FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No.1 - February 2000 p. 6

Table A.3 b) - WORLD EXPORTS OF CEREALS

	Rice (milled)			Total Cereals 1/
	1998	1999 estim.	2000 f'cast	1997/98	1998/99 estim.	1999/2000 f'cast
	( . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
ASIA	21.4	19.0	17.7	38.8	32.1	32.5
China 2/	3.8	2.7	2.8	11.4	6.4	8.1
India	4.5	2.6	2.0	4.5	2.7	2.5
Indonesia	-	-	-	0.5	0.4	0.2
Japan	0.8	0.5	0.4	1.2	0.8	0.8
Kazakhstan	-	-	-	4.2	2.5	4.8
Myanmar	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2
Pakistan	2.0	1.8	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.3
Saudi Arabia	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thailand	6.4	6.7	6.0	6.4	6.9	6.1
Turkey	-	-	-	2.2	4.1	2.1
Viet Nam	3.8	4.6	4.3	4.0	4.7	4.5
AFRICA	0.5	0.3	0.4	4.0	2.5	2.8
Egypt	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4
South Africa	-	-	-	1.5	1.0	1.0
Sudan	-	-	-	0.1	0.3	0.2
Zimbabwe	-	-	-	0.3	0.1	-
CENTRAL AMERICA	-	-	-	0.4	0.3	0.3
SOUTH AMERICA	1.6	1.9	1.8	24.3	21.6	23.9
Argentina	0.5	0.6	0.6	22.5	19.8	22.1
Suriname	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Uruguay	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.8
NORTH AMERICA	3.2	2.8	3.0	99.5	101.0	105.5
Canada	-	-	-	24.6	16.5	21.5
United States	3.2	2.8	3.0	74.9	84.6	84.0
EUROPE	0.2	0.2	0.2	29.7	40.4	36.3
EC 3/	0.2	0.2	0.2	17.2	24.6	26.2
Hungary	-	-	-	3.7	3.5	2.5
Poland	-	-	-	0.1	0.8	0.4
Romania	-	-	-	2.1	1.0	0.8
Russian Fed.	-	-	-	2.5	1.6	0.5
Ukraine	-	-	-	2.6	5.8	3.1
OCEANIA	0.6	0.7	0.6	18.7	21.7	20.9
Australia	0.6	0.7	0.6	18.6	21.6	20.9
WORLD	27.6	24.8	23.7	215.5	219.6	222.3
Developing countries	22.8	20.7	19.5	60.5	52.1	52.9
Developed countries	4.8	4.1	4.3	155.0	167.5	169.4

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/ Excluding trade between the fifteen EC member countries.
4/ Highly Tentative.