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28 April 2006

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

2005/06 or 2006 estimates (in thousand tonnes)

 COUNTRY Marketing
year		2004/05 or 20052005/06 or 2006
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
AFRICA37 346.73 157.540 504.237 930.318 684.41 870.416 814.0
Northern Africa16 778.88.216 787.015 508.011 233.85.311 228.5
EgyptJuly/June12 732.88.212 741.011 001.08 055.45.38 050.1
MoroccoJuly/June4 046.00.04 046.04 507.03 178.40.03 178.4
Eastern Africa4 591.32 108.66 699.95 793.02 107.0830.61 276.4
BurundiJan./Dec.42.153.996.0123.033.533.50.0
ComorosJan./Dec.38.00.038.040.014.80.014.8
DjiboutiJan./Dec.56.219.075.272.014.90.914.0
EritreaJan./Dec.159.8222.7382.5383.068.461.07.4
EthiopiaJan./Dec.26.4807.1833.5461.0283.5283.50.0
KenyaOct./Sept.1 518.5134.51 653.01 608.0497.0107.4389.6
RwandaJan./Dec.192.023.0215.0234.012.710.62.1
SomaliaAug./July394.745.7440.4510.0137.092.144.9
SudanNov./Oct.1 441.9634.72 076.61 600.0549.4146.4403.0
Tanzania,U.R.June/May683.834.3718.1516.0437.544.6392.9
UgandaJan./Dec.37.9133.7171.6246.058.350.67.7
Southern Africa3 050.6407.23 457.84 382.03 701.8690.23 011.6
AngolaApril/March767.956.4824.3724.0465.348.7416.6
LesothoApril/March224.65.7230.3248.0207.914.9193.0
MadagascarApril/March254.935.1290.0339.0155.933.7122.2
MalawiApril/March205.061.5266.5521.0461.4223.0238.4
MozambiqueApril/March715.647.4763.0880.0812.574.5738.0
SwazilandMay/April134.94.4139.3108.0104.115.388.8
ZambiaMay/April61.762.9124.6253.0208.160.1148.0
ZimbabweApril/March686.0133.8819.81 309.01 286.6220.01 066.6
Western Africa11 494.3554.312 048.610 737.81 522.6323.71 198.9
Coastal Countries8 879.6235.09 114.68 099.1949.6131.8817.8
BeninJan./Dec.164.213.3177.5158.047.91.446.5
Côte d'IvoireJan./Dec.1 240.015.01 255.01 206.1116.611.8104.8
GhanaJan./Dec.823.155.7878.8751.0124.359.464.9
GuineaJan./Dec.349.530.1379.6370.05.85.80.0
LiberiaJan./Dec.147.287.8235.0250.052.929.623.3
NigeriaJan./Dec.5 774.20.05 774.24 970.0540.50.0540.5
Sierra LeoneJan./Dec.254.933.1288.0289.029.723.66.1
TogoJan./Dec.126.50.0126.5105.031.90.231.7
Sahelian Countries2 614.7319.32 934.02 638.7573.0191.9381.1
Burkina fasoNov./Oct.365.529.8395.3248.425.922.23.7
Cape VerdeNov./Oct.53.231.084.2107.221.921.90.0
ChadNov./Oct.73.763.1136.8104.445.038.16.9
GambiaNov./Oct.126.39.0135.3146.825.56.519.0
Guinea BissauNov./Oct.74.29.383.581.94.91.93.0
MaliNov./Oct.242.319.9262.2271.842.613.429.2
MauritaniaNov./Oct.356.057.4413.4332.692.047.944.1
NigerNov./Oct.375.380.0455.3324.939.833.86.0
SenegalNov./Oct.948.219.8968.01 020.7275.46.2269.2
Central Africa1 431.779.21 510.91 509.5119.220.698.6
CameroonJan./Dec.637.113.0650.1607.036.21.734.5
Cent.Afr.Rep.Jan./Dec.42.83.646.446.52.22.20.0
