11.   These days, China has surplus grain and is phasing out farm subsidies as it prepares to open its markets to global competition.

12.   On Monday, Deputy Premier Rumen Gechev went to Brussels to meet European Union officials and discuss ways of ensuring that Bulgaria had enough grain for the winter.

13.   Russia has imported grain several times in recent years, mostly for fodder, without major damage to the economy.

14.   He said Bihac now had enough grain to produce food for six months.

15.   But Jiang and economic tzar Zhu Rongji warned the chute in prices was a temporary phenomenon and did not indicate that China had enough grain.

16.   Jiang and economic tzar Zhu Rongji warned falling grain prices were a temporary phenomenon and not an indication that China had enough grain.