FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 10/96

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

a) Estimates for 1995/96 (thousand tons)

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 and aid Food aid allocated committed or shipped Commercial purchases
AFRICA
17 740.3 3 211.9 20 952.2 20 064 20 317.0 2 683.6 17 633.4
Northern Africa
10 466.4 190.9 10 657.3 9 890 12 712.4 203.5 12 508.9
Egypt July/June 8 768.1 178.1 8 946.2 8 610 8 802.4 202.0 8 600.4
Morocco July/June 1 698.3 12.8 1 711.1 1 280 3 910.0 1.5 3 908.5
Eastern Africa
1 414.9 1 517.6 2 932.5 2 037 1 656.8 958.1 698.7
Burundi Jan./Dec. 31.9 26.1 58.0 54 12.3 12.3 0.0
Comoros Jan./Dec. 34.6 9.4 44.0 44 6.7 0.0 6.7
Djibouti Jan./Dec. 98.9 21.5 120.4 80 11.4 8.3 3.1
Eritrea Jan./Dec. 32.3 63.1 95.4 291 89.5 89.5 0.0
Ethiopia 2/ Jan./Dec. 14.8 686.8 701.6 80 389.2 389.2 0.0
Kenya
Oct./Sept.
629.7 147.1 776.8 600 475.6 32.3 443.3
Rwanda
Jan./Dec.
20.7 318.7 339.4 43 332.8 324.4 8.4
Somalia
Sept./Aug.
100.0 41.8 141.8 320 167.7 14.7 153.0
Sudan
Nov./Oct.
375.0 64.5 439.5 480 107.2 74.2 33.0
Tanzania
June/May
77.0 138.6 215.6 45 64.4 13.2 51.2
Southern Africa
1 487.8 765.2 2 253.0 2 939 2 280.1 908.7 1 371.4
Angola
April/March
144.8 283.0 427.8 560 483.7 228.7 255.0
Lesotho
April/March
179.6 24.5 204.1 277 257.0 36.6 220.4
Madagascar
April/March
151.4 30.1 181.5 146 146.3 27.4 118.9
Malawi
April/March
332.1 135.9 468.0 180 227.3 219.4 7.9
Mozambique
April/March
53.9 274.4 328.3 446 466.5 332.9 133.6
Swaziland
May/April
67.3 8.7 76.0 93 77.4 6.1 71.3
Zambia
May/April
375.6 3.4 379.0 577 311.6 57.6 254.0
Zimbabwe
April/March
183.1 5.2 188.3 660 310.3 0.0 310.3
Western africa
3 798.0 656.4 4 454.4 4 458 3 084.1 565.3 2 518.8
Coastal countries 2 415.0 441.6 2 856.6 2 753 2 589.8 391.4 2 198.4
Benin
Jan./Dec.
85.4 16.9 102.3 100 94.4 8.5 85.9
Cote d'Ivoire
July/June
444.2 55.2 499.4 530 587.0 35.3 551.7
Ghana
Oct./Sept.
221.0 97.0 318.0 250 250.0 34.3 215.7
Guinea
Jan./Dec.
320.0 6.2 326.2 240 67.0 5.0 62.0
Liberia
Jan./Dec.
16.5 233.8 250.3 230 244.2 233.0 11.2
Nigeria
July/June
1 070.2 0.0 1 070.2 1 020 1 230.6 0.0 1 230.6
Sierra Leone
Jan./Dec.
150.3 27.8 178.1 245 78.1 72.3 5.8
Togo
Jan./Dec.
107.4 4.7 112.1 138 38.5 3.0 35.5
Sahelian countries 1 383.0 214.8 1 597.8 1 705 494.3 173.9 320.4
Burkina Faso
Nov./Oct.
96.2 42.7 138.9 140 69.2 37.7 31.5
Cape Verde
Jan./Dec.
16.9 70.9 87.8 90 61.2 41.6 19.6
Chad
Nov./Oct.
40.0 12.9 52.9 65 21.2 21.2 0.0
Gambia
Nov./Oct.
97.4 3.2 100.6 100 19.1 5.1 14.0
Guinea Bissau
Jan./Dec.
57.5 1.7 59.2 65 11.6 6.1 5.5
Mali
Nov./Oct.
65.4 17.2 82.6 105 5.9 5.9 0.0
Mauritania
Nov./Oct.
193.7 28.1 221.8 240 107.7 18.8 88.9
Niger
Nov./Oct.
123.9 12.8 136.7 200 34.2 16.2 18.0
Senegal
Nov./Oct.
692.0 25.3 717.3 700 164.2 21.3 142.9
Central Africa
573.2 81.8 655.0 740 583.6 48.0 535.6
Cameroon
July/June
282.2 2.8 285.0 325 325.0 4.1 320.9
Cent.Afr.Rep.
