FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops and Shortages No.4, September 2002 Page 6

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ESTIMATED CEREAL IMPORT REQUIREMENTS OF LOW-INCOME FOOD-DEFICIT COUNTRIES 1/
b) 2002/03 estimates (in thousand tonnes)

COUNTRY Marketing
year
2001/02 2002/03
Actual imports Total
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   18 894.2 538.4 19 432.6 19 510.0 6 220.5 1 791.6 4 428.9
Northern Africa   16 543.0 43.0 16 586.0 15 663.0 952.4 7.4 945.0
Egypt July/June 11 938.5 34.5 11 973.0 11 400.0 892.4 7.4 885.0
Morocco July/June 4 604.5 8.5 4 613.0 4 263.0 60.0 0.0 60.0
Eastern Africa   655.8 134.4 790.2 580.0 4 495.3 1 473.9 3 021.4
Somalia Aug./July 291.9 18.1 310.0 310.0 14.6 14.6 0.0
Tanzania June/May 363.9 116.3 480.2 270.0 19.8 13.0 6.8
Southern Africa   1 695.4 361.0 2 056.4 3 267.0 772.8 310.3 462.5
Angola April/March 351.8 169.7 521.5 725.0 97.9 97.9 0.0
Lesotho April/March 178.2 2.8 181.0 338.0 76.8 20.3 56.5
Madagascar April/March 176.4 28.6 205.0 315.0 42.0 37.0 5.0
Malawi April/March 109.9 6.6 116.5 510.0 264.0 86.0 178.0
Mozambique April/March 550.3 133.7 684.0 642.0 88.1 43.1 45.0
Swaziland May/April 76.8 1.2 78.0 111.0 32.3 4.3 28.0
Zambia May/April 252.0 18.4 270.4 626.0 171.7 21.7 150.0
ASIA   28 243.9 2 126.5 30 370.4 31 974.0 2 761.8 722.2 2 039.6
Afghanistan July/June 1 048.3 323.8 1 372.1 1 379.0 153.5 103.5 50.0
Armenia July/June 308.0 37.0 345.0 344.0 47.3 1.4 45.9
Azerbaijan July/June 721.0 17.0 738.0 629.0 16.0 16.0 0.0
Bangladesh July/June 1 479.4 520.6 2 000.0 1 477.0 49.5 49.5 0.0
Bhutan July/June 47.8 6.2 54.0 53.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
China 2/ July/June 9 935.8 64.2 10 000.0 10 800.0 415.7 44.0 371.7
Georgia July/June 425.0 93.0 518.0 575.0 26.1 26.1 0.0
India April/March 12.0 187.4 199.4 350.0 83.0 66.0 17.0
Indonesia April/March 6 615.0 225.0 6 840.0 8 640.0 1 364.5 158.0 1 206.5
Kyrgyz Republic July/June 197.0 9.0 206.0 179.0 8.6 8.6 0.0
Nepal July/June 66.9 8.1 75.0 70.0 50.0 0.0 50.0
Pakistan May/April 388.6 94.4 483.0 630.0 37.0 36.0 1.0
Philippines July/June 4 560.5 249.5 4 810.0 5 000.0 352.6 55.1 297.5
Syria July/June 1 442.6 13.3 1 455.9 805.0 0.7 0.7 0.0
Tajikistan July/June 439.0 203.0 642.0 656.0 17.5 17.5 0.0
Turkmenistan July/June 45.0 7.0 52.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Uzbekistan July/June 512.0 68.0 580.0 362.0 139.8 139.8 0.0
CENTRAL AMERICA   3 922.4 261.9 4 184.3 1 932.0 202.6 202.6 0.0
Cuba July/June 1 667.9 6.0 1 673.9 1 712.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Guatemala July/June 1 055.7 96.4 1 152.1 1 160.0 67.5 67.5 0.0
Haiti July/June 503.4 81.6 585.0 595.0 96.9 96.9 0.0
Honduras July/June 509.3 27.3 536.6 527.0 11.0 11.0 0.0
Nicaragua July/June 186.1 50.6 236.7 220.0 27.2 27.2 0.0
SOUTH AMERICA   894.6 112.6 1 007.2 958.0 100.7 100.7 0.0
Bolivia July/June 223.0 43.2 266.2 268.0 57.7 57.7 0.0
Ecuador July/June 671.6 69.4 741.0 690.0 43.0 43.0 0.0
EUROPE   721.8 148.2 870.0 622.0 74.7 74.7 0.0
Albania July/June 280.3 42.7 323.0 365.0 20.3 20.3 0.0
Bosnia&Herzegovina July/June 185.4 104.6 290.0 230.0 54.4 54.4 0.0
Macedonia, FYR July/June 256.1 0.9 257.0 257.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TOTAL   52 676.9 3 187.6 55 864.5 54 996.0 9 360.3 2 891.8 6 468.5

SOURCE: FAO      
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