The 2000-2005 World Outlook for Rice (Strategic Planning Series)

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The 2000-2005 World Outlook for Rice

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Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 9

1.1 Overview 9 1.2 Market Potential Estimation Methodology 9 1.3 The Worldwide Market Potential for Rice 11

2 AFRICA: RICE 12 2.1 Executive Summary 12 2.2 Algeria 14 2.3 Angola 14 2.4 Benin 15 2.5 Botswana 15 2.6 Burkina Faso 16 2.7 Burundi 16 2.8 Cameroon 17 2.9 Cape Verde 17 2.10 Central African Republic 18 2.11 Chad 18 2.12 Comoros 19 2.13 Congo (formerly Zaire) 19 2.14 Djibouti 20 2.15 Egypt 20 2.16 Equatorial Guinea 21 2.17 Eritrea 21 2.18 Ethiopia 22 2.19 Gabon 22 2.20 Ghana 23 2.21 Guinea 23 2.22 Guinea-Bissau 24 2.23 Ivory coast 24 2.24 Kenya 25 2.25 Lesotho 25 2.26 Liberia 26 2.27 Libya 26 2.28 Madagascar 27 2.29 Malawi 27 2.30 Mali 28 2.31 Mauritania 28 2.32 Mauritius 29 2.33 Morocco 29 2.34 Mozambique 30 2.35 Namibia 30 2.36 Niger 31 2.37 Nigeria 31

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2.38 Republic of Congo 32 2.39 Rwanda 32 2.40 Sao Tome E Principe 33 2.41 Senegal 33 2.42 Sierra Leone 34 2.43 Somalia 34 2.44 South Africa 35 2.45 Sudan 35 2.46 Swaziland 36 2.47 Tanzania 36 2.48 The Gambia 37 2.49 Togo 37 2.50 Tunisia 38 2.51 Uganda 38 2.52 Zambia 39 2.53 Zimbabwe 39

3 ASIA: RICE 40 3.1 Executive Summary 40 3.2 Bangladesh 42 3.3 Bhutan 42 3.4 Brunei 43 3.5 Burma 43 3.6 Cambodia 44 3.7 China 44 3.8 Hong Kong 45 3.9 India 45 3.10 Indonesia 46 3.11 Japan 46 3.12 Laos 47 3.13 Macau 47 3.14 Malaysia 48 3.15 Maldives 48 3.16 Mongolia 49 3.17 Nepal 49 3.18 North Korea 50 3.19 Papua New Guinea 50 3.20 Philippines 51 3.21 Seychelles 51 3.22 Singapore 52 3.23 South Korea 52 3.24 Sri Lanka 53 3.25 Taiwan 53 3.26 Thailand 54 3.27 Vietnam 54

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4 EUROPE: RICE 55 4.1 Executive Summary 55 4.2 Albania 57 4.3 Andorra 57 4.4 Austria 58 4.5 Belarus 58 4.6 Belgium 59 4.7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 59 4.8 Bulgaria 60 4.9 Croatia 60 4.10 Cyprus 61 4.11 Czech Republic 61 4.12 Denmark 62 4.13 Estonia 62 4.14 Finland 63 4.15 France 63 4.16 Georgia 64 4.17 Germany 64 4.18 Greece 65 4.19 Hungary 65 4.20 Iceland 66 4.21 Ireland 66 4.22 Italy 67 4.23 Kazakhstan 67 4.24 Latvia 68 4.25 Liechtenstein 68 4.26 Lithuania 69 4.27 Luxembourg 69 4.28 Macedonia 70 4.29 Malta 70 4.30 Moldova 71 4.31 Monaco 71 4.32 Netherlands 72 4.33 Norway 72 4.34 Poland 73 4.35 Portugal 73 4.36 Romania 74 4.37 Russia 74 4.38 Serbia and Montenegro 75 4.39 Slovakia 75 4.40 Slovenia 76 4.41 Spain 76 4.42 Sweden 77 4.43 Switzerland 77

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4.44 Ukraine 78 4.45 United Kingdom 78

5 LATIN AMERICA: RICE 79 5.1 Executive Summary 79 5.2 Argentina 80 5.3 Belize 81 5.4 Bolivia 81 5.5 Brazil 82 5.6 Chile 82 5.7 Colombia 83 5.8 Costa Rica 83 5.9 Ecuador 84 5.10 El Salvador 84 5.11 Guatemala 85 5.12 Guyana 85 5.13 Honduras 86 5.14 Mexico 86 5.15 Nicaragua 87 5.16 Panama 87 5.17 Paraguay 88 5.18 Peru 88 5.19 Suriname 89 5.20 Uruguay 89 5.21 Venezuela 90

6 NORTH AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN: RICE 91 6.1 Executive Summary 91 6.2 Antigua and Barbuda 92 6.3 Bahamas 93 6.4 Barbados 93 6.5 Bermuda 94 6.6 Canada 94 6.7 Cuba 95 6.8 Dominica 95 6.9 Dominican Republic 96 6.10 Grenada 96 6.11 Haiti 97 6.12 Jamaica 97 6.13 Martinique 98 6.14 Netherlands Antilles 98 6.15 St. Kitts and Nevis 99 6.16 St. Lucia 99 6.17 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 100 6.18 Trinidad and Tobago 100

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6.19 United States 101 7 OCEANA: RICE 102

7.1 Executive Summary 102 7.2 American Samoa 103 7.3 Australia 104 7.4 Fiji 104 7.5 Kiribati 105 7.6 Marshall Islands 105 7.7 Micronesia Federation 106 7.8 Nauru 106 7.9 New Zealand 107 7.10 Palau 107 7.11 Solomon Islands 108 7.12 Tonga 108 7.13 Tuvalu 109 7.14 Vanuatu 109

8 THE MIDDLE EAST: RICE 110 8.1 Executive Summary 110 8.2 Afghanistan 112 8.3 Armenia 112 8.4 Azerbaijan 113 8.5 Bahrain 113 8.6 Iran 114 8.7 Iraq 114 8.8 Israel 115 8.9 Jordan 115 8.10 Kuwait 116 8.11 Kyrgyzstan 116 8.12 Lebanon 117 8.13 Oman 117 8.14 Pakistan 118 8.15 Qatar 118 8.16 Saudi Arabia 119 8.17 Syrian Arab Republic 119 8.18 Tajikistan 120 8.19 Turkey 120 8.20 Turkmenistan 121 8.21 United Arab Emirates 121 8.22 Uzbekistan 122 8.23 Yemen 122

9 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 123 9.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 123 9.2 Icon Group Ltd. User Agreement Provisions 124

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1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 OVERVIEW The liberalization of markets has lead to record levels of international investments. Icon Group’s primary mission is to assist international managers to better plan and implement strategies in a global economy. It does so by providing various specialized industry reports, databases, publications and services to its clients. This report is one of many published by Icon Group Ltd. to assist executives and planners in monitoring and analyzing world markets. In addition to industry-specific studies, Icon Group Ltd.’s reports cover human resources management, export strategies, investment strategies, entry & marketing strategies, political and economic risk assessments and legal trends (e.g., intellectual property, licensing, and corruption). This report covers the world outlook for rice across 235 countries. For each year reported, the estimates are given for the latent demand for the country in question. Icon Group uses a number of proprietary econometric models which project economic changes within each country and across countries. From there, market potential estimates are created. The units used in this report are: million US $. As shown in the report, the market potential for rice is expected to reach $446,125.01 million by 2005. The distribution of the world market, however, will not be evenly distributed across regions. Europe will be the largest market with $102,979.84 million or 23.08 percent, followed by Asia with $101,146.95 million or 22.67 percent, and then Africa with $93,404.72 million or 20.94 percent of the world market. In essence, if a firm targets these top 3 regions, they cover come 66.69 percent of the world wide demand for rice.

1.2 MARKET POTENTIAL ESTIMATION METHODOLOGY Icon Group uses a number of methodologies to create market potential estimates for products and services across markets, whether at the level of a region, country, or city. In this report, two modelling approaches are used. The first involves modelling the economic fundamentals of each market over time. This is based on standard models of economic growth (e.g. focussing on growth of income, or gross domestic product per capita). The second approach is more subtle. The second approach involves collecting information on the market size or market potential for the particular product or service in question, typically in national currency, and translating these into a common currency. Icon Group uses the U.S. dollar as its common currency across markets. For some categories and markets, basic demand indicators are reported in national statistics, as is mostly the case for the United States and other developed markets. In most of the world’s 230 countries, however, few statistics are available. For these, Icon Group uses econometric models to estimate these markets, and forecast these over time. As true for all

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forward-looking economic forecasts, certain critical assumptions must be made. Two types of assumptions are made for the models used in this report. The first type covers the socio-economic and global environment. In essence, Icon Group assumes that dynamics seen in the past are likely to continue in the future, without major discontinuous changes. For example, if a city, country or region has not seen civil strife, major recessions, or substantial foreign exchange or currency changes, this is assumed to be the case over the forecast period. Likewise, the worldwide demand is foreseen to progress in a fashion similar to that seen in historical figures, based on aggregated data collected at the national level. The extent to which these assumptions are violated in the future will surely affect the accuracy of the forecasts presented here. The second type of assumption is of greater importance, especially for those markets where insufficient local information is reported in the public domain, or in markets where there is higher uncertainty. Here, we use cross-country econometric models of demand, often called a cross-sectional pooled time series models with varying parameters. In simple terms, we assume an underlying consumption function that is allowed to vary over time and across geographic markets. Economists have long proposed various consumption functions. These include John Maynard Keynes, Simon Kuznets, Irving Fisher, Franco Modigliani, Albert Ando, Richard Brumberg, and Milton Friedman. Across these, and other authors, the consumption of a product (as opposed to the amount produced) is foreseen to vary depending on a number of local factors and the time frame that one considers (short-, medium- and long-run). In general, the variance of the market potential across markets is foreseen to be a function of variances in income, wealth, interest rates, expected future income, and a variety of exogenous factors, including geography and culture. Icon Group forecasts primarily rely on non-cultural economic factors in modelling cross-market demand, for a given product or service. We also model the market potential using a consumption function which assumes a constant average propensity to consume in the long run (i.e. as incomes rise, average consumption rates do not fall, as earlier argued by Keynes). Once the cross-market model of demand is specified, it is combined with the local economic models described above. As in all econometric exercises, the lack of local market figures in the public domain results in estimation errors. Furthermore, many intervening factors may arise over time that can materially affect the accuracy of the forecasts, including changes in local economic conditions, changes in political regimes, improvements in primary data, and currency fluctuations, among other factors. As the estimates and forecasts reported here are forward-looking and subject to assumption-induced errors, you are asked to read the caveats and disclaimers at the end of this report.

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1.3 THE WORLDWIDE MARKET POTENTIAL FOR RICE Worldwide Market Potential for Rice (million US $): 2000

Region Latent Demand million US $ % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Europe 85,977 23.5 Asia 83,758 22.9 Africa 78,536 21.4 Middle East 61,541 16.8 Latin America 38,074 10.4 North America & the Caribbean 16,874 4.6 Oceana 1,440 0.4 Total 366,199 100.0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Worldwide Market Potential for Rice (million US $): 2000

Europe

Asia

Africa

Middle East

Other

World Market for Rice: 1995 - 2005

Year World Market million US $ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 396,436.71 1996 406,684.91 1997 400,055.54 1998 371,974.70 1999 372,708.96 2000 379,907.61 2001 391,465.28 2002 404,218.38 2003 417,556.23 2004 431,512.92 2005 446,125.01 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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2 AFRICA: RICE

2.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Market Potential for Rice in Africa (million US $): 2000

Country Latent Demand million US $ % of Africa _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Tunisia 6,139 7.66% Cameroon 5,984 7.47% Sudan 4,794 5.98% Ivory coast 4,527 5.65% Angola 4,188 5.23% Kenya 4,170 5.20% Congo (formerly Zaire) 4,085 5.10% Tanzania 3,012 3.76% Ghana 2,914 3.64% Ethiopia 2,807 3.50% Zimbabwe 2,747 3.43% Senegal 2,607 3.25% Uganda 2,518 3.14% Gabon 2,319 2.89% Morocco 1,745 2.18% Botswana 1,610 2.01% Zambia 1,537 1.92% Burkina Faso 1,402 1.75% Madagascar 1,339 1.67% Guinea 1,263 1.57% Mali 1,210 1.51% Algeria 1,139 1.42% Niger 1,131 1.41% Mauritius 1,130 1.41% Republic of Congo 1,082 1.35% Other 11,138 15.43% Total 78,536 100.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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Market Potential for Rice in Africa (million US $): 2000

Tunisia

Cameroon

SudanIvory coast

Other

The Market for Rice in Africa: 1995 - 2005

Year million US $ % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 81,294.87 20.51 1996 83,805.05 20.61 1997 83,553.66 20.89 1998 79,889.58 21.48 1999 79,494.29 21.33 2000 80,046.83 21.07 2001 82,299.59 21.02 2002 84,918.72 21.01 2003 87,639.44 20.99 2004 90,466.45 20.96 2005 93,404.72 20.94 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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2.2 ALGERIA Rice (million US $): Algeria 1995 - 2005

Year Algeria % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,033 1.27% 0.26% 1996 1,176 1.40% 0.28% 1997 1,145 1.37% 0.28% 1998 982 1.22% 0.26% 1999 1,036 1.30% 0.27% 2000 1,139 1.42% 0.29% 2001 1,251 1.52% 0.31% 2002 1,375 1.61% 0.34% 2003 1,511 1.72% 0.36% 2004 1,661 1.83% 0.38% 2005 1,826 1.95% 0.40% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.3 ANGOLA Rice (million US $): Angola 1995 - 2005

Year Angola % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 4,379 5.38% 1.10% 1996 4,481 5.34% 1.10% 1997 4,445 5.31% 1.11% 1998 4,235 5.30% 1.13% 1999 4,185 5.26% 1.12% 2000 4,188 5.23% 1.10% 2001 4,318 5.24% 1.10% 2002 4,474 5.26% 1.10% 2003 4,636 5.29% 1.11% 2004 4,804 5.30% 1.11% 2005 4,977 5.32% 1.11% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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2.4 BENIN Rice (million US $): Benin 1995 - 2005

Year Benin % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 996 1.22% 0.25% 1996 1,010 1.20% 0.24% 1997 994 1.18% 0.24% 1998 940 1.17% 0.25% 1999 921 1.15% 0.24% 2000 916 1.14% 0.24% 2001 950 1.15% 0.24% 2002 992 1.16% 0.24% 2003 1,037 1.18% 0.24% 2004 1,083 1.19% 0.25% 2005 1,131 1.21% 0.25% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.5 BOTSWANA Rice (million US $): Botswana 1995 - 2005

Year Botswana % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,568 1.92% 0.39% 1996 1,629 1.94% 0.40% 1997 1,640 1.96% 0.40% 1998 1,585 1.98% 0.42% 1999 1,590 2.00% 0.42% 2000 1,610 2.01% 0.42% 2001 1,642 1.99% 0.41% 2002 1,676 1.97% 0.41% 2003 1,712 1.95% 0.40% 2004 1,748 1.93% 0.40% 2005 1,785 1.91% 0.40% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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2.6 BURKINA FASO Rice (million US $): Burkina Faso 1995 - 2005

