FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 01/97

ESTIMATED 1995/96 OR 1996 CEREAL IMPORT REQUIREMENTS OF LOW-INCOME FOOD-DEFICIT COUNTRIES 1/
a) Estimates for 1995/96 (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 and aid Food aid allocated committed or shipped Commercial purchases
AFRICA
17 742.7 3 220.0 20 962.7 22 566 23 406.6 2 360.5 21 046.1

Northern Africa
10 466.4 190.9 10 657.3 12 477 13 123.1 203.5 12 919.6

Egypt July/June 8 768.1 178.1 8 946.2 8 569 9 157.2 202.0 8 955.2

Morocco July/June 1 698.3 12.8 1 711.1 3 908 3 965.9 1.5 3 964.4

Eastern Africa
1 421.4 1 519.1 2 940.5 2 037 2 367.8 835.6 1 532.2

Burundi Jan./Dec. 31.9 26.1 58.0 54 54.0 3.4 50.6

Comoros Jan./Dec. 41.1 9.4 50.5 44 44.0 0.5 43.5

Djibouti Jan./Dec. 98.9 21.5 120.4 80 80.0 8.0 72.0

Eritrea Jan./Dec. 32.3 63.1 95.4 291 142.5 32.5 110.0

Ethiopia 2/ Jan./Dec. 14.8 686.8 701.6 80 353.8 353.8 0.0

Kenya Oct./Sept. 629.7 148.6 778.3 600 670.9 31.8 639.1

Rwanda Jan./Dec. 20.7 318.7 339.4 43 337.0 328.6 8.4

Somalia Sept./Aug. 100.0 41.8 141.8 320 165.2 12.2 153.0

Sudan Nov./Oct. 375.0 64.5 439.5 480 450.9 51.7 399.2

Tanzania June/May 77.0 138.6 215.6 45 69.5 13.1 56.4

Southern Africa
1 487.8 765.2 2 253.0 2 939 2 254.0 876.4 1 377.6

Angola April/March 144.8 283.0 427.8 560 480.1 225.2 254.9

Lesotho April/March 179.6 24.5 204.1 277 248.7 28.3 220.4

Madagascar April/March 151.4 30.1 181.5 146 150.9 27.4 123.5

Malawi April/March 332.1 135.9 468.0 180 222.3 214.4 7.9

Mozambique April/March 53.9 274.4 328.3 446 452.6 317.4 135.2

Swaziland May/April 67.3 8.7 76.0 93 77.3 6.0 71.3

Zambia May/April 375.6 3.4 379.0 577 311.8 57.7 254.1

Zimbabwe April/March 183.1 5.2 188.3 660 310.3 0.0 310.3

Western africa
3 793.9 663.0 4 456.9 4 373 4 921.7 413.4 4 508.3

Coastal countries
2 382.0 452.4 2 834.4 2 668 2 991.7 279.8 2 711.9

Benin Jan./Dec. 85.4 16.9 102.3 100 99.3 8.6 90.7

Cote d'Ivoire July/June 444.2 55.2 499.4 530 587.0 30.3 556.7

Ghana Oct./Sept. 221.0 97.0 318.0 250 286.3 34.3 252.0

Guinea Jan./Dec. 320.0 6.2 326.2 260 260.0 3.5 256.5

Liberia Jan./Dec. 16.5 181.3 197.8 125 135.1 99.7 35.4

Nigeria July/June 1 070.2 0.0 1 070.2 1 020 1 235.6 0.0 1 235.6

Sierra Leone Jan./Dec. 117.3 91.1 208.4 245 250.4 100.4 150.0

Togo Jan./Dec. 107.4 4.7 112.1 138 138.0 3.0 135.0

Sahelian countries
1 411.9 210.6 1 622.5 1 705 1 930.0 133.6 1 796.4

Burkina Faso Nov./Oct. 96.2 42.7 138.9 140 150.2 24.5 125.7

Cape Verde Jan./Dec. 25.6 70.9 96.5 90 66.8 47.2 19.6

Chad Nov./Oct. 40.0 12.9 52.9 65 76.5 11.9 64.6

Gambia Nov./Oct. 97.4 4.8 102.2 100 99.5 5.1 94.4

Guinea Bissau Jan./Dec. 67.1 1.7 68.8 65 59.8 6.1 53.7

Mali Nov./Oct. 70.4 17.2 87.6 105 115.1 5.4 109.7

Mauritania Nov./Oct. 193.7 28.1 221.8 240 231.6 17.4 214.2

Niger Nov./Oct. 149.5 12.8 162.3 200 314.5 4.5 310.0

