FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages No.5, November 1999 - Page 6

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ESTIMATED CEREAL IMPORT REQUIREMENTS OF LOW-INCOME FOOD-DEFICIT COUNTRIES 1/
a) 1998/99 or 1999 estimates (in thousand tonnes)

COUNTRY     Marketing year     1997/98 or 1998 1998/99 or 1999
Actual imports Total import require-ments (excluding re-exports)   Import position
Commercial purchases Food aid Total commercial and aid Total commercial
and aid
Food aid
allocated
committed or
shipped
Commercial
purchases
AFRICA   25 488.7 1 885.5 27 374.2 25 945.0 24 195.4 2 178.4 22 017.0
Northern Africa   13 621.2 64.9 13 686.1 14 216.0 14 219.6 22.9 14 196.7
Egypt July/June 9 933.7 52.4 9 986.1 10 600.0 10 600.0 13.0 10 587.0
Morocco July/June 3 687.5 12.5 3 700.0 3 616.0 3 619.6 9.9 3 609.7
Eastern Africa   3 762.9 998.6 4 761.5 3 042.3 3 042.3 1 234.1 1 808.2
Burundi Jan./Dec. 41.5 0.5 42.0 42.0 5.8 4.4 1.4
Comoros Jan./Dec. 41.8 4.2 46.0 46.0 10.6 4.1 6.5
Djibouti Jan./Dec. 61.7 10.8 72.5 80.0 74.9 2.0 72.9
Eritrea Jan./Dec. 223.7 103.3 327.0 109.0 24.4 20.3 4.1
Ethiopia 2/ Jan./Dec. 61.8 546.1 607.9 625.0 591.9 564.6 27.3
Kenya Oct./Sept. 1 874.7 76.0 1 950.7 790.0 790.0 95.8 694.2
Rwanda Jan./Dec. 58.1 141.8 199.9 200.0 205.7 203.5 2.2
Somalia Aug./July 265.1 16.6 281.7 296.0 274.9 51.9 223.0
Sudan Nov./Oct. 509.0 63.3 572.3 583.0 614.1 216.5 397.6
Tanzania June/May 625.5 36.0 661.5 450.0 450.0 71.0 379.0
Southern Africa   1 349.4 373.3 1 722.7 1 736.0 1 765.2 412.6 1 352.6
Angola April/March 350.8 157.3 508.1 515.0 523.5 140.0 383.5
Lesotho April/March 127.0 7.8 134.8 158.0 157.8 8.4 149.4
Madagascar April/March 176.2 38.0 214.2 134.0 134.2 18.5 115.7
Malawi April/March 113.0 3.6 116.6 202.0 200.1 34.1 166.0
Mozambique April/March 151.9 164.8 316.7 271.0 279.4 173.4 106.0
Swaziland May/April 61.5 0.0 61.5 63.0 75.0 0.0 75.0
Zambia May/April 369.0 1.8 370.8 393.0 395.2 38.2 357.0
Western africa   6 077.7 436.3 6 514.0 6 058.0 4 892.0 491.0 4 401.0
Coastal countries   3 801.3 287.8 4 089.1 4 145.0 3 047.0 260.7 2 786.3
Benin Jan./Dec. 110.8 10.2 121.0 125.0 52.6 18.0 34.6
Cote d'Ivoire Jan./Dec. 603.3 22.6 625.9 640.0 450.5 18.0 432.5
Ghana Jan./Dec. 419.4 51.8 471.2 475.0 307.1 102.3 204.8
Guinea Jan./Dec. 403.1 6.9 410.0 385.0 77.9 18.1 59.8
Liberia Jan./Dec. 94.6 105.3 199.9 155.0 117.6 78.9 38.7
Nigeria Jan./Dec. 1 844.7 0.0 1 844.7 2 000.0 1 954.3 0.3 1 954.0
Sierra Leone Jan./Dec. 206.2 87.6 293.8 290.0 30.2 25.1 5.1
Togo Jan./Dec. 119.2 3.4 122.6 75.0 56.8 0.0 56.8
Sahelian countries   2 276.4 148.5 2 424.9 1 913.0 1 845.0 230.3 1 614.7
Burkina faso Nov./Oct. 195.2 20.5 215.7 150.0 141.3 69.6 71.7
Cape Verde Nov./Oct. 35.5 45.5 81.0 95.0 90.3 60.1 30.2
Chad Nov./Oct. 64.0 21.5 85.5 72.0 81.5 17.5 64.0
Gambia Nov./Oct. 116.1 5.5 121.6 124.0 134.7 11.4 123.3
Guinea Bissau Nov./Oct. 103.4 0.9 104.3 92.0 65.5 11.1 54.5
Mali Nov./Oct. 84.3 9.9 94.2 80.0 116.3 0.0 116.3
Mauritania Nov./Oct. 303.1 17.3 320.4 295.0 240.2 27.7 212.5
Niger Nov./Oct. 478.6 25.5 504.1 200.0 326.4 19.6 306.8
Senegal Nov./Oct. 896.2 1.9 898.1 805.0 648.8 13.4 635.4
Central Africa   677.5 12.4 689.9 714.0 276.3 17.8 258.5
Cameroon Jan./Dec. 257.5 2.5 260.0 280.0 113.0 2.6 110.4
Cent.Afr.Rep. Jan./Dec. 37.1 1.9 39.0 34.0 6.7 0.0 6.7
