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ESTIMATED 1998/99 CEREAL IMPORT REQUIREMENTS OF
LOW-INCOME FOOD-DEFICIT
COUNTRIES 1/
(thousand tons)

b) 1998/99 estimates for LIFD countries
which have entered the 1998/99 marketing year

COUNTRY

Marketing
year

1997/98 1998/99
Actual imports
Import position
Commercial purchases Food aid Total commercial and aid Total import require-ments (excluding re-exports) Total commercial and aid Food aid
allocated committed or shipped
Commercial purchases
AFRICA
16 064.3 460.8 16 525.1 15 833.0 2 565.5 421.6 2 143.9
Northern Africa
13 668.2 64.9 13 733.1 12 740.0 2 060.5 7.4 2 053.1
Egypt July/June 10 160.7 52.4 10 213.1 10 020.0 1 562.0 7.4 1 554.6
Morocco July/June 3 507.5 12.5 3 520.0 2 720.0 498.5 0.0 498.5
Eastern Africa
875.8 60.7 936.5 352.0 52.7 52.7 0.0
Somalia Aug./July 270.1 9.9 280.0 340.0 6.7 6.7 0.0
Tanzania June/May 605.7 50.8 656.5 12.0 46.0 46.0 0.0
Southern Africa
1 520.3 335.2 1 855.5 2 741.0 452.3 361.5 90.8
Angola April/March 350.8 148.0 498.8 471.0 148.0 129.1 18.9
Lesotho April/March 127.0 10.1 137.1 263.0 18.6 6.2 12.4
Madagascar April/March 153.8 36.5 190.3 145.0 15.9 15.9 0.0
Malawi April/March 111.0 3.6 114.6 102.0 19.4 19.4 0.0
Mozambique April/March 151.9 135.2 287.1 212.0 168.3 108.9 59.4
Swaziland May/April 61.5 0.0 61.5 63.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Zambia May/April 364.2 1.8 366.0 660.0 6.0 6.0 0.0
Zimbabwe April/March 200.1 0.0 200.1 825.0 76.1 76.0 0.1
ASIA
29 754.8 1 148.9 30 903.7 29 799.0 10 977.2 1 348.1 9 629.1
Afghanistan July/June 631.5 118.5 750.0 740.0 0.8 0.8 0.0
Bangladesh July/June 1 383.5 549.4 1 932.9 1 950.0 1 328.5 830.0 498.5
Bhutan July/June 15.0 0.0 15.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
China 3/ July/June 10 157.8 80.2 10 238.0 10 480.0 1 225.2 45.0 1 180.2
India April/March 2 184.4 211.8 2 396.2 1 650.0 1 148.2 187.8 960.4
Indonesia April/March 6 767.4 0.0 6 767.4 9 040.0 5 204.5 207.3 4 997.2
Nepal July/June 24.0 4.9 28.9 59.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Pakistan 4/ May/April 4 157.9 163.1 4 321.0 1 520.0 804.9 54.9 750.0
Philippines July/June 3 696.5 0.0 3 696.5 3 700.0 1 236.7 17.9 1 218.8
Syria July/June 736.8 21.0 757.8 640.0 28.4 4.4 24.0
CENTRAL AMERICA
3 624.1 221.8 3 845.9 3 640.0 272.6 156.2 116.4
Cuba 5/ July/June 1 523.2 31.8 1 555.0 1 575.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Guatemala July/June 940.8 10.9 951.7 915.0 128.5 60.0 68.5
Haiti July/June 407.0 127.9 534.9 480.0 38.1 27.1 11.0
Honduras July/June 421.3 29.5 450.8 410.0 46.3 9.4 36.9
Nicaragua July/June 331.8 21.7 353.5 260.0 59.7 59.7 0.0
SOUTH AMERICA
316.7 73.1 389.8 501.0 104.8 104.8 0.0
Bolivia July/June 316.7 73.1 389.8 501.0 104.8 104.8 0.0
EUROPE / CIS 6/
3 106.3 605.7 3 712.0 4 036.0 329.4 290.0 39.4
Armenia July/June 210.6 156.4 367.0 352.0 8.7 8.7 0.0
Albania July/June 365.6 2.4 368.0 368.0 27.4 27.4 0.0
Azerbaijan July/June 379.0 56.0 435.0 445.0 36.0 36.0 0.0
Bosnia&Herzegovina 5/ July/June 239.1 35.9 275.0 275.0 75.5 75.5 0.0
Georgia July/June 344.0 162.0 506.0 606.0 113.8 74.4 39.4
Macedonia, FYR July/June 0.0 0.0 0.0 240.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kyrgyz Republic July/June 36.0 69.0 105.0 40.0 17.6 17.6 0.0
Tajikistan July/June 241.0 124.0 365.0 360.0 50.4 50.4 0.0
Turkmenistan July/June 311.0 0.0 311.0 420.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Uzbekistan July/June 980.0 0.0 980.0 930.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TOTAL
50 470.1 2 114.4 52 584.5 50 716.0 13 744.5 1 906.5 11 838.0

SOURCE: FAO for footnotes, please see page 39.

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