FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages No.2, April 1999 - Page 6

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ESTIMATED 1998/99 OR 1999 CEREAL IMPORT REQUIREMENTS OF LOW-INCOME FOOD-DEFICIT COUNTRIES 1/(thousand tons)

COUNTRY Marketing year 1997/98 or 1998 1998/99 or 1999
Actual imports Total
import
requirements
(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   24 988.0 1 887.4 26 875.4 25 257.0 14 366.4 1 557.3 12 809.1
Northern Africa   12 930.2 64.9 12 995.1 13 435.0 11 306.3 16.5 11 289.8
Egypt July/June 9 933.7 52.4 9 986.1 10 220.0 8 047.6 13.0 8 034.6
Morocco July/June 2 996.5 12.5 3 009.0 3 215.0 3 258.7 3.5 3 255.2
Eastern Africa   3 762.9 1 001.6 4 764.5 3 012.0 858.6 614.7 243.9
Burundi July/June 41.5 0.5 42.0 65.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Comoros Jan./Dec. 41.8 4.2 46.0 46.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Djibouti Jan./Dec. 61.7 10.8 72.5 66.0 0.7 0.0 0.7
Eritrea Jan./Dec. 223.7 103.3 327.0 109.0 15.9 15.9 0.0
Ethiopia 2/ Jan./Dec. 61.8 546.1 607.9 20.0 285.0 285.0 0.0
Kenya Oct./Sept. 1 874.7 76.0 1 950.7 790.0 70.2 70.2 0.0
Rwanda Jan./Dec. 58.1 141.8 199.9 235.0 64.0 64.0 0.0
Somalia Aug./July 265.1 14.9 280.0 385.0 116.6 30.8 85.8
Sudan Nov./Oct. 509.0 67.5 576.5 700.0 123.1 91.6 31.5
Tanzania June/May 625.5 36.5 662.0 596.0 182.1 56.2 125.9
Southern Africa   1 574.6 373.3 1 947.9 2 726.0 1 451.6 563.7 887.9
Angola April/March 350.8 157.3 508.1 471.0 212.2 141.7 70.5
Lesotho April/March 127.0 7.8 134.8 188.0 18.4 6.0 12.4
Madagascar April/March 176.2 38.0 214.2 205.0 57.2 25.8 31.4
Malawi April/March 113.0 3.6 116.6 102.0 66.2 35.8 30.4
Mozambique April/March 151.9 164.8 316.7 212.0 321.4 233.0 88.4
Swaziland May/April 61.5 0.0 61.5 63.0 60.1 0.0 60.1
Zambia May/April 369.0 1.8 370.8 660.0 134.9 33.3 101.6
Zimbabwe April/March 225.2 0.0 225.2 825.0 581.2 88.1 493.1
Western africa   6 042.8 435.2 6 478.0 5 370.0 707.4 355.3 352.1
Coastal countries   3 765.7 289.2 4 054.9 3 395.0 455.8 124.2 331.6
Benin Jan./Dec. 110.8 11.6 122.4 125.0 0.6 0.6 0.0
Cote d'Ivoire Jan./Dec. 603.3 22.6 625.9 640.0 1.4 1.4 0.0
Ghana Jan./Dec. 419.4 51.8 471.2 475.0 79.8 62.4 17.4
Guinea Jan./Dec. 403.1 6.9 410.0 385.0 4.7 4.7 0.0
Liberia Jan./Dec. 94.6 105.3 199.9 155.0 41.9 39.6 2.3
Nigeria Jan./Dec. 1 844.7 0.0 1 844.7 1 250.0 312.2 0.3 311.9
Sierra Leone Jan./Dec. 206.2 87.6 293.8 290.0 15.2 15.2 0.0
Togo Jan./Dec. 83.6 3.4 87.0 75.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sahelian countries   2 277.1 146.0 2 423.1 1 975.0 251.6 231.1 20.5
Burkina faso Nov./Oct. 195.9 19.8 215.7 160.0 60.8 60.8 0.0
Cape Verde Nov./Oct. 35.5 45.5 81.0 95.0 88.6 88.6 0.0
Chad Nov./Oct. 64.0 21.5 85.5 72.0 6.5 6.5 0.0
Gambia Nov./Oct. 116.1 5.5 121.6 131.0 2.4 2.4 0.0
Guinea Bissau Nov./Oct. 103.4 0.9 104.3 92.0 13.3 13.3 0.0
Mali Nov./Oct. 84.3 9.9 94.2 80.0 6.1 6.1 0.0
Mauritania Nov./Oct. 303.1 14.9 318.0 320.0 22.4 22.4 0.0
Niger Nov./Oct. 478.6 26.1 504.7 220.0 24.4 24.4 0.0
Senegal Nov./Oct. 896.2 1.9 898.1 805.0 27.1 6.6 20.5
Central Africa   677.5 12.4 689.9 714.0 42.5 7.1 35.4
Cameroon Jan./Dec. 257.5 2.5 260.0 280.0 15.6 0.0 15.6
Cent.Afr.Rep. Jan./Dec. 37.1 1.9 39.0 34.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Congo, Dem R Jan./Dec. 247.8 2.2 250.0 250.0 12.9 4.7 8.2
Congo Jan./Dec. 119.2 1.7 120.9 130.0 13.6 2.0 11.6
Eq. Guinea Jan./Dec. 8.3 0.7 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sao Tome Jan./Dec. 7.6 3.4 11.0 11.0 0.4 0.4 0.0
ASIA   37 715.9 2 541.3 40 257.2 42 076.0 28 466.5 4 419.3 24 047.2
Afghanistan July/June 569.1 138.0 707.1 740.0 89.8 66.3 23.5
