FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages No.2, April 2000 - Page 4

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ESTIMATED CEREAL IMPORT REQUIREMENTS OF LOW-INCOME FOOD-DEFICIT COUNTRIES 1/
a) 1999/2000 or 2000 estimates (in thousand tonnes)

COUNTRY     Marketing
year
1998/99 or 1999 1999/2000 or 2000
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   24 789.4 2 341.4 27 130.8 27 436.0 10 467.9 1 309.3 9 158.6
Northern Africa   14 400.4 23.0 14 423.4 14 535.0 7 975.0 46.6 7 928.4
Egypt July/June 10 883.0 13.0 10 896.0 10 120.0 6 187.5 46.6 6 140.9
Morocco July/June 3 517.4 10.0 3 527.4 4 415.0 1 787.5 0.0 1 787.5
Eastern Africa   2 168.4 1 449.9 3 618.3 4 729.0 1 039.7 744.9 294.8
Burundi Jan./Dec. 38.2 4.5 42.7 65.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Comoros Jan./Dec. 45.8 0.2 46.0 46.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Djibouti Jan./Dec. 120.8 13.2 134.0 105.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Eritrea Jan./Dec. 87.2 23.8 111.0 290.0 46.6 46.6 0.0
Ethiopia 2/ Jan./Dec. 21.3 705.8 727.1 840.0 529.4 529.4 0.0
Kenya Oct./Sept. 713.8 146.7 860.5 1 590.0 178.1 31.5 146.6
Rwanda Jan./Dec. 35.3 213.3 248.6 210.0 22.3 22.3 0.0
Somalia Aug./July 276.8 42.5 319.3 310.0 60.9 49.3 11.6
Sudan Nov./Oct. 414.1 226.4 640.5 823.0 55.8 55.8 0.0
Tanzania June/May 415.1 73.5 488.6 450.0 145.6 9.0 136.6
Southern Africa   1 332.4 438.4 1 770.8 1 825.0 703.1 252.0 451.1
Angola April/March 366.1 139.0 505.1 505.0 168.7 116.1 52.6
Lesotho April/March 149.4 14.5 163.9 203.0 103.8 3.0 100.8
Madagascar April/March 124.1 18.6 142.7 170.0 61.0 5.8 55.2
Malawi April/March 156.1 44.9 201.0 116.0 116.0 58.1 57.9
Mozambique April/March 104.0 191.1 295.1 325.0 188.5 63.8 124.7
Swaziland May/April 75.0 0.0 75.0 72.0 57.6 0.0 57.6
Zambia May/April 357.7 30.3 388.0 434.0 7.5 5.2 2.3
Western africa   6 276.8 393.9 6 670.7 5 629.0 711.2 251.4 459.8
Coastal countries   4 560.3 180.2 4 740.5 3 804.0 544.9 137.7 407.2
Benin Jan./Dec. 116.0 9.0 125.0 115.0 9.1 9.1 0.0
Cote d'Ivoire Jan./Dec. 750.6 37.1 787.7 655.0 34.1 2.6 31.5
Ghana Jan./Dec. 451.7 23.3 475.0 485.0 87.4 34.8 52.6
Guinea Jan./Dec. 333.7 24.3 358.0 350.0 6.8 0.0 6.8
Liberia Jan./Dec. 137.9 57.4 195.3 200.0 67.4 67.4 0.0
Nigeria Jan./Dec. 2 382.0 0.0 2 382.0 1 600.0 314.0 0.3 313.7
Sierra Leone Jan./Dec. 264.9 25.1 290.0 329.0 22.1 19.5 2.6
Togo Jan./Dec. 123.5 4.0 127.5 70.0 4.0 4.0 0.0
Sahelian countries   1 716.5 213.7 1 930.2 1 825.0 166.3 113.7 52.6
Burkina faso Nov./Oct. 136.7 33.4 170.1 155.0 12.7 10.4 2.3
Cape Verde Nov./Oct. 30.1 60.1 90.2 70.0 71.6 71.6 0.0
Chad Nov./Oct. 60.0 15.9 75.9 67.0 6.7 6.7 0.0
Gambia Nov./Oct. 123.3 3.8 127.1 94.0 3.2 3.2 0.0
Guinea Bissau Nov./Oct. 55.0 21.1 76.1 99.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mali Nov./Oct. 116.2 5.7 121.9 100.0 2.7 2.7 0.0
Mauritania Nov./Oct. 214.3 27.2 241.5 260.0 12.5 12.5 0.0
Niger Nov./Oct. 306.7 25.7 332.4 220.0 0.4 0.4 0.0
Senegal Nov./Oct. 674.2 20.8 695.0 760.0 56.5 6.2 50.3
Central Africa   611.4 36.2 647.6 718.0 38.9 14.4 24.5
Cameroon Jan./Dec. 237.4 2.6 240.0 280.0 19.1 2.8 16.3
