FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops and Shortages No.2, June 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 31 205.03 154.134 359.135 923.922 880.51 943.020 937.5
Northern Africa 14 443.920.114 464.015 567.012 948.04.212 943.8
EgyptJuly/June10 979.920.111 000.011 900.010 347.54.210 343.3
MoroccoJuly/June3 464.00.03 464.03 667.02 600.50.02 600.5
Eastern Africa 3 603.01 505.25 108.25 568.02 877.31 125.91 751.4
BurundiJan./Dec.40.155.996.082.025.625.60.0
ComorosJan./Dec.34.30.034.333.05.10.05.1
DjiboutiJan./Dec.75.011.586.563.011.55.16.4
EritreaJan./Dec.134.8269.7404.5422.0103.7103.70.0
EthiopiaJan./Dec.44.7549.1593.8265.0240.3240.30.0
KenyaOct./Sept.1 204.266.31 270.51 950.0787.5149.0638.5
RwandaJan./Dec.196.727.3224.0229.022.310.511.8
SomaliaAug./July243.923.1267.0304.089.445.543.9
SudanNov./Oct.1 068.6226.41 295.01 328.0951.7417.6534.1
TanzaniaJune/May483.2134.3617.5632.0524.838.8486.0
UgandaJan./Dec.77.5141.6219.1260.0115.489.825.6
Southern Africa 2 784.41 082.03 866.43 438.73 437.6406.43 031.2
AngolaApril/March617.2219.8837.0778.0778.772.4706.3
LesothoApril/March221.519.0240.5250.5250.55.9244.6
MadagascarApril/March337.929.9367.8290.0290.034.9255.1
MalawiApril/March86.514.5101.0262.0260.132.1228.0
MozambiqueApril/March595.9276.3872.2771.0771.155.0716.1
SwazilandMay/April113.715.5129.2138.8138.85.8133.0
ZambiaMay/April228.768.7297.4125.0124.662.961.7
ZimbabweApril/March583.0438.31 021.3823.4823.8137.4686.4
Western Africa 9 116.7435.79 552.49 996.23 223.1370.72 852.4
Coastal Countries 6 948.4239.97 188.37 254.02 224.8149.92 074.9
BeninJan./Dec.154.713.3168.0143.014.014.00.0
C�te d'IvoireJan./Dec.1 100.035.01 135.01 155.0167.35.6161.7
GhanaJan./Dec.713.460.7774.1751.0161.150.9110.2
GuineaJan./Dec.343.917.2361.1372.027.76.121.6
LiberiaJan./Dec.156.771.7228.4210.081.557.424.1
NigeriaJan./Dec.4 123.210.54 133.74 230.01 638.60.01 638.6
Sierra LeoneJan./Dec.245.531.5277.0288.057.215.941.3
TogoJan./Dec.111.00.0111.0105.077.40.077.4
Sahelian Countries 2 168.3195.82 364.12 742.2998.3220.8777.5
Burkina fasoNov./Oct.147.424.0171.4229.337.628.39.3
Cape VerdeNov./Oct.38.635.574.1100.043.940.03.9
ChadNov./Oct.80.030.7110.7127.349.336.612.7
GambiaNov./Oct.147.311.4158.7141.327.91.226.7
Guinea BissauNov./Oct.49.53.853.374.428.01.126.9
MaliNov./Oct.222.80.9223.7265.214.11.812.3
MauritaniaNov./Oct.226.152.9279.0336.0155.257.897.4
NigerNov./Oct.338.323.2361.5517.564.028.635.4
SenegalNov./Oct.918.313.4931.7951.2578.325.4552.9
Central Africa 1 257.0111.11 368.11 354.0394.535.8358.7
CameroonJan./Dec.522.829.7552.5510.0261.311.0250.3
Cent.Afr.Rep.Jan./Dec.54.94.159.046.50.40.40.0
Congo, Dem.Rep.Jan./Dec.361.369.3430.6480.098.416.781.7
Congo, Rep.Jan./Dec.287.25.1292.3288.023.90.623.3
Eq. GuineaJan./Dec.19.80.019.816.03.40.03.4
Sao TomeJan./Dec.11.02.913.913.57.17.10.0
ASIA/NEAR EAST 38 939.02 531.441 470.449 607.034 621.01 341.433 279.6
AfghanistanJuly/June381.3124.9506.21 733.0241.7184.457.3
ArmeniaJuly/June126.042.0168.0169.051.03.048.0
AzerbaijanJuly/June790.06.0796.01 149.0890.436.4854.0
BangladeshJuly/June2 692.1256.92 949.03 473.02 739.2329.82 409.4
BhutanJuly/June56.53.560.066.00.30.30.0
CambodiaJan./Dec.51.628.279.8150.01.51.50.0
China July/June11 369.430.611 400.016 500.012 011.066.911 944.1
GeorgiaJuly/June518.084.0602.0811.0791.265.7725.5
IndiaApril/March168.036.5204.5250.063.545.518.0
IndonesiaApril/March8 129.1212.18 341.26 291.05 645.147.15 598.0
IraqJuly/June3 046.6417.43 464.04 230.02 895.09.22 885.8
Korea, D.P.R.Nov./Oct.420.8688.81 109.61 097.0507.5234.7272.8
Kyrgyz RepublicJuly/June78.01.079.0158.061.40.760.7
Lao, P.D.R.Jan./Dec.7.025.132.117.05.55.50.0
MaldivesJan./Dec.32.57.540.040.010.710.30.4
MongoliaOct./Sept.199.348.7248.0263.083.336.646.7
NepalJuly/June112.58.8121.3120.036.317.319.0
Pakistan May/April386.914.0400.91 600.01 417.97.71 410.2
PhilippinesJuly/June4 012.4106.14 118.54 676.03 369.4123.33 246.1
Sri LankaJan./Dec.1 318.035.31 353.31 274.0518.256.6461.6
SyriaJuly/June2 181.18.92 190.02 405.01 996.210.51 985.7
TajikistanJuly/June278.086.0364.0381.0161.146.1115.0
Timor-LesteJuly/June62.00.062.042.010.60.010.6
TurkmenistanJuly/June34.00.034.044.00.10.00.1
UzbekistanJuly/June268.082.0350.0408.0116.00.0116.0
YemenJan./Dec.2 219.9177.12 397.02 260.0996.92.3994.6
CENTRAL AMERICA 1 288.0177.51 465.51 500.01 097.4290.7806.7
HaitiJuly/June499.077.9576.9578.0427.8163.8264.0
HondurasJuly/June513.664.5578.1577.0402.252.6349.6
NicaraguaJuly/June275.435.1310.5345.0267.474.3193.1
SOUTH AMERICA 867.45.3872.7906.0901.147.0854.1
EcuadorJuly/June867.45.3872.7906.0901.147.0854.1
OCEANIA 415.20.0415.2420.255.90.055.9
KiribatiJan./Dec.8.70.08.78.70.00.00.0
Papua New GuineaJan./Dec.342.00.0342.0347.055.20.055.2
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.12.00.012.012.00.20.00.2
EUROPE  1 579.626.51 606.11 449.0774.64.8769.8
AlbaniaJuly/June387.626.5414.1402.0236.64.8231.8
BelarusJuly/June612.00.0612.0567.0375.40.0375.4
Bosnia-Herzegovina July/June580.00.0580.0480.0162.60.0162.6
TOTAL 74 294.25 894.880 189.089 806.160 330.53 626.956 703.6

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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