FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages No.5, November 2000 - Page 4

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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
Commercia
purchases
AFRICA   26 408.6 2 189.0 28 597.6 28 340.0 27 609.0 2 792.3 24 816.7
Northern Africa   15 445.0 22.9 15 467.9 14 275.0 14 275.0 73.3 14 201.7
Egypt July/June 10 883.0 12.9 10 895.9 9 820.0 9 820.0 64.1 9 755.9
Morocco July/June 4 562.0 10.0 4 572.0 4 455.0 4 455.0 9.2 4 445.8
Eastern Africa   2 353.2 1 257.2 3 610.4 5 404.0 5 763.9 1 970.7 3 793.2
Burundi Jan./Dec. 65.5 4.5 70.0 106.0 24.4 16.9 7.5
Comoros Jan./Dec. 45.8 0.2 46.0 46.0 9.4 0.0 9.4
Djibouti Jan./Dec. 116.1 9.1 125.2 108.0 22.8 4.2 18.6
Eritrea Jan./Dec. 87.2 23.8 111.0 190.0 272.0 174.8 97.2
Ethiopia 2/ Jan./Dec. 20.8 623.5 644.3 1 200.0 1 439.7 1 322.1 117.6
Kenya Oct./Sept. 709.7 103.0 812.7 1 800.0 1 800.0 91.0 1 709.0
Rwanda Jan./Dec. 40.1 181.9 222.0 175.0 151.0 146.9 4.1
Somalia Aug./July 277.7 42.5 320.2 310.0 310.0 38.9 271.1
Sudan Nov./Oct. 697.4 218.6 916.0 1 019.0 1 032.8 127.1 905.7
Tanzania June/May 292.9 50.1 343.0 450.0 701.8 48.8 653.0
Southern Africa   1 363.0 460.5 1 823.5 1 894.0 1 937.0 306.6 1 630.4
Angola April/March 353.8 151.1 504.9 505.0 530.5 140.9 389.6
Lesotho April/March 213.3 12.7 226.0 238.0 238.0 3.0 235.0
Madagascar April/March 124.1 18.6 142.7 229.0 230.1 16.0 214.1
Malawi April/March 144.8 46.2 191.0 122.0 129.5 67.9 61.6
Mozambique April/March 105.0 191.1 296.1 293.0 301.9 73.6 228.3
Swaziland May/April 65.0 10.0 75.0 73.0 73.0 0.0 73.0
Zambia May/April 357.0 30.8 387.8 434.0 434.0 5.2 428.8
Western africa   6 600.3 416.1 7 016.4 6 049.0 5 264.0 391.6 4 872.4
Coastal countries   4 819.7 192.6 5 012.3 4 199.0 3 222.8 231.8 2 991.0
Benin Jan./Dec. 110.4 9.3 119.7 115.0 65.1 6.0 59.1
Cote d'Ivoire Jan./Dec. 820.6 37.1 857.7 1 000.0 929.1 17.7 911.4
Ghana Jan./Dec. 451.6 23.3 474.9 485.0 353.4 84.1 269.3
Guinea Jan./Dec. 347.4 29.4 376.8 350.0 68.1 4.5 63.6
Liberia Jan./Dec. 137.9 64.0 201.9 200.0 93.1 87.2 5.9
Nigeria Jan./Dec. 2 563.8 0.0 2 563.8 1 650.0 1 612.3 0.3 1 612.0
Sierra Leone Jan./Dec. 264.5 25.5 290.0 329.0 49.0 28.0 21.0
Togo Jan./Dec. 123.5 4.0 127.5 70.0 52.7 4.0 48.7
Sahelian countries   1 780.6 223.5 2 004.1 1 850.0 2 041.2 159.8 1 881.4
Burkina faso Nov./Oct. 191.6 37.3 228.9 155.0 145.5 27.8 117.7
Cape Verde Nov./Oct. 30.3 65.1 95.4 75.0 72.3 42.0 30.3
Chad Nov./Oct. 60.0 15.9 75.9 67.0 48.4 10.4 38.0
Gambia Nov./Oct. 123.3 3.8 127.1 114.0 119.9 4.6 115.3
Guinea Bissau Nov./Oct. 64.0 11.6 75.6 99.0 55.7 7.1 48.6
Mali Nov./Oct. 116.2 5.6 121.8 100.0 106.8 2.6 104.2
Mauritania Nov./Oct. 214.3 27.8 242.1 260.0 296.7 20.7 276.0
Niger Nov./Oct. 306.7 35.6 342.3 220.0 432.2 9.8 422.4
Senegal Nov./Oct. 674.2 20.8 695.0 760.0 763.7 34.8 728.9
Central Africa   647.1 32.3 679.4 718.0 369.1 50.1 319.0
