Cereals balance sheet, 2022- 2023 (provisional) and 2021 - 2022 final figures

Figures corrected in data on 13.9.2024.​

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The 2022 cereal harvest of 3.6 million tons was normal. It was insufficient to cover domestic consumption of 2.6 million tons. The cereal balance sheet estimates over the period of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023 will be specified as final in a year from now.

• A total of 3.6 million tons of cereals were harvested in 2022
• Approximately 1.6 million tons, was used to feed livestock.
• Approximately 440,000 tons was used for food production, with wheat accounting half - Oats use for food (135,000 tons) was more than rye (74,000 tons).
• A total of 332,000 tons of cereals were exported and 62,000 tons imported during the year. The biggest export was oats at approximately 218,000 tons.

The figures for the 1 July 2022–30 June 2023 crop year are still provisional at this time, and a final cereals balance sheet will be published in September 2024.