Annex 2.0

TABLES ON WORLD RICE TRADE

Table 2.0.1. Current information on world imports and exports of milled rices.

IMPORTS EXPORTS

	Rice (milled)			Rice (milled)
Region/Country	1996	1997 estimate	1998 forecast		1996	1997 estimate	1998 forecast
	(...........................................million tons ..........................................)
ASIA	10.0	8.4			14.4	12.4
Bangladesh	0.5	0.2
China 1	0.8	0.6			0.3	0.5
Hong Kong	0.3	0.3
India	-	-			3.6	1.7
Indonesia	1.2	0.6			-	-
Iran, Islamic Rep. of	1.3	1.2
Japan	0.5	0.5			0.1	0.3
Korea, D.P.R.					-	-
Korea, Rep. Of	0.1	0.1
Malaysia	0.6	0.5
Myanmar					0.3	0.1
Pakistan	-	-			1.7	1.7
Philippines	0.9	0.7
Saudi Arabia	1.0	0.9			-	-
Singapore	0.3	0.3
Sri Lanka	0.3	0.3
Syria	0.2	0.2
Yemen	0.2	0.2
Thailand					5.3	4.8
Turkey					-	-
Viet Nam					3.1	3.2
AFRICA	3.8	3.9			0.3	0.3
South Africa
North Africa	0.1	0.2
Algeria	-	-
Egypt	-	-			0.3	0.3
Morocco	-	-
Tunisia	-	-
Sub-Saharan Africa	3.6	3.7
Cote d'Ivoire	0.4	0.4
Ethiopia	-	-
Kenya	-	0.1
Madagascar	-	0.5
Senegal	0.5	0.5
Sudan	-	-
Zimbabwe

Table 2.0.1. Current information on world imports and exports of milled rices (continued).

	Rice (milled)						Rice (milled)
Region/Country	1996		1997 estimate		1998 forecast			1996		1997 estimate	1998 forecast
	(...........................................million tons ..........................................)
CENTRAL AMERICA	1.4		1.3					-		-
Mexico	0.3		0.3
SOUTH AMERICA	1.4		1.6					1.4		1.6
Argentina								0.4		0.4
Brazil	0.9		1.1
Colombia	0.1		0.1
Peru	0.4		0.4
Surinam								0.1		0.1
Uruguay								0.5		0.7
Venezuela	-		-
NORTH AMERICA	0.5		0.6					2.6		2.5
Canada						-			-
United States						2.6			2.5
EUROPE	1.1	1.0				0.2			0.2
EC	0.7	0.7				0.2			0.2
Hungary						-			-
Poland						-			-
Romania						-			-
CIS	0.5	0.4				-			-
OCEANIA	0.3	0.3				0.6			0.7
Australia						0.6			0.7
WORLD	19.1	17.5		18.1		19.5			17.7		18.1
Developing countries	15.9	14.4		15.1		15.9			14.0		14.5
Developed countries	3.2	3.1		3.0		3.6			3.7		3.6

Source: FAO, 1997.
Table 2.0.2. Historical information on production and trade of rice.

Production (paddy)¹ million tons Retained imports (milled)² million tons

	1989	1990	1991	1992		1989	1990	1991	1992
World total	515.8	523.3	519.7	527.0	World total	13.8	11.1	11.7	12.9
Developing Countries	491.0	497.6	494.9	499.3	Developing Countries	11.4	9.1	9.5	10.1
Latin America	19.7	15.9	17.7	18.9	Latin America	1.2	1.5	1.9	1.6
Africa	8.7	9.1	9.6	9.6	Africa	2.8	2.5	2.9	2.7
Asia	462.6	472.6	467.6	470.8	Cote d'lvoire	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
China	182.8	193.0	186.4	191.6	Senegal	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4
India	110.3	112.0	110.9	107.0	Asia	7.2	4.9	4.4	5.6
Indonesia	44.7	45.2	44.3	45.7	Hongkong	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4
Thainland	20.6	17.2	20.3	20.0	India	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.3
Developed countries	24.8	25.7	24.8	27.7	Indonesia	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.6
United States	7.0	7.1	7.0	7.5	Iran	0.8	0.9	0.6	0.7
					Iraq	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.5
					Malaysia	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.5
					Singapore	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3
					Developed countries	2.4	2.0	2.2	2.8

Exports (milled)^2/3 million tons Value of exports

	1989	1990	1991	1992 prov		1989	1990	1991	1992 prov
World total	13.9	11.4	12.0	13.0	World total	4,967	4,071	4,376	-
Developing countries	10.1	8.1	8.8	9.9	Developing countries	3,128	2,376	2,637	-
Latin America	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	Latin America	199	206	203	-
Asia	9.4	7.5	8.1	9.2	Africa	7	12	25	-
India	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.4	Asia	2,914	2,138	2,358	-
Pakistan	0.8	0.9	1.3	1.4	India	256	258	270	-
Thailand	6.0	3.9	4.0	4.9	Pakistan	310	242	345	-
Vietnam	1.4	1 7	1.0	1.4	Thailand	1,769	1086	1,196	-
Developed countries	3.9	3.3	3.2	3.1	Vietnam	290	305	188	-
United States	3.0	2.4	2.2	2.1	Developed countries	1,839	1,695	1,739	-

¹ Production data refer to the calendar in which the harvest or bulk of the harvest took place.
² Excluding trade between EC member countries.
³ Excluding re-exports.
Source: Yap, C. H., 1992.

