Foodcrops & Shortages 08/96

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

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 17 740.3 3 211.9 20 952.2 22 512 19 615.9 2 721.9 16 894.0
Northern Africa 10 466.4 190.9 10 657.3 12 290 12 481.8 202.9 12 278.9
Egypt July/June 8 768.1 178.1 8 946.2 8 610 8 801.8 201.4 8 600.4
Morocco July/June 1 698.3 12.8 1 711.1 3 680 3 680.0 1.5 3 678.5
Eastern Africa 1 414.9 1 517.6 2 932.5 2 080 1 409.8 922.0 487.8
Burundi Jan./Dec. 31.9 26.1 58.0 54 11.1 11.1 0.0
Comoros Jan./Dec. 34.6 9.4 44.0 44 4.2 0.0 4.2
Djibouti Jan./Dec. 98.9 21.5 120.4 80 8.3 5.6 2.7
Eritrea Jan./Dec. 32.3 63.1 95.4 291 55.0 55.0 0.0
Ethiopia 2/ Jan./Dec. 14.8 686.8 701.6 80 371.1 342.8 28.3
Kenya Oct./Sept. 629.7 147.1 776.8 625 401.0 55.1 345.9
Rwanda Jan./Dec. 20.7 318.7 339.4 43 353.0 344.6 8.4
Somalia Sept./Aug. 100.0 41.8 141.8 320 41.6 25.7 15.9
Sudan Nov./Oct. 375.0 64.5 439.5 480 101.9 68.9 33.0
Tanzania June/May 77.0 138.6 215.6 63 62.6 13.2 49.4
Southern Africa 1 487.8 765.2 2 253.0 2 939 2 278.5 914.7 1 363.8
Angola April/March 144.8 283.0 427.8 560 493.6 238.6 255.0
Lesotho April/March 179.6 24.5 204.1 277 257.0 36.7 220.3
Madagascar April/March 151.4 30.1 181.5 146 146.3 27.4 118.9
Malawi April/March 332.1 135.9 468.0 180 225.1 217.2 7.9
Mozambique April/March 53.9 274.4 328.3 446 457.2 331.1 126.1
Swaziland May/April 67.3 8.7 76.0 93 77.4 6.1 71.3
Zambia May/April 375.6 3.4 379.0 577 311.6 57.6 254.0
Zimbabwe April/March 183.1 5.2 188.3 660 310.3 0.0 310.3
Western africa 3 798.0 656.4 4 454.4 4 463 2 901.9 638.5 2 263.4
Coastal countries 2 415.0 441.6 2 856.6 2 758 2 525.2 482.4 2 042.8
Benin Jan./Dec. 85.4 16.9 102.3 100 90.6 9.4 81.2
Cote d'Ivoire July/June 444.2 55.2 499.4 530 587.0 35.1 551.9
Ghana Oct./Sept. 221.0 97.0 318.0 260 158.4 67.7 90.7
Guinea Jan./Dec. 320.0 6.2 326.2 240 61.3 12.9 48.4
Liberia Jan./Dec. 16.5 233.8 250.3 230 283.6 276.9 6.7
Nigeria July/June 1 070.2 0.0 1 070.2 1 020 1 230.6 0.0 1 230.6
Sierra Leone Jan./Dec. 150.3 27.8 178.1 230 79.9 77.4 2.5
Togo Jan./Dec. 107.4 4.7 112.1 148 33.8 3.0 30.8
Sahelian countries 1 383.0 214.8 1 597.8 1 705 376.7 156.1 220.6
Burkina Faso Nov./Oct. 96.2 42.7 138.9 140 65.8 34.3 31.5
Cape Verde Jan./Dec. 16.9 70.9 87.8 90 34.7 32.5 2.2
Chad Nov./Oct. 40.0 12.9 52.9 65 21.2 21.2 0.0
Gambia Nov./Oct. 97.4 3.2 100.6 100 17.1 5.1 12.0
Guinea Bissau Jan./Dec. 57.5 1.7 59.2 65 11.1 6.1 5.0
Mali Nov./Oct. 65.4 17.2 82.6 105 6.6 6.6 0.0
Mauritania Nov./Oct. 193.7 28.1 221.8 240 75.6 19.8 55.8
Niger Nov./Oct. 123.9 12.8 136.7 200 19.9 13.9 6.0
Senegal Nov./Oct. 692.0 25.3 717.3 700 124.7 16.6 108.1
Central Africa 573.2 81.8 655.0 740 543.9 43.8 500.1
Cameroon July/June 282.2 2.8 285.0 325 325.0 4.1 320.9
Cent.Afr.Rep. Sept./Aug. 29.2 0.8 30.0 34 0.2 0.2 0.0
Congo July/June 85.3 12.1 97.4 108 117.3 9.3 108.0
Eq. Guinea Jan./Dec. 7.7 3.3 11.0 11 1.1 0.0 1.1
Sao Tome Jan./Dec. 5.2 7.0 12.2 12 7.6 6.1 1.5
Zaire Jan./Dec. 163.6 55.8 219.4 250 92.7 24.1 68.6