Cent.Afr.Rep. Jan./Dec. 28.0 1.2 29.2 29.0 0.6 0.6 0.0
Congo, Dem.Rep. Jan./Dec. 231.8 18.2 250.0 250.0 9.5 9.5 0.0
Congo, Rep. Jan./Dec. 91.5 13.5 105.0 140.0 9.1 0.9 8.2
Eq. Guinea Jan./Dec. 14.0 0.0 14.0 9.0 0.4 0.4 0.0
Sao Tome Jan./Dec. 8.7 0.7 9.4 10.0 0.2 0.2 0.0
ASIA   33 271.2 4 632.9 37 904.1 35 954.0 19 326.1 3 016.6 16 309.5
Afghanistan July/June 668.4 74.9 743.3 1 127.0 121.9 98.5 23.4
Armenia July/June 348.0 20.0 368.0 368.0 325.0 87.0 238.0
Azerbaijan July/June 648.0 26.0 674.0 607.0 418.1 22.3 395.8
Bangladesh July/June 2 886.9 1 313.1 4 200.0 2 600.0 1 565.1 765.1 800.0
Bhutan July/June 18.8 1.2 20.0 22.0 0.7 0.0 0.7
Cambodia Jan./Dec. 47.9 12.1 60.0 60.0 5.0 5.0 0.0
China 3/ July/June 8 240.1 259.9 8 500.0 9 300.0 4 731.7 148.0 4 583.7
Georgia July/June 507.0 98.0 605.0 555.0 207.8 90.2 117.6
India April/March 1 428.8 263.2 1 692.0 1 946.0 746.3 250.2 496.1
Indonesia April/March 6 344.9 955.1 7 300.0 6 100.0 5 765.1 505.3 5 259.8
Korea, D.P.R. Nov./Oct. 920.6 935.4 1 856.0 1 293.0 492.3 401.5 90.8
Kyrgyz Republic July/June 110.0 7.0 117.0 206.0 185.9 106.8 79.1
Laos Jan./Dec. 59.0 8.0 67.0 67.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Maldives Jan./Dec. 36.1 4.9 41.0 36.0 3.0 0.0 3.0
Mongolia Oct./Sept. 132.7 60.3 193.0 203.0 15.0 15.0 0.0
Nepal July/June 50.0 24.7 74.7 120.0 61.4 2.3 59.1
Pakistan 4/ May/April 2 725.9 195.5 2 921.4 2 521.0 903.6 267.3 636.3
Philippines July/June 3 450.1 2.5 3 452.6 3 544.0 2 477.8 110.0 2 367.8
Sri Lanka Jan./Dec. 1 012.3 116.5 1 128.8 1 010.0 163.6 1.9 161.7
Syria July/June 753.1 15.9 769.0 790.0 617.1 22.2 594.9
Tajikistan July/June 316.0 80.0 396.0 458.0 333.8 67.6 266.2
Turkmenistan July/June 75.0 0.0 75.0 16.0 9.5 5.1 4.4
Uzbekistan July/June 519.0 0.0 519.0 335.0 118.0 44.0 74.0
Yemen Jan./Dec. 1 972.6 158.7 2 131.3 2 670.0 58.4 1.3 57.1
CENTRAL AMERICA   3 496.8 409.8 3 906.6 3 584.0 1 758.0 444.1 1 313.9
Cuba 5/ July/June 1 567.9 10.9 1 578.8 1 471.0 461.9 46.4 415.5
Guatemala July/June 991.5 41.5 1 033.0 915.0 624.9 110.1 514.8
Haiti July/June 367.7 131.8 499.5 525.0 226.6 97.1 129.5
Honduras July/June 444.3 93.2 537.5 515.0 240.0 87.7 152.3
Nicaragua July/June 125.4 132.4 257.8 158.0 204.6 102.8 101.8
SOUTH AMERICA   1 063.9 176.1 1 240.0 1 001.0 261.7 92.7 169.0
Bolivia July/June 210.1 155.9 366.0 271.0 69.7 22.9 46.8
Ecuador Jan./Dec. 853.8 20.2 874.0 730.0 192.0 69.8 122.2
OCEANIA   423.0 8.0 431.0 381.0 0.6 0.6 0.0
Kiribati Jan./Dec. 8.0 0.0 8.0 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Papua New Guinea Jan./Dec. 360.0 8.0 368.0 318.0 0.6 0.6 0.0
Samoa Jan./Dec. 17.0 0.0 17.0 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
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   500.5 121.0 621.5 675.0 167.3 163.1 4.2
Albania July/June 249.1 25.9 275.0 355.0 12.4 8.2 4.2
Bosnia&Herzegovina July/June 199.4 92.1 291.5 290.0 61.5 61.5 0.0
Macedonia, FYR July/June 52.0 3.0 55.0 30.0 93.4 93.4 0.0
TOTAL   63 544.8 7 689.2 71 234.0 69 031.0 31 981.6 5 026.4 26 955.2

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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