Year Burkina Faso % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,466 1.80% 0.36% 1996 1,500 1.78% 0.36% 1997 1,488 1.78% 0.37% 1998 1,418 1.77% 0.38% 1999 1,401 1.76% 0.37% 2000 1,402 1.75% 0.36% 2001 1,445 1.75% 0.36% 2002 1,498 1.76% 0.37% 2003 1,552 1.77% 0.37% 2004 1,608 1.77% 0.37% 2005 1,666 1.78% 0.37% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.7 BURUNDI Rice (million US $): Burundi 1995 - 2005

Year Burundi % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 532 0.65% 0.13% 1996 548 0.65% 0.13% 1997 547 0.65% 0.13% 1998 524 0.65% 0.14% 1999 521 0.65% 0.13% 2000 524 0.65% 0.13% 2001 538 0.65% 0.13% 2002 554 0.65% 0.13% 2003 570 0.65% 0.13% 2004 587 0.64% 0.13% 2005 605 0.64% 0.13% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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2.8 CAMEROON Rice (million US $): Cameroon 1995 - 2005

Year Cameroon % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 5,940 7.30% 1.49% 1996 6,147 7.33% 1.51% 1997 6,164 7.37% 1.54% 1998 5,936 7.42% 1.59% 1999 5,931 7.46% 1.59% 2000 5,984 7.47% 1.57% 2001 6,121 7.43% 1.56% 2002 6,275 7.38% 1.55% 2003 6,432 7.33% 1.54% 2004 6,594 7.28% 1.52% 2005 6,760 7.23% 1.51% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.9 CAPE VERDE Rice (million US $): Cape Verde 1995 - 2005

Year Cape Verde % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 144 0.17% 0.03% 1996 147 0.17% 0.00% 1997 146 0.17% 0.03% 1998 138 0.17% 0.00% 1999 136 0.17% 0.03% 2000 136 0.17% 0.00% 2001 141 0.17% 0.00% 2002 146 0.17% 0.00% 2003 152 0.17% 0.03% 2004 158 0.17% 0.00% 2005 164 0.17% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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2.10 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Rice (million US $): Central African Republic 1995 - 2005

Year Central African Republic % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 590 0.72% 0.14% 1996 604 0.72% 0.14% 1997 599 0.71% 0.14% 1998 570 0.71% 0.15% 1999 563 0.70% 0.15% 2000 563 0.70% 0.14% 2001 581 0.70% 0.14% 2002 602 0.70% 0.14% 2003 624 0.71% 0.14% 2004 647 0.71% 0.15% 2005 671 0.71% 0.15% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.11 CHAD Rice (million US $): Chad 1995 - 2005

Year Chad % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 596 0.73% 0.15% 1996 610 0.72% 0.14% 1997 605 0.72% 0.15% 1998 576 0.72% 0.15% 1999 569 0.71% 0.15% 2000 570 0.71% 0.15% 2001 588 0.71% 0.15% 2002 609 0.71% 0.15% 2003 631 0.71% 0.15% 2004 654 0.72% 0.15% 2005 677 0.72% 0.15% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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2.12 COMOROS Rice (million US $): Comoros 1995 - 2005

Year Comoros % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 136 0.16% 0.00% 1996 142 0.16% 0.00% 1997 143 0.17% 0.03% 1998 138 0.17% 0.00% 1999 139 0.17% 0.00% 2000 140 0.17% 0.00% 2001 143 0.17% 0.00% 2002 146 0.17% 0.00% 2003 149 0.17% 0.00% 2004 152 0.16% 0.00% 2005 155 0.16% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.13 CONGO (FORMERLY ZAIRE) Rice (million US $): Congo (formerly Zaire) 1995 - 2005

Year Congo (formerly Zaire) % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3,661 4.50% 0.92% 1996 3,874 4.62% 0.95% 1997 3,968 4.74% 0.99% 1998 3,901 4.88% 1.04% 1999 3,984 5.01% 1.06% 2000 4,085 5.10% 1.07% 2001 4,113 4.99% 1.05% 2002 4,129 4.86% 1.02% 2003 4,145 4.72% 0.99% 2004 4,161 4.59% 0.96% 2005 4,176 4.47% 0.93% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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2.14 DJIBOUTI Rice (million US $): Djibouti 1995 - 2005

Year Djibouti % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 210 0.25% 0.00% 1996 221 0.26% 0.00% 1997 225 0.26% 0.00% 1998 219 0.27% 0.00% 1999 222 0.27% 0.00% 2000 227 0.28% 0.00% 2001 229 0.27% 0.05% 2002 232 0.27% 0.00% 2003 235 0.26% 0.05% 2004 237 0.26% 0.00% 2005 240 0.25% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.15 EGYPT Rice (million US $): Egypt 1995 - 2005

Year Egypt % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 93 0.11% 0.00% 1996 95 0.11% 0.00% 1997 92 0.11% 0.02% 1998 86 0.10% 0.00% 1999 86 0.10% 0.00% 2000 87 0.10% 0.00% 2001 89 0.10% 0.00% 2002 90 0.10% 0.00% 2003 91 0.10% 0.00% 2004 93 0.10% 0.00% 2005 94 0.10% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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2.16 EQUATORIAL GUINEA Rice (million US $): Equatorial Guinea 1995 - 2005

Year Equatorial Guinea % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 71 0.00% 0.00% 1996 71 0.00% 0.00% 1997 69 0.00% 0.00% 1998 64 0.00% 0.00% 1999 62 0.00% 0.00% 2000 61 0.00% 0.00% 2001 64 0.00% 0.00% 2002 68 0.00% 0.00% 2003 72 0.00% 0.00% 2004 76 0.00% 0.00% 2005 80 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.17 ERITREA Rice (million US $): Eritrea 1995 - 2005

Year Eritrea % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 192 0.23% 0.00% 1996 192 0.22% 0.00% 1997 186 0.22% 0.00% 1998 174 0.21% 0.00% 1999 168 0.21% 0.00% 2000 166 0.20% 0.00% 2001 174 0.21% 0.00% 2002 184 0.21% 0.00% 2003 194 0.22% 0.00% 2004 205 0.22% 0.00% 2005 217 0.23% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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2.18 ETHIOPIA Rice (million US $): Ethiopia 1995 - 2005

Year Ethiopia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2,846 3.50% 0.71% 1996 2,932 3.49% 0.72% 1997 2,927 3.50% 0.73% 1998 2,806 3.51% 0.75% 1999 2,791 3.51% 0.74% 2000 2,807 3.50% 0.73% 2001 2,881 3.50% 0.73% 2002 2,966 3.49% 0.73% 2003 3,054 3.48% 0.73% 2004 3,144 3.47% 0.72% 2005 3,238 3.46% 0.72% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.19 GABON Rice (million US $): Gabon 1995 - 2005

Year Gabon % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2,313 2.84% 0.58% 1996 2,391 2.85% 0.58% 1997 2,395 2.86% 0.59% 1998 2,304 2.88% 0.61% 1999 2,300 2.89% 0.61% 2000 2,319 2.89% 0.61% 2001 2,374 2.88% 0.60% 2002 2,436 2.86% 0.60% 2003 2,499 2.85% 0.59% 2004 2,565 2.83% 0.59% 2005 2,632 2.81% 0.58% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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2.20 GHANA Rice (million US $): Ghana 1995 - 2005

Year Ghana % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3,119 3.83% 0.78% 1996 3,175 3.78% 0.78% 1997 3,134 3.75% 0.78% 1998 2,972 3.72% 0.79% 1999 2,923 3.67% 0.78% 2000 2,914 3.64% 0.76% 2001 3,015 3.66% 0.77% 2002 3,139 3.69% 0.77% 2003 3,268 3.72% 0.78% 2004 3,403 3.76% 0.78% 2005 3,543 3.79% 0.79% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.21 GUINEA Rice (million US $): Guinea 1995 - 2005

Year Guinea % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,321 1.62% 0.33% 1996 1,352 1.61% 0.33% 1997 1,341 1.60% 0.33% 1998 1,278 1.59% 0.34% 1999 1,262 1.58% 0.33% 2000 1,263 1.57% 0.33% 2001 1,303 1.58% 0.33% 2002 1,350 1.58% 0.33% 2003 1,398 1.59% 0.33% 2004 1,449 1.60% 0.33% 2005 1,501 1.60% 0.33% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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2.22 GUINEA-BISSAU Rice (million US $): Guinea-Bissau 1995 - 2005

Year Guinea-Bissau % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 85 0.10% 0.00% 1996 89 0.10% 0.00% 1997 90 0.10% 0.00% 1998 87 0.10% 0.00% 1999 88 0.11% 0.00% 2000 90 0.11% 0.00% 2001 91 0.11% 0.00% 2002 92 0.10% 0.02% 2003 94 0.10% 0.00% 2004 95 0.10% 0.00% 2005 97 0.10% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.23 IVORY COAST Rice (million US $): Ivory coast 1995 - 2005

Year Ivory coast % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 4,846 5.96% 1.22% 1996 4,934 5.88% 1.21% 1997 4,870 5.82% 1.21% 1998 4,618 5.78% 1.24% 1999 4,541 5.71% 1.21% 2000 4,527 5.65% 1.19% 2001 4,685 5.69% 1.19% 2002 4,878 5.74% 1.20% 2003 5,078 5.79% 1.21% 2004 5,287 5.84% 1.22% 2005 5,505 5.89% 1.23% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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2.24 KENYA Rice (million US $): Kenya 1995 - 2005

Year Kenya % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 4,464 5.49% 1.12% 1996 4,545 5.42% 1.11% 1997 4,485 5.36% 1.12% 1998 4,254 5.32% 1.14% 1999 4,183 5.26% 1.12% 2000 4,170 5.20% 1.09% 2001 4,315 5.24% 1.10% 2002 4,493 5.29% 1.11% 2003 4,678 5.33% 1.12% 2004 4,870 5.38% 1.12% 2005 5,071 5.42% 1.13% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.25 LESOTHO Rice (million US $): Lesotho 1995 - 2005

Year Lesotho % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 520 0.63% 0.13% 1996 515 0.61% 0.12% 1997 494 0.59% 0.12% 1998 456 0.57% 0.12% 1999 437 0.54% 0.11% 2000 426 0.53% 0.11% 2001 450 0.54% 0.11% 2002 481 0.56% 0.11% 2003 515 0.58% 0.12% 2004 551 0.60% 0.12% 2005 589 0.63% 0.13% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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2.26 LIBERIA Rice (million US $): Liberia 1995 - 2005

Year Liberia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 490 0.60% 0.12% 1996 511 0.61% 0.12% 1997 517 0.61% 0.12% 1998 503 0.62% 0.13% 1999 507 0.63% 0.13% 2000 515 0.64% 0.13% 2001 523 0.63% 0.13% 2002 532 0.62% 0.13% 2003 540 0.61% 0.12% 2004 549 0.60% 0.12% 2005 558 0.59% 0.12% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.27 LIBYA Rice (million US $): Libya 1995 - 2005

Year Libya % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 60 0.00% 0.00% 1996 60 0.00% 0.00% 1997 61 0.00% 0.01% 1998 64 0.00% 0.00% 1999 65 0.00% 0.00% 2000 66 0.00% 0.00% 2001 68 0.00% 0.00% 2002 69 0.00% 0.00% 2003 70 0.00% 0.00% 2004 72 0.00% 0.00% 2005 73 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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2.28 MADAGASCAR Rice (million US $): Madagascar 1995 - 2005

Year Madagascar % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,358 1.67% 0.34% 1996 1,399 1.66% 0.34% 1997 1,396 1.67% 0.34% 1998 1,339 1.67% 0.35% 1999 1,332 1.67% 0.35% 2000 1,339 1.67% 0.35% 2001 1,374 1.66% 0.35% 2002 1,415 1.66% 0.35% 2003 1,457 1.66% 0.34% 2004 1,500 1.65% 0.34% 2005 1,545 1.65% 0.34% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.29 MALAWI Rice (million US $): Malawi 1995 - 2005

Year Malawi % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 982 1.20% 0.24% 1996 983 1.17% 0.24% 1997 955 1.14% 0.23% 1998 892 1.11% 0.23% 1999 863 1.08% 0.23% 2000 850 1.06% 0.22% 2001 890 1.08% 0.22% 2002 942 1.10% 0.23% 2003 996 1.13% 0.23% 2004 1,053 1.16% 0.24% 2005 1,113 1.19% 0.24% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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2.30 MALI Rice (million US $): Mali 1995 - 2005

Year Mali % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,218 1.49% 0.30% 1996 1,257 1.49% 0.30% 1997 1,256 1.50% 0.31% 1998 1,206 1.51% 0.32% 1999 1,202 1.51% 0.32% 2000 1,210 1.51% 0.31% 2001 1,240 1.50% 0.31% 2002 1,275 1.50% 0.31% 2003 1,311 1.49% 0.31% 2004 1,348 1.48% 0.31% 2005 1,386 1.48% 0.31% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.31 MAURITANIA Rice (million US $): Mauritania 1995 - 2005

Year Mauritania % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 512 0.62% 0.12% 1996 524 0.62% 0.12% 1997 519 0.62% 0.12% 1998 495 0.61% 0.13% 1999 489 0.61% 0.13% 2000 489 0.61% 0.12% 2001 505 0.61% 0.12% 2002 523 0.61% 0.12% 2003 542 0.61% 0.12% 2004 561 0.62% 0.13% 2005 582 0.62% 0.13% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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2.32 MAURITIUS Rice (million US $): Mauritius 1995 - 2005

Year Mauritius % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,145 1.40% 0.28% 1996 1,180 1.40% 0.29% 1997 1,178 1.40% 0.29% 1998 1,129 1.41% 0.30% 1999 1,123 1.41% 0.30% 2000 1,130 1.41% 0.29% 2001 1,159 1.40% 0.29% 2002 1,193 1.40% 0.29% 2003 1,229 1.40% 0.29% 2004 1,265 1.39% 0.29% 2005 1,303 1.39% 0.29% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.33 MOROCCO Rice (million US $): Morocco 1995 - 2005

Year Morocco % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,573 1.93% 0.39% 1996 1,718 2.04% 0.42% 1997 1,759 2.10% 0.43% 1998 1,663 2.08% 0.44% 1999 1,691 2.12% 0.45% 2000 1,745 2.18% 0.45% 2001 1,801 2.18% 0.46% 2002 1,859 2.18% 0.45% 2003 1,919 2.18% 0.45% 2004 1,981 2.18% 0.45% 2005 2,045 2.18% 0.45% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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2.34 MOZAMBIQUE Rice (million US $): Mozambique 1995 - 2005

Year Mozambique % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 680 0.83% 0.17% 1996 713 0.85% 0.17% 1997 724 0.86% 0.18% 1998 707 0.88% 0.18% 1999 715 0.90% 0.19% 2000 729 0.91% 0.19% 2001 739 0.89% 0.18% 2002 747 0.88% 0.18% 2003 756 0.86% 0.18% 2004 766 0.84% 0.17% 2005 775 0.82% 0.17% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.35 NAMIBIA Rice (million US $): Namibia 1995 - 2005