Sept./Aug.
29.2 0.8 30.0 34 34.0 0.1 33.9
Congo
July/June
85.3 12.1 97.4 108 108.0 9.3 98.7
Eq. Guinea
Jan./Dec.
7.7 3.3 11.0 11 1.8 0.7 1.1
Sao Tome
Jan./Dec.
5.2 7.0 12.2 12 7.6 6.1 1.5
Zaire
Jan./Dec.
163.6 55.8 219.4 250 107.2 27.7 79.5
ASIA
40 188.1 2 081.9 42 270.0 46 832 45 500.6 1 939.5 43 561.1
Afghanistan
July/June
805.6 84.4 890.0 1 270 1 270.0 200.6 1 069.4
Bangladesh
July/June
1 632.8 934.8 2 567.6 2 600 2 600.0 743.2 1 856.8
Bhutan
July/June
32.0 0.0 32.0 32 32.0 0.0 32.0
Cambodia
Jan./Dec.
30.9 89.1 120.0 68 53.3 44.4 8.9
China 3/
July/June
22 619.1 208.0 22 827.1 25 350 25 350.0 246.5 25 103.5
India
April/March
0.0 263.7 263.7 200 259.0 258.9 0.1
Indonesia
April/March
5 196.2 32.2 5 228.4 6 235 6 235.0 17.5 6 217.5
Jordan
July/June
1 494.2 114.1 1 608.3 1 630 1 663.0 132.1 1 530.9
Laos
Jan./Dec.
28.2 21.8 50.0 132 18.1 18.1 0.0
Maldives
Jan./Dec.
32.4 2.6 35.0 35 3.5 0.0 3.5
Mongolia
Oct./Sept.
125.6 11.4 137.0 270 270.0 0.0 270.0
Nepal
July/June
126.5 5.1 131.6 82 80.9 29.4 51.5
Pakistan 4/
May/April
2 364.7 22.2 2 386.9 2 100 2 097.7 15.0 2 082.7
Philippines
July/June
2 380.7 51.1 2 431.8 3 250 3 407.6 10.7 3 396.9
Sri Lanka
Jan./Dec.
831.2 156.7 987.9 1 008 828.7 90.4 738.3
Syria
July/June
575.0 57.7 632.7 600 595.0 14.5 580.5
Yemen
Jan./Dec.
1 913.0 27.0 1 940.0 1 970 736.8 118.2 618.6
CENTRAL AMERICA 2 710.0 392.2 3 102.2 2 241 1 957.8 206.8 1 751.0
Dominican Rep.
Jan./Dec.
1 029.5 2.8 1 032.3 860 590.5 0.8 589.7
Guatemala
July/June
604.0 141.6 745.6 520 499.3 25.2 474.1
Haiti
July/June
284.7 118.2 402.9 381 390.4 79.8 310.6
Honduras
July/June
496.6 96.8 593.4 260 259.6 57.8 201.8
Nicaragua
July/June
295.2 32.8 328.0 220 218.0 43.2 174.8
SOUTH AMERICA 687.1 209.2 896.3 892 639.1 83.9 555.2
Bolivia
July/June
176.7 182.5 359.2 312 313.1 76.4 236.7
Ecuador
Jan./Dec.
510.4 26.7 537.1 580 326.0 7.5 318.5
OCEANIA
273.8 0.0 273.8 315 178.8 0.0 178.8
Kiribati
Jan./Dec.
7.0 0.0 7.0 7 1.8 0.0 1.8
Papua New Guinea
Jan./Dec.
222.8 0.0 222.8 264 163.3 0.0 163.3
Samoa
Jan./Dec.
