| Data - Grain Demand | |||||
| World Bank Projection of China's Grain Demand in 2020 (milled) | |||||
| Rice | Wheat | Coarse Grain | Total | ||
| Per cap. Consumption (kg / person) | 107.7 | 99.4 | 53.2 | 258.3 | |
| Direct Cereal Consumption | 66.5 | 51.5 | 23.1 | 141.1 | |
| Manufactured Food Consumption | 39.2 | 47.9 | 30.1 | 117.1 | |
| Requirements (million tons) | 208.6 | 174.8 | 224.5 | 607.9 | |
| Direct and Processed Consumption | 150.9 | 142.5 | 75.0 | 368.3 | |
| Feed Grains | 46.3 | 21.6 | 138.2 | 206.1 | |
| Seed and Losses | 11.5 | 10.7 | 11.3 | 33.5 | |
| Source: World Bank Data and Staff Estimates. In: World Bank (1997): China 2020. At China's Table. Food Security Options. Washington, D.C., p. 2 | |||||
| This World Bank estimate projects a total grain demand of 608 million tons, which is equivalent to about 697 million tons of unmilled grain. | |||||
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| revision Heilig, G.K. (2004): RAPS-China. A Regional Analysis and Planning System. Laxenburg, Austria | |||||
