FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages No.3, June 2001 - Page 5

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ESTIMATED CEREAL IMPORT REQUIREMENTS OF LOW-INCOME FOOD-DEFICIT COUNTRIES 1/
a) 2000/01 or 2001 estimates (in thousand tonnes)

COUNTRY Marketing
year
1999/00 or 2000 2000/01 or 2001
Actual imports 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   26 801.7 2 772.0 29 573.7 31 680.0 17 833.2 1 730.9 16 102.3
Northern Africa   13 856.7 83.3 13 940.0 16 032.0 12 378.0 293.3 12 084.7
Egypt July/June 9 575.9 64.1 9 640.0 10 730.0 9 081.5 20.7 9 060.8
Morocco July/June 4 280.8 19.2 4 300.0 5 302.0 3 296.5 272.6 3 023.9
Eastern Africa   4 278.2 1 873.5 6 151.7 5 654.0 1 969.1 914.5 1 054.6
Burundi Jan./Dec. 61.3 8.7 70.0 106.0 2.2 2.2 0.0
Comoros Jan./Dec. 46.0 0.0 46.0 46.0 9.4 0.0 9.4
Djibouti Jan./Dec. 58.5 9.5 68.0 68.0 0.4 0.0 0.4
Eritrea Jan./Dec. 84.1 212.4 296.5 240.0 73.7 54.5 19.2
Ethiopia Jan./Dec. 106.3 1 108.3 1 214.6 520.0 596.6 585.0 11.6
Kenya Oct./Sept. 1 771.3 117.1 1 888.4 2 164.0 531.6 160.1 371.5
Rwanda Jan./Dec. 55.0 169.0 224.0 175.0 16.4 16.4 0.0
Somalia Aug./July 274.6 35.4 310.0 203.0 70.0 39.2 30.8
Sudan Nov./Oct. 1 166.3 143.6 1 309.9 1 442.0 293.0 55.0 238.0
Tanzania June/May 654.8 69.5 724.3 690.0 375.8 2.1 373.7
Southern Africa   1 593.0 328.3 1 921.3 2 137.0 2 039.1 320.5 1 718.6
Angola April/March 389.6 140.9 530.5 753.0 640.0 167.0 473.0
Lesotho April/March 235.0 3.0 238.0 248.0 263.1 3.1 260.0
Madagascar April/March 214.1 16.0 230.1 518.0 518.0 13.5 504.5
Malawi April/March 61.6 67.9 129.5 60.0 60.0 29.9 30.1
Mozambique April/March 208.4 93.5 301.9 413.0 413.0 103.1 309.9
Swaziland May/April 73.0 0.0 73.0 81.0 81.0 0.0 81.0
Zambia May/April 411.3 7.0 418.3 64.0 64.0 3.9 60.1
Western africa   6 292.7 427.8 6 720.5 7 118.0 1 386.3 182.4 1 203.9
Coastal countries   4 491.8 245.4 4 737.2 5 024.0 1 240.5 89.7 1 150.8
Benin Jan./Dec. 93.6 6.0 99.6 118.0 9.1 4.7 4.4
Cote d'Ivoire Jan./Dec. 1 179.0 16.6 1 195.6 778.0 355.6 3.8 351.8
Ghana Jan./Dec. 445.6 95.0 540.6 490.0 146.5 36.1 110.4
Guinea Jan./Dec. 263.5 1.3 264.8 330.0 4.2 4.0 0.2
Liberia Jan./Dec. 98.8 102.0 200.8 200.0 20.7 7.8 12.9
Nigeria Jan./Dec. 2 216.7 0.0 2 216.7 2 670.0 659.5 0.0 659.5
Sierra Leone Jan./Dec. 130.6 20.5 151.1 360.0 37.1 33.3 3.8
Togo Jan./Dec. 64.0 4.0 68.0 78.0 7.8 0.0 7.8
Sahelian countries   1 800.9 182.4 1 983.3 2 094.0 145.8 92.7 53.1
Burkina faso Nov./Oct. 122.3 35.1 157.4 210.0 11.7 10.9 0.8
Cape Verde Nov./Oct. 30.7 49.7 80.4 88.0 57.3 57.3 0.0
Chad Nov./Oct. 40.2 14.7 54.9 85.0 1.2 1.2 0.0
Gambia Nov./Oct. 115.4 4.6 120.0 120.0 6.9 1.9 5.0
Guinea Bissau Nov./Oct. 53.7 10.4 64.1 72.0 1.1 1.1 0.0
Mali Nov./Oct. 104.2 2.6 106.8 90.0 5.5 2.3 3.2
Mauritania Nov./Oct. 271.7 17.2 288.9 285.0 26.1 0.7 25.4
Niger Nov./Oct. 342.1 10.7 352.8 377.0 2.7 2.7 0.0
Senegal Nov./Oct. 720.6 37.4 758.0 767.0 33.3 14.6 18.7
Central Africa   781.1 59.1 840.2 739.0 60.7 20.2 40.5
Cameroon Jan./Dec. 289.5 2.8 292.3 300.0 15.9 0.0 15.9
Cent.Afr.Rep. Jan./Dec. 36.8 2.6 39.4 33.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Congo, Dem.Rep. Jan./Dec. 220.3 37.8 258.1 250.0 9.1 2.2 6.9
