Foodgrain Availability and Requirement in Bangladesh from 1985/1986 to 2001/2002

                                                                           (000 m. tons)

Year

Domestic Production

Net Production

Mid-year

Foodgrain

Food

Private

Public

Internal

National

Per Capita

 

 

(Gross)

 

(deducting 10%

Population

Consumption

Gap

Imports

Distri-

Procu-

Availa-

Availa-

 

 

 

 

for Seed, Feed

(million)

Requirement*

(Surplus)

 

bution

rement

bility

ability

 

Rice

Wheat

Total

& Wastage)

 

(16 oz/day/cap)

( 7-  5)

 

 

 

(5+9+10-11)

(oz/day)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

1985/86

15038

1042

16080

14472

100.2

16590

2118

 

1541

349

15664

15.11

1986/87

15406

1091

16497

14847

102.4

16960

2113

 

2120

188

16779

15.83

1987/88

15413

1048

16461

14815

104.7

17335

2520

 

2503

375

16943

15.64

1988/89

15544

1021

16565

14909

106.8

17682

2774

 

2941

416

17433

15.77

1989/90

17856

890

18746

16871

108.9

18030

1159

 

2164

960

18075

16.04

1990/91

17852

1004

18856

16970

111.0

18378

1407

 

2372

783

18559

16.16

1991/92

18252

1065

19317

17385

113.0

18709

1323

 

2345

1016

18714

16.00

1992/93

18341

1176

19517

17565

115.0

19040

1475

355

1073

233

18761

15.77

1993/94

18041

1131

19172

17255

117.0

19371

2116

312

1376

166

18777

15.51

1994/95

16833

1245

18078

16270

119.0

19702

3432

1013

1573

277

18579

15.09

1995/96

17687

1369

19056

17150

121.0

20033

2883

850

1795

422

19373

15.47

1996/97

18883

1454

20337