| Country | Marketing year | 1995/96 or 1996 | 1996/97 or 1997 | |||||
| Actual imports | Total | Import position | ||||||
| Commercial purchases | Food aid | Total commercial and aid | Import requirements (excluding re-exports) | Total commercial and aid | Food aid allocated, comitted or shipped | Commercial purchases | ||
| AFRICA | 21 388.2 | 2 531.3 | 23 919.5 | 19 733.0 | 16 809.2 | 1 903.7 | 14 905.5 | |
| Northern Africa | 12 735.8 | 205.9 | 12 941.7 | 10 291.0 | 11 526.1 | 156.6 | 11 369.5 | |
| Egypt | July/June | 8 981.3 | 204.4 | 9 185.7 | 9 010.0 | 9 522.6 | 154.8 | 9 367.8 |
| Morocco | July/June | 3 754.5 | 1.5 | 3 756.0 | 1 281.0 | 2 003.5 | 1.8 | 2 001.7 |
| Eastern Africa | 1 533.2 | 911.6 | 2 444.8 | 2 470.0 | 1 452.5 | 597.0 | 855.5 | |
| Burundi | Jan./Dec. | 53.0 | 2.6 | 55.6 | 20.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
| Comoros | Jan./Dec. | 43.4 | 0.6 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 2.4 |
| Djibouti | Jan./Dec. | 45.1 | 12.1 | 57.2 | 80.0 | 16.6 | 14.0 | 2.6 |
| Eritrea | Jan./Dec. | 110.0 | 61.5 | 171.5 | 289.0 | 29.3 | 29.3 | 0.0 |
| Ethiopia 2/ | Jan./Dec. | 0.0 | 377.4 | 377.4 | - | 218.7 | 218.7 | 0.0 |
| Kenya | Oct./Sept. | 673.6 | 36.1 | 709.7 | 1 200.0 | 561.2 | 92.7 | 468.5 |
| Rwanda | Jan./Dec. | 8.4 | 347.0 | 355.4 | 61.0 | 155.2 | 155.1 | 0.1 |
| Somalia | Sept./Aug. | 153.0 | 12.3 | 165.3 | 256.0 | 70.3 | 21.9 | 48.4 |
| Sudan | Nov./Oct. | 399.2 | 39.7 | 438.9 | 385.0 | 266.0 | 46.0 | 220.0 |
| Tanzania | June/May | 47.5 | 22.3 | 69.8 | 135.0 | 121.8 | 8.3 | 113.5 |
| Southern Africa | 1 375.2 | 872.5 | 2 247.7 | 1 275.0 | 1 269.0 | 504.7 | 764.3 | |
| Angola | April/March | 255.0 | 227.8 | 482.8 | 442.0 | 359.0 | 191.2 | 167.8 |
| Lesotho | April/March | 220.4 | 29.6 | 250.0 | 144.0 | 127.4 | 33.9 | 93.5 |
| Madagascar | April/March | 123.4 | 27.6 | 151.0 | 141.0 | 141.5 | 18.8 | 122.7 |
| Malawi | April/March | 7.9 | 222.0 | 229.9 | 95.0 | 80.6 | 20.6 | 60.0 |
| Mozambique | April/March | 132.8 | 301.8 | 434.6 | 300.0 | 282.9 | 229.3 | 53.6 |
| Swaziland | May/April | 71.3 | 6.0 | 77.3 | 38.0 | 57.9 | 6.0 | 51.9 |
| Zambia | May/April | 254.1 | 57.7 | 311.8 | 50.0 | 67.2 | 4.9 | 62.3 |
| Zimbabwe | April/March | 310.3 | 0.0 | 310.3 | 65.0 | 152.5 | 0.0 | 152.5 |
| Western africa | 5 070.5 | 515.8 | 5 586.3 | 5 014.0 | 2 093.0 | 613.8 | 1 479.2 | |
| Coastal countries | 3 255.0 | 369.2 | 3 624.2 | 3 215.0 | 1 519.2 | 388.9 | 1 130.3 | |
| Benin | Jan./Dec. | 117.0 | 8.7 | 125.7 | 115.0 | 41.8 | 22.3 | 19.5 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | Jan./Dec. | 539.6 | 47.4 | 587.0 | 505.0 | 59.8 | 29.1 | 30.7 |
| Ghana | Jan./Dec. | 324.7 | 39.9 | 364.6 | 387.0 | 91.6 | 55.1 | 36.5 |
| Guinea | Jan./Dec. | 345.7 | 9.0 | 354.7 | 375.0 | 30.4 | 5.4 | 25.0 |
| Liberia | Jan./Dec. | 34.0 | 143.0 | 177.0 | 235.0 | 192.9 | 177.7 | 15.2 |
| Nigeria | Jan./Dec. | 1 614.5 | 0.0 | 1 614.5 | 1 250.0 | 936.3 | 0.3 | 936.0 |
| Sierra Leone | Jan./Dec. | 142.7 | 117.0 | 259.7 | 260.0 | 98.1 | 92.4 | 5.7 |
