THE WORLD’S WHEAT SUPPLY

New Zealand Times, Volume LV, Issue 9971, 4 August 1893, Page 4

THE WORLD’S WHEAT SUPPLY

(American State Returns.) The world’s wheat supply shows that the annual average crops aggregate 2,280,875,000 bushels, nob including some districts known to produce wheat but from which statistics were unavailable, and making no account of the wheat grown in the northern provinces of China. A considerable portion of tho wheat trade of tho world is carried on in the form of Hour, and, as in most official records of foreign trade, the different kinds of flour are not separately stated ; it is therefore, impossible to calculate exactly tho wheat supply per head of population. Tho wheat market of tho world is judged to bo very circumscribed, being practically all in Europe, and even there, limited to tho necessities of a few countries such as Great Britain and Belgium. Exclude these two countries and Europe is practically self-supporting, tho excess in eastern countries being sufficient to meet the deficiencies of the western nations, while America, India, and Australasia arc relied upon to meet tho remaining European deficiency. The elassilioation ol the principal countries into importing and exporting, excluding those in which supply and requirements are closely balanced, shows that there are nearly 8,000,000 bushels of wheat to find a market in such countries as aro not reported. The figures aro as follows : WHUAT.TRADINIi COUNTRIES.

Countries. Uelgiuin.. Franco .. Germany (iTC'CU .. Italy No-vy & -Sweden .Netherlands .. i’orlugul.. .Spain .Switzerland United Kingdom Net linp’ts UusIioIh. Countries Net Kxp\ s Uushels. 10,170,050 37,120,407 18,707,310 8.075 700 10.03',231 1.000,372 8.5>1,030 3 003,052 0,111,440 10.807,770 100,5.7.018 Aus-Ilungary Rulgarlv Roumania .. Russia Servii India.. United S'alo* Argentine .. Canada Chili . Australasia.. 5,810,800 f»,000,000 10,000,070 83.170.011 2,230,012 30.010.012 80,013,801 3,747.733 2,410,021 3,021,310 8,178 880 Total .. ..210,1)12,621.1 Tot-1 218,701,100