Table 2.0.3. Production and demand in selected regions by the year 2000 (million tons milled rice)¹.

Region	Production			Demand
	1987-89	2000	Growth (%)	1987-89	2000	Growth (%)
World	325	409	1.9	324	406	1.9
Africa	6	9	4.2	8	13	4.2
Latiin America	12	16	2.3	13	17	2.5
Near East	3	4	0.6	6	8	2.2
Far East	285	360	1.9	279	349	1.8
North America	5	6	1.8	3	5	4.3
Western Europe	1	2	2.1	2	3	2.2

¹ These are preliminary projections which may be further revised, following consideration of the impact of supply and demand of other food crops. The figures given here are stated in round numbers. Only the main regions are shown.
Source: Yap, C. H., 1992.

Table 2.0.4. Imports and exports by the year 2000 (million tons milled rice )¹.

Region	Imports			Exports
	1987-89	2000	Growth (5)	1987-89	2000	Growth (5)
World	12.3	17.1	2.8	13.0	17.1	2.3
Africa	2.6	4.0	4.0	-	-	-
Latin America	1.0	1.6	4.3	0.4	0.7	5.7
Near East	2.6	4.3	4.3	-	-	-
Far East	3.0	3.1	0.3	8.4	12.6	3.4
North America	0.3	0.4	2.8	2.5	2.1	1.8
Western Europe	1.6	2.0	2.0	1.1	1.3	1.7

¹These are preliminary projections which may be further revised, after a fuller consideration of the impact of supply and demand of other food crops. The figures given here are rounded numbers and hence may not add up. Only the main regions are shown in the table.
Source: Yap, C. H., 1992.

Table 2.0.5. Selected world rice exports (thousand tons).

Country	1989	1990	1991	1992 (Forecast in April)
World	15,100	12,054	12,925	13,400
1. Thailand	6,036	3,937	3,989	4,400
2. U.S.	2,973	2,424	2,194	1,900
3. Vietnam	1,400	1,500	1,244	1,500
4. EC 12	963	969	990	1,000
5. Pakistan	779	904	1550	1,250
6. Burma	456	186	165	250
7. India	450	420	628	750
8. China	320	300	689	700
9. Uruguay	251	250	262	350
10. Korea, N.	175	75	-	-
11. USSR	150	150	100	50
12. Taiwan	68	50	200	200

Source: Iamsuri, 1992.

Table 2.0.6. Rice export of Thailand in tons from 1960-1992.

Quality	1992	1991	1990	1989	1988	1980	1970	1960	Quality
White rice, 100%	1,035,996	1,447,367	1,643,078	1,736,548	1,335,726	766.883	241,268	202,319	White rice, 100%
White rice, 5%	201,212	289,723	309,514	437,608	206,789	178,471	11,299	147,676	White rice, 5%
White rice, 10%	87,059	126,540	214,898	574,427	178,774	314,716	6,922	31,443	White rice, 10%
White rice, 15%	457,432	338,444	89,341	182,631	260,056	49,412	30,794	49,112	White rice, 15%
White rice, 20%	4,768	4,520	23,557	20,812	2,191	-	327,582	30	White rice, 20%
White rice, 25%	355.536	169,617	256,962	1,083,127	1,140,069	452,053	1,504	1,886	White rice, 25%
Special Mix	36,819	90,499	197,795	759,764	223,027	-	856	1886	Special Mix
Broken	-	-	-	-	-	505,947	182,344	268,000	Broken
Glutinous	92,403	108,682	114,838	114,866	137,732	82,206	58,261	53,900	Glutinous
Parboiled	586,243	726,127	677,207	750,877	758,839	292,281	156,154	179,039	Parboiled
Brown	31,871	54,430	24,383	6,466	26,241	26,986	5,488	9,299	Brown
Total	3,153,295	3,993,454	3,926,754	6,037,023	4,782,832	2,668,955	1,022,472	1,190,274	Total

Source: Iamsuri, 1992.

Table 2.0.7. Average white rice exports of Thailand by grade and region.