Congo, Rep. Jan./Dec. 214.4 10.8 225.2 135.0 23.5 14.0 9.5
Eq. Guinea Jan./Dec. 13.7 0.9 14.6 10.0 5.8 0.0 5.8
Sao Tome Jan./Dec. 6.4 4.2 10.6 11.0 6.4 4.0 2.4
ASIA   36 919.7 3 871.7 40 791.4 34 648.0 24 888.6 3 150.8 21 737.8
Afghanistan July/June 1 155.5 113.9 1 269.4 1 325.0 780.5 164.5 616.0
Armenia July/June 353.0 19.0 372.0 372.0 318.5 105.7 212.8
Azerbaijan July/June 745.0 33.0 778.0 721.0 531.0 10.3 520.7
Bangladesh July/June 1 237.1 906.9 2 144.0 1 641.0 1 825.6 750.6 1 075.0
Bhutan July/June 50.0 0.0 50.0 55.0 0.2 0.2 0.0
Cambodia Jan./Dec. 33.2 33.4 66.6 60.0 51.7 32.8 18.9
China 2/ July/June 10 108.0 192.0 10 300.0 9 000.0 6 290.6 58.6 6 232.0
Georgia July/June 440.0 70.0 510.0 517.0 175.9 96.2 79.7
India April/March 1 848.4 259.1 2 107.5 339.0 339.0 192.8 146.2
Indonesia April/March 8 012.0 508.3 8 520.3 7 015.0 7 015.0 420.0 6 595.0
Korea, D.P.R. Nov./Oct. 725.5 920.5 1 646.0 1 867.0 842.7 686.5 156.2
Kyrgyz Republic July/June 227.0 79.0 306.0 173.0 112.5 61.0 51.5
Laos Jan./Dec. 53.1 3.9 57.0 37.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Maldives Jan./Dec. 34.3 2.7 37.0 37.0 4.3 0.0 4.3
Mongolia Oct./Sept. 203.0 0.0 203.0 203.0 82.2 40.0 42.2
Nepal July/June 117.7 6.3 124.0 79.0 9.8 9.8 0.0
Pakistan May/April 2 054.0 267.2 2 321.2 290.0 290.0 2.2 287.8
Philippines July/June 3 874.3 110.1 3 984.4 4 320.0 3 760.4 144.3 3 616.1
Sri Lanka Jan./Dec. 993.9 52.6 1 046.5 1 100.0 391.1 103.2 287.9
Syria July/June 1 316.8 27.8 1 344.6 1 725.0 794.7 28.0 766.7
Tajikistan July/June 524.0 77.0 601.0 655.0 402.7 138.5 264.2
Turkmenistan July/June 52.0 7.0 59.0 38.0 5.2 3.4 1.8
Uzbekistan July/June 633.0 0.0 633.0 749.0 458.0 55.0 403.0
Yemen Jan./Dec. 2 128.9 182.0 2 310.9 2 330.0 407.0 47.2 359.8
CENTRAL AMERICA   3 515.8 507.4 4 023.2 3 927.0 2 774.1 341.9 2 432.2
Cuba July/June 1 662.3 50.6 1 712.9 1 607.0 676.0 1.9 674.1
Guatemala July/June 915.0 58.8 973.8 950.0 918.0 181.1 736.9
Haiti July/June 417.8 182.9 600.7 635.0 290.9 85.0 205.9
Honduras July/June 323.9 110.2 434.1 501.0 685.8 44.1 641.7
Nicaragua July/June 196.8 104.9 301.7 234.0 203.4 29.8 173.6
SOUTH AMERICA   798.1 97.8 895.9 998.0 889.8 214.5 675.3
Bolivia July/June 151.0 53.9 204.9 316.0 191.7 73.7 118.0
Ecuador July/June 647.1 43.9 691.0 682.0 698.1 140.8 557.3
OCEANIA   387.4 0.0 387.4 381.0 29.1 0.0 29.1
Kiribati Jan./Dec. 8.0 0.0 8.0 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Papua New Guinea Jan./Dec. 324.4 0.0 324.4 318.0 29.1 0.0 29.1
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   655.6 197.1 852.7 721.0 84.8 52.3 32.5
Albania July/June 374.0 19.0 393.0 329.0 31.8 0.0 31.8
Bosnia&Herzegovina July/June 206.0 84.7 290.7 290.0 50.3 50.3 0.0
Macedonia, FYR July/June 75.6 93.4 169.0 102.0 2.7 2.0 0.7
TOTAL   69 078.3 7 446.0 76 524.3 72 355.0 46 499.6 5 490.4 41 009.2

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.$ 1 445 in 1999), 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 import requirements of Taiwan Province.


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