FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No.2

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

	Crop Years ending in:
	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999 estim.	2000 forecast
	( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
TOTAL CEREALS	342.9	313.2	254.2	294.2	330.6	345.8	332.1
held by:
- main exporters 2/	119.5	110.8	74.7	99.2	126.5	154.1	148.0
- others	223.4	202.5	179.6	195.0	204.1	191.7	184.1
BY GRAINS
Wheat	145.3	115.4	101.8	113.0	135.6	139.9	135.6
held by:
- main exporters 2/	46.9	32.6	28.7	36.6	39.3	51.4	51.2
- others	98.5	82.9	73.2	76.4	96.3	88.5	84.4
Coarse Grains	135.3	142.8	100.1	125.2	140.2	149.4	137.5
held by:
- main exporters 2/	53.5	63.8	31.6	46.1	68.9	84.1	77.4
- others	81.8	79.0	68.5	79.2	71.3	65.3	60.2
Rice (milled basis)	62.1	55.0	52.2	55.9	54.8	56.5	59.0
held by:
- main exporters 2/	19.1	14.5	14.4	16.5	18.3	18.6	19.4
- others	43.0	40.6	37.9	39.4	36.5	37.9	39.6
BY REGIONS
Developed Countries	174.2	158.9	102.4	120.6	166.0	171.7	160.4
North America	59.9	69.3	35.2	53.9	69.1	90.1	90.6
Canada	16.2	9.2	9.8	14.0	10.4	12.4	12.7
United States	43.7	60.2	25.5	39.9	58.7	77.8	77.9
Others	114.3	89.5	67.2	66.6	96.9	81.5	69.8
Australia	4.6	2.6	3.0	4.0	3.8	3.2	3.0
EC 4/	36.0	25.1	22.5	24.2	35.1	41.3	34.6
Japan	4.3	5.5	6.1	6.7	6.8	6.0	5.6
Russian Fed.	25.2	15.9	7.2	6.5	18.0	5.8	3.9
Souith Africa	2.3	3.2	1.3	1.8	3.4	1.9	1.1
Developing Countries	168.6	154.4	151.8	173.6	164.6	174.1	171.7
Asia	138.5	122.2	125.5	139.9	133.2	141.9	138.8
China 4/	56.4	48.2	53.3	63.8	56.2	59.3	54.0
India 5/	19.0	24.1	18.4	10.7	19.0	22.1	25.0
Indonesia	6.1	5.0	6.0	6.4	4.7	5.2	5.2
Iran, Islamic Rep. of	5.2	5.4	4.6	5.7	4.7	4.8	4.0
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	5.0	4.6
Philippines	2.1	1.2	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.6	2.9
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	6.0	3.5
Africa	15.1	17.9	11.4	19.9	17.3	18.7	18.0
Algeria	2.3	2.7	1.5	2.0	1.0	1.6	1.4
Egypt	2.1	1.3	1.6	2.2	2.8	3.0	3.0
Morocco	0.2	2.9	0.6	3.8	2.5	3.3	2.1
Tunisia	1.4	1.5	1.0	2.1	1.9	1.7	1.7
Central America	4.6	4.6	6.3	7.0	7.1	7.3	7.3
Mexico	2.9	2.8	5.0	5.7	6.0	6.2	6.4
South America	10.3	9.5	8.4	6.8	7.0	6.1	7.5
Argentina	1.1	0.7	0.8	1.9	1.7	2.0	2.2
Brazil	5.2	5.8	5.0	2.5	2.8	1.6	3.2
WORLD STOCKS	( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
as % of consumption	19.0	17.5	13.7	15.7	17.6	18.3	17.4

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.2 - April 2000 p. 8

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