Bangladesh July/June 2 698.3 549.4 3 247.7 4 859.0 5 507.0 1 680.0 3 827.0
Bhutan July/June 15.0 0.0 15.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cambodia Jan./Dec. 43.5 16.5 60.0 60.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
China 3/ July/June 10 810.0 90.1 10 900.1 12 680.0 5 894.7 133.6 5 761.1
India April/March 2 263.9 208.4 2 472.3 1 700.0 1 661.9 249.3 1 412.6
Indonesia April/March 6 857.9 0.0 6 857.9 8 185.0 7 673.1 1 291.7 6 381.4
Korea, D.P.R. 5/ Nov./Oct. 578.6 1 196.6 1 775.2 1 950.0 213.6 213.4 0.2
Laos Jan./Dec. 60.7 4.3 65.0 67.0 15.5 15.5 0.0
Maldives Jan./Dec. 34.3 2.7 37.0 35.0 1.7 0.0 1.7
Mongolia Oct./Sept. 170.0 30.0 200.0 200.0 60.3 60.3 0.0
Nepal July/June 24.0 4.9 28.9 99.0 24.7 24.7 0.0
Pakistan 4/ May/April 4 147.9 173.1 4 321.0 2 921.0 2 452.9 350.2 2 102.7
Philippines July/June 4 600.0 8.5 4 608.5 3 700.0 3 777.9 52.5 3 725.4
Sri Lanka Jan./Dec. 1 222.8 81.5 1 304.3 1 200.0 358.6 108.6 250.0
Syria July/June 916.2 21.0 937.2 790.0 292.9 11.1 281.8
Yemen Jan./Dec. 2 703.7 16.3 2 720.0 2 870.0 440.9 161.1 279.8
CENTRAL AMERICA   4 379.3 285.2 4 664.5 4 708.0 2 096.2 558.2 1 538.0
Cuba 5/ July/June 1 521.2 104.6 1 625.8 1 625.0 299.8 7.4 292.4
Dominican Rep. Jan./Dec. 929.0 0.1 929.1 990.0 518.6 118.5 400.1
Guatemala July/June 972.1 12.5 984.6 935.0 465.0 49.1 415.9
Haiti July/June 420.0 115.0 535.0 480.0 237.2 150.0 87.2
Honduras July/June 370.8 23.0 393.8 500.0 361.6 105.1 256.5
Nicaragua July/June 166.2 30.0 196.2 178.0 214.0 128.1 85.9
SOUTH AMERICA   1 393.4 74.5 1 467.9 1 126.0 375.8 192.7 183.1
Bolivia July/June 321.8 68.0 389.8 501.0 180.3 180.3 0.0
Ecuador Jan./Dec. 1 021.6 6.5 1 028.1 575.0 188.0 12.4 175.6
Suriname 5/ Jan./Dec. 50.0 0.0 50.0 50.0 7.5 0.0 7.5
OCEANIA   338.4 8.0 346.4 354.0 8.0 8.0 0.0
Kiribati Jan./Dec. 8.0 0.0 8.0 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Papua New Guinea Jan./Dec. 275.4 8.0 283.4 290.0 8.0 8.0 0.0
Samoa Jan./Dec. 17.0 0.0 17.0 17.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Solomon Isl. Jan./Dec. 26.0 0.0 26.0 26.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tokelau 5/ Jan./Dec. 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tuvalu Jan./Dec. 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Vanuatu Jan./Dec. 11.0 0.0 11.0 11.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
EUROPE / CIS 6/   3 182.0 615.4 3 797.4 3 499.0 1 454.3 428.9 1 025.4
Armenia July/June 235.0 154.0 389.0 342.0 71.0 50.0 21.0
Albania July/June 365.7 2.3 368.0 368.0 44.4 32.0 12.4
Azerbaijan July/June 360.0 60.0 420.0 565.0 346.0 18.0 328.0
Bosnia&Herzegovina 5/ July/June 214.3 36.1 250.4 290.0 91.9 91.9 0.0
Georgia July/June 425.0 163.0 588.0 605.0 228.0 129.0 99.0
Macedonia, FYR July/June 240.0 0.0 240.0 240.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kyrgyz Republic July/June 57.0 72.0 129.0 141.0 115.0 56.0 59.0
Tajikistan July/June 260.0 128.0 388.0 368.0 216.0 52.0 164.0
Turkmenistan July/June 204.0 0.0 204.0 51.0 41.0 0.0 41.0
Uzbekistan July/June 821.0 0.0 821.0 529.0 301.0 0.0 301.0
TOTAL   71 997.0 5 411.8 77 408.8 77 020.0 46 767.2 7 164.4 39 602.8

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. U.S.$ 1465 in 1995), which is in accordance with the guidelines and criteria agreed to by the CFA should be given priority in the allocation of food aid. The status of Iran still to be determined.2/ Includes refugee needs. 3/ Includes import requirements of Taiwan Province. 4/ Excludes Afghan refugee requirements. 5/ Classified as LIFD countries as of January 1996. 6/ Data for CIS members includes intratrade between the Republics. 7/ Provisional estimate.

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