Year Namibia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 856 1.05% 0.21% 1996 866 1.03% 0.21% 1997 851 1.01% 0.21% 1998 803 1.00% 0.21% 1999 785 0.98% 0.21% 2000 780 0.97% 0.20% 2001 810 0.98% 0.20% 2002 848 0.99% 0.20% 2003 887 1.01% 0.21% 2004 928 1.02% 0.21% 2005 971 1.03% 0.21% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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2.36 NIGER Rice (million US $): Niger 1995 - 2005

Year Niger % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,243 1.52% 0.31% 1996 1,258 1.50% 0.30% 1997 1,235 1.47% 0.30% 1998 1,165 1.45% 0.31% 1999 1,139 1.43% 0.30% 2000 1,131 1.41% 0.29% 2001 1,175 1.42% 0.30% 2002 1,230 1.44% 0.30% 2003 1,287 1.46% 0.30% 2004 1,348 1.48% 0.31% 2005 1,411 1.51% 0.31% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.37 NIGERIA Rice (million US $): Nigeria 1995 - 2005

Year Nigeria % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 106 0.13% 0.00% 1996 106 0.12% 0.00% 1997 108 0.12% 0.00% 1998 113 0.14% 0.03% 1999 116 0.14% 0.00% 2000 118 0.14% 0.00% 2001 121 0.14% 0.00% 2002 123 0.14% 0.00% 2003 126 0.14% 0.00% 2004 128 0.14% 0.00% 2005 131 0.14% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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2.38 REPUBLIC OF CONGO Rice (million US $): Republic of Congo 1995 - 2005

Year Republic of Congo % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,113 1.36% 0.28% 1996 1,143 1.36% 0.28% 1997 1,137 1.36% 0.28% 1998 1,087 1.36% 0.29% 1999 1,078 1.35% 0.28% 2000 1,082 1.35% 0.28% 2001 1,113 1.35% 0.28% 2002 1,149 1.35% 0.28% 2003 1,187 1.35% 0.28% 2004 1,225 1.35% 0.28% 2005 1,265 1.35% 0.28% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.39 RWANDA Rice (million US $): Rwanda 1995 - 2005

Year Rwanda % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 921 1.13% 0.23% 1996 966 1.15% 0.23% 1997 982 1.17% 0.24% 1998 958 1.19% 0.25% 1999 971 1.22% 0.26% 2000 989 1.23% 0.26% 2001 1,002 1.21% 0.25% 2002 1,014 1.19% 0.25% 2003 1,025 1.17% 0.24% 2004 1,037 1.14% 0.24% 2005 1,049 1.12% 0.23% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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2.40 SAO TOME E PRINCIPE Rice (million US $): Sao Tome E Principe 1995 - 2005

Year Sao Tome E Principe % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 16 0.00% 0.00% 1996 17 0.00% 0.00% 1997 17 0.00% 0.00% 1998 16 0.00% 0.00% 1999 16 0.00% 0.00% 2000 16 0.00% 0.00% 2001 17 0.00% 0.00% 2002 17 0.00% 0.00% 2003 17 0.00% 0.00% 2004 18 0.00% 0.00% 2005 18 0.01% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.41 SENEGAL Rice (million US $): Senegal 1995 - 2005

Year Senegal % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2,757 3.39% 0.69% 1996 2,815 3.35% 0.69% 1997 2,785 3.33% 0.69% 1998 2,647 3.31% 0.71% 1999 2,610 3.28% 0.70% 2000 2,607 3.25% 0.68% 2001 2,692 3.27% 0.68% 2002 2,796 3.29% 0.69% 2003 2,905 3.31% 0.69% 2004 3,017 3.33% 0.69% 2005 3,133 3.35% 0.70% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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2.42 SIERRA LEONE Rice (million US $): Sierra Leone 1995 - 2005

Year Sierra Leone % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 525 0.64% 0.13% 1996 552 0.65% 0.13% 1997 563 0.67% 0.14% 1998 550 0.68% 0.14% 1999 558 0.70% 0.14% 2000 570 0.71% 0.15% 2001 577 0.70% 0.14% 2002 582 0.68% 0.14% 2003 588 0.67% 0.14% 2004 593 0.65% 0.13% 2005 599 0.64% 0.13% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.43 SOMALIA Rice (million US $): Somalia 1995 - 2005

Year Somalia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 614 0.75% 0.15% 1996 635 0.75% 0.15% 1997 636 0.76% 0.15% 1998 612 0.76% 0.16% 1999 611 0.76% 0.16% 2000 616 0.76% 0.16% 2001 630 0.76% 0.16% 2002 647 0.76% 0.15% 2003 664 0.75% 0.15% 2004 681 0.75% 0.15% 2005 699 0.74% 0.15% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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2.44 SOUTH AFRICA Rice (million US $): South Africa 1995 - 2005

Year South Africa % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 280 0.34% 0.00% 1996 268 0.32% 0.00% 1997 257 0.30% 0.00% 1998 235 0.29% 0.00% 1999 245 0.30% 0.06% 2000 261 0.32% 0.00% 2001 279 0.33% 0.07% 2002 297 0.34% 0.00% 2003 317 0.36% 0.00% 2004 338 0.37% 0.00% 2005 361 0.38% 0.08% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.45 SUDAN Rice (million US $): Sudan 1995 - 2005

Year Sudan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 4,559 5.60% 1.14% 1996 4,762 5.68% 1.17% 1997 4,818 5.76% 1.20% 1998 4,680 5.85% 1.25% 1999 4,719 5.93% 1.26% 2000 4,794 5.98% 1.26% 2001 4,871 5.91% 1.24% 2002 4,950 5.82% 1.22% 2003 5,030 5.73% 1.20% 2004 5,111 5.64% 1.18% 2005 5,193 5.55% 1.16% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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2.46 SWAZILAND Rice (million US $): Swaziland 1995 - 2005

Year Swaziland % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 405 0.49% 0.10% 1996 417 0.49% 0.10% 1997 417 0.49% 0.10% 1998 400 0.50% 0.10% 1999 398 0.50% 0.10% 2000 400 0.49% 0.10% 2001 410 0.49% 0.10% 2002 422 0.49% 0.10% 2003 435 0.49% 0.10% 2004 447 0.49% 0.10% 2005 460 0.49% 0.10% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.47 TANZANIA Rice (million US $): Tanzania 1995 - 2005

Year Tanzania % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3,054 3.75% 0.77% 1996 3,146 3.75% 0.77% 1997 3,141 3.75% 0.78% 1998 3,012 3.76% 0.80% 1999 2,995 3.76% 0.80% 2000 3,012 3.76% 0.79% 2001 3,091 3.75% 0.78% 2002 3,183 3.74% 0.78% 2003 3,277 3.73% 0.78% 2004 3,374 3.72% 0.78% 2005 3,474 3.71% 0.77% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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2.48 THE GAMBIA Rice (million US $): The Gambia 1995 - 2005

Year The Gambia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 142 0.17% 0.00% 1996 147 0.17% 0.00% 1997 147 0.17% 0.00% 1998 142 0.17% 0.00% 1999 141 0.17% 0.00% 2000 143 0.17% 0.00% 2001 146 0.17% 0.00% 2002 150 0.17% 0.00% 2003 154 0.17% 0.03% 2004 158 0.17% 0.00% 2005 162 0.17% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.49 TOGO Rice (million US $): Togo 1995 - 2005

Year Togo % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 748 0.92% 0.18% 1996 759 0.90% 0.18% 1997 747 0.89% 0.18% 1998 706 0.88% 0.18% 1999 692 0.87% 0.18% 2000 688 0.85% 0.18% 2001 714 0.86% 0.18% 2002 746 0.87% 0.18% 2003 779 0.88% 0.18% 2004 813 0.89% 0.18% 2005 849 0.90% 0.19% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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2.50 TUNISIA Rice (million US $): Tunisia 1995 - 2005

Year Tunisia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 6,479 7.97% 1.63% 1996 6,617 7.89% 1.62% 1997 6,550 7.83% 1.63% 1998 6,230 7.79% 1.67% 1999 6,144 7.72% 1.64% 2000 6,139 7.66% 1.61% 2001 6,339 7.70% 1.61% 2002 6,581 7.74% 1.62% 2003 6,832 7.79% 1.63% 2004 7,092 7.83% 1.64% 2005 7,363 7.88% 1.65% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.51 UGANDA Rice (million US $): Uganda 1995 - 2005

Year Uganda % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2,785 3.42% 0.70% 1996 2,815 3.35% 0.69% 1997 2,760 3.30% 0.68% 1998 2,600 3.25% 0.69% 1999 2,539 3.19% 0.68% 2000 2,518 3.14% 0.66% 2001 2,619 3.18% 0.66% 2002 2,745 3.23% 0.67% 2003 2,878 3.28% 0.68% 2004 3,016 3.33% 0.69% 2005 3,161 3.38% 0.70% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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2.52 ZAMBIA Rice (million US $): Zambia 1995 - 2005

Year Zambia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,462 1.79% 0.36% 1996 1,527 1.82% 0.37% 1997 1,545 1.84% 0.38% 1998 1,501 1.87% 0.40% 1999 1,513 1.90% 0.40% 2000 1,537 1.92% 0.40% 2001 1,562 1.89% 0.39% 2002 1,587 1.86% 0.39% 2003 1,613 1.84% 0.38% 2004 1,639 1.81% 0.37% 2005 1,665 1.78% 0.37% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2.53 ZIMBABWE Rice (million US $): Zimbabwe 1995 - 2005

Year Zimbabwe % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2,563 3.15% 0.64% 1996 2,688 3.20% 0.66% 1997 2,731 3.26% 0.68% 1998 2,663 3.33% 0.71% 1999 2,696 3.39% 0.72% 2000 2,747 3.43% 0.72% 2001 2,783 3.38% 0.71% 2002 2,817 3.31% 0.69% 2003 2,851 3.25% 0.68% 2004 2,886 3.19% 0.66% 2005 2,921 3.12% 0.65% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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3 ASIA: RICE

3.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Market Potential for Rice in Asia (million US $): 2000

Country Latent Demand million US $ % of Asia _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ China 23,860 28.48% Japan 13,445 16.05% Vietnam 6,959 8.30% Indonesia 5,190 6.19% Taiwan 4,323 5.16% Bangladesh 4,062 4.85% Sri Lanka 3,353 4.00% Philippines 3,260 3.89% Brunei 3,238 3.86% Thailand 2,348 2.80% Malaysia 2,200 2.62% South Korea 2,037 2.43% Papua New Guinea 1,598 1.90% Mongolia 1,593 1.90% Nepal 1,518 1.81% India 1,158 1.38% Cambodia 1,119 1.33% Macau 1,067 1.27% Laos 517 0.61% Hong Kong 372 0.44% Seychelles 152 0.18% Bhutan 126 0.15% Singapore 118 0.14% Maldives 63 0.00% Burma 44 0.05% Other 37 0.20% Total 83,758 100.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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Market Potential for Rice in Asia (million US $): 2000

China

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3.2 BANGLADESH Rice (million US $): Bangladesh 1995 - 2005

Year Bangladesh % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3,660 3.83% 0.92% 1996 3,999 4.19% 0.98% 1997 4,095 4.50% 1.02% 1998 3,870 4.79% 1.04% 1999 3,935 4.84% 1.05% 2000 4,062 4.85% 1.06% 2001 4,194 4.82% 1.07% 2002 4,329 4.80% 1.07% 2003 4,469 4.77% 1.07% 2004 4,613 4.74% 1.06% 2005 4,762 4.70% 1.06% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.3 BHUTAN Rice (million US $): Bhutan 1995 - 2005

Year Bhutan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 137 0.14% 0.00% 1996 139 0.14% 0.03% 1997 137 0.15% 0.00% 1998 130 0.16% 0.03% 1999 127 0.15% 0.00% 2000 126 0.15% 0.00% 2001 131 0.15% 0.00% 2002 137 0.15% 0.00% 2003 143 0.15% 0.00% 2004 149 0.15% 0.00% 2005 156 0.15% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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3.4 BRUNEI Rice (million US $): Brunei 1995 - 2005

Year Brunei % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3,230 3.38% 0.81% 1996 3,339 3.50% 0.82% 1997 3,345 3.68% 0.83% 1998 3,218 3.98% 0.86% 1999 3,212 3.95% 0.86% 2000 3,238 3.86% 0.85% 2001 3,315 3.81% 0.84% 2002 3,401 3.77% 0.84% 2003 3,490 3.72% 0.83% 2004 3,582 3.68% 0.82% 2005 3,675 3.63% 0.82% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.5 BURMA Rice (million US $): Burma 1995 - 2005

Year Burma % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 40 0.00% 0.00% 1996 40 0.00% 0.00% 1997 40 0.00% 0.00% 1998 42 0.00% 0.00% 1999 43 0.00% 0.00% 2000 44 0.05% 0.00% 2001 45 0.00% 0.00% 2002 46 0.00% 0.00% 2003 46 0.00% 0.00% 2004 47 0.00% 0.00% 2005 48 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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3.6 CAMBODIA Rice (million US $): Cambodia 1995 - 2005

Year Cambodia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,229 1.28% 0.31% 1996 1,245 1.30% 0.30% 1997 1,222 1.34% 0.30% 1998 1,152 1.42% 0.30% 1999 1,127 1.38% 0.30% 2000 1,119 1.33% 0.29% 2001 1,162 1.33% 0.29% 2002 1,217 1.34% 0.30% 2003 1,274 1.36% 0.30% 2004 1,333 1.37% 0.30% 2005 1,396 1.37% 0.31% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.7 CHINA Rice (million US $): China 1995 - 2005

Year China % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 18,280 19.15% 4.61% 1996 19,460 20.41% 4.78% 1997 20,976 23.08% 5.24% 1998 22,026 27.27% 5.92% 1999 22,932 28.24% 6.15% 2000 23,860 28.48% 6.28% 2001 24,826 28.58% 6.34% 2002 25,831 28.65% 6.39% 2003 26,876 28.70% 6.43% 2004 27,964 28.74% 6.48% 2005 29,096 28.76% 6.52% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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3.8 HONG KONG Rice (million US $): Hong Kong 1995 - 2005

Year Hong Kong % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 323 0.33% 0.00% 1996 330 0.34% 0.00% 1997 346 0.38% 0.00% 1998 363 0.44% 0.00% 1999 369 0.45% 0.00% 2000 372 0.44% 0.00% 2001 376 0.43% 0.09% 2002 380 0.42% 0.00% 2003 384 0.41% 0.00% 2004 388 0.39% 0.00% 2005 392 0.38% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.9 INDIA Rice (million US $): India 1995 - 2005

Year India % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,114 1.16% 0.28% 1996 1,124 1.17% 0.27% 1997 1,151 1.26% 0.28% 1998 1,152 1.42% 0.30% 1999 1,155 1.42% 0.30% 2000 1,158 1.38% 0.30% 2001 1,162 1.33% 0.29% 2002 1,166 1.29% 0.28% 2003 1,170 1.24% 0.28% 2004 1,174 1.20% 0.27% 2005 1,178 1.16% 0.26% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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3.10 INDONESIA Rice (million US $): Indonesia 1995 - 2005

