FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No.4 - September 1999 p. 4

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Table A.2 b) - WORLD IMPORTS OF CEREALS

      Rice (milled) Total Cereals 1/
1998 1999
estim.
2000
f'cast
1997/98 1998/99
estim.
1999/2000
f'cast
( . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . .)
ASIA 17.0 13.0   120.0 112.0  
Bangladesh 2.5 1.5   3.3 3.8  
China 2/ 0.2 0.2   10.2 9.5  
China, Hong Kong SAR 0.3 0.3   0.8 0.8  
Georgia - -   0.6 0.5  
India - -   2.5 1.6  
Indonesia 6.0 3.5   11.3 6.9  
Iran, Islamic Rep. of 0.5 0.8   6.2 5.5  
Japan 0.5 0.7   27.4 27.5  
Korea, Rep. of 0.1 0.1   12.0 12.3  
Malaysia 0.6 0.7   4.0 4.1  
Pakistan - -   4.3 3.0  
Philippines 2.1 1.2   4.5 3.6  
Saudi Arabia 0.8 0.8   6.8 6.8  
Singapore 0.3 0.3   0.7 0.8  
Sri Lanka 0.2 0.1   1.1 1.1  
Syria 0.2 0.2   0.9 0.8  
Thailand - -   1.0 0.8  
Uzbekistan - -   0.9 0.5  
Yemen 0.2 0.2   2.8 2.7  
AFRICA 4.4 4.6   38.1 38.1  
North Africa 0.2 0.2   23.1 23.4  
Algeria - 0.1   5.7 5.9  
Egypt - -   10.0 10.3  
Morocco - -   3.7 3.6  
Tunisia - -   1.8 1.5  
Sub-Saharan Africa 3/ 4.2 4.3   14.9 14.6  
Cote d'Ivoire 0.5 0.6   0.8 0.8  
Ethiopia - -   0.3 0.6  
Kenya 0.1 0.1   1.7 0.8  
Madagascar - 0.1   0.1 0.1  
Senegal 0.5 0.5   0.8 0.8  
Sudan - -   0.6 0.5  
CENTRAL AMERICA 1.4 1.4   15.6 18.6  
Mexico 0.3 0.3   9.4 11.3  
SOUTH AMERICA 2.2 1.3   17.8 20.4  
Brazil 1.5 0.8   8.2 9.3  
Colombia 0.3 0.3   2.7 2.8  
Peru 0.2 0.2   2.3 2.5  
Venezuela - -   2.3 2.6  
NORTH AMERICA 0.6 0.6   7.2 6.7  
EUROPE 1.5 1.4   16.4 16.4  
EC 4/ 0.7 0.7   6.7 7.6  
Russian Fed. 0.3 0.3   4.0 2.9  
OCEANIA 0.3 0.3   0.8 0.8  
WORLD 27.3 22.7 22.6 5/ 215.9 213.0 218.1
Developing countries 24.1 19.3 19.1 157.7 155.4 157.6
Developed countries 3.2 3.4 3.5 58.2 57.6 60.5

SOURCE:
FAO Note: Totals computed from unrounded data.
1/ Trade in rice refers to the calendar year of the second year shown.
2/ Including Taiwan Province.
3/ Including the Republic of South Africa.
4/ Excluding trade between the fifteen EC member countries.
5/ Highly tentative.

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