 | 82.1 | |
| Others | 114.3 | 89.4 | 66.8 | 69.2 | 98.2 | 79.7 | 64.3 | |
| Australia | 4.6 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.1 | |
| EC 4/ | 36.0 | 25.0 | 22.2 | 27.0 | 37.4 | 41.1 | 31.6 | |
| Japan | 4.3 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 5.7 | |
| Russian Fed. | 25.2 | 15.9 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 18.0 | 5.7 | 3.9 | |
| Souith Africa | 2.3 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 1.3 | |
| Developing Countries | 168.6 | 153.3 | 150.2 | 171.8 | 162.4 | 164.4 | 162.5 | |
| Asia | 138.5 | 122.2 | 125.3 | 139.7 | 133.3 | 134.3 | 134.0 | |
| China 4/ | 56.4 | 48.2 | 53.3 | 63.7 | 56.4 | 53.4 | 54.0 | |
| India 5/ | 19.0 | 24.1 | 18.4 | 10.7 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 21.5 | |
| Indonesia | 6.1 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 3.9 | |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. of | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.2 | |
| Korea, Rep. of | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.4 | |
| Pakistan | 4.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.8 | |
| Philippines | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.9 | |
| Syria | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.0 | |
| Turkey | 4.5 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 3.6 | |
| Africa | 15.1 | 16.8 | 10.1 | 18.5 | 15.2 | 16.2 | 15.3 | |
| Algeria | 2.3 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | |
| Egypt | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | |
| Morocco | 0.2 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 1.6 | |
| Tunisia | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | |
| Central America | 4.6 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.0 | |
| Mexico | 2.9 | 2.8 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.0 | |
| South America | 10.3 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.2 | |
| Argentina | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 0.8 | |
| Brazil | 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 3.2 | |
| WORLD STOCKS | ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . .) | |||||||
| as % of consumption | 19.0 | 17.4 | 13.6 | 15.8 | 17.6 | 17.8 | 16.9 | |
