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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP70S00385R000100100009-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 5, 2000
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: January 11, 1967
• Content Type: LETTER

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Janucry U, 1967
Dr. Quentin M.
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Forei iona.l '>n 1y vi on
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D-a Quent :
Thar ks very much or sing one a coop, j of the
annual revi aw of Ttze ~%orid Agricultural Situation.
I thin't all o us are going to be incr^ saaiu ;ly
concerned vtth the food/population proh:i a
delighted t; see that your regional coverage is so
detailed.
nce l y your S,f
STATINTL
y Lirect
Research and Reports
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STATINTL
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20250
January 4, 1967
STATINTL
Deputy Assistant Director, ORR
Central Intelligence Agency
Langley, Virginia STATINTL
The Economic Research Service and the Foreign Agricultural Service
have just completed their annual review of The World Agricultural
Situation, copy enclosed. The following are judged to be the major
findings of this review:
During the past decade, production of food and fiber has increased
at a faster rate in the less developed countries than in the developed
countries, but the per capita trend in the LDCs has been dampened by
a high rate of population growth.
Principal production gains in 1966 were among the food commodities--
cereals, edible oilseeds, and sugar. Among the non-food commodities,
there were large declines in world output of coffee and cotton.
World wheat stocks are expected to recover in 1967 from the low level
of 1966. Record crops of wheat were harvested in the USSR, Canada,
and Australia. Although import requirements will remain high in
India and Mainland China, Eastern Europe's requirements have been
reduced sharply and the USSR probably will again become a net
exporter of wheat.
Because of increased domestic consumption, the Southeast Asian rice
bowl will have less rice for export in 1967.
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U.S. feed grain exports will face strong competition in 1966/67.
Western Europe has good supplies of feed and forage on hand, and
export availabilities are high in Argentina, Canada, Yugoslavia, and
Thailand.
The outlook is more favorable for U.S. exports of cotton, oilseeds and
products, and flue-cured tobacco.
Sincerely yours,
ter ~z ~~'~
Quentin M. West, Director
Foreign Regional Analysis Division
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