Congo, Dem.Rep.Jan./Dec.445.053.1498.1525.046.116.429.7
Congo, Rep.Jan./Dec.274.85.0279.8295.032.90.032.9
Eq. GuineaJan./Dec.22.50.022.522.01.50.01.5
Sao TomeJan./Dec.9.54.514.014.00.30.30.0
ASIA/NEAR EAST47 469.83 383.550 853.341 660.824 300.6978.623 322.0
CIS in Asia2 825.0274.03 099.02 538.01 865.153.91 811.2
ArmeniaJuly/June160.03.0163.0150.024.83.121.7
AzerbaijanJuly/June1 113.034.01 147.0852.0825.75.6820.1
GeorgiaJuly/June903.066.0969.0695.0663.911.4652.5
Kyrgyz RepublicJuly/June71.0131.0202.0115.063.20.962.3
TajikistanJuly/June316.040.0356.0356.0191.332.9158.4
TurkmenistanJuly/June4.00.04.044.00.90.00.9
UzbekistanJuly/June258.00.0258.0326.095.30.095.3
Far East34 248.92 001.736 250.628 257.816 675.1846.915 828.2
BangladeshJuly/June3 198.8338.23 537.03 250.02 458.5193.42 265.1
BhutanJuly/June64.71.366.071.00.20.20.0
CambodiaJan./Dec.140.79.3150.060.012.51.710.8
China July/June15 993.166.916 060.010 432.06 226.40.06 226.4
IndiaApril/March209.345.4254.7650.0154.172.381.8
IndonesiaApril/March6 590.553.26 643.75 741.44 009.262.83 946.4
Korea, D.P.R.Nov./Oct.72.41 263.51 335.9980.0406.3393.013.3
Lao, P.D.R.Jan./Dec.12.315.828.137.40.60.60.0
MongoliaOct./Sept.208.639.4248.0323.0109.229.779.5
NepalJuly/June126.413.6140.0140.09.99.70.2
Pakistan May/April1 508.17.71 515.8601.0601.00.0601.0
PhilippinesJuly/June4 890.048.24 938.24 726.02 602.869.32 533.5
Sri LankaJan./Dec.1 166.099.21 265.21 180.084.414.270.2
Timor-LesteJuly/June68.00.068.066.00.00.00.0
Near East10 395.91 107.811 503.710 865.05 760.477.85 682.6
AfghanistanJuly/June1 603.1183.91 787.0450.0105.941.864.1
IraqJuly/June3 611.3898.64 509.95 430.03 794.328.83 765.5
SyriaJuly/June2 744.410.52 754.92 265.01 586.97.01 579.9
YemenJan./Dec.2 437.114.82 451.92 720.0273.30.2273.1
CENTRAL AMERICA1 359.1179.91 539.01 682.01 119.2275.4843.8
HaitiJuly/June478.1117.4595.5607.0428.1131.6296.5
HondurasJuly/June632.019.7651.7740.0464.0113.8350.2
NicaraguaJuly/June249.042.8291.8335.0227.130.0197.1
SOUTH AMERICA972.847.01 019.8931.0706.117.0689.1
EcuadorJuly/June972.847.01 019.8931.0706.117.0689.1
OCEANIA407.00.0407.0415.742.00.042.0
KiribatiJan./Dec.8.70.08.78.70.00.00.0
Papua New GuineaJan./Dec.349.30.0349.3358.042.00.042.0
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.12.00.012.012.00.00.00.0
EUROPE 1 564.08.41 572.41 730.0717.21.2716.0
AlbaniaJuly/June468.18.4476.5440.0200.61.2199.4
BelarusJuly/June566.00.0566.0720.0327.50.0327.5
Bosnia-Herzegovina July/June529.90.0529.9570.0189.10.0189.1
TOTAL89 119.46 776.395 895.784 349.845 569.53 142.642 426.9
SOURCE: FAO
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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$1 465 in 2003),  which is in accordance with the guidelines and criteria agreed to by the CFA should be given priority in the allocation of food aid.