Wheat Supply and Disappearance:
Major Exporters

1991/92 - 1996/97
(million metric tons/hectares)

Area Harvested
Yield (mt/ha)
Production
Domestic Use




--Exports1--
Percent of World Trade
Exports as Percent of Production
Mkt. Year Ending Stocks
July/ June
Mkt. Year
ARGENTINA
(Marketing Year December/November)
1991/924.6 2.2 9.9 4.6 5.7 5.8 5.1 57.6 0.3
1992/934.2 2.3 9.8 4.3 7.3 5.9 6.5 75.3 0.0
1993/944.8 2.0 9.7 4.3 4.5 5.0 4.5 46.4 0.4
1994/952 5.1 2.2 11.3 4.3 7.8 7.3 8.0 69.0 0.1
1995/963 4.5 1.9 8.6 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.7 51.2 0.1
1996/973 6.5 2.2 14.0 4.4 9.0 9.6 9.9 64.3 0.1
AUSTRALIA
(Marketing Year October/September)
1991/927.2 1.5 10.63.4 8.2 7.1 7.5 77.4 2.9
1992/939.1 1.8 16.2 4.2 9.5 9.9 8.4 58.6 5.0
1993/948.4 2.0 16.5 4.1 12.8 13.7 12.8 77.6 3.7
1994/952 8.0 1.1 8.9 3.9 7.8 6.3 8.0 87.6 2.4
1995/963 9.9 1.7 16.6 4.0 12.5 13.0 13.4 75.3 2.0
1996/973 10.5 1.7 17.5 4.2 13.5 13.0 14.8 77.1 2.4
CANADA
(Marketing Year August/July)
1991/9214.2 2.3 31.9 7.8 24.3 24.5 21.9 76.2 10.1
1992/9313.8 2.2 29.9 8.1 21.7 19.7 19.3 72.6 12.2
1993/9412.4 2.2 27.2 9.3 18.7 19.1 18.7 68.8 11.1
1994/952 10.8 2.1 23.1 6.9 21.5 21.5 22.1 91.9 5.9
1995/963 11.3 2.3 25.4 8.1 17.5 17.5 18.8 68.9 5.9
1996/973 12.9 2.2 28.0 8.3 18.5 18.5 20.3 66.1 7.2
EUROPEAN UNION
(Marketing Year July/June)
1991/9217.5 5.3 93.7 67.122.94 36.7 20.7 24.4 24.0
1992/9317.4 5.0 87.7 65.323.74 38.2 21.0 27.0 24.1
1993/9415.7 5.3 82.9 72.220.14 36.1 20.1 24.2 16.2
1994/952 15.8 5.4 84.7 73.316.84 32.6 18.0 19.8 12.4
1995/963 16.1 5.4 86.6 77.212.54 29.1 13.4 14.4 11.2
1996/973 17.1 5.5 94.2 78.8 14.54 28.3 15.9 15.4 14.1
UNITED STATES
(Marketing Year June/May)
1991/9223.4 2.3 53.9 30.8 35.1 34.9 31.7 65.1 12.9
1992/9325.4 2.6 67.1 30.7 37.1 36.8 32.9 55.3 14.4
1993/9425.3 2.6 65.2 33.7 33.1 33.4 33.0 50.8 15.5
1994/952 25.0 2.5 63.2 35.0 32.2 32.3 33.1 50.9 13.8
1995/963 24.7 2.4 59.5 31.3 33.5 33.6 36.0 56.3 10.2
1996/973 25.5 2.4 60.6 35.7 26.0 26.5 28.5 42.9 11.7
  1. Includes the wheat equivalent of flour
  2. Preliminary
  3. Projected August 1996
  4. Excludes intra-EU trade