Year Indonesia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 8,317 8.71% 2.09% 1996 8,873 9.30% 2.18% 1997 7,791 8.57% 1.94% 1998 5,006 6.19% 1.34% 1999 4,842 5.96% 1.29% 2000 5,190 6.19% 1.36% 2001 5,564 6.40% 1.42% 2002 5,964 6.61% 1.47% 2003 6,394 6.82% 1.53% 2004 6,854 7.04% 1.58% 2005 7,347 7.26% 1.64% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.11 JAPAN Rice (million US $): Japan 1995 - 2005

Year Japan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 25,930 27.17% 6.54% 1996 22,240 23.32% 5.46% 1997 18,704 20.58% 4.67% 1998 13,992 17.32% 3.76% 1999 13,350 16.44% 3.58% 2000 13,445 16.05% 3.53% 2001 13,541 15.59% 3.45% 2002 13,638 15.12% 3.37% 2003 13,735 14.67% 3.28% 2004 13,833 14.21% 3.20% 2005 13,932 13.77% 3.12% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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3.12 LAOS Rice (million US $): Laos 1995 - 2005

Year Laos % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 580 0.60% 0.14% 1996 585 0.61% 0.14% 1997 571 0.62% 0.14% 1998 537 0.66% 0.14% 1999 523 0.64% 0.14% 2000 517 0.61% 0.13% 2001 539 0.62% 0.13% 2002 567 0.62% 0.14% 2003 596 0.63% 0.14% 2004 626 0.64% 0.14% 2005 658 0.65% 0.14% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.13 MACAU Rice (million US $): Macau 1995 - 2005

Year Macau % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,116 1.16% 0.28% 1996 1,142 1.19% 0.28% 1997 1,132 1.24% 0.28% 1998 1,079 1.33% 0.29% 1999 1,066 1.31% 0.28% 2000 1,067 1.27% 0.28% 2001 1,100 1.26% 0.28% 2002 1,140 1.26% 0.28% 2003 1,181 1.26% 0.28% 2004 1,224 1.25% 0.28% 2005 1,268 1.25% 0.28% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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3.14 MALAYSIA Rice (million US $): Malaysia 1995 - 2005

Year Malaysia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2,014 2.11% 0.50% 1996 2,294 2.40% 0.56% 1997 2,228 2.45% 0.55% 1998 1,897 2.34% 0.50% 1999 2,000 2.46% 0.53% 2000 2,200 2.62% 0.57% 2001 2,419 2.78% 0.61% 2002 2,660 2.95% 0.65% 2003 2,926 3.12% 0.70% 2004 3,217 3.30% 0.74% 2005 3,538 3.49% 0.79% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.15 MALDIVES Rice (million US $): Maldives 1995 - 2005

Year Maldives % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 69 0.00% 0.00% 1996 70 0.00% 0.00% 1997 68 0.00% 0.00% 1998 64 0.00% 0.01% 1999 63 0.00% 0.00% 2000 63 0.00% 0.00% 2001 65 0.07% 0.00% 2002 68 0.00% 0.00% 2003 71 0.00% 0.00% 2004 74 0.00% 0.00% 2005 78 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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3.16 MONGOLIA Rice (million US $): Mongolia 1995 - 2005

Year Mongolia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,732 1.81% 0.43% 1996 1,758 1.84% 0.43% 1997 1,729 1.90% 0.43% 1998 1,635 2.02% 0.43% 1999 1,602 1.97% 0.42% 2000 1,593 1.90% 0.41% 2001 1,653 1.90% 0.42% 2002 1,726 1.91% 0.42% 2003 1,803 1.92% 0.43% 2004 1,883 1.93% 0.43% 2005 1,967 1.94% 0.44% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.17 NEPAL Rice (million US $): Nepal 1995 - 2005

Year Nepal % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,525 1.59% 0.38% 1996 1,574 1.65% 0.38% 1997 1,575 1.73% 0.39% 1998 1,513 1.87% 0.40% 1999 1,508 1.85% 0.40% 2000 1,518 1.81% 0.39% 2001 1,556 1.79% 0.39% 2002 1,599 1.77% 0.39% 2003 1,643 1.75% 0.39% 2004 1,689 1.73% 0.39% 2005 1,735 1.71% 0.38% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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3.18 NORTH KOREA Rice (million US $): North Korea 1995 - 2005

Year North Korea % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 34 0.00% 0.00% 1996 34 0.03% 0.00% 1997 34 0.00% 0.00% 1998 35 0.00% 0.00% 1999 36 0.00% 0.00% 2000 37 0.04% 0.00% 2001 37 0.04% 0.00% 2002 38 0.00% 0.00% 2003 39 0.00% 0.00% 2004 40 0.00% 0.00% 2005 40 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.19 PAPUA NEW GUINEA Rice (million US $): Papua New Guinea 1995 - 2005

Year Papua New Guinea % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,484 1.55% 0.37% 1996 1,558 1.63% 0.38% 1997 1,584 1.74% 0.39% 1998 1,546 1.91% 0.41% 1999 1,567 1.92% 0.42% 2000 1,598 1.90% 0.42% 2001 1,618 1.86% 0.41% 2002 1,636 1.81% 0.40% 2003 1,654 1.76% 0.39% 2004 1,672 1.71% 0.38% 2005 1,691 1.67% 0.37% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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3.20 PHILIPPINES Rice (million US $): Philippines 1995 - 2005

Year Philippines % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2,994 3.13% 0.75% 1996 3,412 3.57% 0.83% 1997 3,310 3.64% 0.82% 1998 2,812 3.48% 0.75% 1999 2,964 3.65% 0.79% 2000 3,260 3.89% 0.85% 2001 3,587 4.13% 0.91% 2002 3,945 4.37% 0.97% 2003 4,340 4.63% 1.03% 2004 4,774 4.90% 1.10% 2005 5,251 5.19% 1.17% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.21 SEYCHELLES Rice (million US $): Seychelles 1995 - 2005

Year Seychelles % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 142 0.14% 0.00% 1996 149 0.15% 0.03% 1997 151 0.16% 0.00% 1998 147 0.18% 0.00% 1999 149 0.18% 0.00% 2000 152 0.18% 0.00% 2001 154 0.17% 0.00% 2002 156 0.17% 0.00% 2003 158 0.16% 0.00% 2004 160 0.16% 0.00% 2005 162 0.16% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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3.22 SINGAPORE Rice (million US $): Singapore 1995 - 2005

Year Singapore % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 127 0.13% 0.00% 1996 130 0.13% 0.00% 1997 126 0.13% 0.00% 1998 116 0.14% 0.00% 1999 116 0.14% 0.00% 2000 118 0.14% 0.00% 2001 120 0.13% 0.00% 2002 122 0.13% 0.00% 2003 124 0.13% 0.00% 2004 126 0.12% 0.00% 2005 127 0.12% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.23 SOUTH KOREA Rice (million US $): South Korea 1995 - 2005

Year South Korea % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3,116 3.26% 0.78% 1996 3,039 3.18% 0.74% 1997 2,616 2.87% 0.65% 1998 2,003 2.47% 0.53% 1999 1,967 2.42% 0.52% 2000 2,037 2.43% 0.53% 2001 2,109 2.42% 0.53% 2002 2,184 2.42% 0.54% 2003 2,262 2.41% 0.54% 2004 2,342 2.40% 0.54% 2005 2,425 2.39% 0.54% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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3.24 SRI LANKA Rice (million US $): Sri Lanka 1995 - 2005

Year Sri Lanka % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3,588 3.76% 0.90% 1996 3,654 3.83% 0.89% 1997 3,606 3.96% 0.90% 1998 3,420 4.23% 0.91% 1999 3,363 4.14% 0.90% 2000 3,353 4.00% 0.88% 2001 3,469 3.99% 0.88% 2002 3,612 4.00% 0.89% 2003 3,761 4.01% 0.90% 2004 3,915 4.02% 0.90% 2005 4,077 4.03% 0.91% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.25 TAIWAN Rice (million US $): Taiwan 1995 - 2005

Year Taiwan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 5,005 5.24% 1.26% 1996 4,898 5.13% 1.20% 1997 4,375 4.81% 1.09% 1998 4,008 4.96% 1.07% 1999 4,123 5.07% 1.10% 2000 4,323 5.16% 1.13% 2001 4,533 5.21% 1.15% 2002 4,752 5.27% 1.17% 2003 4,983 5.32% 1.19% 2004 5,224 5.36% 1.21% 2005 5,477 5.41% 1.22% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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3.26 THAILAND Rice (million US $): Thailand 1995 - 2005

Year Thailand % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3,379 3.54% 0.85% 1996 3,413 3.57% 0.83% 1997 2,946 3.24% 0.73% 1998 2,374 2.93% 0.63% 1999 2,316 2.85% 0.62% 2000 2,348 2.80% 0.61% 2001 2,380 2.74% 0.60% 2002 2,412 2.67% 0.59% 2003 2,445 2.61% 0.58% 2004 2,478 2.54% 0.57% 2005 2,512 2.48% 0.56% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3.27 VIETNAM Rice (million US $): Vietnam 1995 - 2005

Year Vietnam % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 6,269 6.56% 1.58% 1996 6,850 7.18% 1.68% 1997 7,015 7.71% 1.75% 1998 6,629 8.20% 1.78% 1999 6,741 8.30% 1.80% 2000 6,959 8.30% 1.83% 2001 7,184 8.27% 1.83% 2002 7,416 8.22% 1.83% 2003 7,655 8.17% 1.83% 2004 7,902 8.12% 1.83% 2005 8,158 8.06% 1.82% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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4 EUROPE: RICE

4.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Market Potential for Rice in Europe (million US $): 2000

Country Latent Demand million US $ % of Europe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Spain 13,537 15.44% Germany 6,887 7.85% Lithuania 6,380 7.27% Moldova 6,326 7.21% Latvia 6,195 7.06% Slovenia 5,800 6.61% Georgia 4,642 5.29% Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,507 5.14% Luxembourg 4,310 4.91% Estonia 3,478 3.96% Austria 2,630 3.00% Macedonia 2,478 2.82% Cyprus 2,360 2.69% Iceland 2,352 2.68% Finland 1,904 2.17% Belarus 1,680 1.91% Kazakhstan 1,669 1.90% Albania 1,597 1.82% Denmark 1,304 1.48% Croatia 1,166 1.32% Malta 1,020 1.16% Serbia and Montenegro 586 0.66% Italy 502 0.57% United Kingdom 349 0.39% France 328 0.37% Other 1,990 3.91% Total 85,977 100.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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4.2 ALBANIA Rice (million US $): Albania 1995 - 2005

Year Albania % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,736 1.89% 0.43% 1996 1,761 1.86% 0.43% 1997 1,733 1.87% 0.43% 1998 1,638 1.92% 0.44% 1999 1,606 1.87% 0.43% 2000 1,597 1.82% 0.42% 2001 1,656 1.83% 0.42% 2002 1,730 1.85% 0.42% 2003 1,807 1.87% 0.43% 2004 1,887 1.89% 0.43% 2005 1,971 1.91% 0.44% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.3 ANDORRA Rice (million US $): Andorra 1995 - 2005

Year Andorra % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 306 0.33% 0.00% 1996 319 0.33% 0.00% 1997 323 0.34% 0.00% 1998 314 0.36% 0.00% 1999 317 0.37% 0.00% 2000 322 0.36% 0.00% 2001 327 0.36% 0.00% 2002 332 0.35% 0.00% 2003 337 0.35% 0.00% 2004 343 0.34% 0.00% 2005 348 0.33% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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4.4 AUSTRIA Rice (million US $): Austria 1995 - 2005

Year Austria % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 4,190 4.56% 1.05% 1996 4,473 4.74% 1.09% 1997 3,929 4.25% 0.98% 1998 2,536 2.98% 0.68% 1999 2,455 2.87% 0.65% 2000 2,630 3.00% 0.69% 2001 2,818 3.11% 0.71% 2002 3,018 3.23% 0.74% 2003 3,234 3.35% 0.77% 2004 3,465 3.47% 0.80% 2005 3,712 3.60% 0.83% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.5 BELARUS Rice (million US $): Belarus 1995 - 2005

Year Belarus % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,529 1.66% 0.38% 1996 1,741 1.84% 0.42% 1997 1,694 1.83% 0.42% 1998 1,451 1.70% 0.39% 1999 1,530 1.78% 0.41% 2000 1,680 1.91% 0.44% 2001 1,846 2.04% 0.47% 2002 2,028 2.17% 0.50% 2003 2,228 2.31% 0.53% 2004 2,447 2.45% 0.56% 2005 2,689 2.61% 0.60% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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4.6 BELGIUM Rice (million US $): Belgium 1995 - 2005

Year Belgium % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 69 0.00% 0.00% 1996 72 0.00% 0.00% 1997 75 0.00% 0.00% 1998 77 0.00% 0.02% 1999 81 0.09% 0.00% 2000 84 0.00% 0.00% 2001 87 0.00% 0.00% 2002 90 0.00% 0.00% 2003 94 0.00% 0.00% 2004 98 0.09% 0.00% 2005 102 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.7 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Rice (million US $): Bosnia and Herzegovina 1995 - 2005

Year Bosnia and Herzegovina % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 4,286 4.67% 1.08% 1996 4,477 4.75% 1.10% 1997 4,529 4.89% 1.13% 1998 4,400 5.17% 1.18% 1999 4,436 5.18% 1.19% 2000 4,507 5.14% 1.18% 2001 4,579 5.06% 1.16% 2002 4,653 4.98% 1.15% 2003 4,728 4.90% 1.13% 2004 4,805 4.82% 1.11% 2005 4,882 4.74% 1.09% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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4.8 BULGARIA Rice (million US $): Bulgaria 1995 - 2005

Year Bulgaria % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 7 0.00% 0.00% 1996 7 0.00% 0.00% 1997 7 0.00% 0.00% 1998 7 0.00% 0.00% 1999 7 0.00% 0.00% 2000 7 0.00% 0.00% 2001 7 0.00% 0.00% 2002 7 0.00% 0.00% 2003 7 0.00% 0.00% 2004 7 0.00% 0.00% 2005 7 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.9 CROATIA Rice (million US $): Croatia 1995 - 2005

Year Croatia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,051 1.14% 0.26% 1996 1,148 1.21% 0.28% 1997 1,175 1.27% 0.29% 1998 1,111 1.30% 0.29% 1999 1,129 1.32% 0.30% 2000 1,166 1.32% 0.30% 2001 1,203 1.33% 0.30% 2002 1,242 1.33% 0.30% 2003 1,282 1.32% 0.30% 2004 1,323 1.32% 0.30% 2005 1,366 1.32% 0.30% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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4.10 CYPRUS Rice (million US $): Cyprus 1995 - 2005

Year Cyprus % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2,410 2.62% 0.60% 1996 2,479 2.63% 0.60% 1997 2,471 2.67% 0.61% 1998 2,366 2.78% 0.63% 1999 2,350 2.74% 0.63% 2000 2,360 2.69% 0.62% 2001 2,425 2.68% 0.61% 2002 2,500 2.67% 0.61% 2003 2,578 2.67% 0.61% 2004 2,658 2.66% 0.61% 2005 2,741 2.66% 0.61% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.11 CZECH REPUBLIC Rice (million US $): Czech Republic 1995 - 2005

