FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No.2 - April 2000 p. 4

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Table A.2 b) - WORLD IMPORTS OF CEREALS

  Rice (milled) Total Cereals 1/
1998 1999
estim.
2000
f'cast
1997/98 1998/99
estim.
1999/2000
f'cast
  ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
ASIA 17.0 14.1 12.2 120.0 112.3 114.5
Bangladesh 2.5 1.8 1.0 3.3 4.2 2.6
China 2/ 0.2 0.2 0.3 10.1 8.5 9.3
China, Hong Kong SAR 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.8 0.8
Georgia - - - 0.6 0.6 0.6
India - - - 2.5 1.7 1.9
Indonesia 6.0 3.8 2.5 11.3 7.3 6.1
Iran, Islamic Rep. of 0.6 1.0 1.1 6.3 5.7 9.7
Japan 0.5 0.7 0.7 27.4 27.3 27.0
Korea, Rep. of 0.1 0.1 0.1 12.0 12.3 12.3
Malaysia 0.7 0.7 0.7 4.1 4.1 4.2
Pakistan - - - 4.3 2.9 2.5
Philippines 2.1 1.0 0.8 4.5 3.5 3.5
Saudi Arabia 0.8 0.9 0.9 6.8 6.9 6.9
Singapore 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.9
Sri Lanka 0.2 0.1 0.2 1.1 1.1 1.1
Syria 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.8 0.9
Thailand - - - 1.0 0.9 1.0
Uzbekistan - - - 0.9 0.5 0.3
Yemen 0.2 0.2 0.2 2.8 2.3 2.9
AFRICA 4.7 5.4 5.5 39.3 39.2 40.4
North Africa 0.2 0.2 0.2 23.5 23.6 24.0
Algeria - 0.1 0.1 5.7 5.8 6.0
Egypt - - - 10.2 10.9 10.1
Morocco - - - 3.7 3.5 4.4
Tunisia - - - 1.9 1.4 1.4
Sub-Saharan Africa 3/ 4.5 5.1 5.3 15.7 15.5 16.2
Cote d'Ivoire 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.9
Ethiopia - - - 0.3 0.6 0.5
Kenya 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.7 0.8 1.2
Madagascar 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
Senegal 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.9
Sudan - - - 0.6 0.5 0.4
CENTRAL AMERICA 1.4 1.5 1.5 15.7 18.3 18.5
Mexico 0.3 0.4 0.4 9.5 11.3 11.1
SOUTH AMERICA 2.2 1.3 1.1 17.8 20.8 19.8
Brazil 1.5 1.0 0.7 8.2 9.3 8.9
Colombia 0.3 - 0.1 2.7 3.0 2.8
Peru 0.2 0.1 0.2 2.3 2.7 2.3
Venezuela - - 0.1 2.3 2.7 2.6
NORTH AMERICA 0.6 0.6 0.6 7.4 7.3 6.7
EUROPE 1.4 1.8 1.7 16.8 15.5 21.4
EC 4/ 0.7 0.7 0.6 6.7 6.8 6.2
Russian Fed. 0.3 0.6 0.5 4.0 3.3 7.3
OCEANIA 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.8 1.0 0.9
WORLD 27.6 25.1 23.0 217.9 214.4 222.3
Developing countries 24.4 21.2 19.2 158.9 157.0 159.9
Developed countries 3.2 3.8 3.8 59.0 57.4 62.4

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