FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No.2 - May 2002 p.21

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Table A.2 b) - WORLD IMPORTS OF CEREALS

Rice (milled) Total Cereals 1/
2001 2002
estim.
2003
f'cast
2000/01 2001/02
estim.
2002/03
f'cast
  ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
ASIA 11.2 13.4   113.4 120.5  
  Bangladesh 0.4 0.2   1.5 1.6  
  China 0.3 1.1   8.8 11.7  
      Taiwan Province - 0.1   5.9 6.5  
  Georgia - -   0.7 0.5  
  India 0.1 0.1   0.3 0.2  
  Indonesia 1.5 3.0   6.9 8.4  
  Iran, Islamic Rep. of 1.0 1.2   9.7 10.1  
  Iraq 1.2 1.2   4.7 4.5  
  Israel 0.1 0.1   2.8 2.8  
  Japan 0.7 0.7   26.7 26.6  
  Korea, D. P. R. 0.6 0.6   2.0 1.5  
  Korea, Rep. of 0.1 0.2   12.1 12.7  
  Malaysia 0.6 0.6   4.4 4.6  
  Pakistan - -   0.2 0.6  
  Philippines 0.9 0.6   4.3 4.2  
  Saudi Arabia 0.8 0.8   7.3 7.4  
  Singapore 0.4 0.4   0.9 0.9  
  Sri Lanka 0.1 0.1   1.1 1.2  
  Syria 0.2 0.2   1.8 1.1  
  Thailand - -   1.1 1.1  
  Yemen 0.2 0.3   2.2 2.4  
AFRICA 7.2 6.5   47.1 43.9  
North Africa 0.2 0.2   26.7 26.7  
  Algeria 0.1 0.1   6.8 7.0  
  Egypt - -   10.6 10.5  
  Morocco - -   4.8 4.6  
  Tunisia - -   2.3 2.3  
Sub-Saharan Africa 6.9 6.2   20.3 17.2  
  Côte d'Ivoire 1.1 0.9   1.4 1.2  
  Ethiopia - -   0.9 0.3  
  Kenya 0.1 0.1   2.1 1.1  
  Nigeria 1.6 1.2   3.3 3.0  
  Senegal 0.6 0.6   0.9 0.8  
  Sudan - -   1.4 1.3  
  South Africa 0.6 0.6   1.8 1.5  
CENTRAL AMERICA 1.6 1.7   22.7 22.3  
  Cuba 0.5 0.5   1.7 1.7  
  Dominican Rep. - -   1.0 1.0  
  Mexico 0.5 0.5   14.8 14.4  
SOUTH AMERICA 1.1 1.0   21.3 18.7  
  Brazil 0.7 0.7   9.5 7.4  
  Chile 0.1 0.1   1.8 1.5  
  Colombia 0.2 0.1   3.7 3.7  
  Peru 0.1 0.1   2.2 2.4  
  Venezuela - -   2.7 2.4  
NORTH AMERICA 0.7 0.7   8.2 9.0  
  Canada 0.3 0.3   3.0 3.5  
  United States 0.4 0.4   5.2 5.6  
EUROPE 1.6 1.7   19.5 21.9  
  Belarus - -   0.7 0.7  
  EC  2/ 0.7 0.7   6.8 12.2  
  Poland 0.1 0.1   2.1 1.1  
  Romania 0.1 0.1   1.1 0.8  
  Russian Fed. 0.3 0.4   2.7 2.4  
  Ukraine 0.1 0.1   0.9 0.2  
OCEANIA 0.3 0.4   1.0 1.0  
  New Zealand - -   0.3 0.3  
WORLD 23.7 25.2 24.2  3/ 233.3 237.4 236.2
  Developing countries 19.9 21.3 20.5 170.6 171.5 177.7
  Developed countries 3.7 3.8 3.7 62.7 65.9 58.4
Source: FAO                             Note: Totals computed from unrounded data.
1/  Trade in rice refers to the calendar year of the second year shown.  
2/  Excluding trade between the fifteen EC member countries.
3/  Highly tentative.

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