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RUSSIAN FARMING STATISTICS





RUSSIAN FARMING STATISTICS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1997

MAIN CROP AREAS FOR HARVEST IN 1997:


TOTAL AREA              1997            % of            % of Total Crop Area
                        min ha          1996            (1997)          (1996)

                        95.7            96              100             100
OF WHICH:
GRAINS
(include. Maize)        53.5            99              55.9            54.2
OF WHICH:               25.7            100             26.9            25.9
SUGAR BEET (For
Refining). '000 ha      944             88              1.0             1.1
SOYA, '000 ha           389             80              0.4             0.5
SUNFLOWER               3.6             90              3.7             4.0
FLAX, '000 ha           113             74              0.1             0.2
POTATOES                3.3             98              3.5             3.4
VEGETABLES, '000 ha     723             98              0.8             0.7
FEED CROPS              32.1            91              33.5            35.3

*Sunflower and feed areas were reduced, and grains, sugar beet, and potatoes
increased as a percentage of total crop areas this year.


PROVISION OF FUELS AND LUBRICANTS ('000 TONS):

                                DIESEL                          GASOLINE
                        1997            1996%           1997            1996%

Received by Farms
First Qtr.              702             70              374             67
Second Qtr.             1970            83              738             65
Of which:  June         594             77              232             60
First Half              2672            79              1112            66


PROVISION OF OIL PRODUCTS AT STATE FARMS AS OF JULY 1:


                Jul. 1          Jul 1           %               Jul. 1
                1997            1996            June 1          1996% of
                '000 t          '000 t          1997            Jul. 1 1995

Diesel          412             53              94              115
Gasoline        172             39              86              151


AVAILABILITY OF FARM MACHINERY BASED ON STATED REQUIREMENT, AND STATE OR
REPAIR AS OF JULY 1 ('000 UNITS):

          Requir   Avail   Of Which:
          ement   ability  In Repair   % of June 1,   % of Requir
                                          1997          Avail.  In repair

GRAIN
HARV
ESTERS  302.6     248.1     127.5        125             82     42
FEED
HARV
ESTERS  100.3     79.6      43.1         123             79     43
REAP-
ERS     157.5     124.3     72.7         126             79     46
MOW-
ERS     153.5     125.0     81.7         132             81     53

*In the regions that had started to harvest crops, 70% of the required grain
harvesters were in a state of repair as of July 1 at farms in Stavropol
territory;  69% in Krasnoyarsk territory;  58% in Voronezh region;  53% in
Rostov;  52% in Belgorod region;  45% in Saratov region;  41% in Volgograd
region, and 36% in Samara region.


MEAT AND DAIRY FARMING:  LIVESTOCK POSSESSED BY ALL FARMS (ESTIMATE):

             Min Animals     July 1 1997            July 1 1996 % of
        June 1    July 1     % of July 1  June 1    July 1    June 1
        1997      1997       1996         1997      1995      1996

Cattle  37.1      36.6      90           99         90        98
Of which:
Cows    15.9      15.7      92           99         93        98
Hogs    18.9      18.8      86           99.9       88        99.4
Sheep,
goats   25.6      24.8      82           97         81        96


LIVESTOCK AT FARMS OF ALL CATEGORIES AS OF JULY 1 (mln animals)

                        1996                            1997

Cattle:                 40.7                            36.6
State Farms             67                              64
Smallholdings           31                              34
Private farms           2                               2
Hogs:                   21.8                            18.8
State Farms             58                              53
Smallholdings           40                              45
Private Farms           2                               2
Sheep and goats         30.4                            24.8
State farms             48                              43
Smallholdings           48                              53
Private Farms           4                               4


OUTPUT FOR CORE MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS:

                1 Half          % of 1                  June 1997 % of
                1997, min t     Half 1996       June 1996       May 1997

Meat (Cattle,
Poultry for
slaughter in
liveweight      3.1             90              90              93
Milk            17.6            96              97              118
Eggs, Bln units 16.1            98              99              107


(Statistics taken from:  Interfax Food and Agriculture Report, Vol VI, Issue
32 (299), August 1-8, 1997, pp. 13-15).