FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops and Shortages No.1, February 2005

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ESTIMATED CEREAL IMPORT REQUIREMENTS OF LOW-INCOME FOOD-DEFICIT COUNTRIES 1/

a) 2004/05 or 2005 estimates (in thousand tonnes)

 COUNTRY
  
Marketing
year
2003/04 or 20042004/05 or 2005
Actual importsTotal
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 31 179.13 011.034 190.135 821.510 670.3971.99 698.4
Northern Africa 14 867.020.114 887.115 147.06 824.01.86 822.2
EgyptJuly/June11 599.020.111 619.112 000.05 394.51.85 392.7
MoroccoJuly/June3 268.00.03 268.03 147.01 429.50.01 429.5
Eastern Africa 3 520.11 464.44 984.55 581.01 161.2389.3771.9
BurundiJan./Dec.40.555.596.082.012.512.50.0
ComorosJan./Dec.33.00.033.033.00.00.00.0
DjiboutiJan./Dec.58.14.963.063.00.00.00.0
EritreaJan./Dec.58.5249.5308.0422.056.456.40.0
EthiopiaJan./Dec.43.7546.2589.9230.071.871.80.0
KenyaOct./Sept.1 192.671.51 264.12 000.0379.384.3295.0
RwandaJan./Dec.196.727.3224.0229.08.07.10.9
SomaliaAug./July245.422.6268.0304.041.140.11.0
SudanNov./Oct.1 075.0222.81 297.81 326.0209.368.7140.6
TanzaniaJune/May483.2134.3617.5632.0344.510.1334.4
UgandaJan./Dec.93.4129.8223.2260.038.338.30.0
Southern Africa 2 653.41 036.23 689.64 232.02 295.1347.01 948.1
AngolaApril/March618.0218.8836.8820.0682.975.8607.1
LesothoApril/March221.519.0240.5352.0156.25.6150.6
MadagascarApril/March329.238.6367.8375.0167.339.8127.5
MalawiApril/March84.614.599.1408.0163.225.5137.7
MozambiqueApril/March546.4274.8821.2785.0600.564.8535.7
SwazilandMay/April111.515.5127.0132.048.20.847.4
ZambiaMay/April232.165.2297.370.071.020.051.0
ZimbabweApril/March510.1389.8899.91 290.0405.8114.7291.1
Western Africa 8 987.6398.99 386.59 559.6387.8231.6156.2
Coastal Countries 6 870.3206.27 076.56 823.4126.3125.11.2
BeninJan./Dec.189.713.3203.0148.05.15.10.0
Côte d'IvoireJan./Dec.1 222.325.51 247.81 271.412.012.00.0
GhanaJan./Dec.686.954.3741.2751.051.151.10.0
GuineaJan./Dec.351.811.3363.1370.00.60.60.0
LiberiaJan./Dec.130.071.7201.7210.033.033.00.0
NigeriaJan./Dec.3 930.00.03 930.03 680.010.510.50.0
Sierra LeoneJan./Dec.249.630.1279.7288.014.012.81.2
TogoJan./Dec.110.00.0110.0105.00.00.00.0
Sahelian Countries 2 117.3192.72 310.02 736.2261.5106.5155.0
Burkina fasoNov./Oct.140.224.3164.5243.424.124.10.0
Cape VerdeNov./Oct.38.633.572.1100.527.727.70.0
ChadNov./Oct.80.032.3112.3109.318.818.80.0
GambiaNov./Oct.116.74.1120.8141.30.00.00.0
Guinea BissauNov./Oct.43.810.354.174.110.10.110.0
MaliNov./Oct.222.80.9223.7265.20.20.20.0
MauritaniaNov./Oct.225.952.9278.8346.647.311.635.7
NigerNov./Oct.336.220.6356.8504.09.69.60.0
SenegalNov./Oct.913.113.8926.9951.8123.714.4109.3
Central Africa 1 151.091.41 242.41 301.92.22.20.0
CameroonJan./Dec.472.028.0500.0505.00.00.00.0
