FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No.3 - June 1999 p. 8

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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
315.5
257.4
301.4
335.0
337.1
314.5
held by:
              
- main exporters 2/
119.5
110.7
74.3
101.2
126.5
152.6
146.8
- others
223.4
204.8
183.1
200.2
208.5
184.5
167.8
BY GRAINS
              
Wheat
145.3
116.4
103.1
114.0
136.9
138.1
122.5
held by:
              
- main exporters 2/
46.9
32.6
28.7
36.0
39.9
55.8
51.4
- others
98.5
83.8
74.4
78.0
96.9
82.2
71.0
Coarse Grains
135.3
144.1
102.1
131.3
142.9
145.9
139.5
held by:
              
- main exporters 2/
53.5
63.7
31.3
48.9
68.1
80.4
77.9
- others
81.8
80.4
70.8
82.4
74.9
65.4
61.6
Rice (milled basis)
62.2
55.0
52.1
56.1
55.2
53.2
52.5
held by:
              
- main exporters 2/
19.1
14.5
14.3
16.3
18.5
16.3
17.4
- others
43.1
40.5
37.9
39.7
36.7
36.8
35.1
BY REGIONS
              
Developed Countries
174.2
160.7
105.3
127.7
174.3
180.3
169.0
North America
59.9
69.3
35.2
53.9
69.2
91.4
  
Canada
16.2
9.2
9.8
14.0
10.5
13.5
  
United States
43.7
60.2
25.5
39.9
58.7
77.9
  
Others
114.3
91.4
70.0
73.8
105.1
88.9
  
Australia
4.6
2.6
3.0
4.0
3.7
4.4
  
EC 4/
36.0
25.1
22.2
27.0
35.7
40.8
  
Japan
4.3
5.4
6.0
6.5
6.5
6.0
  
Russian Fed.
25.2
15.9
7.2
6.5
20.6
5.7
  
Souith Africa
2.3
3.2
1.3
1.9
3.4
1.9
  
Developing Countries
168.6
154.8
152.1
173.6
160.7
156.8
145.5
Asia
138.5
123.0
126.2
140.9
131.2
128.4
  
China 4/
56.4
48.2
53.3
63.7
56.3
53.4
  
India 5/
19.0
24.1
18.4
10.7
19.5
19.0
  
Indonesia
6.1
5.0
6.0
6.4
4.7
4.5
  
Iran, Islamic Rep. of
5.2
5.4
4.7
5.9
4.8
4.7
  
Korea, Rep. of
3.3
2.4
1.8
2.5
2.8
2.8
  
Pakistan
4.1
3.2
3.3
3.7
3.9
4.2
  
Philippines
2.1
2.0
2.6
2.8
2.9
2.6
  
Syria
2.8
3.0
3.3
3.3
2.5
2.6
  
Turkey
4.5
1.9
4.0
5.9
5.4
4.8
  
Africa
15.1
16.8
10.0
18.3
15.2
15.3
  
Algeria
2.3
2.7
1.5
2.0
1.1
1.1
  
Egypt
2.1
1.3
1.6
2.1
2.5
2.6
  
Morocco
0.2
2.9
0.6
3.8
2.0
2.9
  
Tunisia
1.4
1.5
1.0
2.1
1.8
1.7
  
Central America
4.6
4.6
6.3
6.9
7.1
6.9
  
Mexico
2.9
2.8
5.0
5.7
6.1
6.0
  
South America
10.3
10.3
9.5
7.4
7.2
6.2
  
Argentina
1.1
0.7
0.8
1.3
0.9
1.1
  
Brazil
5.2
5.8
5.0
2.5
2.7
1.6
  
WORLD STOCKS
( . . . . . . . . . . percentage . . . . . . . . . . )
as % of consumption
19.0
17.6
13.9
16.1
17.8
17.9
16.4

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.
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