FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages No.5, November 1998

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

 

COUNTRY

 

Marketing
year

 1996/97 or 1997 1997/98 or 1998
Actual imports
Import position
Commercial purchases Food aid Total commercial and aid Total import require-ments (excluding re-exports) Total commercial and aid Food aid
allocated committed or shipped 		Commercial purchases
AFRICA 22 228.7 1 852.6 24 081.3 26 040.0 24 700.6 2 044.8 22 643.3
Northern Africa
12 202.7 169.1 12 371.8 13 720.0 13 733.1 64.9 13 668.2
Egypt July/June 9 886.0 167.3 10 053.3 10 200.0 10 213.1 52.4 10 160.7
Morocco July/June 2 316.7 1.8 2 318.5 3 520.0 3 520.0 12.5 3 507.5
Eastern Africa 2 959.0 633.5 3 592.5 4 003.0 4 211.8 1 174.0 3 025.3
Burundi Jan./Dec. 37.0 0.0 37.0 42.0 10.2 8.4 1.8
Comoros Jan./Dec. 38.5 3.1 41.6 46.0 9.9 5.5 4.4
Djibouti Jan./Dec. 66.7 11.7 78.4 66.0 23.9 9.7 14.2
Eritrea Jan./Dec. 235.5 53.5 289.0 280.0 98.1 82.5 3.1
Ethiopia 2/ Jan./Dec. 37.8 201.5 239.3 640.0 765.6 719.2 46.4
Kenya Oct./Sept. 1 771.2 75.3 1 846.5 1 346.0 1 625.1 92.5 1 532.6
Rwanda Jan./Dec. 4.4 231.5 235.9 170.0 174.2 147.1 27.1
Somalia Aug./July 211.9 5.1 217.0 280.0 280.0 10.3 269.7
Sudan Nov./Oct. 493.7 46.3 540.0 532.0 566.5 57.5 509.0
Tanzania June/May 62.3 5.5 67.8 601.0 658.3 41.3 617.0
Southern Africa
1 166.9 423.5 1 590.4 1 981.0 2 001.2 372.7 1 628.5
Angola April/March 294.6 154.4 449.0 531.0 510.5 159.7 350.8
Lesotho April/March 96.1 32.4 128.5 263.0 134.6 7.6 127.0
Madagascar April/March 69.0 17.5 86.5 168.0 194.9 38.1 156.8
Malawi April/March 75.6 98.8 174.4 347.0 113.6 2.6 111.0
Mozambique April/March 154.7 109.4 264.1 212.0 314.8 162.9 151.9
Swaziland May/April 70.6 6.0 76.6 47.0 61.5 0.0 61.5
Zambia May/April 118.0 3.6 121.6 388.0 388.0 1.8 386.2
Zimbabwe April/March 288.3 1.4 289.7 25.0 283.3 0.0 283.3
Western africa
5 241.8 593.0 5 834.8 5 667.0 4 192.3 420.7 3 771.6
Coastal countries 3 365.8 413.4 3 779.2 3 441.0 1 787.4 277.0 1 510.4
Benin Jan./Dec. 112.1 32.0 144.1 120.0 28.6 11.6 17.0
Cote d'Ivoire Jan./Dec. 463.4 51.6 515.0 620.0 205.3 49.4 155.9
Ghana Jan./Dec. 361.3 110.1 471.4 440.0 211.3 52.4 158.9
Guinea Jan./Dec. 371.4 3.4 374.8 410.0 50.2 6.9 43.3
Liberia Jan./Dec. 85.9 129.9 215.8 240.0 93.0 85.0 8.0
Nigeria Jan./Dec. 1 709.6 1.1 1 710.7 1 300.0 1 077.6 0.3 1 077.3
Sierra Leone Jan./Dec. 159.6 78.7 238.3 260.0 71.3 68.0 3.3
Togo Jan./Dec. 102.5 6.6 109.1 51.0 50.1 3.4 46.7
Sahelian countries 1 876.0 179.6 2 055.6 2 226.0 2 404.9 143.7 2 261.2
Burkina faso Nov./Oct. 117.7 15.7 133.4 242.0 205.7 19.8 185.9
Cape Verde Nov./Oct. 50.7 60.9 111.6 95.0 81.0 45.5 35.5
Chad Nov./Oct. 63.0 26.0 89.0 73.0 85.5 21.5 64.0
Gambia Nov./Oct. 97.2 7.3 104.5 110.0 78.1 3.2 74.9
Guinea Bissau Nov./Oct. 80.2 5.4 85.6 66.0 72.1 0.9 71.2
Mali Nov./Oct. 96.6 25.1 121.7 70.0 94.2 9.9 84.3
Mauritania Nov./Oct. 381.7 24.2 405.9 340.0 316.8 14.9 301.9
Niger Nov./Oct. 247.7 12.5 260.2 450.0 607.6 26.1 581.5
Senegal Nov./Oct. 741.2 2.5 743.7 780.0 863.9 1.9 862.0
Central Africa
658.3 33.5 691.8 669.0 562.2 12.5 549.7
Cameroon Jan./Dec. 248.6 1.5 250.1 260.0 260.0 0.0 260.0
Cent.Afr.Rep. Jan./Dec. 38.9 0.1 39.0 39.0 11.8 1.9 9.9
Congo, Dem R Jan./Dec. 244.4 7.1 251.5 255.0 154.1 4.0 150.1
