Crop Prospects Food Situation

Crop Prospects and Food Situation
Table A2. World cereal stocks 1
(million tonnes)
32
No. 1 n March 2013
2008 2009 2010 2011
2012
estimate
2013
forecast
TOTAL CEREALS 409.8 488.6 516.0 492.7 513.4 499.4
Wheat 130.0 158.1 186.4 179.8 177.9 162.5
held by:
- main exporters 2 32.6 49.3 54.9 50.9 44.7 36.8
- others 97.4 108.8 131.5 128.9 133.2 125.7
Coarse grains 164.5 199.7 193.0 168.4 175.5 165.3
held by:
- main exporters 2 71.8 84.8 85.7 60.7 57.2 41.4
- others 92.7 114.9 107.3 107.7 118.3 123.9
Rice (milled basis) 115.3 130.8 136.7 144.5 160.0 171.6
held by:
- main exporters 2 28.6 36.1 33.4 34.0 41.8 46.3
- others 86.7 94.7 103.3 110.5 118.2 125.3
Developed countries 126.4 175.8 188.5 149.0 145.2 111.3
Australia 5.5 6.2 6.8 8.8 8.4 5.1
Canada 8.5 13.0 13.6 11.2 9.4 8.6
European Union 30.3 46.9 44.0 31.1 31.1 24.4
Japan 4.8 4.6 4.8 4.8 5.0 4.9
Russian Federation 5.2 17.7 20.4 16.6 13.2 6.1
South Africa 1.8 2.5 3.1 4.0 2.5 3.2
Ukraine 4.9 8.0 6.7 4.5 8.4 5.6
United States 54.3 65.9 75.9 57.3 49.3 38.7
Developing countries 283.4 312.7 327.5 343.7 368.2 388.1
Asia 235.3 256.2 270.8 280.6 304.6 330.9
China 141.6 154.9 163.7 167.1 175.6 192.7
India 31.7 37.5 33.7 37.0 44.9 47.9
Indonesia 5.4 6.0 7.2 8.8 11.0 11.8
Iran (Islamic Republic of ) 3.5 3.9 6.2 6.4 5.3 9.3
Korea, Republic of 2.9 2.8 3.8 4.0 4.3 4.3
Pakistan 3.2 3.6 4.2 2.2 3.0 2.6
Philippines 3.2 4.2 4.9 4.1 3.6 3.3
Syrian Arab Republic 4.0 2.9 3.6 2.4 1.7 1.1
Turkey 5.2 4.1 4.2 4.2 5.2 4.2
Africa 23.9 25.8 30.0 34.4 35.5 33.1
Algeria 3.4 2.7 3.6 3.9 3.8 3.5
Egypt 3.3 5.6 6.6 5.9 8.1 7.9
Ethiopia 0.7 0.8 1.5 2.0 1.8 1.9
Morocco 1.9 1.3 2.9 3.4 3.6 2.6
Nigeria 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.0
Tunisia 1.9 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.1 1.3
Central America 5.9 5.9 4.3 5.6 3.8 4.4
Mexico 3.7 4.1 2.5 3.7 2.0 2.6
South America 17.9 24.5 22.1 22.8 23.9 19.3
Argentina 7.3 3.7 2.2 5.4 5.5 2.9
Brazil 3.5 12.5 11.6 8.1 8.1 7.2
Note: Based on official and unofficial estimates. Totals computed from unrounded data,
1 Stocks data are based on an aggregate of carryovers at the end of national crop years and do not represent world stock levels at any point in time.
2 Major Wheat Exporters are Argentina, Australia, Canada, the EU, Kazakhstan, Russian Fed., Ukraine and the United States; Major Coarse Grain Exporters are
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, the EU, Russian Fed., Ukraine and the United States; Major Rice Exporters are India, Pakistan, Thailand, the United States, and
Viet Nam.