Cent.Afr.Rep.Jan./Dec.41.32.744.046.50.00.00.0
Congo, Dem.Rep.Jan./Dec.372.654.2426.8480.00.00.00.0
Congo, Rep.Jan./Dec.238.43.6242.0242.02.22.20.0
Eq. GuineaJan./Dec.17.70.017.716.00.00.00.0
Sao TomeJan./Dec.9.02.911.912.40.00.00.0
ASIA/NEAR EAST 38 086.62 732.340 818.947 446.021 104.61 715.119 389.5
AfghanistanJuly/June346.9159.1506.01 733.0130.772.558.2
ArmeniaJuly/June126.042.0168.0169.022.10.122.0
AzerbaijanJuly/June760.06.0766.0980.0794.162.3731.8
BangladeshJuly/June2 669.0262.62 931.62 807.02 070.7260.71 810.0
BhutanJuly/June56.73.560.266.00.30.30.0
CambodiaJan./Dec.31.628.259.860.00.00.00.0
ChinaJuly/June11 635.221.811 657.016 320.06 960.423.46 937.0
GeorgiaJuly/June445.082.0527.0575.0519.157.7461.4
IndiaApril/March218.136.5254.6250.092.179.612.5
IndonesiaApril/March8 121.1219.98 341.06 741.04 035.254.33 980.9
IraqJuly/June2 603.2666.83 270.03 730.02 241.6889.21 352.4
Korea, D.P.R.Nov./Oct.388.6692.01 080.6897.0215.055.2159.8
Kyrgyz RepublicJuly/June78.01.079.0158.049.10.049.1
Lao, P.D.R.Jan./Dec.8.88.817.617.00.00.00.0
MaldivesJan./Dec.32.57.540.040.00.00.00.0
MongoliaOct./Sept.199.348.7248.0263.035.225.010.2
NepalJuly/June72.28.881.080.02.22.20.0
Pakistan May/April386.914.0400.91 700.0922.67.7914.9
PhilippinesJuly/June4 062.0106.14 168.14 176.01 688.048.21 639.8
Sri LankaJan./Dec.1 267.833.51 301.31 274.033.00.033.0
SyriaJuly/June1 424.97.31 432.21 605.01 000.73.3997.4
TajikistanJuly/June278.085.0363.0381.0122.410.9111.5
Timor-LesteJuly/June62.00.062.042.00.00.00.0
TurkmenistanJuly/June34.00.034.044.00.00.00.0
UzbekistanJuly/June268.082.0350.0408.0107.60.0107.6
YemenJan./Dec.2 510.8109.22 620.02 930.062.562.50.0
CENTRAL AMERICA 1 291.7156.31 448.01 545.0770.1278.0492.1
HaitiJuly/June520.156.9577.0625.0281.6166.6115.0
HondurasJuly/June495.964.4560.3565.0305.249.9255.3
NicaraguaJuly/June275.735.0310.7355.0183.361.5121.8
SOUTH AMERICA 867.45.3872.7906.0391.477.0314.4
EcuadorJuly/June867.45.3872.7906.0391.477.0314.4
OCEANIA 407.60.0407.6419.20.00.00.0
KiribatiJan./Dec.8.60.08.68.70.00.00.0
Papua New GuineaJan./Dec.335.50.0335.5346.00.00.00.0
SamoaJan./Dec.15.50.015.515.50.00.00.0
Solomon Isl.Jan./Dec.29.50.029.529.50.00.00.0
TongaJan./Dec.6.40.06.46.40.00.00.0
TuvaluJan./Dec.1.10.01.11.10.00.00.0
VanuatuJan./Dec.11.00.011.012.00.00.00.0
EUROPE  1 457.626.51 484.11 165.0310.23.7306.5
AlbaniaJuly/June387.626.5414.1380.0130.03.7126.3
BelarusJuly/June610.00.0610.0455.0180.20.0180.2
Bosnia-Herzegovina July/June460.00.0460.0330.00.00.00.0
TOTAL 73 290.05 931.479 221.487 302.733 246.63 045.730 200.9

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. US$1 415 in 2002), which is in accordance with the guidelines and criteria agreed to by the CFA should be given priority in the allocation of food aid.


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