FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages No.3, June 2000 - Page 5

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ESTIMATED CEREAL IMPORT REQUIREMENTS OF LOW-INCOME FOOD-DEFICIT COUNTRIES 1/
- a) 1999/2000 or 2000 estimates (in thousand tonnes)

COUNTRY     Marketing
year
1998/99 or 1999 1999/2000 or 2000
Actual imports Total
import
require-
ments
(excluding
re-exports)
Import position
Commercial
purchases
     Food  
aid
Total
commercial
and aid
Total
commercial
and aid
Food aid
allocated
committed
or shipped
Commercial
purchases
AFRICA   25 554.2 2 341.0 27 895.2 27 729.0 14 710.7 1 770.4 12 940.3
Northern Africa   15 445.0 23.0 15 468.0 14 620.0 10 988.7 63.0 10 925.7
Egypt July/June 10 883.0 13.0 10 896.0 10 120.0 7 681.3 63.0 7 618.3
Morocco July/June 4 562.0 10.0 4 572.0 4 500.0 3 307.4 0.0 3 307.4
Eastern Africa   1 824.6 1 383.1 3 207.7 4 927.0 1 702.3 1 150.8 551.5
Burundi Jan./Dec. 38.2 4.5 42.7 70.0 3.9 0.9 3.0
Comoros Jan./Dec.
45.8
0.2
46.0
46.0
1.0
1.0
0.0
Djibouti
Jan./Dec.
120.8
13.2
134.0
105.0
0.8
0.0
0.8
Eritrea
Jan./Dec.
4.1
23.8
27.9
290.0
52.7
52.7
0.0
Ethiopia 2/
Jan./Dec.
21.3
696.3
717.6
840.0
822.8
822.8
0.0
Kenya
Oct./Sept.
709.8
146.7
856.5
1 590.0
195.5
48.9
146.6
Rwanda
Jan./Dec.
35.9
183.9
219.8
210.0
76.7
76.7
0.0
Somalia
Aug./July
276.7
42.5
319.2
310.0
66.2
54.6
11.6
Sudan
Nov./Oct.
426.7
213.6
640.3
1 016.0
99.8
70.8
29.0
Tanzania
June/May
145.3
58.4
203.7
450.0
382.9
22.4
360.5
Southern Africa
 
