Maize, Corn, Yellow maize, yellow corn

Maize (Corn), is of American origin, and after wheatand rice, it is the most important cereal grain in the world. Itprovides nutrition to both humans (33.3%) and animals (66.6 %). Servesas basic raw material for the production of starch, oil and protein,alcoholic beverages, food sweeteners and more recently fuel. Specialcrops grown primarily for food include sweet corn and popcorn, althoughdent, starchy or floury and flint maize are also widely used as food.Flint maize is also used as feed. Immature ordinary corn on the cobeither boiled or roasted is widely consumed.

World corn production in the year 2003 was 614.3 million tons while inyear 2004 total world corn production is expected to be 642.6 milliontons.
Major producing countries are United States, China, EU-25, Brazil,Mexico, Argentina and India. These countries accounts for around 80 %of total world corn production. Major consuming nations of corn areChina and USA.

There has been continuous increase in the consumption demand of cornmainly owing to increase in the demand from meat and starch sector.There is growing requirement of maize from poultry sector, which usescorn as feed. Major importing nations of maize are Japan, Korea,Taiwan, Mexico, Egypt, Malaysia, EU and Colombia.

Among the major exporters of corn, USA stands first followed byArgentina and Brazil. China, South Africa, Ukraine are minor exporters,their share is very low. Only USA dominates the international trade ofcorn as an exporter.

India's maize production fluctuates between 10-14 million tons, with80-90% of the production being in the kharif season. Major states thatcontribute in Maize productions are Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar,Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Around 6.5 million tons(roughly 50 % of total consumption) goes for feed use, primarily forpoultry feed. Another 1 million tons of corn is used by the starchindustry. India is traditionally a maize importer, and Govt. permits afixed quantity (determined each year) to be imported at 15%. Extra hasto be imported at 50%. However, in 2003-04, India exported around300000 - 500000 tons of maize, mainly to Southeast Asian countries.

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