The international Grains Council (IGC) forecasts world production of rice in the 2015-16 marketing year at the level of 473,3 million tons.

A month earlier the prediction was higher by 0.3 million tonnes. Recall that the indicator of the 2014-15 season was fixed at $ 478,1 million tonnes and in 2013-14 year farmers around the world gathered 477,7 million tons.

Evaluation of the initial stocks of grain of this species in 2015-16 MG in the current report MRZ was increased by 1.1 million tons to 107.7 million tons.

A year earlier, the reserves were 4.7 million tons greater. The volume of international rice trade, according to the January estimations of analysts IGC, in a 2015-16 marketing year will be reduced to 41.6 million tons against last year.

Previously the engineers ' expectations were slightly lower, namely by 0.1 million tonnes. In 2014-15 season, sales totaled 41.9 million tons, and in 2013-14 year to 43.2 million tonnes. Forecast of consumption of crops in 2015-16 MG in the current report was left unchanged, at the level of 486,3 million tons.

A year earlier this indicator amounted to 482,9 million tons. In 2013-14 season the volume of grain of this type in the world market amounted 479,3 million tons.

The volume of world closing stocks of rice in 2015-16 MG may be reduced to 94.7 million tons, said experts of the IGC in the November report.

Previously analysts ' expectations were more modest at 0.7 million tons. In the previous season the prospects of the 13 million tons above, said IA "Kazakh-Zerno".