Africa report 05/96 fs9606ta.htm

ESTIMATED 1995/96 OR 1996 CEREAL IMPORT REQUIREMENTS OF LOW-INCOME FOOD-DEFICIT COUNTRIES (Thousand tons) 1/

1994/95 or 1995
1995/96 or 1996
Actual imports
Import position
COUNTRY
Marketing year
Commercial purchases
Food aid
Total commercial and aid
Total import requirements (excluding re-exports)
Total commercial food-aid
Food aid allocated committed or shipped
Commercial purchases
AFRICA 17 753.4 3 218.9 20 972.3 21 823 17 961.0 2 398.1 15 562.9
Northern Africa 10 476.3 190.9 10 667.2 11 510 13 161.0 219.8 12 941.2
Egypt July/June 8 768.1 178.1 8 946.2 7 650 9 002.6 219.8 8 782.8
Morocco July/June 1 708.2 12.8 1 721.0 3 860 4 158.4 0.0 4 158.4
Eastern Africa 1 447.3 1 515.5 2 962.8 2 192 1 001.2 678.8 322.4
Burundi Jan./Dec. 31.9 26.1 58.0 54 9.2 9.2 0.0
Comoros Jan./Dec. 34.6 9.4 44.0 44 1.7 0.0 1.7
Djibouti Jan./Dec. 98.9 21.5 120.4 80 3.2 2.1 1.1
Eritrea Jan./Dec. 32.3 63.1 95.4 291 61.6 61.6 0.0
Ethiopia 2/ Jan./Dec. 14.8 686.8 701.6 80 310.3 282.0 28.3
Kenya July/June 662.1 145.0 807.1 650 279.4 50.9 228.5
Rwanda Jan./Dec. 20.7 318.7 339.4 148 186.3 186.3 0.0
Somalia Sept./Aug. 100.0 41.8 141.8 320 39.9 24.1 15.8
Sudan Nov./Oct. 375.0 64.5 439.5 480 57.0 57.0 0.0
Tanzania June/May 77.0 138.6 215.6 45 52.6 5.6 47.0
Southern Africa 1 487.8 765.2 2 253.0 2 939 1 722.3 1 011.0 711.3
Angola April/March 144.8 283.0 427.8 560 278.0 238.8 39.2
Lesotho April/March 179.6 24.5 204.1 277 121.8 62.1 59.7
Madagascar April/March 151.4 30.1 181.5 146 22.5 20.5 2.0
Malawi April/March 332.1 135.9 468.0 180 226.9 219.0 7.9
Mozambique April/March 53.9 274.4 328.3 446 475.1 349.0 126.1
Swaziland May/April 67.3 8.7 76.0 93 75.7 6.1 69.6
Zambia May/April 375.6 3.4 379.0 577 174.9 115.5 59.4
Zimbabwe April/March 183.1 5.2 188.3 660 347.4 0.0 347.4
Western africa 3 768.8 665.5 4 434.3 4 442 1 956.0 441.9 1 514.1
Coastal countries 2 403.0 441.6 2 844.6 2 732 1 674.0 312.6 1 361.4
Benin Jan./Dec. 85.4 16.9 102.3 100 76.0 11.5 64.5
Cote d'Ivoire July/June 444.2 55.2 499.4 587 266.6 67.9 198.7
Ghana Oct./Sept. 221.0 97.0 318.0 270 134.8 59.2 75.6
Guinea Jan./Dec. 320.0 6.2 326.2 300 3.8 0.0 3.8
Liberia Jan./Dec. 16.5 233.8 250.3 179 131.2 127.2 4.0
Nigeria July/June 1 070.2 0.0 1 070.2 920 1 001.1 0.3 1 000.8
Sierra Leone Jan./Dec. 150.3 27.8 178.1 230 46.9 44.4 2.5
Togo Jan./Dec. 95.4 4.7 100.1 146 13.6 2.1 11.5
Sahelian countries 1 365.8 223.9 1 589.7 1 710 282.0 129.3 152.7
Burkina Faso Nov./Oct. 92.2 42.7 134.9 140 42.6 32.6 10.0
Cape Verde Jan./Dec. 16.9 77.3 94.2 90 44.9 19.9 25.0
Chad Nov./Oct. 40.0 12.9 52.9 65 20.5 20.5 0.0
Gambia Nov./Oct. 89.4 3.2 92.6 100 3.7 3.7 0.0
Guinea Bissau Jan./Dec. 57.5 1.7 59.2 70 3.1 3.1 0.0
Mali Nov./Oct. 65.4 17.2 82.6 105 7.3 7.3 0.0
Mauritania Nov./Oct. 188.5 28.1 216.6 240 44.0 19.7 24.3
Niger Nov./Oct. 123.9 12.8 136.7 200 23.6 17.6 6.0
Senegal Nov./Oct. 692.0 28.0 720.0 700 92.3 4.9 87.4
Central Africa 573.2 81.8 655.0 740 120.5 46.6 73.9
Cameroon July/June 282.2 2.8 285.0 325 33.0 4.1 28.9
Cent.Afr.Rep. Sept./Aug. 29.2 0.8 30.0 34 0.0 0.0 0.0
Congo July/June 85.3 12.1 97.4 108 17.3 17.3 0.0
Eq. Guinea Jan./Dec. 7.7 3.3 11.0 11 1.1 0.0 1.1
Sao Tome Jan./Dec. 5.2 7.0 12.2 12 3.1 1.6 1.5
Zaire Jan./Dec. 163.6 55.8 219.4 250 66.0 23.6 42.4
ASIA 40 063.5 2 086.9 42 150.4 44 860 40 393.6 1 967.6 38 426.0
