Foodcrops and Shortages N.1/96

ESTIMATED 1995/96 OR 1996 CEREAL IMPORT REQUIREMENTS OF LOW-INCOME FOOD-DEFICIT COUNTRIES 1/

1994/95 or 1995
1995/96 or 1996
Actual imports
Import position
COUNTRY
Marketing year
Commercial purchases
Food aid
Total commercial and aid
Total import requirements (excluding re-exports)
Total commercial food-aid
Food aid allocated committed or shipped
Commercial purchases
AFRICA 17 995.0 3 533.4 21 528.4 22 688 12 140.6 1 737.9 10 402.7
Northern Africa 10 579.8 79.8 204.0 10 783.8 12 410 9 162.6 207.3 8 955.3
Egypt July/June 8 755.0 191.2 8 946.2 8 550 5 780.6 207.3 5 573.3
Morocco July/June 1 824.8 12.8 1 837.6 3 860 3 382.0 0.0 3 382.0
Eastern Africa 1 498.8 1 627.0 3 125.8 2 135 531.9 438.2 93.7
Burundi Jan./Dec. 32.2 21.0 53.2 54 7.0 7.0 0.0
Comoros Jan./Dec. 69.2 18.8 88.0 43 0.0 0.0 0.0
Djibouti Jan./Dec. 98.9 16.1 115.0 76 2.5 2.5 0.0
Eritrea Jan./Dec. 49.3 62.7 112.0 291 23.6 23.6 0.0
Ethiopia 2/ Jan./Dec. 14.8 705.5 720.3 80 233.0 233.0 0.0
Kenya July/June 643.0 168.6 811.6 575 90.0 24.6 65.4
Rwanda Jan./Dec. 19.7 315.8 335.5 85 92.4 92.4 0.0
Somalia Sept./Aug. 100.0 53.5 153.5 320 32.2 20.2 12.0
Sudan Nov./Oct. 376.9 73.5 450.4 519 17.4 17.4 0.0
Tanzania June/May 77.0 142.6 219.6 45 22.8 6.5 16.3
Uganda Jan./Dec. 17.8 48.9 66.7 47 11.0 11.0 0.0
Southern Africa 1 423.7 839.8 2 263.5 2 939 1 341.4 877.3 464.1
Angola April/March 144.8 257.4 402.2 560 272.0 255.0 17.0
Lesotho April/March 177.2 26.9 204.1 277 116.8 57.1 59.7
Madagascar April/March 152.7 26.5 179.2 146 22.6 20.6 2.0
Malawi April/March 260.2 224.7 484.9 180 199.9 192.0 7.9
Mozambique April/March 42.3 289.0 331.3 446 406.2 279.0 127.2
Swaziland May/April 67.3 8.7 76.0 93 53.2 12.0 41.2
Zambia May/April 396.1 1.3 397.4 577 73.6 60.3 13.3
Zimbabwe April/March 183.1 5.3 188.4 660 197.1 1.3 195.8
Western africa 3 896.1 780.4 4 676.5 4 443 1 042.5 181.6 860.9
Coastal countries 2 454.6 573.4 3 028.0 2 837 958.2 117.8 840.4
Benin Jan./Dec. 97.0 18.0 115.0 65 5.4 5.4 0.0
Cote d'Ivoire July/June 444.2 55.8 500.0 582 183.9 45.5 138.4
Ghana Oct./Sept. 136.1 221.0 357.1 305 88.4 36.4 52.0
Guinea Jan./Dec. 321.8 6.2 328.0 172 2.0 2.0 0.0
Liberia Jan./Dec. 16.5 242.2 258.7 230 25.8 25.8 0.0
Nigeria July/June 1 100.2 0.0 1 100.2 1 120 650.0 0.0 650.0
Sierra Leone Jan./Dec. 193.6 27.1 220.7 232 0.6 0.6 0.0
Togo Jan./Dec. 145.2 3.1 148.3 131 2.1 2.1 0.0
Sahelian countries 1 441.5 207.0 1 648.5 1 606 84.3 63.8 20.5
Burkina Faso Nov./Oct. 88.6 43.0 131.6 100 6.9 6.9 0.0
Cape Verde Jan./Dec. 32.8 65.2 98.0 100 12.3 12.3 0.0
Chad Nov./Oct. 47.1 13.5 60.6 65 10.0 10.0 0.0
Gambia Nov./Oct. 93.2 3.2 96.4 93 2.6 2.6 0.0
Guinea Bissau Jan./Dec. 64.1 1.7 65.8 60 4.6 4.6 0.0
Mali Nov./Oct. 64.9 17.7 82.6 75 1.7 1.7 0.0
Mauritania Nov./Oct. 198.5 31.3 229.8 233 14.9 14.9 0.0
Niger Nov./Oct. 153.2 12.8 166.0 185 12.1 8.1 4.0
Senegal Nov./Oct. 699.1 18.6 717.7 695 19.2 2.7 16.5
Central Africa 596.6 82.2 678.8 761 62.2 33.5 28.7
Cameroon July/June 282.2 2.8 285.0 347 31.6 2.9 28.7
Cent.Afr.Rep. Sept./Aug. 29.2 0.8 30.0 34 0.0 0.0 0.0
Congo July/June 85.3 12.1 97.4 108 22.3 22.3 0.0
Eq. Guinea Jan./Dec. 7.7 3.3 11.0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sao Tome Jan./Dec. 6.2 7.0 13.2 12 0.3 0.3 0.0
Zaire Jan./Dec. 186.0 56.2 242.2 250 8.0 8.0 0.0
ASIA 40 668.6 2 076.5 42 745.1 43 877 28 155.0 1 431.3 26 723.7
Afghanistan July/June 807.0 82.5 889.5 1 250 414.1 161.8 252.3
Bangladesh July/June 1 932.8 934.8 2 867.6 2 600 1 686.8 565.2 1 121.6
Bhutan July/June 32.0 0.0 32.0 32 1.6 1.6 0.0
