| 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 | 19.4 | 17.2 | 38.8 | 32.5 | 32.1 |
| China 2/ | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 11.4 | 6.6 | 8.3 |
| India | 4.5 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| Indonesia | - | - | - | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Japan | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 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 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 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 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| Egypt | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| South Africa | - | - | - | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Sudan | - | - | - | 0.1 | 0.3 | - |
| Zimbabwe | - | - | - | 0.3 | 0.1 | - |
| CENTRAL AMERICA | - | - | - | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| SOUTH AMERICA | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 24.3 | 21.6 | 23.4 |
| Argentina | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 22.5 | 19.9 | 21.6 |
| Suriname | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Uruguay | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| NORTH AMERICA | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 99.5 | 101.3 | 105.5 |
| Canada | - | - | - | 24.6 | 16.9 | 21.5 |
| United States | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 74.9 | 84.5 | 84.0 |
| EUROPE | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 29.7 | 40.3 | 36.1 |
| 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 | 0.5 | 18.7 | 21.9 | 22.0 |
| Australia | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 18.6 | 21.9 | 22.0 |
| WORLD | 27.6 | 25.1 | 23.0 | 215.5 | 220.6 | 222.2 |
| Developing countries | 22.8 | 21.0 | 18.8 | 60.5 | 52.6 | 52.0 |
| Developed countries | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 155.0 | 168.0 | 170.2 |