Senegal Nov./Oct. 672.0 19.5 691.5 700 816.0 11.5 804.5

Central Africa
573.2 81.8 655.0 740 740.0 31.6 708.4

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 34.0 0.0 34.0

Congo July/June 85.3 12.1 97.4 108 108.0 9.3 98.7

Eq. Guinea Jan./Dec. 7.7 3.3 11.0 11 11.0 0.0 11.0

Sao Tome Jan./Dec. 5.2 7.0 12.2 12 12.0 0.3 11.7

Zaire Jan./Dec. 163.6 55.8 219.4 250 250.0 17.9 232.1

ASIA
40 237.7 2 104.8 42 342.5 47 928 48 104.7 1 819.1 46 285.6

Afghanistan July/June 805.6 84.4 890.0 1 270 1 270.0 194.4 1 075.6

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 68.0 35.0 33.0

China 3/ July/June 22 619.1 208.0 22 827.1 26 451 26 451.8 213.8 26 238.0

India April/March 0.0 263.7 263.7 200 257.2 257.1 0.1

Indonesia April/March 5 196.2 32.2 5 228.4 6 235 6 239.4 17.5 6 221.9

Jordan July/June 1 494.2 114.1 1 608.3 1 630 1 599.3 182.4 1 416.9

Laos Jan./Dec. 27.8 22.2 50.0 132 31.4 16.4 15.0

Maldives Jan./Dec. 32.4 2.6 35.0 35 35.0 0.0 35.0

Mongolia Oct./Sept. 125.6 11.4 137.0 270 270.0 0.0 270.0

Nepal July/June 126.5 5.1 131.6 82 83.3 31.8 51.5

Pakistan 4/ May/April 2 364.7 22.2 2 386.9 2 100 2 098.1 15.0 2 083.1

Philippines July/June 2 380.7 51.1 2 431.8 3 250 3 463.2 10.7 3 452.5

Sri Lanka Jan./Dec. 881.2 179.2 1 060.4 1 003 1 044.6 61.6 983.0

Syria July/June 575.0 57.7 632.7 600 591.4 10.9 580.5

Yemen Jan./Dec. 1 913.0 27.0 1 940.0 1 970 1 970.0 29.3 1 940.7

CENTRAL AMERICA
2 710.0 392.2 3 102.2 2 241 2 270.1 207.7 2 062.4

Dominican Rep. Jan./Dec. 1 029.5 2.8 1 032.3 860 890.8 0.0 890.8

Guatemala July/June 604.0 141.6 745.6 520 509.3 25.2 484.1

Haiti July/June 284.7 118.2 402.9 381 392.0 81.4 310.6

Honduras July/June 496.6 96.8 593.4 260 260.0 57.9 202.1

Nicaragua July/June 295.2 32.8 328.0 220 218.0 43.2 174.8

SOUTH AMERICA
687.1 209.2 896.3 892 891.9 82.1 809.8

Bolivia July/June 176.7 182.5 359.2 312 311.3 74.6 236.7

Ecuador Jan./Dec. 510.4 26.7 537.1 580 580.6 7.5 573.1

OCEANIA
273.8 0.0 273.8 315 326.5 0.4 326.1

Kiribati Jan./Dec. 7.0 0.0 7.0 7 7.0 0.0 7.0

Papua New Guinea Jan./Dec. 222.8 0.0 222.8 264 275.5 0.4 275.1

Samoa Jan./Dec. 15.0 0.0 15.0 15 15.0 0.0 15.0

Solomon Isl. Jan./Dec. 19.0 0.0 19.0 19 19.0 0.0 19.0

Tuvalu Jan./Dec. 1.0 0.0 1.0 1 1.0 0.0 1.0

Vanuatu Jan./Dec. 9.0 0.0 9.0 9 9.0 0.0 9.0

EUROPE / CIS 5/ 6/
4 612.7 1 886.3 6 499.0 5 782 5 161.9 1 207.9 3 954.0

Armenia July/June 15.0 448.0 463.0 425 283.0 222.0 61.0

Albania July/June 276.7 38.3 315.0 355 349.9 19.9 330.0

Azerbaijan July/June 429.0 386.0 815.0 660 628.0 187.0 441.0

Georgia July/June 43.0 662.0 705.0 550 477.0 381.0 96.0

Macedonia , FYR July/June 194.0 46.0 240.0 240 240.0 0.0 240.0

Kyrgyz Republic July/June 88.0 120.0 208.0 207 249.0 154.0 95.0

Tajikistan July/June 341.0 136.0 477.0 530 301.0 139.0 162.0

Turkmenistan July/June 525.0 50.0 575.0 410 314.0 105.0 209.0

