Indonesian Rice Crop Seen at Record and Curbing Grain Imports
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Indonesia’s rice harvest, the world’s third-largest, may climb to a record for a second straight year, curbing the need to import grain, the United Nations said.
The paddy crop may be 72.1 million metric tons in 2013, 4.4 percent more than last year’s record 69.05 million tons, the UN’s Food & Agriculture Organization said today in a report on its website. The harvest is expected to climb even after excess rain in December and March caused flood damage in some areas. Corn production may be about 19 million tons, similar to the record 18.96 million tons harvested a year earlier.