Wheat flour: Supply and disappearance

Table 29--Wheat flour: Supply and disappearance


Calendar year 1/	Wheat flour production 2/	Flour, semolina, pasta, bulgur, and couscous imports 3/	Total supply	Flour exports	Semolina, pasta, bulgur, and couscous exports 3/	Domestic disappearance	U.S. population 4/	Per capita disappearance
Calendar year 1/	(1,000 cwt)	(1,000 flour-equivalent cwt)	(1,000 cwt)	(1,000 cwt)	(1,000 flour-equivalent cwt)	(1,000 cwt)	(1,000 persons)	(pounds)
1989	342,762	3,202	345,964	26,332	201	319,431	247,387	129.1
1990	354,348	3,461	357,809	18,341	305	339,163	250,181	135.6
1991	362,311	3,891	366,202	21,630	557	344,015	253,530	135.7
1992	370,829	4,832	375,661	20,194	787	354,679	256,922	138.0
1993	387,419	5,975	393,394	22,726	687	369,981	260,282	142.1
1994	392,519	8,687	401,206	23,801	811	376,594	263,455	142.9
1995	388,689	8,918	397,607	23,615	857	373,134	266,588	140.0
1996	397,776	8,575	406,351	10,651	881	394,818	269,714	146.4
1997	404,143	8,681	412,824	11,038	1,167	400,619	272,958	146.8
1998	398,914	9,745	408,659	12,413	1,353	394,893	276,154	143.0
1999	411,968	9,295	421,263	17,499	1,633	402,132	279,328	144.0
2000	421,270	9,666	430,936	16,005	1,693	413,239	282,433	146.3
2001	404,521	10,130	414,651	10,507	1,695	402,449	285,372	141.0
2002	394,700	11,291	405,991	9,226	2,683	394,082	288,215	136.7
2003	396,215	11,145	407,360	5,768	3,953	397,639	290,964	136.7
2004	393,925	10,726	404,651	5,152	4,662	394,837	293,644	134.5
2005	394,973	11,262	406,235	3,747	4,741	397,748	296,373	134.2
2006	403,391	11,740	415,131	3,412	5,867	405,852	299,199	135.6
2007	418,836	11,511	430,347	6,707	6,486	417,155	302,087	138.1

1/ Latest data may be preliminary.
2/ Commercial production of wheat flour, whole wheat, and durum semolina and flour. cwt = hundredweight.
3/ Includes selected pastas with and without eggs. Pasta, bulgur, and couscous expressed in flour-equivalent cwt.
4/ Includes Armed Forces overseas. Estimate is calendar-year average.
Source: Calculated using data from U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis and Bureau of the Census, Flour Milling Products (MQ311A) and trade data.

Date run: 8/21/2008

Wheat Data: Yearbook TablesWheat flour: Supply and disappearance

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Wheat flour: Supply and disappearance