Cameroon Jan./Dec. 267.2 2.6 269.8 280.0 130.3 7.8 122.5
Cent.Afr.Rep. Jan./Dec. 29.8 1.2 31.0 29.0 8.3 0.6 7.7
Congo, Dem.Rep. Jan./Dec. 234.6 15.4 250.0 250.0 95.0 22.6 72.4
Congo, Rep. Jan./Dec. 93.0 12.0 105.0 140.0 124.2 14.2 110.0
Eq. Guinea Jan./Dec. 14.0 0.0 14.0 9.0 4.9 0.9 4.0
Sao Tome Jan./Dec. 8.5 1.1 9.6 10.0 6.4 4.0 2.4
ASIA   32 965.5 4 597.5 37 563.0 37 414.0 35 883.4 3 545.1 32 338.3
Afghanistan July/June 668.4 77.2 745.6 1 127.0 1 266.8 137.5 1 129.3
Armenia July/June 271.0 20.0 291.0 419.0 419.0 12.0 407.0
Azerbaijan July/June 712.0 26.0 738.0 779.0 779.0 34.0 745.0
Bangladesh July/June 2 897.0 1 313.1 4 210.1 2 171.0 2 171.0 1 017.0 1 154.0
Bhutan July/June 18.8 1.2 20.0 22.0 22.0 0.0 22.0
Cambodia Jan./Dec. 47.9 12.1 60.0 60.0 51.7 32.8 18.9
China 3/ July/June 8 240.1 259.9 8 500.0 10 200.0 10 200.0 192.0 10 008.0
Georgia July/June 507.0 98.0 605.0 568.0 568.0 70.0 498.0
India April/March 1 427.4 262.6 1 690.0 2 088.0 2 093.1 259.1 1 834.0
Indonesia April/March 6 172.3 1 127.7 7 300.0 6 465.0 6 518.0 508.3 6 009.7
Korea, D.P.R. Nov./Oct. 1 027.3 728.7 1 756.0 1 855.0 1 856.0 539.7 1 316.3
Kyrgyz Republic July/June 134.0 7.0 141.0 269.0 269.0 79.0 190.0
Laos Jan./Dec. 51.2 15.8 67.0 67.0 3.0 2.7 0.3
Maldives Jan./Dec. 36.1 4.9 41.0 36.0 3.9 2.7 1.2
Mongolia Oct./Sept. 132.7 60.3 193.0 203.0 203.0 0.0 203.0
Nepal July/June 50.0 24.7 74.7 118.0 114.0 6.3 107.7
Pakistan 4/ May/April 2 725.9 195.5 2 921.4 2 021.0 2 021.2 267.2 1 754.0
Philippines July/June 3 451.5 2.5 3 454.0 3 900.0 3 890.3 50.0 3 840.3
Sri Lanka Jan./Dec. 1 183.5 115.5 1 299.0 1 168.0 941.3 54.1 887.2
Tajikistan July/June 323.0 80.0 403.0 610.0 610.0 69.0 541.0
Turkmenistan July/June 75.0 0.0 75.0 14.0 14.0 7.0 7.0
Uzbekistan July/June 560.0 0.0 560.0 634.0 634.0 0.0 634.0
Yemen Jan./Dec. 2 253.4 164.8 2 418.2 2 620.0 1 235.1 204.7 1 030.4
CENTRAL AMERICA   2 514.9 369.7 2 884.6 3 001.0 3 153.9 424.5 2 729.4
Cuba 5/ July/June 1 567.9 27.9 1 595.8 1 571.0 1 712.9 50.6 1 662.3
Haiti July/June 380.2 119.2 499.4 571.0 580.6 160.7 419.9
Honduras July/June 441.4 95.7 537.1 587.0 586.6 110.2 476.4
Nicaragua July/June 125.4 126.9 252.3 272.0 273.8 103.0 170.8
OCEANIA   423.0 8.0 431.0 381.0 28.6 0.6 28.0
Kiribati Jan./Dec. 8.0 0.0 8.0 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Papua New Guinea Jan./Dec. 360.0 8.0 368.0 318.0 28.6 0.6 28.0
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   530.3 121.2 651.5 855.0 855.0 174.0 681.0
Albania July/June 268.9 26.1 295.0 403.0 403.0 19.1 383.9
Bosnia&Herzegovina July/June 199.4 92.1 291.5 290.0 290.0 61.5 228.5
Macedonia, FYR July/June 62.0 3.0 65.0 162.0 162.0 93.4 68.6
TOTAL   62 842.3 7 285.4 70 127.7 69 991.0 67 529.9 6 936.5 60 593.4

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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