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FOOTNOTES TO GRAIN: WORLD MARKETS AND TRADE

REGIONAL TABLES

1) Includes Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

2) Includes Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.

3) Includes Azores, Cyprus, Iceland, Malta & Gozo, Norway, and Switzerland

4) Includes Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and former Yugoslavia.

5) Includes Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

6) Includes Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia.

7) Includes all other African countries except North Africa.

8) Includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

9) Includes all other Asian countries except South Asia.

10) Includes Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea.

OTHER NOTES

Unless otherwise stated, stock data are based on an aggregate of differing local marketing years and should not be construed as representing world stock levels at a fixed point in time.

Current and historical data on the European Union in this issue refers to the EU-15.

Consumption statistics reflect total utilization, including food, feed, seed, and differences in marketing year imports and marketing year exports.

This circular was prepared by the Grain and Feed Division, Commodity and Marketing Programs, Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA, Washington DC 20250. Information is gathered from official statistics of foreign governments and other foreign source materials, reports of U.S. agricultural attaches and Foreign Service officers, results of office research, and related information. Further information may be obtained by writing the division or telephoning (202) 720-6219.

Note: The previous report in this series was the Grain: World Markets and Trade Foreign Agricultural Service Circular FG 10-00 October 2000. For further details on world grain production, see World Agricultural Production, Foreign Agricultural Service Circular WAP 11-00 November 2000.


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