1 332.4
460.5
1 792.9
1 825.0
968.1
278.0
690.1
Angola
April/March
366.1
151.1
517.2
505.0
190.1
137.5
52.6
Lesotho
April/March
149.4
14.5
163.9
203.0
103.8
3.0
100.8
Madagascar
April/March
124.1
18.6
142.7
170.0
61.0
5.8
55.2
Malawi
April/March 156.1 44.9 201.0 116.0 120.6 62.7 57.9
Mozambique April/March 104.0 191.1 295.1 325.0 427.5 63.8 363.7
Swaziland May/April 75.0 10.0 85.0 72.0 57.6 0.0 57.6
Zambia May/April 357.7 30.3 388.0 434.0 7.5 5.2 2.3
Western africa   6 311.2 437.8 6 749.0 5 629.0 993.6 260.3 733.3
Coastal countries   4 555.8 200.3 4 756.1 3 804.0 807.5 126.9 680.6
Benin Jan./Dec. 116.1 9.3 125.4 115.0 9.1 9.1 0.0
Cote d'Ivoire Jan./Dec. 750.6 37.1 787.7 655.0 175.4 2.6 172.8
Ghana Jan./Dec. 451.7 23.3 475.0 485.0 108.3 38.8 69.5
Guinea Jan./Dec. 328.9 29.1 358.0 350.0 6.8 0.0 6.8
Liberia Jan./Dec. 137.9 72.4 210.3 200.0 52.6 52.6 0.0
Nigeria Jan./Dec. 2 382.3 0.0 2 382.3 1 600.0 424.4 0.3 424.1
Sierra Leone Jan./Dec. 264.8 25.1 289.9 329.0 26.7 19.5 7.2
Togo Jan./Dec. 123.5 4.0 127.5 70.0 4.2 4.0 0.2
Sahelian countries   1 755.4 237.5 1 992.9 1 825.0 186.1 133.4 52.7
Burkina faso Nov./Oct. 175.4 37.3 212.7 155.0 12.7 10.4 2.3
Cape Verde Nov./Oct. 30.3 60.1 90.4 70.0 71.6 71.6 0.0
Chad Nov./Oct. 60.0 15.9 75.9 67.0 10.8 10.8 0.0
Gambia Nov./Oct. 123.3 3.8 127.1 94.0 4.5 4.5 0.0
Guinea Bissau Nov./Oct. 55.0 21.1 76.1 99.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mali Nov./Oct. 116.2 5.6 121.8 100.0 2.6 2.6 0.0
Mauritania Nov./Oct. 214.3 28.1 242.4 260.0 13.3 13.3 0.0
Niger Nov./Oct. 306.7 35.6 342.3 220.0 0.4 0.4 0.0
Senegal Nov./Oct. 674.2 30.0 704.2 760.0 70.2 19.8 50.4
Central Africa   641.0 36.6 677.6 728.0 58.0 18.3 39.7
Cameroon Jan./Dec. 267.2 2.6 269.8 290.0 19.1 2.8 16.3
Cent.Afr.Rep. Jan./Dec. 28.0 1.2 29.2 29.0 0.6 0.6 0.0
Congo, Dem.Rep. Jan./Dec. 231.8 18.2 250.0 250.0 10.4 10.4 0.0
Congo, Rep. Jan./Dec. 91.5 13.5 105.0 140.0 24.3 0.9 23.4
Eq. Guinea Jan./Dec. 14.0 0.0 14.0 9.0 0.4 0.4 0.0
Sao Tome Jan./Dec. 8.5 1.1 9.6 10.0 3.2 3.2 0.0
ASIA   33 419.5 4 409.5 37 829.0 36 397.0 22 482.9 3 072.2 19 410.7
Afghanistan July/June 668.4 77.2 745.6 1 127.0 140.0 116.6 23.4
Armenia July/June 254.0 20.0 274.0 368.0 330.6 11.5 319.1
Azerbaijan July/June 648.0 26.0 674.0 734.0 603.4 31.0 572.4
Bangladesh July/June 2 922.7 1 313.1 4 235.8 2 016.0 1 795.4 895.4 900.0
Bhutan July/June 18.8 1.2 20.0 22.0 0.7 0.0 0.7
Cambodia Jan./Dec. 47.9 12.1 60.0 60.0 18.0 18.0 0.0
China 3/ July/June 8 240.1 259.9 8 500.0 9 300.0 6 585.0 192.0 6 393.0
Georgia July/June 507.0 98.0 605.0 555.0 387.2 61.0 326.2
India April/March 1 427.4 262.6 1 690.0 2 088.0 770.0 246.4 523.6
Indonesia April/March 6 344.9 922.8 7 267.7 6 100.0 5 525.9 486.9 5 039.0
Korea, D.P.R. Nov./Oct. 1 127.3 728.7 1 856.0 1 855.0 445.1 338.7 106.4
Kyrgyz Republic July/June 110.0 7.0 117.0 266.0 186.6 107.5 79.1
Laos Jan./Dec. 51.2 15.8 67.0 67.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Maldives Jan./Dec. 36.1 4.9 41.0 36.0 3.0 0.0 3.0
Mongolia Oct./Sept. 132.7 60.3 193.0 203.0 15.0 15.0 0.0
Nepal July/June 50.0 24.7 74.7 110.0 65.4 6.3 59.1
Pakistan 4/ May/April 2 725.9 195.5 2 921.4 2 521.0 684.2 267.3 416.9
Philippines July/June 3 450.1 2.5 3 452.6 3 462.0 3 019.6 127.5 2 892.1
Sri Lanka Jan./Dec. 1 012.3 116.0 1 128.3 1 155.0 445.7 48.9 396.8
Syria July/June 753.1 15.9 769.0 890.0 794.4 22.2 772.2
Tajikistan July/June 325.0 80.0 405.0 489.0 430.4 66.4 364.0
Turkmenistan July/June 75.0 0.0 75.0 17.0 13.1 6.6 6.5
Uzbekistan July/June 519.0 0.0 519.0 336.0 122.4 0.0 122.4
Yemen Jan./Dec. 1 972.6 165.3 2 137.9 2 620.0 101.8 7.0 94.8
CENTRAL AMERICA   3 497.1 404.3 3 901.4 3 629.0 2 072.4 446.6 1 625.8
Cuba 5/ July/June 1 567.9 10.9 1 578.8 1 471.0 497.9 46.4 451.5
Guatemala July/June 991.8 41.5 1 033.3 960.0 747.8 110.1 637.7
Haiti July/June 367.7 131.8 499.5 525.0 324.5 101.3 223.2
Honduras July/June 444.3 93.2 537.5 515.0 285.6 87.7 197.9
Nicaragua July/June 125.4 126.9 252.3 158.0 216.6 101.1 115.5
SOUTH AMERICA   1 063.9 176.1 1 240.0 1 001.0 312.7 92.7 220.0
Bolivia July/June 210.1 155.9 366.0 271.0 116.7 22.9 93.8
Ecuador Jan./Dec. 853.8 20.2 874.0 730.0 196.0 69.8 126.2
OCEANIA   419.8 8.0 427.8 381.0 11.1 0.6 10.5
Kiribati Jan./Dec. 8.0 0.0 8.0 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Papua New Guinea Jan./Dec. 356.8 8.0 364.8 318.0 11.1 0.6 10.5
Samoa Jan./Dec. 17.0 0.0 17.0 17.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Solomon Isl. Jan./Dec. 26.0 0.0 26.0 26.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tuvalu Jan./Dec. 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Vanuatu Jan./Dec. 11.0 0.0 11.0 11.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
EUROPE   500.5 121.0 621.5 675.0 167.3 163.1 4.2
Albania July/June 249.1 25.9 275.0 355.0 12.4 8.2 4.2
Bosnia&Herzegovina July/June 199.4 92.1 291.5 290.0 61.5 61.5 0.0
Macedonia, FYR July/June 52.0 3.0 55.0 30.0 93.4 93.4 0.0
TOTAL   64 455.0 7 459.9 71 914.9 69 812.0 39 757.1 5 545.6 34 211.5
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.$ 1505 in 1997), 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.

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