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Durum wheat production for 1998/99 in selected durum-producing countries is forecast at a record 30.8 million tons, up 6.4 million or 26 percent from last year and the highest since the previous record of 29.6 million in 1991/92. Harvested area is forecast at 16.1 million hectares, up 1.2 million from last season while yield is forecast at a record 1.91 tons per hectare, up 16 percent from 1997/98. The European Union (EU-15), Canada, and the United States account for nearly sixty percent of the global production. Approximately 5 percent of all wheat grown is durum. The 1998/99 crop is forecast to be significantly higher than last year due to increases for the United States, EU-15, Canada, Syria, Turkey, Algeria, and Morocco. A premium on durum due to smaller crops in previous years for major importers and exporters has resulted in expanded area in many countries.
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