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European Barley crops (in thousand tonnes)

	Acreage		Crop
	2002	2003	2002	2003
Austria	217	211	862	900
Belgium	43	40	322	270
Denmark *	830	714	4,078	3,713
Deutschland *	1,970	2,087	10,928	10,683
Spain	3,105	3,039	8,333	8,450
France *	1,643	1,730	10,988	10,034
Greece	105	100	201	176
Ireland	174	171	983	975
Italy *	343	309	1,190	1,060
Luxembourg	10	10	59	54
Netherlands *	57.	56	315	371
Portugal	20	10	22	12
Suomi Finland *	522	530	1,739	1,699
Sweden *	417	367	1,779	1,510
United Kingdom	1,066	1,076	6,192	6,160
TOTAL EU	10,522	10,450	47,991	46,067
Czech *	488	550	1,792	2,090
Hungary *	384	342	1,103	892
Poland *	1,100	1,100	3,300	2,650
Slovakia *	225	270	855	828
Romania	296	-	689	500
Bulgaria	300	284	1,000	400
Turkey	-	7,400	-	7,000
Russia	10,267	-	18,688	15,500
Ukraine	4,287	5,012	9,828	7,500

The figures, with a star behind the country, are official, but nevertheless provisional. In the EU no official figures are available for Spain and the U.K., East European figures are vague. Barley harvest is not finished yet in Finland and in Russia (only 30-35%). Very poor harvest weather may reduce the Russian number further. Wide differences of estimates exist in Spain, Poland, Turkey and even in Germany, where the Farmers Assn. estimates the barley crop 1.2 million tonnes lower than the Ministry.

24 September, 2003