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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
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