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Table 1.3 Production and trade for all cereals, 1969-71, 1979-81, 1989-91 and projections to 2010

 (million tons and kg/caput, with rice milled)
 Developed countries All developing countries
 World Ex-CPEs Other Total Total Africa N.East/ South East Asia Latin Am.
 industrialized (sub-Sah.) N.Africa Asia & Pacific & Caribb.
 Production
 Actual 1969-71 1117(303) 213(642) 422(568) 635(591) 482(185) 37(135) 46(163) 116(163) 219(186) 66(235)
 Actual 1979-81 1444 (325) 227 (628) 566 (700) 793 (678) 651 (199) 41(114) 58 (246) 148 (165) 317 (223) 87(245)
 Actual 1989-91 1727 (327) 266 (685) 598 (692) 864 (690) 863 (214) 55 (112) 77(246) 203 (182) 431 (257) 97(222)
 Projected 2010 2334(327) 306(707) 710(730) 1016(723) 1318(230) 110(125) 119(230) 292(181) 638(301) 159(267)
 Net Trade
 Actual 1969-71 2.2 2.3 20.2 22.5 -20.3 -2.7 -6.5 -5.5 -8.8 3.2
 Actual 1979-81 2.6 -40.3 109.7 69.4 -66.8 -8.1 -23.6 -1.8 -24.9 -8.4
 Actual 1989-91 3.7 -37.2 129.7 92.5 -88.8 -8.5 -38.4 -3.2 -27.4 -11.3
 Projected 2010 0 5.0 157.0 162.0 -162.0 -19.0 -72.0 -10.0 -35.0 -26.0


Source: FAO, Food, Agriculture and Food Security: The Global Dimension, Technical Paper for World Food Summit, 1996.







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