UPDATE 1-Czech 2007 grain harvest 10.7 pct up yr/yr

...the Czech Statistics Bureau (CSU) 
said on Wednesday in this year's final harvest estimate. 
    Last year's grain harvest, including corn, totalled 6.371 
million tonnes. 
    The following forecasts are based on data collected as of 
October 15. The 2006 data are actual harvest results. 
  
CROP                2007 (Oct)      2007 (Sept)    2006 (actual) 
(tonnes) 
 corn                 612,468         608,179         606,366 
TOTAL GRAINS        7,050,741       7,046,452       6,371,391 
potatoes              838,580         784,661         692,174 
sugar beet          2,683,165       2,598,676       3,138,326 
 
    NOTE. Total grains figure includes both corn and basic 
grains (wheat, rye, barley, oats and triticale). The overall 
area sown with grains including corn increased to 1,549,313 
hectares from 1,515,760 hectares harvested in 2006. 
 
 (Reporting by Mirka Krufova, editing by Michael Roddy) 
  
  Keywords: CZECH ECONOMY/HARVEST  
    

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