Food Outlook No.5 - December 2002 p.17

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Table A.2 a) - WORLD IMPORTS OF CEREALS

  Wheat (July/June) 1 / Coarse Grains (July/June)
2000/01 2001/02
estim.
2002/03
f'cast
2000/01 2001/02
estim.
2002/03
f'cast
  ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
ASIA 44.1 47.5 45.0 58.8 56.3 55.1
  Bangladesh 1.0 1.7 1.3 0.2 0.1 0.1
  China 1.5 2.0 2.1 7.1 7.3 7.1
      Taiwan Province 1.0 1.0 1.1 4.8 5.0 4.9
  Georgia 0.7 0.5 0.6 - - -
  India 0.1 - 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2
  Indonesia 4.1 4.0 4.0 1.6 1.1 1.1
  Iran, Islamic Rep. of 6.5 5.9 3.5 2.5 2.0 1.5
  Iraq 3.2 3.2 3.2 0.3 0.1 0.1
  Israel 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.1
  Japan 5.7 5.7 5.9 20.4 19.9 19.9
  Korea, D. P. R. 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.4
  Korea, Rep. of 3.1 4.0 4.0 8.9 8.5 8.5
  Malaysia 1.3 1.3 1.4 2.7 2.4 2.4
  Pakistan 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1
  Philippines 3.0 3.1 3.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
  Saudi Arabia - 0.1 0.1 6.2 6.5 6.6
  Singapore 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
  Sri Lanka 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.1 0.2 0.1
  Syria 0.1 0.3 0.1 1.6 0.9 0.5
  Thailand 0.8 0.8 0.8 - 0.3 0.4
  Yemen 1.9 2.0 2.0 0.2 0.2 0.2
AFRICA 26.1 24.8 25.6 14.3 14.9 17.4
North Africa 16.7 16.6 17.3 10.4 11.1 11.1
  Algeria 4.6 4.4 4.8 2.1 2.1 2.3
  Egypt 5.7 6.8 6.3 4.9 5.5 5.4
  Morocco 3.3 3.0 3.0 1.5 1.6 1.5
  Tunisia 1.5 1.2 1.8 1.1 1.2 1.2
Sub-Saharan Africa 9.4 8.3 8.3 3.9 3.8 6.2
  Côte d'Ivoire 0.3 0.3 0.3 - - -
  Ethiopia 0.8 0.3 0.8 0.1 - 0.1
  Kenya 0.6 0.5 0.6 1.1 0.5 0.8
  Nigeria 1.6 1.7 1.7 0.1 0.1 0.1
  Senegal 0.3 0.3 0.3 - 0.1 -
  Sudan 1.3 1.2 1.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
  South Africa 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.7
CENTRAL AMERICA 6.9 6.7 6.9 14.7 12.5 14.0
  Cuba 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.1 0.2 0.3
  Dominican Rep. 0.5 0.3 0.3 1.1 0.7 0.7
  Mexico 3.2 3.1 3.2 11.2 9.2 10.6
SOUTH AMERICA 12.7 11.3 11.5 7.5 6.2 6.8
  Brazil 7.4 6.2 6.6 1.8 0.6 1.1
  Chile 0.4 0.3 0.3 1.3 1.2 1.1
  Colombia 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.9 2.4 2.4
  Peru 1.4 1.3 1.3 0.9 1.1 1.1
  Venezuela 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 0.6 0.7
NORTH AMERICA 2.5 2.9 2.1 5.0 6.5 7.2
  Canada 0.1 0.1 0.1 2.6 3.9 4.9
  United States 2.4 2.9 2.0 2.4 2.6 2.3
EUROPE 9.6 13.2 10.9 8.1 7.9 6.3
  Belarus 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2
  EU  2/ 3.2 10.0 7.5 2.7 4.4 2.9
  Poland 0.8 0.3 0.3 1.2 0.3 0.2
  Romania 0.5 - 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.1
  Russian Fed. 1.6 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.8 0.9
  Ukraine 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
OCEANIA 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.2
  New Zealand 0.2 0.2 0.2 - - 0.1
WORLD 102.4 106.9 102.5 108.5 104.4 107.0
  Developing countries 79.3 80.0 78.9 72.9 68.0 71.6
  Developed countries 23.1 26.9 23.6 35.5 36.4 35.4

Source : FAO Note : Totals computed from unrounded data.

1 / Including wheat flour in wheat grain equivalent, but excluding semolina.

2 / Excluding trade between the EU member countries.


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