15.0 0.0 15.0 15 6.1 0.0 6.1
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 4.1 0.0 4.1
EUROPE / CIS 5/ 6/ 4 612.7 1 886.3 6 499.0 5 782 5 308.0 1 213.0 4 095.0
Armenia
July/June
15.0 448.0 463.0 425 283.0 222.0 61.0
Albania
July/June
276.7 38.3 315.0 355 355.0 25.0 330.0
Azerbaijan
July/June
429.0 386.0 815.0 660 628.0 187.0 441.0
Georgia
July/June
43.0 662.0 705.0 550 477.0 381.0 96.0
Macedonia , FYR
July/June
194.0 46.0 240.0 240 240.0 0.0 240.0
Kyrgyz Republic
July/June
88.0 120.0 208.0 207 249.0 154.0 95.0
Tajikistan
July/June
341.0 136.0 477.0 530 442.0 139.0 303.0
Turkmenistan
July/June
525.0 50.0 575.0 410 314.0 105.0 209.0
Uzbekistan
July/June
2 701.0 0.0 2 701.0 2 405 2 320.0 0.0 2 320.0
TOTAL
66 212.0 7 781.5 73 993.5 76 126 73 901.3 6 126.8 67 774.5

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

		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 and aid	Food aid allocated committed or shipped	Commercial purchases
AFRICA		17 740.3	3 211.9	20 952.2	20 064	20 317.0	2 683.6	17 633.4
Northern Africa		10 466.4	190.9	10 657.3	9 890	12 712.4	203.5	12 508.9
Egypt	July/June	8 768.1	178.1	8 946.2	8 610	8 802.4	202.0	8 600.4
Morocco	July/June	1 698.3	12.8	1 711.1	1 280	3 910.0	1.5	3 908.5
Eastern Africa		1 414.9	1 517.6	2 932.5	2 037	1 656.8	958.1	698.7
Burundi	Jan./Dec.	31.9	26.1	58.0	54	12.3	12.3	0.0
Comoros	Jan./Dec.	34.6	9.4	44.0	44	6.7	0.0	6.7
Djibouti	Jan./Dec.	98.9	21.5	120.4	80	11.4	8.3	3.1
Eritrea	Jan./Dec.	32.3	63.1	95.4	291	89.5	89.5	0.0
Ethiopia 2/	Jan./Dec.	14.8	686.8	701.6	80	389.2	389.2	0.0
Kenya	Oct./Sept.	629.7	147.1	776.8	600	475.6	32.3	443.3
Rwanda	Jan./Dec.	20.7	318.7	339.4	43	332.8	324.4	8.4
Somalia	Sept./Aug.	100.0	41.8	141.8	320	167.7	14.7	153.0
Sudan	Nov./Oct.	375.0	64.5	439.5	480	107.2	74.2	33.0
Tanzania	June/May	77.0	138.6	215.6	45	64.4	13.2	51.2
Southern Africa		1 487.8	765.2	2 253.0	2 939	2 280.1	908.7	1 371.4
Angola	April/March	144.8	283.0	427.8	560	483.7	228.7	255.0
Lesotho	April/March	179.6	24.5	204.1	277	257.0	36.6	220.4
Madagascar	April/March	151.4	30.1	181.5	146	146.3	27.4	118.9
Malawi	April/March	332.1	135.9	468.0	180	227.3	219.4	7.9
Mozambique	April/March	53.9	274.4	328.3	446	466.5	332.9	133.6
Swaziland	May/April	67.3	8.7	76.0	93	77.4	6.1	71.3
Zambia	May/April	375.6	3.4	379.0	577	311.6	57.6	254.0
Zimbabwe	April/March	183.1	5.2	188.3	660	310.3	0.0	310.3
Western africa		3 798.0	656.4	4 454.4	4 458	3 084.1	565.3	2 518.8
*Coastal countries*		2 *415.0*	*441.6*	2 *856.6*	*2 753*	2 *589.8*	*391.4*	2 *198.4*
Benin	Jan./Dec.	85.4	16.9	102.3	100	94.4	8.5	85.9
Cote d'Ivoire	July/June	444.2	55.2	499.4	530	587.0	35.3	551.7
Ghana	Oct./Sept.	221.0	97.0	318.0	250	250.0	34.3	215.7
Guinea	Jan./Dec.	320.0	6.2	326.2	240	67.0	5.0	62.0
Liberia	Jan./Dec.	16.5	233.8	250.3	230	244.2	233.0	11.2
Nigeria	July/June	1 070.2	0.0	1 070.2	1 020	1 230.6	0.0	1 230.6
Sierra Leone	Jan./Dec.	150.3	27.8	178.1	245	78.1	72.3	5.8
Togo	Jan./Dec.	107.4	4.7	112.1	138	38.5	3.0	35.5
*Sahelian countries*		1 *383.0*	*214.8*	1 *597.8*	*1 705*	*494.3*	*173.9*	*320.4*
Burkina Faso	Nov./Oct.	96.2	42.7	138.9	140	69.2	37.7	31.5
Cape Verde	Jan./Dec.	16.9	70.9	87.8	90	61.2	41.6	19.6
Chad	Nov./Oct.	40.0	12.9	52.9	65	21.2	21.2	0.0