Congo Jan./Dec. 109.6 21.6 131.2 95.0 126.7 1.7 125.0
Eq. Guinea Jan./Dec. 8.9 0.1 9.0 9.0 3.6 0.7 2.9
Sao Tome Jan./Dec. 7.9 3.1 11.0 11.0 6.0 4.2 1.8
ASIA
35 426.6 1 830.6 37 257.2 37 922.0 37 440.6 2 096.0 35 344.6
Afghanistan July/June 639.8 150.2 790.0 700.0 700.0 129.2 570.8
Bangladesh July/June 491.7 618.2 1 109.9 2 600.0 2 600.0 549.4 2 050.6
Bhutan July/June 16.0 0.0 16.0 15.0 15.0 0.0 15.0
Cambodia Jan./Dec. 38.0 34.9 72.9 40.0 77.6 17.5 60.1
China 3/ July/June 13 393.9 106.1 13 500.0 10 300.0 10 347.2 90.1 10 257.1
India April/March 1 829.8 208.0 2 037.8 2 471.0 2 473.3 209.4 2 263.9
Indonesia April/March 7 278.3 0.0 7 278.3 6 860.0 6 857.9 0.0 6 857.9
Korea, D.P.R. 5/ Nov./Oct. 540.8 462.1 1 002.9 1 951.0 1 527.2 724.7 802.5
Laos Jan./Dec. 27.0 43.0 70.0 58.0 19.4 19.4 0.0
Maldives Jan./Dec. 32.3 2.7 35.0 37.0 1.7 0.0 1.7
Mongolia Oct./Sept. 242.8 7.2 250.0 200.0 214.9 30.0 184.9
Nepal July/June 8.2 6.2 14.4 23.0 28.9 4.9 24.0
Pakistan 4/ May/April 3 025.7 7.6 3 033.3 4 321.0 4 321.0 173.1 4 147.9
Philippines July/June 3 441.0 39.9 3 480.9 3 650.0 4 367.8 8.5 4 359.3
Sri Lanka Jan./Dec. 1 113.8 82.7 1 196.5 1 306.0 1 556.6 87.5 1 469.1
Syria July/June 751.8 7.5 759.3 670.0 757.8 21.0 736.8
Yemen Jan./Dec. 2 555.7 54.3 2 610.0 2 720.0 1 574.3 31.3 1 543.0
CENTRAL AMERICA 4 096.9 218.0 4 314.9 4 785.0 4 630.8 203.9 4 426.9
Cuba 5/ July/June 1 443.5 6.5 1 450.0 1 555.0 1 555.0 31.2 1 523.8
Dominican Rep. Jan./Dec. 1 039.4 2.2 1 041.6 1 065.0 784.8 0.9 783.9
Guatemala July/June 744.4 39.1 783.5 920.0 984.7 12.5 972.2
Haiti July/June 325.8 103.9 429.7 535.0 507.1 112.4 394.7
Honduras July/June 369.2 31.6 400.8 365.0 443.8 23.0 420.8
Nicaragua July/June 174.6 34.7 209.3 345.0 355.4 23.9 331.5
SOUTH AMERICA 853.9 155.4 1 009.3 1 108.0 1 104.5 91.4 1 013.1
Bolivia July/June 204.1 138.9 343.0 378.0 389.8 68.0 321.8
Ecuador Jan./Dec. 599.8 16.5 616.3 680.0 664.7 6.5 658.2
Suriname 5/ Jan./Dec. 50.0 0.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 16.9 33.1
OCEANIA
365.1 0.0 365.1 339.0 91.7 8.0 83.7
Kiribati Jan./Dec. 8.0 0.0 8.0 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Papua New Guinea Jan./Dec. 303.3 0.0 303.3 275.0 91.7 8.0 83.7
Samoa Jan./Dec. 15.8 0.0 15.8 17.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Solomon Isl. Jan./Dec. 26.0 0.0 26.0 26.0 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. 11.0 0.0 11.0 11.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
EUROPE / CIS 6/ 3 929.4 552.8 4 482.2 4 092.0 4 034.8 607.7 3 427.1
Armenia July/June 255.0 101.0 356.0 360.0 361.0 153.0 208.0
Albania July/June 352.2 11.8 364.0 368.0 368.0 2.3 365.7
Azerbaijan July/June 452.0 33.0 485.0 435.0 400.0 59.6 340.4
Bosnia & Herzegovina 5/ July/June 57.2 215.0 272.2 275.0 275.4 36.1 239.3
Georgia July/June 539.0 91.0 630.0 505.0 577.0 163.8 413.2
Macedonia, FYR July/June 240.0 0.0 240.0 240.0 240.0 0.0 240.0
Kyrgyz Republic July/June 109.0 19.0 128.0 104.0 127.4 67.8 59.6
Tajikistan July/June 174.0 82.0 256.0 299.0 395.0 125.1 269.9
Turkmenistan July/June 531.0 0.0 531.0 559.0 311.0 0.0 311.0
Uzbekistan July/June 1 220.0 0.0 1 220.0 947.0 980.0 0.0 980.0
TOTAL 66 900.6 4 609.4 71 510.0 74 286.0 72 003.0 5 051.8 66 938.7

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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