Year Czech Republic % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 25 0.00% 0.00% 1996 27 0.00% 0.00% 1997 26 0.00% 0.00% 1998 27 0.00% 0.00% 1999 27 0.00% 0.00% 2000 27 0.00% 0.00% 2001 27 0.00% 0.00% 2002 27 0.00% 0.00% 2003 27 0.00% 0.00% 2004 27 0.00% 0.00% 2005 27 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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4.12 DENMARK Rice (million US $): Denmark 1995 - 2005

Year Denmark % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,830 1.99% 0.46% 1996 1,840 1.95% 0.45% 1997 1,602 1.73% 0.40% 1998 1,305 1.53% 0.35% 1999 1,281 1.49% 0.34% 2000 1,304 1.48% 0.34% 2001 1,329 1.47% 0.33% 2002 1,355 1.45% 0.33% 2003 1,381 1.43% 0.33% 2004 1,408 1.41% 0.32% 2005 1,436 1.39% 0.32% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.13 ESTONIA Rice (million US $): Estonia 1995 - 2005

Year Estonia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3,781 4.12% 0.95% 1996 3,836 4.07% 0.94% 1997 3,774 4.08% 0.94% 1998 3,568 4.19% 0.95% 1999 3,497 4.09% 0.93% 2000 3,478 3.96% 0.91% 2001 3,608 3.99% 0.92% 2002 3,768 4.03% 0.93% 2003 3,936 4.08% 0.94% 2004 4,111 4.12% 0.95% 2005 4,293 4.16% 0.96% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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4.14 FINLAND Rice (million US $): Finland 1995 - 2005

Year Finland % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2,959 3.22% 0.74% 1996 3,137 3.32% 0.77% 1997 2,768 2.99% 0.69% 1998 1,825 2.14% 0.49% 1999 1,777 2.07% 0.47% 2000 1,904 2.17% 0.50% 2001 2,040 2.25% 0.52% 2002 2,186 2.34% 0.54% 2003 2,343 2.43% 0.56% 2004 2,510 2.51% 0.58% 2005 2,690 2.61% 0.60% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.15 FRANCE Rice (million US $): France 1995 - 2005

Year France % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 382 0.41% 0.00% 1996 370 0.39% 0.09% 1997 332 0.35% 0.00% 1998 325 0.38% 0.00% 1999 326 0.38% 0.00% 2000 328 0.37% 0.00% 2001 331 0.36% 0.00% 2002 333 0.35% 0.00% 2003 335 0.34% 0.00% 2004 337 0.33% 0.00% 2005 339 0.32% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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4.16 GEORGIA Rice (million US $): Georgia 1995 - 2005

Year Georgia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 4,182 4.56% 1.05% 1996 4,569 4.84% 1.12% 1997 4,679 5.06% 1.16% 1998 4,422 5.20% 1.18% 1999 4,497 5.25% 1.20% 2000 4,642 5.29% 1.22% 2001 4,792 5.30% 1.22% 2002 4,946 5.30% 1.22% 2003 5,106 5.29% 1.22% 2004 5,271 5.29% 1.22% 2005 5,441 5.28% 1.21% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.17 GERMANY Rice (million US $): Germany 1995 - 2005

Year Germany % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 13,156 14.34% 3.31% 1996 11,305 11.99% 2.77% 1997 9,518 10.29% 2.37% 1998 7,158 8.42% 1.92% 1999 6,838 7.99% 1.83% 2000 6,887 7.85% 1.81% 2001 6,936 7.67% 1.77% 2002 6,985 7.48% 1.72% 2003 7,035 7.29% 1.68% 2004 7,085 7.11% 1.64% 2005 7,136 6.92% 1.59% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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4.18 GREECE Rice (million US $): Greece 1995 - 2005

Year Greece % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 203 0.22% 0.00% 1996 211 0.22% 0.00% 1997 203 0.21% 0.00% 1998 199 0.23% 0.00% 1999 205 0.23% 0.00% 2000 213 0.24% 0.00% 2001 221 0.24% 0.00% 2002 230 0.24% 0.00% 2003 239 0.24% 0.00% 2004 248 0.24% 0.05% 2005 257 0.24% 0.05% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.19 HUNGARY Rice (million US $): Hungary 1995 - 2005

Year Hungary % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 24 0.00% 0.00% 1996 26 0.00% 0.00% 1997 26 0.00% 0.00% 1998 26 0.00% 0.00% 1999 26 0.00% 0.00% 2000 26 0.00% 0.00% 2001 26 0.00% 0.00% 2002 26 0.00% 0.00% 2003 26 0.00% 0.00% 2004 26 0.00% 0.00% 2005 27 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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4.20 ICELAND Rice (million US $): Iceland 1995 - 2005

Year Iceland % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2,413 2.63% 0.60% 1996 2,480 2.63% 0.60% 1997 2,469 2.67% 0.61% 1998 2,362 2.77% 0.63% 1999 2,343 2.74% 0.62% 2000 2,352 2.68% 0.61% 2001 2,418 2.67% 0.61% 2002 2,496 2.67% 0.61% 2003 2,576 2.67% 0.61% 2004 2,659 2.66% 0.61% 2005 2,744 2.66% 0.61% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.21 IRELAND Rice (million US $): Ireland 1995 - 2005

Year Ireland % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 6 0.00% 0.00% 1996 7 0.00% 0.00% 1997 7 0.00% 0.00% 1998 6 0.00% 0.00% 1999 7 0.00% 0.00% 2000 7 0.00% 0.00% 2001 7 0.00% 0.00% 2002 7 0.00% 0.00% 2003 7 0.00% 0.00% 2004 7 0.00% 0.00% 2005 7 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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4.22 ITALY Rice (million US $): Italy 1995 - 2005

Year Italy % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 427 0.46% 0.10% 1996 442 0.46% 0.10% 1997 456 0.49% 0.11% 1998 471 0.55% 0.12% 1999 486 0.56% 0.13% 2000 502 0.57% 0.13% 2001 518 0.57% 0.13% 2002 535 0.57% 0.13% 2003 552 0.57% 0.13% 2004 569 0.57% 0.13% 2005 587 0.57% 0.13% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.23 KAZAKHSTAN Rice (million US $): Kazakhstan 1995 - 2005

Year Kazakhstan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,524 1.66% 0.38% 1996 1,735 1.84% 0.42% 1997 1,686 1.82% 0.42% 1998 1,439 1.69% 0.38% 1999 1,518 1.77% 0.40% 2000 1,669 1.90% 0.43% 2001 1,835 2.03% 0.46% 2002 2,018 2.16% 0.49% 2003 2,218 2.30% 0.53% 2004 2,439 2.44% 0.56% 2005 2,682 2.60% 0.60% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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4.24 LATVIA Rice (million US $): Latvia 1995 - 2005

Year Latvia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 5,822 6.34% 1.46% 1996 6,097 6.47% 1.49% 1997 6,183 6.68% 1.54% 1998 6,021 7.08% 1.61% 1999 6,086 7.11% 1.63% 2000 6,195 7.06% 1.63% 2001 6,283 6.95% 1.60% 2002 6,369 6.82% 1.57% 2003 6,456 6.69% 1.54% 2004 6,544 6.56% 1.51% 2005 6,633 6.44% 1.48% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.25 LIECHTENSTEIN Rice (million US $): Liechtenstein 1995 - 2005

Year Liechtenstein % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 308 0.33% 0.00% 1996 322 0.34% 0.00% 1997 325 0.35% 0.00% 1998 316 0.37% 0.00% 1999 319 0.37% 0.00% 2000 324 0.36% 0.00% 2001 329 0.36% 0.00% 2002 334 0.35% 0.08% 2003 340 0.35% 0.00% 2004 345 0.34% 0.00% 2005 351 0.34% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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4.26 LITHUANIA Rice (million US $): Lithuania 1995 - 2005

Year Lithuania % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 5,747 6.26% 1.44% 1996 6,279 6.66% 1.54% 1997 6,431 6.95% 1.60% 1998 6,077 7.14% 1.63% 1999 6,180 7.22% 1.65% 2000 6,380 7.27% 1.67% 2001 6,586 7.28% 1.68% 2002 6,798 7.28% 1.68% 2003 7,018 7.28% 1.68% 2004 7,244 7.27% 1.67% 2005 7,478 7.26% 1.67% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.27 LUXEMBOURG Rice (million US $): Luxembourg 1995 - 2005

Year Luxembourg % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 4,360 4.75% 1.09% 1996 4,494 4.76% 1.10% 1997 4,488 4.85% 1.12% 1998 4,305 5.06% 1.15% 1999 4,284 5.01% 1.14% 2000 4,310 4.91% 1.13% 2001 4,421 4.89% 1.12% 2002 4,550 4.87% 1.12% 2003 4,683 4.85% 1.12% 2004 4,819 4.83% 1.11% 2005 4,960 4.81% 1.11% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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4.28 MACEDONIA Rice (million US $): Macedonia 1995 - 2005

Year Macedonia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2,591 2.82% 0.65% 1996 2,651 2.81% 0.65% 1997 2,629 2.84% 0.65% 1998 2,505 2.94% 0.67% 1999 2,476 2.89% 0.66% 2000 2,478 2.82% 0.65% 2001 2,555 2.82% 0.65% 2002 2,647 2.83% 0.65% 2003 2,743 2.84% 0.65% 2004 2,842 2.85% 0.65% 2005 2,944 2.85% 0.66% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.29 MALTA Rice (million US $): Malta 1995 - 2005

Year Malta % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,092 1.19% 0.27% 1996 1,112 1.18% 0.27% 1997 1,098 1.18% 0.27% 1998 1,041 1.22% 0.27% 1999 1,023 1.19% 0.27% 2000 1,020 1.16% 0.26% 2001 1,056 1.16% 0.26% 2002 1,099 1.17% 0.27% 2003 1,145 1.18% 0.27% 2004 1,192 1.19% 0.27% 2005 1,241 1.20% 0.27% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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4.30 MOLDOVA Rice (million US $): Moldova 1995 - 2005

Year Moldova % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 5,874 6.40% 1.48% 1996 6,167 6.54% 1.51% 1997 6,271 6.78% 1.56% 1998 6,121 7.20% 1.64% 1999 6,203 7.25% 1.66% 2000 6,326 7.21% 1.66% 2001 6,404 7.08% 1.63% 2002 6,476 6.93% 1.60% 2003 6,548 6.79% 1.56% 2004 6,621 6.64% 1.53% 2005 6,695 6.50% 1.50% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.31 MONACO Rice (million US $): Monaco 1995 - 2005

Year Monaco % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 164 0.17% 0.00% 1996 171 0.18% 0.04% 1997 173 0.18% 0.00% 1998 168 0.19% 0.00% 1999 169 0.19% 0.00% 2000 172 0.19% 0.00% 2001 175 0.19% 0.00% 2002 178 0.19% 0.00% 2003 181 0.18% 0.04% 2004 183 0.18% 0.00% 2005 186 0.18% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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4.32 NETHERLANDS Rice (million US $): Netherlands 1995 - 2005

Year Netherlands % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 102 0.11% 0.00% 1996 99 0.10% 0.00% 1997 92 0.00% 0.00% 1998 91 0.10% 0.00% 1999 91 0.10% 0.02% 2000 91 0.10% 0.00% 2001 91 0.10% 0.00% 2002 91 0.00% 0.00% 2003 91 0.00% 0.00% 2004 91 0.00% 0.00% 2005 91 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.33 NORWAY Rice (million US $): Norway 1995 - 2005

Year Norway % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 33 0.03% 0.00% 1996 33 0.00% 0.00% 1997 32 0.00% 0.00% 1998 31 0.00% 0.00% 1999 31 0.00% 0.00% 2000 31 0.00% 0.00% 2001 32 0.00% 0.00% 2002 32 0.00% 0.00% 2003 32 0.00% 0.00% 2004 32 0.00% 0.00% 2005 33 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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4.34 POLAND Rice (million US $): Poland 1995 - 2005

Year Poland % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 63 0.06% 0.00% 1996 73 0.00% 0.00% 1997 67 0.00% 0.00% 1998 67 0.00% 0.00% 1999 68 0.08% 0.00% 2000 70 0.00% 0.00% 2001 71 0.00% 0.00% 2002 73 0.00% 0.00% 2003 74 0.07% 0.00% 2004 75 0.00% 0.00% 2005 77 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.35 PORTUGAL Rice (million US $): Portugal 1995 - 2005

Year Portugal % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 148 0.16% 0.00% 1996 165 0.17% 0.00% 1997 151 0.16% 0.00% 1998 139 0.16% 0.00% 1999 146 0.17% 0.00% 2000 155 0.17% 0.00% 2001 166 0.18% 0.00% 2002 176 0.18% 0.00% 2003 188 0.19% 0.00% 2004 200 0.20% 0.00% 2005 213 0.20% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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4.36 ROMANIA Rice (million US $): Romania 1995 - 2005

Year Romania % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 13 0.00% 0.00% 1996 11 0.00% 0.00% 1997 13 0.00% 0.00% 1998 14 0.00% 0.00% 1999 15 0.00% 0.00% 2000 15 0.00% 0.00% 2001 16 0.00% 0.00% 2002 17 0.00% 0.00% 2003 17 0.00% 0.00% 2004 18 0.01% 0.00% 2005 19 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.37 RUSSIA Rice (million US $): Russia 1995 - 2005

Year Russia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 211 0.23% 0.00% 1996 231 0.24% 0.05% 1997 203 0.21% 0.00% 1998 169 0.19% 0.00% 1999 178 0.20% 0.00% 2000 196 0.22% 0.00% 2001 215 0.23% 0.05% 2002 237 0.25% 0.05% 2003 260 0.27% 0.00% 2004 286 0.28% 0.00% 2005 315 0.30% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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4.38 SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO Rice (million US $): Serbia and Montenegro 1995 - 2005

Year Serbia and Montenegro % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 529 0.57% 0.13% 1996 578 0.61% 0.14% 1997 591 0.63% 0.14% 1998 559 0.65% 0.15% 1999 568 0.66% 0.15% 2000 586 0.66% 0.15% 2001 605 0.66% 0.15% 2002 625 0.66% 0.15% 2003 645 0.66% 0.15% 2004 665 0.66% 0.15% 2005 687 0.66% 0.15% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.39 SLOVAKIA Rice (million US $): Slovakia 1995 - 2005

Year Slovakia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 7 0.00% 0.00% 1996 7 0.00% 0.00% 1997 7 0.00% 0.00% 1998 7 0.00% 0.00% 1999 7 0.00% 0.00% 2000 7 0.00% 0.00% 2001 7 0.00% 0.00% 2002 7 0.00% 0.00% 2003 7 0.00% 0.00% 2004 7 0.00% 0.00% 2005 7 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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4.40 SLOVENIA Rice (million US $): Slovenia 1995 - 2005

