FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops and Shortages No.3, August 2003

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

b) 2003/04 estimates (in thousand tonnes)

COUNTRYMarketing
year
2002/032003/04
Actual importsTotal
import
require-
ments
(excluding
re-exports)
Import position
Commercial
purchases
Food aidTotal
commercial
and aid
Total
commercial
and aid
Food aid
allocated
committed
or shipped
Commercial
purchases
AFRICA18 914.9 1 098.120 013.0 17 308.0 603.6 438.0 165.6
Northern Africa15 762.7 268.516 031.2 14 153.0 180.6 180.6 0.0
EgyptJuly/June11 598.3 264.111 862.4 11 900.0 180.6 180.6 0.0
MoroccoJuly/June4 164.4 4.44 168.8 2 253.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Eastern Africa 681.1 48.9 730.0 740.0 21.9 21.9 0.0
SomaliaAug./July 312.7 7.3 320.0 310.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TanzaniaJune/May 368.4 41.6 410.0 430.0 21.9 21.9 0.0
Southern Africa2 471.1 780.73 251.8 2 415.0 401.1 235.5 165.6
AngolaApril/March 566.6 223.9 790.5 709.0 56.4 46.0 10.4
LesothoApril/March 192.0 42.0 234.0 321.0 36.1 12.0 24.1
MadagascarApril/March 218.3 46.1 264.4 383.0 66.9 33.3 33.6
MalawiApril/March 450.3 222.5 672.8 64.0 3.0 3.0 0.0
MozambiqueApril/March 655.5 94.7 750.2 744.0 206.1 131.9 74.2
SwazilandMay/April 92.1 12.8 104.9 128.0 18.8 9.3 9.5
ZambiaMay/April 296.3 138.7 435.0 66.0 13.8 0.0 13.8
ASIA30 854.9 1 635.5 32 490.4 41 916.0 1 069.5 337.7 731.8
AfghanistanJuly/June 420.9 341.2 762.1 392.0 5.5 5.5 0.0
ArmeniaJuly/June 123.0 29.0 152.0 211.0 20.5 20.5 0.0
AzerbaijanJuly/June 685.2 24.8 710.0 644.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BangladeshJuly/June2 420.4 358.3 2 778.7 2 325.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BhutanJuly/June 67.9 3.1 71.0 59.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
China 2/July/June9 515.0 85.0 9 600.0 19 840.0 21.8 21.8 0.0
GeorgiaJuly/June 476.0 18.0 494.0 580.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
IndiaApril/March 214.6 165.4 380.0 300.0 210.5 210.5 0.0
IndonesiaApril/March8 945.3 218.7 9 164.0 8 840.0 781.8 50.0 731.8
Kyrgyz RepublicJuly/June 121.0 7.0 128.0 187.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
NepalJuly/June 99.3 0.7 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Pakistan May/April 327.5 52.5 380.0 2 000.0 0.1 0.1 0.0
PhilippinesJuly/June4 831.8 68.2 4 900.0 4 600.0 19.6 19.6 0.0
SyriaJuly/June1 853.0 6.6 1 859.6 950.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TajikistanJuly/June 438.0 139.0 577.0 456.0 9.7 9.7 0.0
TurkmenistanJuly/June 60.0 0.0 60.0 58.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UzbekistanJuly/June 256.0 118.0 374.0 374.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CENTRAL AMERICA4 287.2 300.5 4 587.7 4 530.0 80.3 80.3 0.0
Cuba July/June1 773.8 1.2 1 775.0 1 830.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Guatemala July/June1 061.0 119.7 1 180.7 1 210.0 35.5 35.5 0.0
HaitiJuly/June 551.0 97.8 648.8 590.0 7.4 7.4 0.0
HondurasJuly/June 621.3 25.7 647.0 650.0 12.6 12.6 0.0
NicaraguaJuly/June 280.1 56.1 336.2 250.0 24.8 24.8 0.0
SOUTH AMERICA1 008.5 120.5 1 129.0 1 144.0 73.7 73.7 0.0
BoliviaJuly/June 223.4 45.6 269.0 269.0 73.7 73.7 0.0
EcuadorJuly/June 785.1 74.9 860.0 875.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
EUROPE 958.4 81.6 1 040.0 1 151.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AlbaniaJuly/June 355.8 27.2 383.0 384.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bosnia&Herzegovina July/June 345.6 54.4 400.0 510.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Macedonia, FYRJuly/June 257.0 0.0 257.0 257.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TOTAL56 023.9 3 236.2 59 260.1 66 049.0 1 827.1 929.7 897.4

SOURCE: FAO

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