Pre-1940 Figures
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World Rice Trade Still Below Pre-1940 Figures
INTERNATIONAL trade in rice during; 1949 amounted to approximately 4,062,500 tons. This was a 5 per cent, increase on 1948 figures, but still 45 per cent, below the 1936-40 annual average.
It is expected that 1950 figures will be greater than those of 1949.
Total exports increased in Asia, Europe,, and North America in 1949, but declinedl in Africa and South America.
Burma and Thailand each exported lh million tons in 1949. India imported over S million tons, and Malaya about h million tons.
Italy, largest rice exporter in Europe,, shipped about 170,000 tons. European; countries that imported more than 20,000 tons were Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Switzerland, andl the United Kingdom.
The United States, with exports of approximately i million tons, accounted! for most of North America’s shipments..
The Continent’s largest importer was; Cuba which took nearly 80 per cent, of the total North American imports.
Australia exported approximately 25,000 tons and French Oceania imported about 15,000 tons.