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Table 2.4 Trends in stocks relative to domestic consumption plus exports among major exporters and consumers, 1990–2000 and 2005–08
Stocks / (consumption + exports)
Level of
Commodity Country or region Maize
Argentina China
India EU-15
United States World
World (excluding China)
Rice China EU-15 India
Pakistan Thailand
United States Vietnam World
Wheat Argentina Australia Canada EU-15
India
Kazakhstan Pakistan
Russia Ukraine
United States China
World World (excluding China)
Moderate Minor Major Major Major Major Major —
World (excluding China) —
Major Major Major Major
Major
Major Minor
Major
Major Major Minor
—
exports 1990–2000 2005–08 Stock outcome Major
6 Minor
Major Minor Major —
93
3 8
16 26 12 70 22 18 19 7
15 2
33 14
4
20 32 16
13
23 17
16
23 27 71
27 19 7 24 7
14 12 14 12 29 37 13 8
13 14 7
17 13
3
35 24 11
6
14 11
7
11 21 38
18 14 Up but low
Well down but still high
Up but low Up
Well down Well down Unchanged Well down Up
Down
Well down Up
Unchanged Up but low Well down
Largely unchanged but low
Always low Up
Down but still high
Down and below optimum
Down and below optimum
Down
Down and below optimum
Down and below optimum
Down Down but still high
Well down but still very high
Down but still adequate
Down and below optimum
Source: Calculations by the authors using data from USDA (2008c). Notes: EU-15 includes Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom; —, not applicable.
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