EASTERN EUROPE: GRAIN HARVEST AVERAGE

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 28, 2018
• Case Number: F-2017-01874
• Publication Date: October 11, 1988

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3. EASTERN EUROPE: GRAIN HARVEST AVERAGE
THE 1988 GRAIN HARVEST IN EASTERN EUROPE WAS ABOUT AVERAGE, BUT
SOME COUNTRIES SUFFERED MODERATE-TO-HEAVY CROP LOSSES BECAUSE OF
DROUGHT. MILD WINTER WEATHER HEgiallirf9MANIA, AND YUGOSLAVIA
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RECORD ABOVE-AVERAGE WINTER WHEAT CROPS. DRY SUMMER WEATHER,
HOWEVER, OFFSET THESE GAINS BY REDUCING THE OUTPUT OF CORN AND OTHER
CROPS. MOST AFFECTED BY THE DROUGHT WERE YUGOSLAVIA AND Tn A LESSER
DEGREE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND EAST GERMANY.
COMMENT: ECONOMIC AND TRADE PERFORMANCE IN MOST EAST EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES WILL BENEFIT ONLY SLIGHTLY FROM THIS YEAR'S HARVEST. MOST
OF THE COUNTRIES THAT HAVE ABOVE-AVERAGE WHEAT HARVESTS WILL EXPORT
SMALL QUANTITIES OF WHEAT, BUT THIS MAY BE OFFSET BY THE NEED TO
IMPORT CORN. CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND EAST GERMANY ALSO WILL HAVE TO
IMPORT MORE GRAIN TO SUSTAIN BREAD QUALITY AND FEED SUPPLIES.
OVERALL SUPPLIES FOR CONSUMERS IN EASTERN EUROPE PROBABLY WILL BE
SUFFICIENT IN THE COMING YEAR, BUT SPOT SHORTAGES OF SUGAR, RICE,
VEGETABLE OIL, AND SOME OTHER STAPLES WILL OCCUR. THE IMPROVED
HARVEST IN ROMANIA WILL DO LITTLE TO EASE THE LOT OF CONSUMERS
BECAUSE THE CEAUSESCU REGIME WILL DIRECT MOST OF THE INCREASED
PRODUCTION TO HARD CURRENCY EXPORTS.
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