Cambodia Jan./Dec. 36.4 89.6 126.0 150 36.9 36.9 0.0
China 3/ July/June 22 623.6 208.0 22 831.6 23 350 18 640.5 119.8 18 520.7
India July/June 0.0 265.4 265.4 250 155.1 155.1 0.0
Indonesia April/March 5 196.2 32.2 5 228.4 5 735 2 601.8 17.5 2 584.3
Jordan July/June 1 494.2 114.1 1 608.3 1 540 912.8 187.8 725.0
Laos Jan./Dec. 30.6 19.4 50.0 133 2.0 2.0 0.0
Maldives Jan./Dec. 32.4 2.6 35.0 35 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mongolia Oct./Sept. 125.6 11.4 137.0 170 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nepal July/June 126.5 5.1 131.6 82 34.7 34.7 0.0
Pakistan 4/ May/April 2 346.7 25.1 2 371.8 2 100 1 362.3 15.0 1 347.3
Philippines July/June 2 380.7 50.8 2 431.5 2 700 1 736.6 39.2 1 697.4
Sri Lanka Jan./Dec. 839.9 150.1 990.0 1 050 198.4 48.4 150.0
Syria July/June 751.7 57.7 809.4 680 261.5 8.4 253.1
Yemen Jan./Dec. 1 912.3 27.7 1 940.0 2 020 109.9 37.9 72.0
CENTRAL AMERICA 2 832.0 391.1 3 223.1 2 529 736.6 203.4 533.2
Dominican Rep. Jan./Dec. 960.1 1.8 961.9 860 0.1 0.1 0.0
El Salvador Aug./July 451.9 10.2 462.1 329 130.1 15.6 114.5
Guatemala July/June 519.6 137.0 656.6 520 265.1 23.2 241.9
Haiti July/June 273.3 118.0 391.3 372 155.7 76.7 79.0
Honduras July/June 420.6 92.4 513.0 260 85.9 35.9 50.0
Nicaragua July/June 206.5 31.7 238.2 188 99.7 51.9 47.8
SOUTH AMERICA 2 917.8 201.6 3 119.4 2 752 147.8 118.0 29.8
Bolivia July/June 180.1 168.9 349.0 312 147.8 118.0 29.8
Colombia Jan./Dec. 2 267.9 15.2 2 283.1 1 980 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ecuador Jan./Dec. 469.8 17.5 487.3 460 0.0 0.0 0.0
OCEANIA 274.0 0.0 274.0 276 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kiribati Jan./Dec. 7.0 0.0 7.0 7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Papua New Guinea Jan./Dec. 223.0 0.0 223.0 225 0.0 0.0 0.0
Samoa Jan./Dec. 15.0 0.0 15.0 15 0.0 0.0 0.0
Solomon Isl. Jan./Dec. 19.0 0.0 19.0 19 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tuvalu Jan./Dec. 1.0 0.0 1.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Vanuatu Jan./Dec. 9.0 0.0 9.0 9 0.0 0.0 0.0
EUROPE / CIS 5/ 6/ 5 180.7 2 203.3 7 384.0 6 152 1 687.1 961.5 725.6
Armenia July/June 10.0 467.0 477.0 425 255.0 250.0 5.0
Albania July/June 261.7 38.3 300.0 300 25.0 25.0 0.0
Azerbaijan July/June 284.0 386.0 670.0 660 440.6 175.0 265.6
Georgia July/June 48.0 677.0 725.0 550 234.0 234.0 0.0
Lithuania July/June 5.0 64.0 69.0 75 1.1 0.0 1.1
Moldova July/June 233.0 227.0 460.0 180 48.1 48.1 0.0
Macedonia , FYR July/June 194.0 46.0 240.0 240 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kyrgyz Republic July/June 209.0 124.0 333.0 207 106.1 106.1 0.0
Romania July/June 276.0 0.0 276.0 170 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tajikistan July/June 285.0 124.0 409.0 530 75.0 70.0 5.0
Turkmenistan July/June 570.0 50.0 620.0 410 153.3 53.3 100.0
Uzbekistan July/June 2 805.0 0.0 2 805.0 2 405 348.9 0.0 348.9
TOTAL 69 868.1 8 405.9 78 274.0 78 274 42 867.1 4 452.1 38 415.0

Source: FAO
1/ Includes food deficit countries with per caput income below the level used by the World Bank to determine the eligibility for IDA assistance (i.e. U.S.$ 1345 in 1993), which is in accordance with the guidelines and criteria agreed to by the CFA should be given the priority in the allocation of food-aid.
2/ Includes refugees needs.
3/ Includes import requirements of Taiwan province.
4/ Excludes Afghan refugee requirements.
5/ Classified as LIFD countries as of January 1996.
6/ Data include intratrade between the Republics.


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