Year Slovenia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 5,225 5.69% 1.31% 1996 5,709 6.05% 1.40% 1997 5,847 6.32% 1.46% 1998 5,526 6.50% 1.48% 1999 5,619 6.57% 1.50% 2000 5,800 6.61% 1.52% 2001 5,988 6.62% 1.52% 2002 6,181 6.62% 1.52% 2003 6,381 6.61% 1.52% 2004 6,587 6.61% 1.52% 2005 6,799 6.60% 1.52% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.41 SPAIN Rice (million US $): Spain 1995 - 2005

Year Spain % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 10,691 11.65% 2.69% 1996 11,293 11.98% 2.77% 1997 12,086 13.07% 3.02% 1998 12,618 14.84% 3.39% 1999 13,072 15.28% 3.50% 2000 13,537 15.44% 3.56% 2001 14,021 15.51% 3.58% 2002 14,524 15.56% 3.59% 2003 15,048 15.61% 3.60% 2004 15,593 15.65% 3.61% 2005 16,160 15.69% 3.62% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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4.42 SWEDEN Rice (million US $): Sweden 1995 - 2005

Year Sweden % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 76 0.00% 0.00% 1996 70 0.00% 0.00% 1997 68 0.00% 0.00% 1998 68 0.00% 0.00% 1999 73 0.00% 0.00% 2000 81 0.09% 0.00% 2001 89 0.09% 0.02% 2002 98 0.10% 0.00% 2003 107 0.11% 0.00% 2004 118 0.11% 0.02% 2005 130 0.12% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.43 SWITZERLAND Rice (million US $): Switzerland 1995 - 2005

Year Switzerland % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 136 0.14% 0.00% 1996 117 0.12% 0.02% 1997 109 0.11% 0.00% 1998 107 0.12% 0.00% 1999 110 0.12% 0.00% 2000 115 0.13% 0.00% 2001 120 0.13% 0.03% 2002 125 0.13% 0.00% 2003 131 0.13% 0.00% 2004 137 0.13% 0.00% 2005 143 0.13% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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4.44 UKRAINE Rice (million US $): Ukraine 1995 - 2005

Year Ukraine % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 76 0.00% 0.00% 1996 62 0.00% 0.00% 1997 58 0.00% 0.01% 1998 51 0.00% 0.00% 1999 49 0.00% 0.00% 2000 47 0.00% 0.00% 2001 46 0.00% 0.00% 2002 45 0.00% 0.00% 2003 44 0.00% 0.00% 2004 42 0.04% 0.00% 2005 41 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4.45 UNITED KINGDOM Rice (million US $): United Kingdom 1995 - 2005

Year United Kingdom % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 319 0.34% 0.00% 1996 336 0.35% 0.00% 1997 330 0.35% 0.00% 1998 320 0.37% 0.00% 1999 332 0.38% 0.00% 2000 349 0.39% 0.00% 2001 367 0.40% 0.09% 2002 386 0.41% 0.00% 2003 406 0.42% 0.00% 2004 428 0.42% 0.00% 2005 451 0.43% 0.10% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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5 LATIN AMERICA: RICE

5.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Market Potential for Rice in Latin America (million US $): 2000

Country Latent Demand million US $ % of Latin America _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Guatemala 5,410 14.10% Ecuador 4,804 12.52% Panama 4,384 11.43% Uruguay 4,167 10.86% Brazil 3,213 8.37% Paraguay 2,972 7.74% El Salvador 2,630 6.85% Costa Rica 2,619 6.82% Bolivia 2,453 6.39% Honduras 2,409 6.28% Nicaragua 1,322 3.44% Suriname 607 1.58% Argentina 182 0.47% Belize 165 0.42% Chile 155 0.40% Mexico 131 0.34% Venezuela 129 0.33% Guyana 123 0.32% Colombia 100 0.26% Peru 96 0.25% Total 38,074 100.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


Market Potential for Rice in Latin America (million US $): 2000

Guatemala

Ecuador

PanamaUruguay

Other

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The Market for Rice in Latin America: 1995 - 2005 Year million US $ % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 39,015.17 9.84 1996 39,991.32 9.83 1997 39,918.38 9.98 1998 38,407.29 10.33 1999 38,181.91 10.24 2000 38,353.16 10.10 2001 39,339.18 10.05 2002 40,494.25 10.02 2003 41,689.57 9.98 2004 42,926.64 9.95 2005 44,207.00 9.91 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.2 ARGENTINA Rice (million US $): Argentina 1995 - 2005

Year Argentina % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 197 0.50% 0.00% 1996 171 0.42% 0.04% 1997 159 0.39% 0.00% 1998 163 0.42% 0.00% 1999 172 0.45% 0.00% 2000 182 0.47% 0.00% 2001 193 0.49% 0.00% 2002 205 0.50% 0.00% 2003 218 0.52% 0.00% 2004 231 0.53% 0.00% 2005 246 0.55% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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5.3 BELIZE Rice (million US $): Belize 1995 - 2005

Year Belize % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 164 0.42% 0.00% 1996 170 0.42% 0.00% 1997 170 0.42% 0.04% 1998 164 0.42% 0.04% 1999 163 0.42% 0.00% 2000 165 0.42% 0.00% 2001 168 0.42% 0.00% 2002 173 0.42% 0.00% 2003 177 0.42% 0.00% 2004 182 0.42% 0.00% 2005 187 0.42% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.4 BOLIVIA Rice (million US $): Bolivia 1995 - 2005

Year Bolivia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2,547 6.52% 0.64% 1996 2,611 6.52% 0.64% 1997 2,593 6.49% 0.64% 1998 2,475 6.44% 0.66% 1999 2,449 6.41% 0.65% 2000 2,453 6.39% 0.64% 2001 2,527 6.42% 0.64% 2002 2,615 6.45% 0.64% 2003 2,705 6.48% 0.64% 2004 2,799 6.52% 0.64% 2005 2,896 6.55% 0.64% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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5.5 BRAZIL Rice (million US $): Brazil 1995 - 2005

Year Brazil % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3,101 7.94% 0.78% 1996 3,126 7.81% 0.76% 1997 3,196 8.00% 0.79% 1998 3,209 8.35% 0.86% 1999 3,211 8.41% 0.86% 2000 3,213 8.37% 0.84% 2001 3,216 8.17% 0.82% 2002 3,218 7.94% 0.79% 2003 3,220 7.72% 0.77% 2004 3,222 7.50% 0.74% 2005 3,224 7.29% 0.72% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.6 CHILE Rice (million US $): Chile 1995 - 2005

Year Chile % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 139 0.35% 0.03% 1996 139 0.34% 0.00% 1997 142 0.35% 0.00% 1998 148 0.38% 0.00% 1999 152 0.39% 0.00% 2000 155 0.40% 0.00% 2001 158 0.40% 0.00% 2002 162 0.39% 0.00% 2003 165 0.39% 0.00% 2004 169 0.39% 0.03% 2005 172 0.38% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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5.7 COLOMBIA Rice (million US $): Colombia 1995 - 2005

Year Colombia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 63 0.16% 0.00% 1996 70 0.17% 0.00% 1997 78 0.19% 0.00% 1998 90 0.23% 0.00% 1999 96 0.25% 0.00% 2000 100 0.26% 0.00% 2001 105 0.26% 0.00% 2002 110 0.27% 0.00% 2003 116 0.27% 0.00% 2004 121 0.28% 0.00% 2005 127 0.28% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.8 COSTA RICA Rice (million US $): Costa Rica 1995 - 2005

Year Costa Rica % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2,644 6.77% 0.66% 1996 2,726 6.81% 0.67% 1997 2,724 6.82% 0.68% 1998 2,614 6.80% 0.70% 1999 2,603 6.81% 0.69% 2000 2,619 6.82% 0.68% 2001 2,686 6.82% 0.68% 2002 2,763 6.82% 0.68% 2003 2,842 6.81% 0.68% 2004 2,924 6.81% 0.67% 2005 3,007 6.80% 0.67% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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5.9 ECUADOR Rice (million US $): Ecuador 1995 - 2005

Year Ecuador % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 4,826 12.37% 1.21% 1996 4,982 12.45% 1.22% 1997 4,983 12.48% 1.24% 1998 4,787 12.46% 1.28% 1999 4,771 12.49% 1.27% 2000 4,804 12.52% 1.26% 2001 4,923 12.51% 1.25% 2002 5,059 12.49% 1.25% 2003 5,199 12.47% 1.24% 2004 5,343 12.44% 1.23% 2005 5,491 12.42% 1.23% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.10 EL SALVADOR Rice (million US $): El Salvador 1995 - 2005

Year El Salvador % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2,872 7.36% 0.72% 1996 2,912 7.28% 0.71% 1997 2,862 7.16% 0.71% 1998 2,703 7.03% 0.72% 1999 2,646 6.93% 0.71% 2000 2,630 6.85% 0.69% 2001 2,730 6.93% 0.69% 2002 2,854 7.04% 0.70% 2003 2,984 7.15% 0.71% 2004 3,120 7.26% 0.72% 2005 3,262 7.37% 0.73% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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5.11 GUATEMALA Rice (million US $): Guatemala 1995 - 2005

Year Guatemala % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 5,777 14.80% 1.45% 1996 5,884 14.71% 1.44% 1997 5,811 14.55% 1.45% 1998 5,513 14.35% 1.48% 1999 5,424 14.20% 1.45% 2000 5,410 14.10% 1.42% 2001 5,596 14.22% 1.42% 2002 5,823 14.38% 1.44% 2003 6,060 14.53% 1.45% 2004 6,306 14.69% 1.46% 2005 6,563 14.84% 1.47% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.12 GUYANA Rice (million US $): Guyana 1995 - 2005

Year Guyana % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 132 0.33% 0.00% 1996 135 0.33% 0.00% 1997 133 0.33% 0.00% 1998 126 0.32% 0.00% 1999 124 0.32% 0.00% 2000 123 0.32% 0.00% 2001 128 0.32% 0.00% 2002 133 0.32% 0.00% 2003 139 0.33% 0.00% 2004 144 0.33% 0.00% 2005 150 0.33% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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5.13 HONDURAS Rice (million US $): Honduras 1995 - 2005

Year Honduras % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2,519 6.45% 0.63% 1996 2,578 6.44% 0.63% 1997 2,557 6.40% 0.63% 1998 2,436 6.34% 0.65% 1999 2,407 6.30% 0.64% 2000 2,409 6.28% 0.63% 2001 2,484 6.31% 0.63% 2002 2,574 6.35% 0.63% 2003 2,667 6.39% 0.63% 2004 2,763 6.43% 0.64% 2005 2,863 6.47% 0.64% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.14 MEXICO Rice (million US $): Mexico 1995 - 2005

Year Mexico % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 121 0.30% 0.00% 1996 123 0.30% 0.00% 1997 129 0.32% 0.03% 1998 124 0.32% 0.00% 1999 126 0.33% 0.00% 2000 131 0.34% 0.00% 2001 135 0.34% 0.00% 2002 140 0.34% 0.00% 2003 145 0.34% 0.00% 2004 150 0.34% 0.00% 2005 155 0.35% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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5.15 NICARAGUA Rice (million US $): Nicaragua 1995 - 2005

Year Nicaragua % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,389 3.55% 0.35% 1996 1,420 3.55% 0.34% 1997 1,407 3.52% 0.35% 1998 1,339 3.48% 0.36% 1999 1,322 3.46% 0.35% 2000 1,322 3.44% 0.34% 2001 1,364 3.46% 0.34% 2002 1,415 3.49% 0.35% 2003 1,467 3.51% 0.35% 2004 1,522 3.54% 0.35% 2005 1,578 3.57% 0.35% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.16 PANAMA Rice (million US $): Panama 1995 - 2005

Year Panama % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 4,456 11.42% 1.12% 1996 4,588 11.47% 1.12% 1997 4,578 11.46% 1.14% 1998 4,387 11.42% 1.17% 1999 4,362 11.42% 1.17% 2000 4,384 11.43% 1.15% 2001 4,501 11.44% 1.14% 2002 4,637 11.44% 1.14% 2003 4,776 11.45% 1.14% 2004 4,920 11.46% 1.14% 2005 5,069 11.46% 1.13% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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5.17 PARAGUAY Rice (million US $): Paraguay 1995 - 2005

Year Paraguay % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3,122 8.00% 0.78% 1996 3,192 7.98% 0.78% 1997 3,163 7.92% 0.79% 1998 3,011 7.83% 0.80% 1999 2,972 7.78% 0.79% 2000 2,972 7.74% 0.78% 2001 3,067 7.79% 0.78% 2002 3,181 7.85% 0.78% 2003 3,299 7.91% 0.79% 2004 3,422 7.97% 0.79% 2005 3,549 8.02% 0.79% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.18 PERU Rice (million US $): Peru 1995 - 2005

Year Peru % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 86 0.22% 0.00% 1996 87 0.21% 0.00% 1997 88 0.22% 0.00% 1998 92 0.23% 0.00% 1999 94 0.24% 0.00% 2000 96 0.25% 0.00% 2001 98 0.24% 0.00% 2002 100 0.24% 0.00% 2003 102 0.24% 0.02% 2004 104 0.24% 0.00% 2005 106 0.24% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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5.19 SURINAME Rice (million US $): Suriname 1995 - 2005

Year Suriname % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 587 1.50% 0.14% 1996 611 1.52% 0.15% 1997 616 1.54% 0.15% 1998 596 1.55% 0.16% 1999 599 1.56% 0.16% 2000 607 1.58% 0.15% 2001 618 1.57% 0.15% 2002 631 1.55% 0.15% 2003 643 1.54% 0.15% 2004 656 1.52% 0.15% 2005 668 1.51% 0.14% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5.20 URUGUAY Rice (million US $): Uruguay 1995 - 2005

Year Uruguay % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3,888 9.96% 0.98% 1996 4,078 10.19% 1.00% 1997 4,142 10.37% 1.03% 1998 4,039 10.51% 1.08% 1999 4,089 10.70% 1.09% 2000 4,167 10.86% 1.09% 2001 4,222 10.73% 1.07% 2002 4,273 10.55% 1.05% 2003 4,325 10.37% 1.03% 2004 4,377 10.19% 1.01% 2005 4,430 10.02% 0.99% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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5.21 VENEZUELA Rice (million US $): Venezuela 1995 - 2005

Year Venezuela % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 118 0.30% 0.00% 1996 112 0.27% 0.00% 1997 109 0.27% 0.00% 1998 117 0.30% 0.00% 1999 123 0.32% 0.00% 2000 129 0.33% 0.00% 2001 135 0.34% 0.00% 2002 141 0.34% 0.00% 2003 148 0.35% 0.00% 2004 154 0.35% 0.00% 2005 162 0.36% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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6 NORTH AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN: RICE

6.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Market Potential for Rice in North America & the Caribbean (million US $): 2000

Country Latent Demand million US $ % of North America & the Caribbean _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dominican Republic 3,313 13.68% Cuba 2,904 11.99% Trinidad and Tobago 1,843 7.61% United States 1,559 6.44% Jamaica 1,344 5.55% Bahamas 1,262 5.21% Haiti 1,110 4.58% Martinique 837 3.45% Barbados 665 2.74% Netherlands Antilles 636 2.62% Bermuda 576 2.37% Canada 204 0.84% St. Lucia 168 0.69% Antigua and Barbuda 159 0.65% Grenada 100 0.41% St. Vincent and the Grenadines 76 0.31% St. Kitts and Nevis 62 0.25% Dominica 56 0.23% Total 16,874 100.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