Gambia	Nov./Oct.	97.4	3.2	100.6	100	19.1	5.1	14.0
Guinea Bissau	Jan./Dec.	57.5	1.7	59.2	65	11.6	6.1	5.5
Mali	Nov./Oct.	65.4	17.2	82.6	105	5.9	5.9	0.0
Mauritania	Nov./Oct.	193.7	28.1	221.8	240	107.7	18.8	88.9
Niger	Nov./Oct.	123.9	12.8	136.7	200	34.2	16.2	18.0
Senegal	Nov./Oct.	692.0	25.3	717.3	700	164.2	21.3	142.9
Central Africa		573.2	81.8	655.0	740	583.6	48.0	535.6
Cameroon	July/June	282.2	2.8	285.0	325	325.0	4.1	320.9
Cent.Afr.Rep.	Sept./Aug.	29.2	0.8	30.0	34	34.0	0.1	33.9
Congo	July/June	85.3	12.1	97.4	108	108.0	9.3	98.7
Eq. Guinea	Jan./Dec.	7.7	3.3	11.0	11	1.8	0.7	1.1
Sao Tome	Jan./Dec.	5.2	7.0	12.2	12	7.6	6.1	1.5
Zaire	Jan./Dec.	163.6	55.8	219.4	250	107.2	27.7	79.5
ASIA		40 188.1	2 081.9	42 270.0	46 832	45 500.6	1 939.5	43 561.1
Afghanistan	July/June	805.6	84.4	890.0	1 270	1 270.0	200.6	1 069.4
Bangladesh	July/June	1 632.8	934.8	2 567.6	2 600	2 600.0	743.2	1 856.8
Bhutan	July/June	32.0	0.0	32.0	32	32.0	0.0	32.0
Cambodia	Jan./Dec.	30.9	89.1	120.0	68	53.3	44.4	8.9
China 3/	July/June	22 619.1	208.0	22 827.1	25 350	25 350.0	246.5	25 103.5
India	April/March	0.0	263.7	263.7	200	259.0	258.9	0.1
Indonesia	April/March	5 196.2	32.2	5 228.4	6 235	6 235.0	17.5	6 217.5
Jordan	July/June	1 494.2	114.1	1 608.3	1 630	1 663.0	132.1	1 530.9
Laos	Jan./Dec.	28.2	21.8	50.0	132	18.1	18.1	0.0
Maldives	Jan./Dec.	32.4	2.6	35.0	35	3.5	0.0	3.5
Mongolia	Oct./Sept.	125.6	11.4	137.0	270	270.0	0.0	270.0
Nepal	July/June	126.5	5.1	131.6	82	80.9	29.4	51.5
Pakistan 4/	May/April	2 364.7	22.2	2 386.9	2 100	2 097.7	15.0	2 082.7
Philippines	July/June	2 380.7	51.1	2 431.8	3 250	3 407.6	10.7	3 396.9
Sri Lanka	Jan./Dec.	831.2	156.7	987.9	1 008	828.7	90.4	738.3
Syria	July/June	575.0	57.7	632.7	600	595.0	14.5	580.5
Yemen	Jan./Dec.	1 913.0	27.0	1 940.0	1 970	736.8	118.2	618.6
CENTRAL AMERICA		2 710.0	392.2	3 102.2	2 241	1 957.8	206.8	1 751.0
Dominican Rep.	Jan./Dec.	1 029.5	2.8	1 032.3	860	590.5	0.8	589.7
Guatemala	July/June	604.0	141.6	745.6	520	499.3	25.2	474.1
Haiti	July/June	284.7	118.2	402.9	381	390.4	79.8	310.6
Honduras	July/June	496.6	96.8	593.4	260	259.6	57.8	201.8
Nicaragua	July/June	295.2	32.8	328.0	220	218.0	43.2	174.8
SOUTH AMERICA		687.1	209.2	896.3	892	639.1	83.9	555.2
Bolivia	July/June	176.7	182.5	359.2	312	313.1	76.4	236.7
Ecuador	Jan./Dec.	510.4	26.7	537.1	580	326.0	7.5	318.5
OCEANIA		273.8	0.0	273.8	315	178.8	0.0	178.8
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	264	163.3	0.0	163.3
Samoa	Jan./Dec.	15.0	0.0	15.0	15	6.1	0.0	6.1
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	4.1	0.0	4.1
EUROPE / CIS 5/ 6/		4 612.7	1 886.3	6 499.0	5 782	5 308.0	1 213.0	4 095.0
Armenia	July/June	15.0	448.0	463.0	425	283.0	222.0	61.0
Albania	July/June	276.7	38.3	315.0	355	355.0	25.0	330.0
Azerbaijan	July/June	429.0	386.0	815.0	660	628.0	187.0	441.0
Georgia	July/June	43.0	662.0	705.0	550	477.0	381.0	96.0
Macedonia , FYR	July/June	194.0	46.0	240.0	240	240.0	0.0	240.0
Kyrgyz Republic	July/June	88.0	120.0	208.0	207	249.0	154.0	95.0
Tajikistan	July/June	341.0	136.0	477.0	530	442.0	139.0	303.0
Turkmenistan	July/June	525.0	50.0	575.0	410	314.0	105.0	209.0
Uzbekistan	July/June	2 701.0	0.0	2 701.0	2 405	2 320.0	0.0	2 320.0
TOTAL		66 212.0	7 781.5	73 993.5	76 126	73 901.3	6 126.8	67 774.5