Afghanistan July/June 805.6 84.4 890.0 1 270 483.3 211.6 271.7
Bangladesh July/June 1 632.8 934.8 2 567.6 2 600 2 498.0 778.0 1 720.0
Bhutan July/June 32.0 0.0 32.0 32 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cambodia Jan./Dec. 30.9 89.1 120.0 50 52.0 47.0 5.0
China 3/ July/June 22 619.1 208.0 22 827.1 23 350 23 109.3 261.2 22 848.1
India April/March 0.0 263.7 263.7 200 248.4 248.4 0.0
Indonesia April/March 5 196.2 32.2 5 228.4 6 235 5 823.5 17.5 5 806.0
Jordan July/June 1 494.2 114.1 1 608.3 1 630 1 370.9 183.9 1 187.0
Laos Jan./Dec. 28.2 21.8 50.0 133 18.8 18.8 0.0
Maldives Jan./Dec. 32.4 2.6 35.0 35 0.4 0.0 0.4
Mongolia Oct./Sept. 1.0 11.4 12.4 270 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nepal July/June 126.5 10.1 136.6 82 25.8 25.8 0.0
Pakistan 4/ May/April 2 364.7 22.2 2 386.9 2 100 2 054.4 19.7 2 034.7
Philippines July/June 2 380.7 51.1 2 431.8 3 250 3 198.5 45.9 3 152.6
Sri Lanka Jan./Dec. 831.2 156.7 987.9 1 053 506.2 53.9 452.3
Syria July/June 575.0 57.7 632.7 600 599.2 8.9 590.3
Yemen Jan./Dec. 1 913.0 27.0 1 940.0 1 970 404.9 47.0 357.9
CENTRAL AMERICA 2 719.5 381.7 3 101.2 2 209 1 253.9 268.2 985.7
Dominican Rep. Jan./Dec. 1 029.0 1.8 1 030.8 860 263.7 0.8 262.9
Guatemala July/June 609.0 137.1 746.1 520 466.2 59.8 406.4
Haiti July/June 285.0 118.2 403.2 381 249.8 112.3 137.5
Honduras July/June 501.0 92.1 593.1 260 137.9 45.3 92.6
Nicaragua July/June 295.5 32.5 328.0 188 136.3 50.0 86.3
SOUTH AMERICA 696.0 199.0 895.0 772 626.4 183.4 443.0
Bolivia July/June 177.0 181.3 358.3 312 413.0 182.8 230.2
Ecuador Jan./Dec. 519.0 17.7 536.7 460 213.4 0.6 212.8
OCEANIA 273.8 0.0 273.8 281 56.1 0.0 56.1
Kiribati Jan./Dec. 7.0 0.0 7.0 7 1.8 0.0 1.8
Papua New Guinea Jan./Dec. 222.8 0.0 222.8 230 41.2 0.0 41.2
Samoa Jan./Dec. 15.0 0.0 15.0 15 5.8 0.0 5.8
Solomon Isl. Jan./Dec. 19.0 0.0 19.0 19 2.9 0.0 2.9
Tuvalu Jan./Dec. 1.0 0.0 1.0 1 0.6 0.0 0.6
Vanuatu Jan./Dec. 9.0 0.0 9.0 9 3.8 0.0 3.8
EUROPE / CIS 5/ 6/ 4 666.7 1 882.3 6 549.0 5 727 4 454.6 2 338.6 2 116.0
Armenia July/June 10.0 443.0 453.0 425 257.0 222.0 35.0
Albania July/June 261.7 38.3 300.0 300 173.0 89.0 84.0
Azerbaijan July/June 284.0 387.0 671.0 660 447.0 266.0 181.0
Georgia July/June 48.0 662.0 710.0 550 458.0 386.0 72.0
Macedonia , FYR July/June 194.0 46.0 240.0 240 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kyrgyz Republic July/June 209.0 120.0 329.0 207 235.0 150.0 85.0
Tajikistan July/June 285.0 136.0 421.0 530 310.6 157.6 153.0
Turkmenistan July/June 570.0 50.0 620.0 410 1 278.0 1 068.0 210.0
Uzbekistan July/June 2 805.0 0.0 2 805.0 2 405 1 296.0 0.0 1 296.0
TOTAL 66 172.9 7 768.8 73 941.7 75 672 64 745.6 7 155.9 57 589.7

SOURCE: FAO

1/ Includes food deficit countries with per caput income below the level used by the World Bank to determine eligibility for IDA assistance (i.e. U.S.$ 1395 in 1994), which is in accordance with the guidelines and criteria agreed to by the CFA should be given priority in the allocation of food aid.
2/ Includes refugee needs.
3/ Includes import requirements of Taiwan Province.
4/ Excludes Afghan refugee requirements.
5/ Classified as LIFD countries as of January 1995.
6/ Data for CIS members includes intratrade between the Republics


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