Indonesia sees 2012 unmilled rice output at 72.02mn ton

JAKARTA: Indonesia's unmilled rice output is expected to rise to 72.02 million tonnes in 2012, a government minister said on Monday.

In November, Southeast Asia's biggest economy forecast that unmilled rice output would hit 65.4 million tonnes for 2011, as hot weather and disease hit production.

Indonesian sugar output for 2012 is seen at 4.39 million tonnes versus an estimated 2.23 million tonnes last year, while soybean output this year is seen at 1.9 million tonnes and corn at 24 million tonnes, the agriculture minister said at a news conference.