Market Potential for Rice in North America & the Caribbean (million US $): 2000

Dominican Republic

Cuba

Trinidad and TobagoUnited States

Other

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The Market for Rice in North America & the Caribbean: 1995 - 2005 Year million US $ % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 23,194.20 5.85 1996 24,390.02 6.00 1997 24,690.10 6.17 1998 23,709.13 6.37 1999 23,817.80 6.39 2000 24,200.78 6.37 2001 24,865.55 6.35 2002 25,595.87 6.33 2003 26,348.79 6.31 2004 27,125.04 6.29 2005 27,925.35 6.26 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


6.2 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Rice (million US $): Antigua and Barbuda 1995 - 2005

Year Antigua and Barbuda % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 167 0.72% 0.00% 1996 171 0.70% 0.00% 1997 169 0.68% 0.00% 1998 161 0.67% 0.00% 1999 159 0.66% 0.00% 2000 159 0.65% 0.04% 2001 164 0.65% 0.00% 2002 170 0.66% 0.00% 2003 176 0.66% 0.00% 2004 183 0.67% 0.00% 2005 190 0.67% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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6.3 BAHAMAS Rice (million US $): Bahamas 1995 - 2005

Year Bahamas % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,259 5.42% 0.31% 1996 1,302 5.33% 0.32% 1997 1,304 5.28% 0.32% 1998 1,254 5.29% 0.33% 1999 1,252 5.25% 0.33% 2000 1,262 5.21% 0.33% 2001 1,292 5.19% 0.33% 2002 1,326 5.17% 0.32% 2003 1,361 5.16% 0.32% 2004 1,396 5.14% 0.32% 2005 1,433 5.13% 0.32% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


6.4 BARBADOS Rice (million US $): Barbados 1995 - 2005

Year Barbados % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 664 2.86% 0.16% 1996 686 2.81% 0.16% 1997 687 2.78% 0.17% 1998 661 2.78% 0.17% 1999 660 2.77% 0.17% 2000 665 2.74% 0.17% 2001 681 2.73% 0.17% 2002 699 2.72% 0.17% 2003 717 2.72% 0.17% 2004 736 2.71% 0.17% 2005 755 2.70% 0.16% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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6.5 BERMUDA Rice (million US $): Bermuda 1995 - 2005

Year Bermuda % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 581 2.50% 0.14% 1996 599 2.45% 0.14% 1997 599 2.42% 0.14% 1998 574 2.42% 0.15% 1999 572 2.40% 0.15% 2000 576 2.37% 0.15% 2001 590 2.37% 0.15% 2002 607 2.37% 0.15% 2003 625 2.37% 0.14% 2004 642 2.36% 0.14% 2005 661 2.36% 0.14% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


6.6 CANADA Rice (million US $): Canada 1995 - 2005

Year Canada % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 174 0.75% 0.00% 1996 191 0.78% 0.00% 1997 201 0.81% 0.00% 1998 203 0.85% 0.00% 1999 204 0.85% 0.00% 2000 204 0.84% 0.00% 2001 205 0.82% 0.00% 2002 205 0.80% 0.00% 2003 205 0.77% 0.00% 2004 206 0.75% 0.04% 2005 206 0.73% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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6.7 CUBA Rice (million US $): Cuba 1995 - 2005

Year Cuba % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2,616 11.28% 0.65% 1996 2,858 11.71% 0.70% 1997 2,927 11.85% 0.73% 1998 2,766 11.66% 0.74% 1999 2,813 11.81% 0.75% 2000 2,904 11.99% 0.76% 2001 2,997 12.05% 0.76% 2002 3,094 12.08% 0.76% 2003 3,194 12.12% 0.76% 2004 3,297 12.15% 0.76% 2005 3,403 12.18% 0.76% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


6.8 DOMINICA Rice (million US $): Dominica 1995 - 2005

Year Dominica % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 53 0.22% 0.00% 1996 55 0.22% 0.00% 1997 56 0.22% 0.00% 1998 54 0.22% 0.00% 1999 55 0.23% 0.00% 2000 56 0.23% 0.00% 2001 57 0.22% 0.00% 2002 58 0.22% 0.00% 2003 58 0.22% 0.00% 2004 59 0.21% 0.00% 2005 60 0.21% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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6.9 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Rice (million US $): Dominican Republic 1995 - 2005

Year Dominican Republic % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3,423 14.75% 0.86% 1996 3,512 14.39% 0.86% 1997 3,492 14.14% 0.87% 1998 3,335 14.06% 0.89% 1999 3,304 13.87% 0.88% 2000 3,313 13.68% 0.87% 2001 3,409 13.71% 0.87% 2002 3,524 13.76% 0.87% 2003 3,643 13.82% 0.87% 2004 3,765 13.88% 0.87% 2005 3,892 13.93% 0.87% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


6.10 GRENADA Rice (million US $): Grenada 1995 - 2005

Year Grenada % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 102 0.44% 0.00% 1996 105 0.43% 0.00% 1997 105 0.42% 0.00% 1998 100 0.42% 0.02% 1999 100 0.41% 0.00% 2000 100 0.41% 0.02% 2001 103 0.41% 0.00% 2002 106 0.41% 0.00% 2003 109 0.41% 0.00% 2004 113 0.41% 0.02% 2005 116 0.41% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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6.11 HAITI Rice (million US $): Haiti 1995 - 2005

Year Haiti % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,174 5.06% 0.29% 1996 1,198 4.91% 0.29% 1997 1,186 4.80% 0.29% 1998 1,127 4.75% 0.30% 1999 1,111 4.66% 0.29% 2000 1,110 4.58% 0.29% 2001 1,146 4.61% 0.29% 2002 1,191 4.65% 0.29% 2003 1,237 4.69% 0.29% 2004 1,285 4.73% 0.29% 2005 1,334 4.77% 0.29% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


6.12 JAMAICA Rice (million US $): Jamaica 1995 - 2005

Year Jamaica % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,303 5.61% 0.32% 1996 1,355 5.55% 0.33% 1997 1,365 5.53% 0.34% 1998 1,321 5.57% 0.35% 1999 1,327 5.57% 0.35% 2000 1,344 5.55% 0.35% 2001 1,370 5.50% 0.34% 2002 1,397 5.45% 0.34% 2003 1,425 5.40% 0.34% 2004 1,454 5.36% 0.33% 2005 1,483 5.31% 0.33% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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6.13 MARTINIQUE Rice (million US $): Martinique 1995 - 2005

Year Martinique % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 796 3.43% 0.20% 1996 831 3.40% 0.20% 1997 841 3.40% 0.21% 1998 817 3.44% 0.21% 1999 824 3.45% 0.22% 2000 837 3.45% 0.22% 2001 851 3.42% 0.21% 2002 864 3.37% 0.21% 2003 878 3.33% 0.21% 2004 892 3.28% 0.20% 2005 907 3.24% 0.20% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


6.14 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES Rice (million US $): Netherlands Antilles 1995 - 2005

Year Netherlands Antilles % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 632 2.72% 0.15% 1996 654 2.68% 0.16% 1997 655 2.65% 0.16% 1998 631 2.66% 0.16% 1999 631 2.64% 0.16% 2000 636 2.62% 0.16% 2001 651 2.61% 0.16% 2002 667 2.60% 0.16% 2003 684 2.59% 0.16% 2004 701 2.58% 0.16% 2005 719 2.57% 0.16% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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6.15 ST. KITTS AND NEVIS Rice (million US $): St. Kitts and Nevis 1995 - 2005

Year St. Kitts and Nevis % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 63 0.27% 0.01% 1996 65 0.26% 0.00% 1997 65 0.26% 0.00% 1998 62 0.26% 0.00% 1999 62 0.25% 0.00% 2000 62 0.25% 0.00% 2001 64 0.25% 0.00% 2002 65 0.25% 0.00% 2003 68 0.25% 0.00% 2004 70 0.25% 0.00% 2005 72 0.25% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


6.16 ST. LUCIA Rice (million US $): St. Lucia 1995 - 2005

Year St. Lucia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 168 0.72% 0.00% 1996 173 0.71% 0.00% 1997 174 0.70% 0.00% 1998 167 0.70% 0.04% 1999 167 0.69% 0.00% 2000 168 0.69% 0.00% 2001 172 0.69% 0.04% 2002 177 0.68% 0.00% 2003 181 0.68% 0.04% 2004 186 0.68% 0.00% 2005 191 0.68% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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6.17 ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Rice (million US $): St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1995 - 2005

Year St. Vincent and the Grenadines % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 73 0.31% 0.00% 1996 76 0.31% 0.00% 1997 77 0.31% 0.00% 1998 74 0.31% 0.00% 1999 75 0.31% 0.00% 2000 76 0.31% 0.00% 2001 77 0.31% 0.00% 2002 79 0.30% 0.00% 2003 80 0.30% 0.00% 2004 82 0.30% 0.00% 2005 83 0.29% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


6.18 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Rice (million US $): Trinidad and Tobago 1995 - 2005

Year Trinidad and Tobago % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,905 8.21% 0.48% 1996 1,954 8.01% 0.48% 1997 1,943 7.86% 0.48% 1998 1,856 7.82% 0.49% 1999 1,838 7.71% 0.49% 2000 1,843 7.61% 0.48% 2001 1,897 7.62% 0.48% 2002 1,961 7.66% 0.48% 2003 2,027 7.69% 0.48% 2004 2,095 7.72% 0.48% 2005 2,165 7.75% 0.48% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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6.19 UNITED STATES Rice (million US $): United States 1995 - 2005

Year United States % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,252 5.39% 0.31% 1996 1,306 5.35% 0.32% 1997 1,416 5.73% 0.35% 1998 1,482 6.25% 0.39% 1999 1,522 6.38% 0.40% 2000 1,559 6.44% 0.41% 2001 1,597 6.42% 0.40% 2002 1,637 6.39% 0.40% 2003 1,677 6.36% 0.40% 2004 1,718 6.33% 0.39% 2005 1,760 6.30% 0.39% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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7 OCEANA: RICE

7.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Market Potential for Rice in Oceana (million US $): 2000

Country Latent Demand million US $ % of Oceana _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fiji 559 15.55% Australia 330 9.18% Solomon Islands 117 3.26% American Samoa 94 2.61% Nauru 78 2.16% Vanuatu 77 2.15% Tonga 54 1.50% Micronesia Federation 35 0.98% Palau 31 0.85% Marshall Islands 27 0.75% Kiribati 22 0.61% New Zealand 13 0.36% Tuvalu 2 0.00% Total 1,440 100.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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The Market for Rice in Oceana: 1995 - 2005 Year million US $ % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3,385.68 0.85 1996 3,538.80 0.87 1997 3,588.42 0.90 1998 3,485.14 0.94 1999 3,521.81 0.94 2000 3,593.22 0.95 2001 3,690.60 0.94 2002 3,796.57 0.94 2003 3,907.95 0.94 2004 4,025.17 0.93 2005 4,148.67 0.93 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


7.2 AMERICAN SAMOA Rice (million US $): American Samoa 1995 - 2005

Year American Samoa % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 89 2.64% 0.00% 1996 93 2.64% 0.00% 1997 95 2.63% 0.00% 1998 92 2.63% 0.00% 1999 93 2.62% 0.00% 2000 94 2.61% 0.00% 2001 96 2.58% 0.00% 2002 97 2.55% 0.00% 2003 99 2.52% 0.00% 2004 100 2.49% 0.00% 2005 102 2.45% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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7.3 AUSTRALIA Rice (million US $): Australia 1995 - 2005

Year Australia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 215 6.35% 0.00% 1996 242 6.85% 0.00% 1997 269 7.50% 0.00% 1998 276 7.91% 0.00% 1999 300 8.51% 0.08% 2000 330 9.18% 0.00% 2001 363 9.83% 0.00% 2002 399 10.51% 0.00% 2003 439 11.24% 0.10% 2004 483 12.00% 0.11% 2005 532 12.81% 0.11% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


7.4 FIJI Rice (million US $): Fiji 1995 - 2005

Year Fiji % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 560 16.54% 0.14% 1996 578 16.34% 0.14% 1997 579 16.12% 0.14% 1998 556 15.96% 0.14% 1999 555 15.75% 0.14% 2000 559 15.55% 0.14% 2001 572 15.51% 0.14% 2002 588 15.48% 0.14% 2003 604 15.45% 0.14% 2004 620 15.41% 0.14% 2005 637 15.35% 0.14% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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7.5 KIRIBATI Rice (million US $): Kiribati 1995 - 2005

Year Kiribati % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 22 0.65% 0.00% 1996 23 0.65% 0.00% 1997 23 0.64% 0.00% 1998 22 0.63% 0.00% 1999 22 0.62% 0.00% 2000 22 0.61% 0.00% 2001 23 0.61% 0.00% 2002 23 0.61% 0.00% 2003 24 0.61% 0.00% 2004 25 0.61% 0.00% 2005 25 0.61% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


7.6 MARSHALL ISLANDS Rice (million US $): Marshall Islands 1995 - 2005

Year Marshall Islands % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 27 0.79% 0.00% 1996 28 0.78% 0.00% 1997 28 0.77% 0.00% 1998 27 0.77% 0.00% 1999 27 0.76% 0.00% 2000 27 0.75% 0.00% 2001 28 0.75% 0.00% 2002 28 0.74% 0.00% 2003 29 0.74% 0.00% 2004 30 0.73% 0.00% 2005 30 0.73% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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7.7 MICRONESIA FEDERATION Rice (million US $): Micronesia Federation 1995 - 2005

Year Micronesia Federation % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 35 1.03% 0.00% 1996 36 1.02% 0.00% 1997 36 1.01% 0.00% 1998 35 1.00% 0.00% 1999 35 0.99% 0.00% 2000 35 0.98% 0.00% 2001 36 0.98% 0.00% 2002 37 0.97% 0.00% 2003 38 0.97% 0.00% 2004 39 0.96% 0.00% 2005 40 0.95% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


7.8 NAURU Rice (million US $): Nauru 1995 - 2005

Year Nauru % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 74 2.18% 0.00% 1996 77 2.18% 0.00% 1997 78 2.17% 0.00% 1998 76 2.17% 0.00% 1999 77 2.17% 0.02% 2000 78 2.16% 0.00% 2001 79 2.14% 0.00% 2002 80 2.11% 0.00% 2003 82 2.08% 0.00% 2004 83 2.05% 0.00% 2005 84 2.03% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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7.9 NEW ZEALAND Rice (million US $): New Zealand 1995 - 2005

Year New Zealand % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 12 0.34% 0.00% 1996 13 0.36% 0.00% 1997 13 0.35% 0.00% 1998 11 0.31% 0.00% 1999 12 0.33% 0.00% 2000 13 0.36% 0.00% 2001 14 0.38% 0.00% 2002 16 0.41% 0.00% 2003 17 0.44% 0.00% 2004 19 0.47% 0.00% 2005 21 0.50% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


