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| World
Grain Consumption and Stocks, 1960-2003
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| Year |
Consumption
|
Ending
Stocks
|
Stocks
as Share of Consumption
|
|
Million
Tons
|
Percent
|
|
|
|
|
| 1960 |
815
|
203
|
24.9
|
| 1961 |
817
|
182
|
22.3
|
| 1962 |
838
|
190
|
22.7
|
| 1963 |
852
|
193
|
22.6
|
| 1964 |
896
|
194
|
21.6
|
| 1965 |
932
|
159
|
17.1
|
| 1966 |
957
|
189
|
19.8
|
| 1967 |
988
|
213
|
21.6
|
| 1968 |
1020
|
244
|
23.9
|
| 1969 |
1069
|
228
|
21.3
|
| 1970 |
1108
|
193
|
17.4
|
| 1971 |
1150
|
218
|
18.9
|
| 1972 |
1174
|
180
|
15.4
|
| 1973 |
1230
|
192
|
15.6
|
| 1974 |
1191
|
199
|
16.7
|
| 1975 |
1212
|
219
|
18.1
|
| 1976 |
1273
|
280
|
22.0
|
| 1977 |
1320
|
278
|
21.1
|
| 1978 |
1380
|
333
|
24.1
|
| 1979 |
1416
|
328
|
23.1
|
| 1980 |
1440
|
308
|
21.4
|
| 1981 |
1458
|
331
|
22.7
|
| 1982 |
1475
|
389
|
26.4
|
| 1983 |
1501
|
348
|
23.2
|
| 1984 |
1549
|
428
|
27.6
|
| 1985 |
1553
|
518
|
33.4
|
| 1986 |
1602
|
572
|
35.7
|
| 1987 |
1640
|
525
|
32.0
|
| 1988 |
1620
|
448
|
27.7
|
| 1989 |
1677
|
438
|
26.1
|
| 1990 |
1705
|
494
|
28.9
|
| 1991 |
1712
|
484
|
28.3
|
| 1992 |
1740
|
520
|
29.9
|
| 1993 |
1742
|
481
|
27.6
|
| 1994 |
1768
|
471
|
26.6
|
| 1995 |
1748
|
424
|
24.3
|
| 1996 |
1814
|
468
|
25.8
|
| 1997 |
1826
|
518
|
28.4
|
| 1998 |
1835
|
557
|
30.3
|
| 1999 |
1855
|
561
|
30.2
|
| 2000 |
1856
|
539
|
29.0
|
| 2001 |
1897
|
510
|
26.9
|
| 2002 |
1905
|
413
|
21.7
|
| 2003 |
1914
|
317
|
16.6
|
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| Source:
USDA, Production, Supply & Distribution, Electronic Database,
updated 14 November 2003.
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