ASIA 40 188.1 2 081.9 42 270.0 46 878 44 735.2 1 891.3 42 843.9
Afghanistan July/June 805.6 84.4 890.0 1 270 1 270.0 205.8 1 064.2
Bangladesh July/June 1 632.8 934.8 2 567.6 2 600 2 600.0 743.2 1 856.8
Bhutan July/June 32.0 0.0 32.0 32 32.0 0.0 32.0
Cambodia Jan./Dec. 30.9 89.1 120.0 68 50.0 44.4 5.6
China 3/ July/June 22 619.1 208.0 22 827.1 25 350 25 350.0 246.5 25 103.5
India April/March 0.0 263.7 263.7 200 257.0 256.9 0.1
Indonesia April/March 5 196.2 32.2 5 228.4 6 235 6 235.0 17.5 6 217.5
Jordan July/June 1 494.2 114.1 1 608.3 1 630 1 638.2 132.1 1 506.1
Laos Jan./Dec. 28.2 21.8 50.0 133 13.1 13.1 0.0
Maldives Jan./Dec. 32.4 2.6 35.0 35 0.6 0.0 0.6
Mongolia Oct./Sept. 125.6 11.4 137.0 270 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nepal July/June 126.5 5.1 131.6 82 82.0 30.5 51.5
Pakistan 4/ May/April 2 364.7 22.2 2 386.9 2 100 2 097.7 15.0 2 082.7
Philippines July/June 2 380.7 51.1 2 431.8 3 250 3 379.3 10.7 3 368.6
Sri Lanka Jan./Dec. 831.2 156.7 987.9 1 053 589.2 62.9 526.3
Syria July/June 575.0 57.7 632.7 600 595.0 14.5 580.5
Yemen Jan./Dec. 1 913.0 27.0 1 940.0 1 970 546.1 98.2 447.9
CENTRAL AMERICA 2 710.0 392.2 3 102.2 2 241 1 842.6 212.9 1 629.7
Dominican Rep. Jan./Dec. 1 029.5 2.8 1 032.3 860 458.8 0.8 458.0
Guatemala July/June 604.0 141.6 745.6 520 514.6 30.5 484.1
Haiti July/June 284.7 118.2 402.9 381 390.4 79.3 311.1
Honduras July/June 496.6 96.8 593.4 260 260.8 59.1 201.7
Nicaragua July/June 295.2 32.8 328.0 220 218.0 43.2 174.8
SOUTH AMERICA 687.1 209.2 896.3 892 599.7 85.3 514.4
Bolivia July/June 176.7 182.5 359.2 312 314.1 77.8 236.3
Ecuador Jan./Dec. 510.4 26.7 537.1 580 285.6 7.5 278.1
OCEANIA 273.8 0.0 273.8 315 56.1 0.0 56.1
Kiribati Jan./Dec. 7.0 0.0 7.0 7 1.8 0.0 1.8
Papua New Guinea Jan./Dec. 222.8 0.0 222.8 264 41.2 0.0 41.2
Samoa Jan./Dec. 15.0 0.0 15.0 15 5.8 0.0 5.8
Solomon Isl. Jan./Dec. 19.0 0.0 19.0 19 2.9 0.0 2.9
Tuvalu Jan./Dec. 1.0 0.0 1.0 1 0.6 0.0 0.6
Vanuatu Jan./Dec. 9.0 0.0 9.0 9 3.8 0.0 3.8
EUROPE / CIS 5/ 6/ 4 577.7 1 882.3 6 460.0 5 782 5 046.0 1 228.0 3 818.0
Armenia July/June 10.0 443.0 453.0 425 276.0 257.0 19.0
Albania July/June 276.7 38.3 315.0 355 355.0 25.0 330.0
Azerbaijan July/June 284.0 386.0 670.0 660 441.0 194.0 247.0
Georgia July/June 48.0 677.0 725.0 550 473.0 386.0 87.0
Macedonia , FYR July/June 194.0 46.0 240.0 240 240.0 0.0 240.0
Kyrgyz Republic July/June 212.0 121.0 333.0 207 262.0 115.0 147.0
Tajikistan July/June 285.0 121.0 406.0 530 304.0 151.0 153.0
Turkmenistan July/June 568.0 50.0 618.0 410 395.0 100.0 295.0
Uzbekistan July/June 2 700.0 0.0 2 700.0 2 405 2 300.0 0.0 2 300.0
TOTAL 66 177.0 7 777.5 73 954.5 78 620 71 895.5 6 139.4 65 756.1

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.$ 1395 in 1994), 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.
5/ Classified as LIFD countries as of January 1995.
6/ Data for CIS members includes intratrade between the Republics
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