Uzbekistan July/June 2 701.0 0.0 2 701.0 2 405 2 320.0 0.0 2 320.0

TOTAL
66 264.0 7 812.5 74 076.5 79 724 80 161.7 5 677.7 74 484.0

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

		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 and aid	Food aid allocated committed or shipped	Commercial purchases
AFRICA		17 742.7	3 220.0	20 962.7	22 566	23 406.6	2 360.5	21 046.1
Northern Africa		10 466.4	190.9	10 657.3	12 477	13 123.1	203.5	12 919.6
Egypt	July/June	8 768.1	178.1	8 946.2	8 569	9 157.2	202.0	8 955.2
Morocco	July/June	1 698.3	12.8	1 711.1	3 908	3 965.9	1.5	3 964.4
Eastern Africa		1 421.4	1 519.1	2 940.5	2 037	2 367.8	835.6	1 532.2
Burundi	Jan./Dec.	31.9	26.1	58.0	54	54.0	3.4	50.6
Comoros	Jan./Dec.	41.1	9.4	50.5	44	44.0	0.5	43.5
Djibouti	Jan./Dec.	98.9	21.5	120.4	80	80.0	8.0	72.0
Eritrea	Jan./Dec.	32.3	63.1	95.4	291	142.5	32.5	110.0
Ethiopia 2/	Jan./Dec.	14.8	686.8	701.6	80	353.8	353.8	0.0
Kenya	Oct./Sept.	629.7	148.6	778.3	600	670.9	31.8	639.1
Rwanda	Jan./Dec.	20.7	318.7	339.4	43	337.0	328.6	8.4
Somalia	Sept./Aug.	100.0	41.8	141.8	320	165.2	12.2	153.0
Sudan	Nov./Oct.	375.0	64.5	439.5	480	450.9	51.7	399.2
Tanzania	June/May	77.0	138.6	215.6	45	69.5	13.1	56.4
Southern Africa		1 487.8	765.2	2 253.0	2 939	2 254.0	876.4	1 377.6
Angola	April/March	144.8	283.0	427.8	560	480.1	225.2	254.9
Lesotho	April/March	179.6	24.5	204.1	277	248.7	28.3	220.4
Madagascar	April/March	151.4	30.1	181.5	146	150.9	27.4	123.5
Malawi	April/March	332.1	135.9	468.0	180	222.3	214.4	7.9
Mozambique	April/March	53.9	274.4	328.3	446	452.6	317.4	135.2
Swaziland	May/April	67.3	8.7	76.0	93	77.3	6.0	71.3
Zambia	May/April	375.6	3.4	379.0	577	311.8	57.7	254.1
Zimbabwe	April/March	183.1	5.2	188.3	660	310.3	0.0	310.3
Western africa		3 793.9	663.0	4 456.9	4 373	4 921.7	413.4	4 508.3
*Coastal countries*		*2 382.0*	*452.4*	*2 834.4*	*2 668*	*2 991.7*	*279.8*	*2 711.9*
Benin	Jan./Dec.	85.4	16.9	102.3	100	99.3	8.6	90.7
Cote d'Ivoire	July/June	444.2	55.2	499.4	530	587.0	30.3	556.7
Ghana	Oct./Sept.	221.0	97.0	318.0	250	286.3	34.3	252.0
Guinea	Jan./Dec.	320.0	6.2	326.2	260	260.0	3.5	256.5
Liberia	Jan./Dec.	16.5	181.3	197.8	125	135.1	99.7	35.4
Nigeria	July/June	1 070.2	0.0	1 070.2	1 020	1 235.6	0.0	1 235.6
Sierra Leone	Jan./Dec.	117.3	91.1	208.4	245	250.4	100.4	150.0
Togo	Jan./Dec.	107.4	4.7	112.1	138	138.0	3.0	135.0
*Sahelian countries*		*1 411.9*	*210.6*	*1 622.5*	*1 705*	*1 930.0*	*133.6*	*1 796.4*
Burkina Faso	Nov./Oct.	96.2	42.7	138.9	140	150.2	24.5	125.7
Cape Verde	Jan./Dec.	25.6	70.9	96.5	90	66.8	47.2	19.6
Chad	Nov./Oct.	40.0	12.9	52.9	65	76.5	11.9	64.6
Gambia	Nov./Oct.	97.4	4.8	102.2	100	99.5	5.1	94.4
Guinea Bissau	Jan./Dec.	67.1	1.7	68.8	65	59.8	6.1	53.7
Mali	Nov./Oct.	70.4	17.2	87.6	105	115.1	5.4	109.7
Mauritania	Nov./Oct.	193.7	28.1	221.8	240	231.6	17.4	214.2
Niger	Nov./Oct.	149.5	12.8	162.3	200	314.5	4.5	310.0
Senegal	Nov./Oct.	672.0	19.5	691.5	700	816.0	11.5	804.5
