4.4 Divergence in Estimates of Production of Oilseeds during

Oilseeds	Estimates of DESMOA	Estimates of COOIT	Variation between estimates of DESMOA and COOIT
Oilseeds	Estimates of DESMOA	Estimates of COOIT	Absolute	Percentage
1	2	3	4	5
Groundnut	89.7	73.6	16.1	17.9
Soyabean	69.4	58.1	11.3	16.3
Rapeseed & Mustard	61.3	55.5	5.8	9.5
Sunflower	11.8	9.3	2.0	21.2
Sesamum	6.6	7.5	- 0.9	-12.0
Castor seed	10.0	8.7	1.3	13.0
Nigerseed	1.7	1.5	0.2	11.8
Safflower	3.3	2.5	0.8	24.2
Linseed	2.8	3.0	- 0.2	-7.1
Total	256.6	220.7	35.9	14.0

Notes:DESMOA – Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture; COOIT – Central Organisation for Oil, Industry and Trade
Source:Material submitted by DESMOA at the 6th meeting of the Sub-group on Agricultural Statistics on 2.12.2000

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