Region	100%	5-15%	25%	Parboiled	A-1 Brokens	Glutinous	Cargo rice	Others	Total	Percent Exports by Region	Region
Asia											Asia
1975 - 78	19.20	22.22	26.82	9.49	13.93	7.10	0.05	1.19	100.00	60.3	1975 - 78
1979 - 85	33.07	14.88	21.72	4.99	12.47	12.56	0.10	0.21	100.00	42.2	1979 - 85
Africa											Africa
1975 - 78	1.73	8.76	4.66	54.06	17.96	nil	4.01	8.82	100.00	26.2	1975 - 78
1979 - 82	0.56	16.61	1.95	29.92	45.46	0.06	0.60	4.84	100.00	28.2	1979 - 82
Middle East											Middle East
1975 - 78	37.18	13.30	0.39	47.39	0.15	0.02	1.06	0.51	100.00	10.0	1975 - 78
1979 - 82	69.32	11.00	0.06	17.28	0.42	0.36	0.36	1.20	100.00	16.2	1979 - 82
Europe & USSR (CIS)											Europe & USSR (CIS)
1975 - 78	20.23	21.11	3.75	10.17	23.83	1.18	19.73	-	100.00	1.2	1975 - 78
1979 - 82	19.67	47.71	12.37	2.73	10.32	0.36	6.84	-	100.00	9.3	1979 - 82
Western Hemisphere											Western Hemisphere
1975 - 78	1.64	46.20	37.37	2.28	4.42	0.25	0.25	7.23	100.00	1.0	1975 - 78
1979 - 82	2.45	83.56	3.13	3.48	1.71	3.55	0.11	2.01	100.00	4.3	1979 - 82
Total											Total
1975 - 78	16.42	17.93	17.86	25.56	13.55	4.31	1.51	3.16	100.00	100.00	1975 - 78
1979 - 82	27.26	20.78	11.01	13.68	19.09	5.56	0.91	1.71	100.00	100.00	1979 - 82

Source: Efferson, 1985.

Table 2.0.8. Variations in rice prices by grade during 1981 to 1984.

	Price per metric ton (US $)			Index (1st price = 100)
Grade	Sep 1981	Jul 1982	Jun 1984	Sep 1981	Jul 1982	Jun 1984
		C. & F. Prices, Rotterdam
U. S. #2, milled
4% broken, I bags	600	507	529	100	100	100
U. S. #3, milled
10% broken, in bags	584	480	507	97	95	96
U. S. #3, milled
15% broken, in bags	562	472	490	94	93	93
U. S. #2, brown
4% broken, bulk	460	365	356	77	62	67
Thai 100% Grade A,
in bags	579	349	363	96	69	67
Thai 100% Grade B,
in bags	575	320	318	96	63	69
Thai 100% Grade C,
in bags	552	317	316	92	62	60
Thai 100% Grade B,
brown, bulk	365	295	288	61	58	54
Uruguay brown, bulk	460	360	350	77	71	66
Thai A - 1 Super, brokens	300	300	274	50	59	52

Source: Efferson, 1985.

Table 2.0.8. Variations in rice prices by grade during 1981 to 1984 (continued).

	Price per metric ton (US $)			Index (1st price = 100)
Grade	Sep 1981	Jul 1982	Jun 1984	Sep 1981	Jul 1982	Jun 1984
		FOB Export Prices, Bangkok
White rice, 100%
1st grade	530	330	300	100	100	100
White rice, 100%
2nd grade	510	300	265	96	91	88
White rice, 100%
3rd grade	507	297	260	96	90	87
White rice, super
5% brokens	505	290	257	95	88	86
White rice,
5% brokens	465	276	255	88	89	85
White rice,
10% brokens	440	268	250	83	81	83
White rice,
15% brokens	420	260	215	79	79	62
Glutinous,
10% brokens	470	285	220	78	86	73
Brown rice,
2nd grade	232	200	218	44	61	73
White brokens,
A-1 super	285	275	265	54	83	88

Source: Efferson, 1985.

Table 2.0.9. Importers of rice from Thailand as of Jan-July 1992.

1. Africa E.	21. Denmark	41. Israel	61. Mozambique	81. Sweden
2. Africa S.	22. Djibouti	42. Italy	62. Netherlands	82. Switzerland
3. Africa W.	23. Egypt	43. Ivory Coast	63. New Zealand	83. Syria
4. Angola	24. Ethiopia	44. Japan	64. Nigeria	84. Tahiti
5. Australia	25. Fiji Island	45. Jordan	65. Norway	85. Taiwan
6. Austria	26. Finland	46. Kenya	66. Oman	86. Tanzania
7. Bahrain	27. France	47. Korea S.	67. Peru	87. Tobago
8. Belgium	28. Gabon	48. Kuwait	68. Philippines	88. Tongo
9. Benin	29. Germany	49. Lebanon	69. Poland	89. Tunisia
10. Brunei	30. Ghana	50. Macau	70. Qatar	90. Turkey
11. Burkina	31. Greece	51. Madagascar	71. Reunion	91. United Arab
12. Cambodia	32. Guadeloupe	52. Malaysia	72. Romania	92. UK
13. Cameron	33. Guinea	53. Malta	73. Sao Tome	93. U. S.A.
14. Canada	34. Guinea Bisau.	54. Marianas	74. Saudi Arabia	94. Yemen
15. Cape Verde	35. Guyana	55. Mauritania	75. Senegal	95. Yugoslavia
16. China	36. Hongkong	56. Mauritius	76. Sierra	96. Zaire
17. Columbia	37. Hungary	57. Martinique	77. Singapore
18. Comoros	38. Iceland	58. Mayotte	78. Somalia
19. Congo	39. Indonesia	59. Mexico	79. Spain
20. Cyprus	40. Iran	60. Morocco	80. Sri Lanka

Source: Iamsuri, 1992.