Central Africa		573.2	81.8	655.0	740	740.0	31.6	708.4
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	34.0	0.0	34.0
Congo	July/June	85.3	12.1	97.4	108	108.0	9.3	98.7
Eq. Guinea	Jan./Dec.	7.7	3.3	11.0	11	11.0	0.0	11.0
Sao Tome	Jan./Dec.	5.2	7.0	12.2	12	12.0	0.3	11.7
Zaire	Jan./Dec.	163.6	55.8	219.4	250	250.0	17.9	232.1
ASIA		40 237.7	2 104.8	42 342.5	47 928	48 104.7	1 819.1	46 285.6
Afghanistan	July/June	805.6	84.4	890.0	1 270	1 270.0	194.4	1 075.6
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	68.0	35.0	33.0
China 3/	July/June	22 619.1	208.0	22 827.1	26 451	26 451.8	213.8	26 238.0
India	April/March	0.0	263.7	263.7	200	257.2	257.1	0.1
Indonesia	April/March	5 196.2	32.2	5 228.4	6 235	6 239.4	17.5	6 221.9
Jordan	July/June	1 494.2	114.1	1 608.3	1 630	1 599.3	182.4	1 416.9
Laos	Jan./Dec.	27.8	22.2	50.0	132	31.4	16.4	15.0
Maldives	Jan./Dec.	32.4	2.6	35.0	35	35.0	0.0	35.0
Mongolia	Oct./Sept.	125.6	11.4	137.0	270	270.0	0.0	270.0
Nepal	July/June	126.5	5.1	131.6	82	83.3	31.8	51.5
Pakistan 4/	May/April	2 364.7	22.2	2 386.9	2 100	2 098.1	15.0	2 083.1
Philippines	July/June	2 380.7	51.1	2 431.8	3 250	3 463.2	10.7	3 452.5
Sri Lanka	Jan./Dec.	881.2	179.2	1 060.4	1 003	1 044.6	61.6	983.0
Syria	July/June	575.0	57.7	632.7	600	591.4	10.9	580.5
Yemen	Jan./Dec.	1 913.0	27.0	1 940.0	1 970	1 970.0	29.3	1 940.7
CENTRAL AMERICA		2 710.0	392.2	3 102.2	2 241	2 270.1	207.7	2 062.4
Dominican Rep.	Jan./Dec.	1 029.5	2.8	1 032.3	860	890.8	0.0	890.8
Guatemala	July/June	604.0	141.6	745.6	520	509.3	25.2	484.1
Haiti	July/June	284.7	118.2	402.9	381	392.0	81.4	310.6
Honduras	July/June	496.6	96.8	593.4	260	260.0	57.9	202.1
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	891.9	82.1	809.8
Bolivia	July/June	176.7	182.5	359.2	312	311.3	74.6	236.7
Ecuador	Jan./Dec.	510.4	26.7	537.1	580	580.6	7.5	573.1
OCEANIA		273.8	0.0	273.8	315	326.5	0.4	326.1
Kiribati	Jan./Dec.	7.0	0.0	7.0	7	7.0	0.0	7.0
Papua New Guinea	Jan./Dec.	222.8	0.0	222.8	264	275.5	0.4	275.1
Samoa	Jan./Dec.	15.0	0.0	15.0	15	15.0	0.0	15.0
Solomon Isl.	Jan./Dec.	19.0	0.0	19.0	19	19.0	0.0	19.0
Tuvalu	Jan./Dec.	1.0	0.0	1.0	1	1.0	0.0	1.0
Vanuatu	Jan./Dec.	9.0	0.0	9.0	9	9.0	0.0	9.0
EUROPE / CIS 5/ 6/		4 612.7	1 886.3	6 499.0	5 782	5 161.9	1 207.9	3 954.0
Armenia	July/June	15.0	448.0	463.0	425	283.0	222.0	61.0
Albania	July/June	276.7	38.3	315.0	355	349.9	19.9	330.0
Azerbaijan	July/June	429.0	386.0	815.0	660	628.0	187.0	441.0
Georgia	July/June	43.0	662.0	705.0	550	477.0	381.0	96.0
Macedonia , FYR	July/June	194.0	46.0	240.0	240	240.0	0.0	240.0
Kyrgyz Republic	July/June	88.0	120.0	208.0	207	249.0	154.0	95.0
Tajikistan	July/June	341.0	136.0	477.0	530	301.0	139.0	162.0
Turkmenistan	July/June	525.0	50.0	575.0	410	314.0	105.0	209.0
Uzbekistan	July/June	2 701.0	0.0	2 701.0	2 405	2 320.0	0.0	2 320.0
TOTAL		66 264.0	7 812.5	74 076.5	79 724	80 161.7	5 677.7	74 484.0