date:Dec 07, 2012
China's grain output rose 3.2 per cent year on year to hit 589.57 million tonnes in 2012, marking the ninth consecutive year of growth, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Friday.
The corn output amounted to 208.12 million tonnes, up eight per cent from a year earlier, while that of rice and wheat gained 1.6 per cent and 2.7 per cent, respectively, to 204.29 million tonnes and 120.58 million tonnes, according to the NBS' online statement.
These numbers show that corn has r