| Togo | Jan./Dec. | 136.8 | 4.2 | 141.0 | 88.0 | 68.3 | 6.6 | 61.7 |
| Sahelian countries | 1 815.5 | 146.6 | 1 962.1 | 1 799.0 | 573.8 | 224.9 | 348.9 | |
| Burkina Faso | Nov./Oct. | 127.2 | 25.8 | 153.0 | 123.0 | 39.1 | 27.1 | 12.0 |
| Cape Verde | Nov./Oct. | 26.4 | 46.2 | 72.6 | 90.0 | 61.3 | 61.3 | 0.0 |
| Chad | Nov./Oct. | 64.6 | 15.4 | 80.0 | 116.0 | 41.3 | 41.3 | 0.0 |
| Gambia | Nov./Oct. | 94.4 | 3.7 | 98.1 | 110.0 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 0.0 |
| Guinea Bissau | Nov./Oct. | 53.7 | 6.1 | 59.8 | 60.0 | 19.6 | 2.7 | 16.9 |
| Mali | Nov./Oct. | 109.7 | 5.4 | 115.1 | 100.0 | 15.8 | 15.8 | 0.0 |
| Mauritania | Nov./Oct. | 214.2 | 27.3 | 241.5 | 300.0 | 169.1 | 35.5 | 133.6 |
| Niger | Nov./Oct. | 310.0 | 5.5 | 315.5 | 250.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 0.0 |
| Senegal | Nov./Oct. | 815.3 | 11.2 | 826.5 | 650.0 | 196.3 | 9.9 | 186.4 |
| Central Africa | 673.5 | 25.5 | 699.0 | 683.0 | 468.6 | 31.6 | 437.0 | |
| Cameroon | July/June | 250.9 | 4.1 | 255.0 | 260.0 | 260.0 | 1.2 | 258.8 |
| Cent.Afr.Rep. | Jan./Dec. | 34.0 | 0.0 | 34.0 | 39.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| Congo | July/June | 113.7 | 9.3 | 123.0 | 123.0 | 123.0 | 13.4 | 109.6 |
| Congo, Dem R | Jan./Dec. | 252.0 | 8.0 | 260.0 | 240.0 | 78.8 | 10.2 | 68.6 |
| Eq. Guinea | Jan./Dec. | 16.5 | 0.5 | 17.0 | 10.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.0 |
| Sao Tome | Jan./Dec. | 6.4 | 3.6 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
| ASIA | 45 763.5 | 2 240.3 | 48 003.8 | 35 730.0 | 31 595.6 | 1 723.5 | 29 872.1 | |
| Afghanistan | July/June | 1 083.3 | 186.7 | 1 270.0 | 710.0 | 710.0 | 139.5 | 570.5 |
| Bangladesh | July/June | 1 706.8 | 743.2 | 2 450.0 | 1 250.0 | 1 250.0 | 618.3 | 631.7 |
| Bhutan | July/June | 0.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 0.4 | 24.6 |
| Cambodia | Jan./Dec. | 41.1 | 32.2 | 73.3 | 86.0 | 27.8 | 20.7 | 7.1 |
| China 3/ | July/June | 26 686.2 | 213.8 | 26 900.0 | 12 900.0 | 12 900.0 | 60.0 | 12 840.0 |
| India | April/March | 0.1 | 248.0 | 248.1 | 1 900.0 | 1 900.0 | 242.3 | 1 657.7 |
| Indonesia | April/March | 6 346.1 | 17.5 | 6 363.6 | 6 140.0 | 6 136.3 | 0.0 | 6 136.3 |
| Korea D.P.R. 5/ | Nov./Oct. | 53.4 | 571.6 | 625.0 | 1 934.0 | 753.0 | 323.0 | 430.0 |
| Laos | Jan./Dec. | 8.6 | 16.9 | 25.5 | 179.0 | 45.2 | 44.9 | 0.3 |
| Maldives | Jan./Dec. | 31.5 | 3.5 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 0.2 |
| Mongolia | Oct./Sept. | 264.7 | 5.3 | 270.0 | 238.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.0 |
| Nepal | July/June | 76.1 | 30.9 | 107.0 | 5.0 | 18.2 | 10.1 | 8.1 |
| Pakistan 4/ | May/April | 2 083.1 | 15.0 | 2 098.1 | 2 900.0 | 2 900.0 | 42.3 | 2 857.7 |
| Philippines | July/June | 3 712.7 | 18.4 | 3 731.1 | 3 450.0 | 3 450.0 | 39.7 | 3 410.3 |
| Sri Lanka | Jan./Dec. | 1 154.2 | 64.9 | 1 219.1 | 1 448.0 | 437.5 | 80.3 | 357.2 |
| Syria | July/June | 581.9 | 10.1 | 592.0 | 580.0 | 580.0 | 13.3 | 566.7 |
| Yemen | Jan./Dec. | 1 933.7 | 37.3 | 1 971.0 | 1 950.0 | 446.7 | 73.0 | 373.7 |
