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| World
Grain Consumption and Stocks, 1960-2003
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|
|
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|
|
| Year |
Consumption
|
Ending
Stocks
|
Stocks as Share
of Consumption |
Days
of Consumption
|
|
Million
Tons
|
Percent
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1960 |
815
|
203
|
24.9
|
91
|
| 1961 |
817
|
182
|
22.3
|
81
|
| 1962 |
838
|
190
|
22.7
|
83
|
| 1963 |
852
|
193
|
22.6
|
83
|
| 1964 |
896
|
194
|
21.6
|
79
|
| 1965 |
932
|
159
|
17.1
|
62
|
| 1966 |
957
|
189
|
19.8
|
72
|
| 1967 |
988
|
213
|
21.6
|
79
|
| 1968 |
1020
|
244
|
23.9
|
87
|
| 1969 |
1069
|
228
|
21.3
|
78
|
| 1970 |
1108
|
193
|
17.4
|
64
|
| 1971 |
1150
|
218
|
18.9
|
69
|
| 1972 |
1174
|
180
|
15.4
|
56
|
| 1973 |
1230
|
192
|
15.6
|
57
|
| 1974 |
1191
|
199
|
16.7
|
61
|
| 1975 |
1212
|
219
|
18.1
|
66
|
| 1976 |
1273
|
280
|
22.0
|
80
|
| 1977 |
1320
|
278
|
21.1
|
77
|
| 1978 |
1380
|
333
|
24.1
|
88
|
| 1979 |
1416
|
328
|
23.1
|
84
|
| 1980 |
1440
|
308
|
21.4
|
78
|
| 1981 |
1458
|
331
|
22.7
|
83
|
| 1982 |
1475
|
389
|
26.4
|
96
|
| 1983 |
1501
|
348
|
23.2
|
85
|
| 1984 |
1549
|
428
|
27.6
|
101
|
| 1985 |
1553
|
518
|
33.4
|
122
|
| 1986 |
1602
|
572
|
35.7
|
130
|
| 1987 |
1640
|
525
|
32.0
|
117
|
| 1988 |
1620
|
448
|
27.7
|
101
|
| 1989 |
1677
|
438
|
26.1
|
95
|
| 1990 |
1706
|
492
|
28.9
|
105
|
| 1991 |
1712
|
483
|
28.2
|
103
|
| 1992 |
1738
|
519
|
29.9
|
109
|
| 1993 |
1741
|
482
|
27.7
|
101
|
| 1994 |
1766
|
473
|
26.8
|
98
|
| 1995 |
1747
|
427
|
24.4
|
89
|
| 1996 |
1813
|
471
|
26.0
|
95
|
| 1997 |
1825
|
522
|
28.6
|
104
|
| 1998 |
1835
|
561
|
30.6
|
112
|
| 1999 |
1854
|
566
|
30.5
|
111
|
| 2000 |
1855
|
544
|
29.3
|
107
|
| 2001 |
1898
|
514
|
27.1
|
99
|
| 2002 |
1910
|
418
|
21.9
|
80
|
| 2003 |
1928
|
309
|
16.0
|
59
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Source:
USDA, Production, Supply & Distribution, Electronic Database,
updated 9 April 2004.
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World
Grain Production and Consumption, 1960-2003
|
|
|
|
|
| Year |
Production
|
Consumption
|
Surplus
or Deficit
|
|
Million
Tons
|
| 1960 |
824
|
815
|
8
|
| 1961 |
800
|
817
|
-17
|
| 1962 |
851
|
838
|
13
|
| 1963 |
858
|
852
|
6
|
| 1964 |
906
|
896
|
10
|
| 1965 |
905
|
932
|
-27
|
| 1966 |
989
|
957
|
32
|
| 1967 |
1,014
|
988
|
27
|
| 1968 |
1,053
|
1,020
|
32
|
| 1969 |
1,063
|
1,069
|
-6
|
| 1970 |
1,079
|
1,108
|
-29
|
| 1971 |
1,177
|
1,150
|
27
|
| 1972 |
1,141
|
1,174
|
-33
|
| 1973 |
1,253
|
1,230
|
23
|
| 1974 |
1,204
|
1,191
|
13
|
| 1975 |
1,237
|
1,212
|
25
|
| 1976 |
1,342
|
1,273
|
69
|
| 1977 |
1,319
|
1,320
|
0
|
| 1978 |
1,445
|
1,380
|
65
|
| 1979 |
1,410
|
1,416
|
-6
|
| 1980 |
1,429
|
1,440
|
-11
|
| 1981 |
1,482
|
1,458
|
24
|
| 1982 |
1,533
|
1,475
|
58
|
| 1983 |
1,469
|
1,501
|
-31
|
| 1984 |
1,632
|
1,549
|
83
|
| 1985 |
1,647
|
1,553
|
94
|
| 1986 |
1,665
|
1,602
|
63
|
| 1987 |
1,598
|
1,640
|
-42
|
| 1988 |
1,550
|
1,620
|
-70
|
| 1989 |
1,672
|
1,677
|
-4
|
| 1990 |
1,768
|
1,706
|
62
|
| 1991 |
1,707
|
1,712
|
-5
|
| 1992 |
1,788
|
1,738
|
50
|
| 1993 |
1,712
|
1,741
|
-29
|
| 1994 |
1,756
|
1,766
|
-10
|
| 1995 |
1,710
|
1,747
|
-37
|
| 1996 |
1,871
|
1,813
|
58
|
| 1997 |
1,879
|
1,825
|
54
|
| 1998 |
1,875
|
1,835
|
40
|
| 1999 |
1,871
|
1,854
|
18
|
| 2000 |
1,838
|
1,855
|
-16
|
| 2001 |
1,870
|
1,898
|
-27
|
| 2002 |
1,819
|
1,910
|
-91
|
| 2003 |
1,827
|
1,932
|
-105
|
|
|
|
|
| Source:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Production, Supply & Distribution,
Electronic Database, updated 9 April 2004.
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