TABLE-Czech Stats Bureau harvest estimates

    Nov 7 (Reuters) - The Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) 
released on Tuesday its updated harvest estimates.  
    The following forecasts are based on data collected as of 
October 15. Previous forecasts are from September 2006.  
    The 2005 data are actual harvest results. 
  
CROP                2006 (Oct)      2006 (Sept)    2005 (actual) 
(tonnes) 
corn                  574,483         588,534         702,933 
TOTAL GRAINS        6,461,751       6,475,802       7,646,343 
potatoes              711,697         668,066       1,013,000 
sugar beet          2,981,028       2,957,581       3,495,611 
 
    NOTE. Total grains figure includes both corn and basic 
grains (wheat, rye, barley, oats and triticale). The overall 
area sown with basic grains declined to 1,430,860 hectares from 
1,505,346 hectares harvested in 2005. 
 
 (Reporting by Mirka Krufova in Prague) 
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