7.10 PALAU Rice (million US $): Palau 1995 - 2005

Year Palau % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 29 0.86% 0.00% 1996 31 0.86% 0.00% 1997 31 0.86% 0.00% 1998 30 0.86% 0.00% 1999 30 0.86% 0.00% 2000 31 0.85% 0.00% 2001 31 0.84% 0.00% 2002 32 0.83% 0.00% 2003 32 0.82% 0.00% 2004 33 0.81% 0.00% 2005 33 0.80% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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7.11 SOLOMON ISLANDS Rice (million US $): Solomon Islands 1995 - 2005

Year Solomon Islands % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 132 3.88% 0.00% 1996 133 3.74% 0.00% 1997 130 3.61% 0.00% 1998 122 3.49% 0.03% 1999 119 3.36% 0.00% 2000 117 3.26% 0.00% 2001 122 3.31% 0.00% 2002 129 3.38% 0.00% 2003 135 3.45% 0.00% 2004 142 3.52% 0.00% 2005 149 3.59% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


7.12 TONGA Rice (million US $): Tonga 1995 - 2005

Year Tonga % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 56 1.66% 0.00% 1996 58 1.63% 0.00% 1997 57 1.59% 0.00% 1998 55 1.56% 0.00% 1999 54 1.53% 0.00% 2000 54 1.50% 0.00% 2001 56 1.50% 0.00% 2002 58 1.51% 0.01% 2003 60 1.52% 0.00% 2004 62 1.53% 0.00% 2005 64 1.54% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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7.13 TUVALU Rice (million US $): Tuvalu 1995 - 2005

Year Tuvalu % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2 0.05% 0.00% 1996 2 0.00% 0.00% 1997 2 0.00% 0.00% 1998 2 0.00% 0.00% 1999 2 0.00% 0.00% 2000 2 0.00% 0.00% 2001 2 0.00% 0.00% 2002 2 0.00% 0.00% 2003 2 0.05% 0.00% 2004 2 0.00% 0.00% 2005 2 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


7.14 VANUATU Rice (million US $): Vanuatu 1995 - 2005

Year Vanuatu % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 77 2.27% 0.00% 1996 80 2.25% 0.00% 1997 80 2.22% 0.00% 1998 77 2.20% 0.00% 1999 77 2.17% 0.00% 2000 77 2.15% 0.00% 2001 79 2.14% 0.00% 2002 81 2.13% 0.00% 2003 83 2.13% 0.00% 2004 85 2.12% 0.00% 2005 88 2.11% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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8 THE MIDDLE EAST: RICE

8.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Market Potential for Rice in the Middle East (million US $): 2000

Country Latent Demand million US $ % of the Middle East _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Armenia 5,990 9.61% Oman 5,833 9.36% Tajikistan 5,732 9.20% Kyrgyzstan 5,477 8.79% Turkmenistan 5,346 8.58% Yemen 4,774 7.66% Saudi Arabia 3,547 5.69% Qatar 3,544 5.68% Jordan 3,527 5.66% Kuwait 3,483 5.59% Pakistan 2,730 4.38% Lebanon 2,425 3.89% Azerbaijan 2,324 3.73% Iran 2,186 3.50% Afghanistan 1,734 2.78% Bahrain 1,689 2.71% Uzbekistan 608 0.97% Turkey 250 0.40% Syrian Arab Republic 126 0.20% United Arab Emirates 81 0.12% Israel 78 0.12% Iraq 57 0.00% Total 61,541 100.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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Market Potential for Rice in the Middle East (million US $): 2000

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8.2 AFGHANISTAN Rice (million US $): Afghanistan 1995 - 2005

Year Afghanistan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,649 2.64% 0.41% 1996 1,722 2.63% 0.42% 1997 1,743 2.68% 0.43% 1998 1,693 2.78% 0.45% 1999 1,707 2.79% 0.45% 2000 1,734 2.78% 0.45% 2001 1,762 2.75% 0.45% 2002 1,790 2.71% 0.44% 2003 1,819 2.67% 0.43% 2004 1,849 2.63% 0.42% 2005 1,878 2.59% 0.42% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.3 ARMENIA Rice (million US $): Armenia 1995 - 2005

Year Armenia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 6,431 10.30% 1.62% 1996 6,543 10.00% 1.60% 1997 6,454 9.92% 1.61% 1998 6,117 10.07% 1.64% 1999 6,011 9.85% 1.61% 2000 5,990 9.61% 1.57% 2001 6,201 9.68% 1.58% 2002 6,460 9.79% 1.59% 2003 6,731 9.90% 1.61% 2004 7,012 10.00% 1.62% 2005 7,305 10.10% 1.63% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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8.4 AZERBAIJAN Rice (million US $): Azerbaijan 1995 - 2005

Year Azerbaijan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2,095 3.35% 0.52% 1996 2,288 3.49% 0.56% 1997 2,343 3.60% 0.58% 1998 2,214 3.64% 0.59% 1999 2,252 3.69% 0.60% 2000 2,324 3.73% 0.61% 2001 2,399 3.74% 0.61% 2002 2,477 3.75% 0.61% 2003 2,557 3.76% 0.61% 2004 2,639 3.76% 0.61% 2005 2,724 3.76% 0.61% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.5 BAHRAIN Rice (million US $): Bahrain 1995 - 2005

Year Bahrain % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 1,581 2.53% 0.39% 1996 1,657 2.53% 0.40% 1997 1,682 2.58% 0.42% 1998 1,640 2.70% 0.44% 1999 1,659 2.71% 0.44% 2000 1,689 2.71% 0.44% 2001 1,712 2.67% 0.43% 2002 1,734 2.62% 0.42% 2003 1,757 2.58% 0.42% 2004 1,779 2.53% 0.41% 2005 1,802 2.49% 0.40% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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8.6 IRAN Rice (million US $): Iran 1995 - 2005

Year Iran % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2,107 3.37% 0.53% 1996 2,125 3.25% 0.52% 1997 2,174 3.34% 0.54% 1998 2,181 3.59% 0.58% 1999 2,183 3.57% 0.58% 2000 2,186 3.50% 0.57% 2001 2,189 3.41% 0.55% 2002 2,192 3.32% 0.54% 2003 2,195 3.22% 0.52% 2004 2,198 3.13% 0.50% 2005 2,201 3.04% 0.49% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.7 IRAQ Rice (million US $): Iraq 1995 - 2005

Year Iraq % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 59 0.00% 0.00% 1996 61 0.00% 0.01% 1997 59 0.00% 0.00% 1998 56 0.00% 0.00% 1999 56 0.00% 0.00% 2000 57 0.00% 0.00% 2001 57 0.00% 0.00% 2002 58 0.00% 0.00% 2003 59 0.00% 0.00% 2004 60 0.00% 0.00% 2005 60 0.00% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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8.8 ISRAEL Rice (million US $): Israel 1995 - 2005

Year Israel % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 53 0.00% 0.00% 1996 57 0.00% 0.00% 1997 62 0.00% 0.00% 1998 67 0.11% 0.00% 1999 72 0.11% 0.01% 2000 78 0.12% 0.00% 2001 84 0.13% 0.00% 2002 90 0.13% 0.00% 2003 97 0.14% 0.00% 2004 105 0.14% 0.00% 2005 113 0.15% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.9 JORDAN Rice (million US $): Jordan 1995 - 2005

Year Jordan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3,864 6.19% 0.97% 1996 3,914 5.98% 0.96% 1997 3,844 5.91% 0.96% 1998 3,629 5.97% 0.97% 1999 3,551 5.82% 0.95% 2000 3,527 5.66% 0.92% 2001 3,663 5.71% 0.93% 2002 3,832 5.81% 0.94% 2003 4,008 5.89% 0.95% 2004 4,193 5.98% 0.97% 2005 4,387 6.06% 0.98% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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8.10 KUWAIT Rice (million US $): Kuwait 1995 - 2005

Year Kuwait % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3,138 5.02% 0.79% 1996 3,428 5.24% 0.84% 1997 3,511 5.40% 0.87% 1998 3,318 5.46% 0.89% 1999 3,374 5.53% 0.90% 2000 3,483 5.59% 0.91% 2001 3,595 5.61% 0.91% 2002 3,711 5.62% 0.91% 2003 3,831 5.63% 0.91% 2004 3,955 5.64% 0.91% 2005 4,082 5.64% 0.91% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.11 KYRGYZSTAN Rice (million US $): Kyrgyzstan 1995 - 2005

Year Kyrgyzstan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 4,964 7.95% 1.25% 1996 5,239 8.01% 1.28% 1997 5,354 8.23% 1.33% 1998 5,252 8.65% 1.41% 1999 5,350 8.77% 1.43% 2000 5,477 8.79% 1.44% 2001 5,524 8.62% 1.41% 2002 5,558 8.42% 1.37% 2003 5,592 8.22% 1.33% 2004 5,627 8.02% 1.30% 2005 5,661 7.82% 1.26% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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8.12 LEBANON Rice (million US $): Lebanon 1995 - 2005

Year Lebanon % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2,657 4.25% 0.67% 1996 2,692 4.11% 0.66% 1997 2,644 4.06% 0.66% 1998 2,496 4.11% 0.67% 1999 2,442 4.00% 0.65% 2000 2,425 3.89% 0.63% 2001 2,519 3.93% 0.64% 2002 2,635 3.99% 0.65% 2003 2,757 4.05% 0.66% 2004 2,884 4.11% 0.66% 2005 3,017 4.17% 0.67% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.13 OMAN Rice (million US $): Oman 1995 - 2005

Year Oman % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 6,028 9.65% 1.52% 1996 6,184 9.45% 1.52% 1997 6,148 9.45% 1.53% 1998 5,873 9.67% 1.57% 1999 5,818 9.53% 1.56% 2000 5,833 9.36% 1.53% 2001 6,003 9.37% 1.53% 2002 6,205 9.40% 1.53% 2003 6,414 9.43% 1.53% 2004 6,630 9.46% 1.53% 2005 6,853 9.47% 1.53% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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8.14 PAKISTAN Rice (million US $): Pakistan 1995 - 2005

Year Pakistan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 2,504 4.01% 0.63% 1996 2,853 4.36% 0.70% 1997 2,769 4.26% 0.69% 1998 2,354 3.87% 0.63% 1999 2,482 4.06% 0.66% 2000 2,730 4.38% 0.71% 2001 3,003 4.68% 0.76% 2002 3,303 5.00% 0.81% 2003 3,633 5.34% 0.86% 2004 3,995 5.70% 0.92% 2005 4,395 6.07% 0.98% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.15 QATAR Rice (million US $): Qatar 1995 - 2005

Year Qatar % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 3,343 5.35% 0.84% 1996 3,498 5.34% 0.86% 1997 3,545 5.45% 0.88% 1998 3,449 5.68% 0.92% 1999 3,484 5.71% 0.93% 2000 3,544 5.68% 0.93% 2001 3,597 5.61% 0.91% 2002 3,649 5.53% 0.90% 2003 3,701 5.44% 0.88% 2004 3,755 5.35% 0.87% 2005 3,809 5.26% 0.85% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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8.16 SAUDI ARABIA Rice (million US $): Saudi Arabia 1995 - 2005

Year Saudi Arabia % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 5,638 9.03% 1.42% 1996 6,005 9.18% 1.47% 1997 5,280 8.12% 1.31% 1998 3,416 5.62% 0.91% 1999 3,309 5.42% 0.88% 2000 3,547 5.69% 0.93% 2001 3,802 5.93% 0.97% 2002 4,075 6.17% 1.00% 2003 4,368 6.42% 1.04% 2004 4,682 6.68% 1.08% 2005 5,018 6.93% 1.12% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.17 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC Rice (million US $): Syrian Arab Republic 1995 - 2005

Year Syrian Arab Republic % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 113 0.18% 0.02% 1996 113 0.17% 0.00% 1997 115 0.17% 0.00% 1998 120 0.19% 0.00% 1999 123 0.20% 0.00% 2000 126 0.20% 0.00% 2001 128 0.20% 0.00% 2002 131 0.19% 0.03% 2003 134 0.19% 0.03% 2004 136 0.19% 0.00% 2005 139 0.19% 0.00% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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8.18 TAJIKISTAN Rice (million US $): Tajikistan 1995 - 2005

Year Tajikistan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 4,933 7.90% 1.24% 1996 5,265 8.05% 1.29% 1997 5,439 8.36% 1.35% 1998 5,392 8.88% 1.44% 1999 5,554 9.10% 1.49% 2000 5,732 9.20% 1.50% 2001 5,736 8.95% 1.46% 2002 5,710 8.65% 1.41% 2003 5,684 8.36% 1.36% 2004 5,658 8.07% 1.31% 2005 5,633 7.78% 1.26% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.19 TURKEY Rice (million US $): Turkey 1995 - 2005

Year Turkey % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 258 0.41% 0.00% 1996 226 0.34% 0.00% 1997 209 0.32% 0.00% 1998 219 0.36% 0.00% 1999 234 0.38% 0.00% 2000 250 0.40% 0.06% 2001 267 0.41% 0.00% 2002 285 0.43% 0.00% 2003 305 0.44% 0.00% 2004 325 0.46% 0.00% 2005 348 0.48% 0.07% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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8.20 TURKMENISTAN Rice (million US $): Turkmenistan 1995 - 2005

Year Turkmenistan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 4,691 7.51% 1.18% 1996 4,986 7.62% 1.22% 1997 5,130 7.89% 1.28% 1998 5,066 8.34% 1.36% 1999 5,195 8.51% 1.39% 2000 5,346 8.58% 1.40% 2001 5,365 8.37% 1.37% 2002 5,362 8.13% 1.32% 2003 5,360 7.88% 1.28% 2004 5,357 7.64% 1.24% 2005 5,354 7.40% 1.20% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.21 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Rice (million US $): United Arab Emirates 1995 - 2005

Year United Arab Emirates % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 73 0.11% 0.00% 1996 73 0.11% 0.00% 1997 74 0.11% 0.00% 1998 77 0.12% 0.00% 1999 79 0.12% 0.00% 2000 81 0.12% 0.00% 2001 83 0.12% 0.00% 2002 84 0.12% 0.00% 2003 86 0.12% 0.00% 2004 88 0.12% 0.00% 2005 90 0.12% 0.02% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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8.22 UZBEKISTAN Rice (million US $): Uzbekistan 1995 - 2005

Year Uzbekistan % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 543 0.87% 0.13% 1996 616 0.94% 0.15% 1997 604 0.92% 0.15% 1998 525 0.86% 0.14% 1999 554 0.90% 0.14% 2000 608 0.97% 0.16% 2001 668 1.04% 0.17% 2002 733 1.11% 0.18% 2003 804 1.18% 0.19% 2004 883 1.26% 0.20% 2005 969 1.34% 0.21% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


8.23 YEMEN Rice (million US $): Yemen 1995 - 2005

Year Yemen % of Region % of Globe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1995 4,945 7.92% 1.24% 1996 5,070 7.75% 1.24% 1997 5,039 7.75% 1.25% 1998 4,811 7.92% 1.29% 1999 4,763 7.80% 1.27% 2000 4,774 7.66% 1.25% 2001 4,915 7.67% 1.25% 2002 5,083 7.70% 1.25% 2003 5,257 7.73% 1.25% 2004 5,436 7.75% 1.25% 2005 5,622 7.77% 1.26% _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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