The report, released last November, estimated the North would still need to import 340,000 tons of cereals.
The latest figures show that 717,810 tons of cereals were piling up, along with 41,422 tons of sugar and 2.3 million hectoliters of wine, according to the European Commission.
That means adding around 23 million tons of cereals to the world's food supply next year, a little less than the total production of Australia in 2008.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Wednesday that some 100 million tons of cereals are being diverted to the production of biofuels each year.
The country will need to import 1.8 million tons of cereals in 2000-01 to meet a need for 4.7 million tons, the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Program said in a joint report.
In 1970 the rich countries used some 375 million metric tons of cereals to feed animals, a quantity greater than the total cereal consumption by human beings and domesticated animals in China and India put together.
This was due partly to the growth in biofuels which, the FAO reports, has taken over 100 million tons of cereals out of food supplies over the past year to fuel cars instead.
It included 400 tons of cereals, 100 tons of sugar, 62 tons of baby food, 54 tons of medical equipment and medicine, 12,000 sleeping bags and 69 generators of various sizes.
France, Finland, the Soviet Union, and the United States supplied 4000 tons of cereals, $79,000 (1984 USD) to the Red Cross, $250,000 (1984 USD) for home repairs, 32 packages of medicines, and 17 packages of blankets.
