USSR: GRAIN PRODUCTION AND CHANGES IN GRAIN STOCKS (ER M 76-1039)

Created: 6/18/1976

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Data on Soviet grain production and changes in grain stocks are given below.

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a. Change at end of crop year.

Grain production data are from official Soviet handbooks. Examination of other Soviet dataartial reconstructionrain balance relating domestic production, net imports, and major components of consumption. Although the USSR reports grain production, it does not release information on the main uses of grain, the amounts lost in transportation and storage, or the size of stocks. Sufficient data exist to make reliable estimates of Soviet use of grain for seed, food, industrial products, and net imports. Data on which to base estimates of grain fed to livestock are much less The difference betwoon total supply andational estimate of additions to or deletions from non-strategic grain stocks and gives no clue as to the size of strategic grain reserves.

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