| CENTRAL AMERICA | 3 090.3 | 243.1 | 3 333.4 | 3 425.0 | 3 027.4 | 219.7 | 2 807.7 | |
| Cuba 5/ | July/June | 883.0 | 28.2 | 911.2 | 900.0 | 900.0 | 10.6 | 889.4 |
| Dominican Rep. | Jan./Dec. | 937.3 | 0.7 | 938.0 | 995.0 | 431.2 | 1.4 | 429.8 |
| Guatemala | July/June | 547.7 | 28.2 | 575.9 | 605.0 | 605.0 | 28.9 | 576.1 |
| Haiti | July/June | 336.1 | 92.0 | 428.1 | 505.0 | 505.0 | 106.4 | 398.6 |
| Honduras | July/June | 211.4 | 51.3 | 262.7 | 285.0 | 369.2 | 41.2 | 328.0 |
| Nicaragua | July/June | 174.8 | 42.7 | 217.5 | 135.0 | 217.0 | 31.2 | 185.8 |
| SOUTH AMERICA | 730.0 | 108.7 | 838.7 | 976.0 | 737.1 | 119.8 | 617.3 | |
| Bolivia | July/June | 142.7 | 89.4 | 232.1 | 331.0 | 332.7 | 104.3 | 228.4 |
| Ecuador | Jan./Dec. | 564.7 | 1.9 | 566.6 | 605.0 | 364.4 | 7.5 | 356.9 |
| Suriname | July/June | 22.6 | 17.4 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 8.0 | 32.0 |
| OCEANIA | 359.0 | 0.4 | 359.4 | 308.0 | 46.8 | 0.0 | 46.8 | |
| Kiribati | Jan./Dec. | 8.8 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Papua New Guinea | Jan./Dec. | 287.4 | 0.4 | 287.8 | 253.0 | 38.0 | 0.0 | 38.0 |
| Samoa | Jan./Dec. | 17.0 | 0.0 | 17.0 | 15.0 | 8.8 | 0.0 | 8.8 |
| Solomon Isl. | Jan./Dec. | 31.0 | 0.0 | 31.0 | 22.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Tokelau 5/ | Jan./Dec. | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 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. | 13.5 | 0.0 | 13.5 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| EUROPE / CIS 6/ | 3 579.0 | 1 488.9 | 5 067.9 | 4 494.0 | 4 494.0 | 577.7 | 3 916.3 | |
| Armenia | July/June | 56.0 | 260.0 | 316.0 | 330.0 | 330.0 | 110.0 | 220.0 |
| Albania | July/June | 330.0 | 22.9 | 352.9 | 445.0 | 445.0 | 12.7 | 432.3 |
| Azerbaijan | July/June | 403.0 | 175.0 | 578.0 | 535.0 | 535.0 | 39.0 | 496.0 |
| Bosnia&Herzegovina 5/ | July/June | 15.0 | 220.0 | 235.0 | 230.0 | 230.0 | 215.0 | 15.0 |
| Georgia | July/June | 193.0 | 391.0 | 584.0 | 503.0 | 503.0 | 92.0 | 411.0 |
| Macedonia , FYR | July/June | 240.0 | 0.0 | 240.0 | 240.0 | 240.0 | 0.0 | 240.0 |
| Kyrgyz Republic | July/June | 93.0 | 154.0 | 247.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 10.0 | 26.0 |
| Tajikistan | July/June | 263.0 | 160.0 | 423.0 | 270.0 | 270.0 | 99.0 | 171.0 |
| Turkmenistan | July/June | 281.0 | 106.0 | 387.0 | 515.0 | 515.0 | 0.0 | 515.0 |
| Uzbekistan | July/June | 1 705.0 | 0.0 | 1 705.0 | 1 390.0 | 1 390.0 | 0.0 | 1 390.0 |
| TOTAL | 74 910.0 | 6 612.7 | 81 522.7 | 64 666.0 | 56 710.1 | 4 544.4 | 52 165.7 | |
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.$ 1465 in 1995), which is in accordance with the guidelines
and criteria agreed to by the CFA should be given priority in the allocation
of food aid. The status of Iran still to be determined.
2/ Includes refugee needs.
3/ Includes import requirements of Taiwan Province.
4/ Excludes Afghan refugee requirements.
5/ Classified as LIFD countries as of January 1996.
6/ Data for CIS members includes intratrade between the
Republics.
7/ Provisional estimate.