FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages No.1, February 1999 - Page 7

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ESTIMATED 1998/99 OR 1999 CEREAL IMPORT REQUIREMENTS OF LOW-INCOME FOOD-DEFICIT COUNTRIES 1/ (thousand tons)

COUNTRY     1997/98 or 1998   1998/99 or 1999
Actual imports   Total import requirements (excluding re-exports)   Import position
Commercial purchases Food aid Total commercial Total commercial and aid Food aid allocated committed or shipped Commercial purchases
ASIA 38 047.0 2 094.1 40 141.1 39 673.0 21 556.7 3 809.1 17 747.6
Afghanistan 562.0 138.0 700.0 740.0 28.7 20.7 8.0
Bangladesh 2 698.3 549.4 3 247.7 3 500.0 3 707.6 1 369.4 2 338.2
Bhutan 15.0 0.0 15.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cambodia 43.5 16.5 60.0 60.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
China 3/ 10 810.0 90.1 10 900.1 12 680.0 4 376.2 206.5 4 169.7
India 2 263.9 208.4 2 472.3 1 511.0 1 676.2 385.8 1 290.4
Indonesia 6 857.9 0.0 6 857.9 8 185.0 5 990.3 1 270.0 4 720.3
Korea, D.P.R. 5/ 955.5 749.4 1 704.9 1 800.0 79.5 79.5 0.0
Laos 53.7 4.3 58.0 60.0 15.5 15.5 0.0
Maldives 32.3 2.7 35.0 37.0 1.7 0.0 1.7
Mongolia 170.0 30.0 200.0 200.0 60.0 60.0 0.0
Nepal 24.0 4.9 28.9 99.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Pakistan 4/ 4 147.9 173.1 4 321.0 2 221.0 2 161.8 365.2 1 796.6
Philippines 4 599.7 8.5 4 608.2 3 700.0 2 859.4 2.5 2 856.9
Sri Lanka 1 222.8 81.5 1 304.3 1 200.0 201.5 1.5 200.0
Syria 886.8 21.0 907.8 790.0 116.9 11.1 105.8
Yemen 2 703.7 16.3 2 720.0 2 870.0 280.4 20.4 260.0
CENTRAL AMERICA 4 373.2 208.7 4 581.9 4 758.0 858.2 376.5 481.7
Cuba 5/ 1 523.8 31.2 1 555.0 1 625.0 139.5 0.0 139.5
Dominican Rep. 928.2 0.1 928.3 990.0 155.8 133.0 22.8
Guatemala 972.2 12.5 984.7 935.0 181.8 55.5 126.3
Haiti 412.2 112.4 524.6 480.0 140.4 105.6 34.8
Honduras 370.8 23.0 393.8 550.0 136.2 28.5 107.7
Nicaragua 166.0 29.5 195.5 178.0 104.5 53.9 50.6
SOUTH AMERICA 1 386.1 74.5 1 460.6 1 126.0 159.2 144.3 14.9
Bolivia 321.8 68.0 389.8 501.0 144.3 144.3 0.0
Ecuador 1 014.3 6.5 1 020.8 575.0 14.9 0.0 14.9
Suriname 5/ 50.0 0.0 50.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
OCEANIA 330.0 8.0 338.0 339.0 8.0 8.0 0.0
Kiribati 8.0 0.0 8.0 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Papua New Guinea 267.0 8.0 275.0 275.0 8.0 8.0 0.0
Samoa 17.0 0.0 17.0 17.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Solomon Isl. 26.0 0.0 26.0 26.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tokelau 5/ 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tuvalu 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Vanuatu 11.0 0.0 11.0 11.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
EUROPE / CIS 6/ 3 203.9 608.5 3 812.4 3 447.0 1 298.3 429.3 869.0
Armenia 208.0 153.0 361.0 338.0 63.0 50.0 13.0
Albania 365.7 2.3 368.0 368.0 32.0 32.0 0.0
Azerbaijan 364.0 60.0 424.0 520.0 249.0 19.0 230.0
Bosnia&Herzegovina 5/ 214.3 36.1 250.4 275.0 89.3 89.3 0.0
Georgia 425.0 164.0 589.0 606.0 208.0 129.0 79.0
Macedonia, FYR 240.0 0.0 240.0 240.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kyrgyz Republic 59.0 68.0 127.0 145.0 116.0 58.0 58.0
Tajikistan 269.9 125.1 395.0 360.0 203.0 52.0 151.0
Turkmenistan 223.0 0.0 223.0 70.0 41.0 0.0 41.0
Uzbekistan 835.0 0.0 835.0 525.0 297.0 0.0 297.0
TOTAL 72 512.2 4 920.0 77 428.2 74 521.0 33 476.8 6 202.1 27 274.7

 

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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