TABLE-Czech grain harvest seen up 15.9 pct yr/yr

                                
 Sept 8 (Reuters) - The Czech Republic's grain harvest will
increase 15.9 percent this year to 7.39 million tonnes, the
Czech Statistics Bureau (CSU) forecast on Monday, raising its
July estimate of 6.82 million tonnes.
                                
 Last year, the grain harvest totalled 6.37 million tonnes.
                                
 
                                
 The following forecasts are based on data collected as of
August 15. The 2007 data are actual harvest results.
 
CROP                2008 (Aug)      2008 (July)    2007 (actual)
(tonnes)
wheat               4,500,130       4,100,209        3,938,924
rye                   203,376         190,734         177,507
barley              2,268,361       2,120,161       1,893,408
oats                  163,794         161,610         159,408
triticale             251,509         248,279         205,513
BASIC GRAINS        7,387,170       6,820,993       6,374,760
rapeseed            1,055,232       1,070,885       1,031,920

                                
 NOTE. The overall area sown with basic grains decreased to
1,434,924 hectares from 1,456,248 hectares harvested in 2007.
                                
 
                                
 (Reporting by Mirka Krufova; editing by Christopher
Johnson)