Congo, Dem.Rep. Jan./Dec. 247.8 2.2 250.0 250.0 101.5 11.6 89.9
Congo, Rep. Jan./Dec. 119.2 1.7 120.9 130.0 51.1 3.2 47.9
Eq. Guinea Jan./Dec. 8.3 0.7 9.0 9.0 3.6 0.0 3.6
Sao Tome Jan./Dec. 7.6 3.4 11.0 11.0 0.4 0.4 0.0
ASIA   39 360.9 3 115.3 42 476.2 38 276.0 37 001.9 4 031.5 32 970.4
Afghanistan July/June 562.0 138.0 700.0 740.0 743.3 73.8 669.5
Armenia July/June 279.0 154.0 433.0 367.0 367.0 15.0 352.0
Azerbaijan July/June 370.0 60.0 430.0 594.0 594.0 21.0 573.0
Bangladesh July/June 2 698.3 549.4 3 247.7 4 100.0 4 100.0 1 566.8 2 533.2
Bhutan July/June 15.0 0.0 15.0 20.0 20.0 0.0 20.0
Cambodia Jan./Dec. 43.5 16.5 60.0 60.0 12.7 12.7 0.0
China 3/ July/June 10 109.9 90.1 10 200.0 8 800.0 8 800.0 259.8 8 540.2
Georgia July/June 447.0 160.0 607.0 605.0 605.0 97.0 508.0
India April/March 2 263.9 208.4 2 472.3 1 600.0 1 675.3 247.9 1 427.4
Indonesia April/March 6 857.9 0.0 6 857.9 6 900.0 6 900.0 716.1 6 183.9
Korea, D.P.R. Nov./Oct. 578.6 1 196.6 1 775.2 1 856.0 1 856.0 575.8 1 280.2
Kyrgyz Republic July/June 59.0 72.0 131.0 120.0 120.0 5.0 115.0
Laos Jan./Dec. 60.7 4.3 65.0 67.0 8.0 8.0 0.0
Maldives Jan./Dec. 34.3 2.7 37.0 35.0 3.0 0.0 3.0
Mongolia Oct./Sept. 170.0 30.0 200.0 193.0 193.0 45.3 147.7
Nepal July/June 24.0 4.9 28.9 75.0 75.0 24.7 50.3
Pakistan 4/ May/April 4 147.9 173.1 4 321.0 2 921.0 2 921.4 15.0 2 906.4
Philippines July/June 4 600.0 8.5 4 608.5 3 700.0 3 689.5 2.5 3 687.0
Sri Lanka Jan./Dec. 999.0 81.5 1 080.5 1 118.0 1 394.2 116.7 1 277.5
Syria July/June 916.2 21.0 937.2 750.0 750.0 17.5 732.5
Tajikistan July/June 280.0 128.0 408.0 396.0 396.0 42.0 354.0
Turkmenistan July/June 204.0 0.0 204.0 75.0 75.0 0.0 75.0
Uzbekistan July/June 937.0 0.0 937.0 514.0 514.0 0.0 514.0
Yemen Jan./Dec. 2 703.7 16.3 2 720.0 2 670.0 1 189.5 168.9 1 020.6
CENTRAL AMERICA   3 450.3 285.1 3 735.4 3 713.0 3 741.3 324.0 3 417.3
Cuba 5/ July/June 1 521.2 104.6 1 625.8 1 625.0 1 460.8 10.9 1 449.9
Guatemala July/June 972.1 12.5 984.6 930.0 986.0 33.7 952.3
Haiti July/June 420.0 115.0 535.0 480.0 495.7 122.7 373.0
Honduras July/June 370.8 23.0 393.8 500.0 532.7 45.3 487.4
Nicaragua July/June 166.2 30.0 196.2 178.0 266.1 111.4 154.7
SOUTH AMERICA   1 343.4 74.5 1 417.9 1 375.0 837.7 175.6 662.1
Bolivia July/June 321.8 68.0 389.8 501.0 364.5 155.5 209.0
Ecuador Jan./Dec. 1 021.6 6.5 1 028.1 874.0 473.2 20.1 453.1
OCEANIA   338.4 8.0 346.4 326.0 80.2 8.6 71.6
Kiribati Jan./Dec. 8.0 0.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 0.0 8.0
Papua New Guinea Jan./Dec. 275.4 8.0 283.4 263.0 17.2 8.6 8.6
Samoa Jan./Dec. 17.0 0.0 17.0 17.0 17.0 0.0 17.0
Solomon Isl. Jan./Dec. 26.0 0.0 26.0 26.0 26.0 0.0 26.0
Tuvalu Jan./Dec. 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.0
Vanuatu Jan./Dec. 11.0 0.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 0.0 11.0
EUROPE   660.6 38.4 699.0 763.0 764.4 127.7 636.7
Albania July/June 336.7 2.3 339.0 388.0 388.0 25.9 362.1
Bosnia&Herzegovina July/June 213.9 36.1 250.0 290.0 291.4 91.8 199.6
Macedonia, FYR July/June 110.0 0.0 110.0 85.0 85.0 10.0 75.0
TOTAL   70 642.3 5 406.8 76 049.1 70 398.0 66 620.9 6 845.8 59 775.1

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.$ 1505 in 1997), 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.


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