Food Outlook is published by the Trade and Market Division of FAO under Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS). It is a biannual publication focusing on developments affecting global food and feed markets. Each report provides comprehensive assessments and short term forecasts for production, utilization, trade, stocks and prices on a commodity by commodity basis and includes feature articles on topical issues. Food Outlook maintains a close synergy with another major GIEWS publication, Crop Prospects and Food Situation, especially with regard to the coverage of cereals. Food outlook is available in English. The summary section is also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish and Russian.
Food Outlook and other GIEWS reports are available on the internet as part of the FAO world wide web (http://www.fao.org/) at the following URL address: http://www.fao.org/giews/. Other relevant studies on markets and global food situation can be found at http://www.fao.org/ worldfoodsituation.
This report is based on information available up to late April 2014. The next Food Outlook report will be published in October 2014.

MARKET SUMMARIES 1-9

MARKET ASSESSMENTS 10-60

Wheat 11

Coarse grains 17

Rice 23

Oilcrops, oils and meals 31

Sugar 40

Meat and meat products 45

Milk and milk products 50

Fish and fishery products 55

SPECIAL FEATURES 62-75

Pulses 62

The Geoglam crop monitor 68

MAJOR POLICY DEVELOPMENTS 76-89

Grains 77

Rice 79

Oilcrops 83

Sugar 86

Meat 87

Dairy 89

STATISTICAL TABLES 90-125

MARKET INDICATORS 126-135

Investment flows 127

Ocean freight rates 130

Food import bills 131

The FAO price index 132

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