FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages No.4, September 1999 - Page 7

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ESTIMATED CEREAL IMPORT REQUIREMENTS OF LOW-INCOME FOOD-DEFICIT COUNTRIES 1/
b) 1999/2000 estimates for LIFD countries which have entered the 1999/2000 marketing year (in thousand tonnes)

COUNTRY Marketing year 1998/99 or 1999 1999/2000
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   15 765.2 537.3 16 302.5 16 773.0 1 747.1 214.7 1 532.4
Northern Africa   13 918.5 16.5 13 935.0 14 635.0 1 348.2 0.0 1 348.2
Egypt July/June 10 307.0 13.0 10 320.0 10 220.0 944.0 0.0 944.0
Morocco July/June 3 611.5 3.5 3 615.0 4 415.0 404.2 0.0 404.2
Eastern Africa   585.5 116.6 702.1 322.0 116.2 65.4 50.8
Somalia Aug./July 206.2 45.9 252.1 310.0 63.0 63.0 0.0
Tanzania June/May 379.3 70.7 450.0 12.0 53.2 2.4 50.8
Southern Africa   1 261.2 404.2 1 665.4 1 816.0 282.7 149.3 133.4
Angola April/March 312.9 142.9 455.8 505.0 23.6 12.6 11.0
Lesotho April/March 156.4 8.4 164.8 198.0 49.0 0.0 49.0
Madagascar April/March 88.0 19.1 107.1 168.0 6.6 6.6 0.0
Malawi April/March 166.0 34.1 200.1 114.0 14.3 14.3 0.0
Mozambique April/March 105.9 164.1 270.0 325.0 178.3 115.8 62.5
Swaziland May/April 75.0 0.0 75.0 72.0 10.9 0.0 10.9
Zambia May/April 357.0 35.6 392.6 434.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ASIA   31 284.1 2 801.7 34 085.8 32 038.0 6 733.6 1 938.6 4 795.0
Afghanistan July/June 647.8 92.2 740.0 1 127.0 35.4 35.4 0.0
Armenia July/June 348.0 19.0 367.0 392.0 99.0 99.0 0.0
Azerbaijan July/June 521.0 21.0 542.0 529.0 23.3 11.0 12.3
Bangladesh July/June 4 145.0 1 234.0 5 379.0 2 100.0 695.3 345.3 350.0
Bhutan July/June 20.0 0.0 20.0 22.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
China 3/ July/June 9 329.1 170.9 9 500.0 11 160.0 1 158.0 0.0 1 158.0
Georgia July/June 414.0 91.0 505.0 580.0 80.8 79.0 1.8
India April/March 1 427.4 247.4 1 674.8 1 000.0 177.1 177.1 0.0
Indonesia April/March 6 544.9 716.1 7 261.0 5 540.0 3 227.9 650.8 2 577.1
Kyrgyz Republic July/June 112.0 5.0 117.0 126.0 61.0 61.0 0.0
Nepal July/June 50.3 24.7 75.0 79.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Pakistan 4/ May/April 2 406.0 115.0 2 521.0 3 621.0 300.0 300.0 0.0
Philippines July/June 3 682.5 2.5 3 685.0 3 751.0 675.0 50.0 625.0
Syria July/June 733.1 16.9 750.0 1 175.0 70.7 0.0 70.7
Tajikistan July/June 308.0 46.0 354.0 403.0 125.1 125.0 0.1
Turkmenistan July/June 56.0 0.0 56.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 0.0
Uzbekistan July/June 539.0 0.0 539.0 428.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CENTRAL AMERICA   3 409.5 314.8 3 724.3 3 690.0 414.7 194.4 220.3
Cuba July/June 1 449.4 10.9 1 460.3 1 467.0 113.8 0.0 113.8
Guatemala July/June 949.1 36.4 985.5 1 015.0 115.4 36.7 78.7
Haiti July/June 367.7 120.3 488.0 525.0 39.2 29.2 10.0
Honduras July/June 487.1 44.9 532.0 505.0 58.4 57.7 0.7
Nicaragua July/June 156.2 102.3 258.5 178.0 87.9 70.8 17.1
SOUTH AMERICA   201.0 161.4 362.4 271.0 11.8 11.8 0.0
Bolivia July/June 201.0 161.4 362.4 271.0 11.8 11.8 0.0
EUROPE   659.3 133.7 793.0 838.0 7.2 7.2 0.0
Albania July/June 356.1 31.9 388.0 431.0 6.0 6.0 0.0
Bosnia&Herzegovina July/June 198.2 91.8 290.0 290.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Macedonia, FYR July/June 105.0 10.0 115.0 117.0 1.2 1.2 0.0
TOTAL   49 472.4 3 428.1 52 900.5 51 472.0 8 515.5 2 152.0 6 363.5

SOURCE: FAO for footnotes, please see previous page.

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