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ESTIMATED 1997/98 OR 1998 CEREAL IMPORT REQUIREMENTS OF LOW-INCOME FOOD-DEFICIT COUNTRIES 1/ (thousand tons)

Country  Marketing year  1996/97 or 1997  1997/98 or 1998 
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
ASIA
33 353.8 1 905.9 35 259.7 37 160.0 16 673.9 1 366.5 15 307.4
Afghanistan July/June 603.2 106.8 710.0 710.0 120.7 91.9 28.8
Bangladesh July/June 631.8 618.2 1 250.0 1 400.0 455.1 329.2 125.9
Bhutan July/June 25.0 0.0 25.0 26.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cambodia Jan/Dec 38.0 39.1 77.1 75.0 12.0 12.0 0.0
China 3/ July/June 13 393.9 106.1 13 500.0 11 900.0 2 414.8 43.8 2 371.0
India April/March 1 408.4 225.7 1 634.1 1 500.0 1 500.8 400.8 1 100.0
Indonesia April/March 5 886.0 0.0 5 886.0 6 940.0 4 855.8 0.0 4 855.8
Korea, D.P.R. Nov/Oct 683.6 561.4 1 245.0 1 951.0 166.1 166.1 0.0
Laos Jan/Dec 25.9 44.1 70.0 60.0 8.5 8.5 0.0
Maldives Jan/Dec 32.3 2.7 35.0 35.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mongolia Oct/Sept 255.0 5.0 260.0 178.0 12.4 12.4 0.0
Nepal July/June 8.2 4.0 12.2 15.0 15.2 15.2 0.0
Pakistan 4/ May/April 2 483.5 7.6 2 491.1 4 100.0 4 707.0 175.0 4 532.0
Philippines July/June 3 567.1 39.9 3 607.0 3 550.0 2 250.9 15.1 2 235.8
Sri Lanka Jan/Dec 1 112.5 83.0 1 195.5 1 250.0 62.7 62.7 0.0
Syria July/June 643.3 8.4 651.7 900.0 70.9 12.8 58.1
Yemen Jan/Dec 2 556.1 53.9 2 610.0 2 570.0 21.0 21.0 0.0









CENTRAL AMERICA July/June 4 192.3 223.2 4 415.5 4 805.0 878.2 244.2 634.0
Cuba 5/ Jan/Dec 1 443.5 6.5 1 450.0 1 555.0 126.4 4.1 122.3
Dominican Rep. July/June 1 039.4 3.0 1 042.4 1 045.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Guatemala July/June 740.0 39.8 779.8 920.0 264.0 37.9 226.1
Haiti July/June 396.3 108.7 505.0 605.0 223.1 150.7 72.4
Honduras July/June 379.2 32.1 411.3 365.0 200.5 38.4 162.1
Nicaragua July/June 193.9 33.1 227.0 315.0 64.2 13.1 51.1









SOUTH AMERICA July/June 755.5 139.5 895.0 961.0 312.2 209.4 102.8
Bolivia July/June 208.2 124.6 332.8 376.0 295.3 192.5 102.8
Ecuador Jan/Dec 512.7 9.5 522.2 545.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Suriname Jan/Dec 34.6 5.4 40.0 40.0 16.9 16.9 0.0









OCEANIA Jan/Dec 356.2 0.0 356.2 357.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kiribati Jan/Dec 7.0 0.0 7.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Papua New Guinea Jan/Dec 300.4 0.0 300.4 300.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Samoa Jan/Dec 16.8 0.0 16.8 17.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Solomon Isl. Jan/Dec 22.0 0.0 22.0 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 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Vanuatu Jan/Dec 9.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0









EUROPE / CIS 6/ July/June 3 963.9 569.3 4 533.2 4 126.0 1 287.4 661.5 625.9
Armenia July/June 250.0 105.0 355.0 340.0 164.0 146.6 17.4
Albania July/June 433.7 11.3 445.0 500.0 63.3 63.3 0.0
Azerbaijan July/June 455.0 30.0 485.0 435.0 91.6 52.7 38.9
Bosnia&Herzegovina 5/ July/June 57.2 215.0 272.2 275.0 107.8 91.3 16.5
Georgia July/June 408.0 92.0 500.0 400.0 196.2 126.7 69.5
Macedonia, FYR July/June 240.0 0.0 240.0 240.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kyrgyz Republic July/June 108.0 19.0 127.0 116.0 82.9 82.5 0.4
Tajikistan July/June 161.0 97.0 258.0 299.0 104.3 98.4 5.9
Turkmenistan July/June 531.0 0.0 531.0 559.0 35.9 0.0 35.9
Uzbekistan July/June 1 320.0 0.0 1 320.0 962.0 441.4 0.0 441.4









TOTAL
63 144.2 4 767.0 67 911.2 72 503.0 28 560.8 3 827.1 24 733.7

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.
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