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ESTIMATED 1996/97 OR 1997 CEREAL IMPORT REQUIREMENTS OF LOW-INCOME FOOD-DEFICIT COUNTRIES 1/(thousand tons)

1995/96 or 1996
1996/97 or 1997
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

ASIA


47 444.4

1 847.5

49 291.9

38 158.0

25 772.7

1 504.1

24 268.6

Afghanistan

July/June

1 075.6

194.4

1 270.0

1 460.0

159.2

149.0

10.2

Bangladesh

July/June

1 856.8

743.2

2 600.0

1 750.0

672.8

371.3

301.5

Bhutan

July/June

0.0

32.0

32.0

32.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Cambodia

Jan./Dec.

38.3

35.0

73.3

86.0

14.8

14.8

0.0

China 3/

July/June

26 586.2

213.8

26 800.0

14 200.0

11 979.0

60.0

11 919.0

India

April/March

0.1

257.1

257.2

2 100.0

2 206.0

456.0

1 750.0

Indonesia

April/March

6 346.1

17.5

6 363.6

6 575.0

3 676.8

0.0

3 676.8

Jordan

July/June

1 421.4

182.4

1 603.8

1 435.0

1 617.6

199.4

1 418.2

Laos

Jan./Dec.

8.6

16.4

25.0

179.0

4.8

4.8

0.0

Maldives

Jan./Dec.

35.0

0.0

35.0

35.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Mongolia

Oct./Sept.

270.0

0.0

270.0

238.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Nepal

July/June

56.9

33.2

90.1

82.0

11.2

6.1

5.1

Pakistan 4/

May/April

2 083.1

15.0

2 098.1

2 400.0

2 072.9

47.0

2 025.9

Philippines

July/June

3 882.2

10.7

3 892.9

3 500.0

2 628.8

55.6

2 573.2

Sri Lanka

Jan./Dec.

1 279.1

56.6

1 335.7

1 450.0

234.5

62.5

172.0

Syria

July/June

564.3

10.9

575.2

616.0

298.2

2.3

295.9

Yemen

Jan./Dec.

1 940.7

29.3

1 970.0

2 020.0

196.1

75.3

120.8

CENTRAL AMERICA


2 092.8

211.8

2 304.6

1 995.0

1 324.5

225.6

1 098.9

Dominican Rep.

Jan./Dec.

890.9

0.0

890.9

815.0

252.1

2.1

250.0

Guatemala

July/June

484.1

25.2

509.3

460.0

470.1

24.0

446.1

Haiti

July/June

341.2

85.5

426.7

300.0

197.8

130.0

67.8

Honduras

July/June

201.8

57.9

259.7

285.0

279.1

39.0

240.1

Nicaragua

July/June

174.8

43.2

218.0

135.0

125.4

30.5

94.9

SOUTH AMERICA


809.8

82.1

891.9

926.0

392.0

148.7

243.3

Bolivia

July/June

236.7

74.6

311.3

301.0

283.1

143.1

140.0

Ecuador

Jan./Dec.

573.1

7.5

580.6

625.0

108.9

5.6

103.3

OCEANIA


318.9

0.4

319.3

304.0

36.3

0.0

36.3

Kiribati

Jan./Dec.

8.8

0.0

8.8

7.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Papua New Guinea

Jan./Dec.

264.4

0.4

264.8

253.0

27.5

0.0

27.5

Samoa

Jan./Dec.

15.0

0.0

15.0

15.0

8.8

0.0

8.8

Solomon Isl.

Jan./Dec.

19.0

0.0

19.0

19.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Tuvalu

Jan./Dec.

1.3

0.0

1.3

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Vanuatu

Jan./Dec.

10.4

0.0

10.4

9.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

EUROPE / CIS 5/ 6/


3 337.0

1 186.9

4 523.9

4 086.0

1 720.5

365.0

1 355.5

Armenia

July/June

75.0

200.0

275.0

310.0

200.0

137.0

63.0

Albania

July/June

330.0

19.9

349.9

495.0

119.5

64.0

55.5

Azerbaijan

July/June

346.0

187.0

533.0

490.0

146.0

11.0

135.0

Georgia

July/June

96.0

381.0

477.0

303.0

165.0

65.0

100.0

Macedonia , FYR

July/June

240.0

0.0

240.0

240.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Kyrgyz Republic

July/June

94.0

154.0

248.0

15.0

10.0

8.0

2.0

Tajikistan

July/June

263.0

139.0

402.0

368.0

180.0

80.0

100.0

Turkmenistan

July/June

181.0

106.0

287.0

510.0

200.0

0.0

200.0

Uzbekistan

July/June

1 712.0

0.0

1 712.0

1 355.0

700.0

0.0

700.0

TOTAL


75 379.2

5 710.1

81 089.3

64 461.0

42 319.2

3 838.5

38 480.7

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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