FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops and Shortages No.3, October 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 31 414.73 140.834 555.537 739.333 431.72 823.430 608.3
Northern Africa 14 441.920.114 462.016 595.016 595.08.216 586.8
EgyptJuly/June10 979.920.111 000.012 701.012 701.08.212 692.8
MoroccoJuly/June3 462.00.03 462.03 894.03 894.00.03 894.0
Eastern Africa 3 967.71 489.85 457.56 385.25 890.81 905.73 985.1
BurundiJan./Dec.40.155.996.085.041.541.40.1
ComorosJan./Dec.34.30.034.338.08.60.08.6
DjiboutiJan./Dec.70.811.582.371.039.18.730.4
EritreaJan./Dec.134.8266.9401.7423.0222.2152.469.8
EthiopiaJan./Dec.176.5538.3714.8650.0705.0703.41.6
KenyaOct./Sept.1 204.266.31 270.51 950.01 950.0139.51 810.5
RwandaJan./Dec.196.727.6224.3219.037.018.718.3
SomaliaAug./July481.023.1504.1404.0404.052.4351.6
SudanNov./Oct.1 068.6226.41 295.01 596.01 647.4610.41 037.0
TanzaniaJune/May483.2134.3617.5668.2668.238.8629.4
UgandaJan./Dec.77.5139.5217.0281.0167.8140.027.8
Southern Africa 2 785.01 080.83 865.83 487.93 487.9381.43 106.5
AngolaApril/March617.2219.8837.0833.8833.859.8774.0
LesothoApril/March221.519.0240.5250.5250.55.9244.6
MadagascarApril/March337.929.9367.8290.0290.033.2256.8
MalawiApril/March86.514.5101.0263.4263.430.4233.0
MozambiqueApril/March595.9276.3872.2767.6767.652.0715.6
SwazilandMay/April113.715.5129.2137.6137.62.8134.8
ZambiaMay/April228.768.7297.4124.6124.662.961.7
ZimbabweApril/March583.6437.11 020.7820.4820.4134.4686.0
Western Africa 8 963.1439.09 402.19 918.26 618.5456.46 162.1
Coastal Countries 6 933.3250.77 184.07 525.05 036.7163.84 872.9
BeninJan./Dec.150.018.0168.0152.0142.714.0128.7
Côte d'IvoireJan./Dec.1 100.035.01 135.01 155.0623.28.4614.8
GhanaJan./Dec.707.466.7774.1755.0463.246.4416.8
GuineaJan./Dec.343.917.2361.1375.0155.820.6135.2
LiberiaJan./Dec.152.171.8223.9225.0168.047.0121.0
NigeriaJan./Dec.4 123.410.54 133.94 470.03 283.00.03 283.0
Sierra LeoneJan./Dec.245.531.5277.0288.0100.827.473.4
TogoJan./Dec.111.00.0111.0105.0100.00.0100.0
Sahelian Countries 2 029.8188.32 218.12 393.21 581.8292.61 289.2
Burkina fasoNov./Oct.147.424.0171.4230.367.335.831.5
Cape VerdeNov./Oct.38.635.574.1100.063.542.221.3
ChadNov./Oct.80.031.1111.1136.380.655.325.3
GambiaNov./Oct.147.33.6150.9143.352.87.944.9
Guinea BissauNov./Oct.49.56.956.475.163.68.355.3
MaliNov./Oct.222.80.9223.7211.061.68.852.8
MauritaniaNov./Oct.226.142.6268.7359.0294.367.0227.3
NigerNov./Oct.199.819.8219.6167.0105.648.657.0
SenegalNov./Oct.918.323.9942.2971.2792.518.7773.8
Central Africa 1 257.0111.11 368.11 353.0839.571.7767.8
CameroonJan./Dec.522.829.7552.5510.0482.911.9471.0
Cent.Afr.Rep.Jan./Dec.54.94.159.045.511.92.29.7
Congo, Dem.Rep.Jan./Dec.361.369.3430.6480.0242.051.7190.3
Congo, Rep.Jan./Dec.287.25.1292.3288.086.82.084.8
Eq. GuineaJan./Dec.19.80.019.816.09.70.09.7
Sao TomeJan./Dec.11.02.913.913.56.23.92.3
ASIA/NEAR EAST 38 965.62 436.041 401.650 513.848 378.51 797.846 580.7
AfghanistanJuly/June381.3124.9506.21 733.01 787.0183.51 603.5
ArmeniaJuly/June126.042.0168.0169.0163.03.0160.0
AzerbaijanJuly/June790.06.0796.01 149.01 142.035.01 107.0
BangladeshJuly/June2 692.1256.92 949.03 537.03 537.0337.73 199.3
BhutanJuly/June56.53.560.066.066.01.364.7
CambodiaJan./Dec.51.628.279.8150.011.70.711.0
China July/June11 369.430.611 400.016 100.016 100.066.916 033.1
GeorgiaJuly/June518.084.0602.0811.0961.066.0895.0
IndiaApril/March168.036.5204.5254.7254.745.3209.4
IndonesiaApril/March8 129.1212.18 341.26 843.76 843.747.16 796.6
IraqJuly/June3 046.6417.43 464.04 139.04 139.39.84 129.5
Korea, D.P.R.Nov./Oct.333.2588.5921.71 247.81 247.8742.5505.3
Kyrgyz RepublicJuly/June78.01.079.0158.0100.02.098.0
Lao, P.D.R.Jan./Dec.9.025.134.127.66.16.10.0
MaldivesJan./Dec.33.57.541.042.09.88.11.7
MongoliaOct./Sept.194.453.6248.0263.0263.039.4223.6
NepalJuly/June112.58.8121.3140.0140.011.8128.2
Pakistan May/April388.014.0402.01 515.81 515.87.71 508.1
PhilippinesJuly/June4 012.4106.14 118.54 938.04 938.248.24 890.0
Sri LankaJan./Dec.1 318.035.31 353.31 214.2618.378.8539.5
SyriaJuly/June2 196.18.92 205.02 780.02 780.010.52 769.5
TajikistanJuly/June278.086.0364.0381.0245.040.0205.0
Timor-LesteJuly/June62.00.062.042.042.00.042.0
TurkmenistanJuly/June34.00.034.044.04.00.04.0
UzbekistanJuly/June268.082.0350.0408.0258.00.0258.0
YemenJan./Dec.2 319.9177.12 497.02 360.01 205.16.41 198.7
CENTRAL AMERICA 1 288.0177.51 465.51 562.51 562.5183.41 379.1
HaitiJuly/June499.077.9576.9625.8625.8116.7509.1
HondurasJuly/June513.664.5578.1651.6651.619.7631.9
NicaraguaJuly/June275.435.1310.5285.1285.147.0238.1
SOUTH AMERICA 867.45.3872.71 019.81 019.847.0972.8
EcuadorJuly/June867.45.3872.71 019.81 019.847.0972.8
OCEANIA 415.20.0415.2420.2115.10.0115.1
KiribatiJan./Dec.8.70.08.78.70.00.00.0
Papua New GuineaJan./Dec.342.00.0342.0347.0114.30.0114.3
SamoaJan./Dec.15.50.015.515.50.50.00.5
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.12.00.012.012.00.30.00.3
EUROPE  1 569.626.41 596.01 434.01 445.08.41 436.6
AlbaniaJuly/June377.626.4404.0396.0396.08.4387.6
BelarusJuly/June612.00.0612.0567.0523.00.0523.0
Bosnia-Herzegovina July/June580.00.0580.0471.0526.00.0526.0
TOTAL 74 520.55 786.080 306.592 689.685 952.64 860.081 092.6

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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