date:Feb 08, 2013
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World cereal stocks decline
World cereal stocks at the close of the crop seasons ending in 2013 are put at around 495 million tonnes, giving a global cereal stock-to-use ratio of 20.6 per cent, down from 22 per cent in 2011/12 but above the low of 18.7 per cent in 2007/2008.
World trade in cereals in 2012/13 is forecast to fall to 297.5 million tonnes, down 6 per cent from the previous season but nearly 2 million tonnes higher than the December forecast. Among the emerging features of th