FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook, November 1997

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Table A.14 - AUSTRALIA: CEREAL PRODUCTION FORECASTS FOR 1997


1995 1996 1997 Change 1997
over 1996

( . . . . . . thousand tons . . . . . ) ( percentage )
Wheat 17 263 23 700 17 570 -25.9
Oats 1 672 1 700 1 190 -30.0
Barley 6 252 6 800 5 470 -19.6
Sorghum 1 272 1 555 1 210 -22.2
Maize 242 317 370 16.7
Triticale 305 370 420 13.5
Rice (paddy) 1 140 951 1 350 42.0

SOURCE: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 21 October 1997.

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