FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops and Shortages No.3, October 2005

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

b) 2005/06 estimates (in thousand tonnes)

 COUNTRY  Marketing
year
2004/052005/06
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 22 484.8620.323 105.123 177.03 746.3459.43 286.9
Northern Africa 16 586.88.216 595.016 018.02 161.30.02 161.3
EgyptJuly/June12 692.88.212 701.011 601.01 690.50.01 690.5
MoroccoJuly/June3 894.00.03 894.04 417.0470.80.0470.8
Eastern Africa 2 791.5230.73 022.22 770.092.389.42.9
KenyaOct./Sept.1 810.5139.51 950.01 800.036.036.00.0
SomaliaAug./July351.652.4404.0450.040.540.50.0
TanzaniaJune/May629.438.8668.2520.015.812.92.9
Southern Africa 3 106.5381.43 487.94 389.01 492.7370.01 122.7
AngolaApril/March774.059.8833.8739.0157.032.1124.9
LesothoApril/March244.65.9250.5303.0111.411.999.5
MadagascarApril/March256.833.2290.0174.020.617.13.5
MalawiApril/March233.030.4263.4852.0143.395.547.8
MozambiqueApril/March715.652.0767.6869.0331.537.1294.4
SwazilandMay/April134.82.8137.6111.029.03.026.0
ZambiaMay/April61.762.9124.6271.023.48.315.1
Zimbabwe April/March686.0134.4820.41 070.0676.5165.0511.5
ASIA/NEAR EAST 44 324.5955.245 279.737 239.45 358.0263.15 094.9
AfghanistanJuly/June1 603.5183.51 787.0390.019.219.20.0
ArmeniaJuly/June160.03.0163.0163.01.80.31.5
AzerbaijanJuly/June1 107.035.01 142.0852.0171.31.1170.2
BangladeshJuly/June3 199.3337.73 537.03 150.0981.835.0946.8
BhutanJuly/June64.71.366.071.00.00.00.0
China July/June16 033.166.916 100.012 900.01 196.00.01 196.0
GeorgiaJuly/June895.066.0961.0680.0121.40.0121.4
IndiaApril/March209.445.3254.7650.026.424.61.8
IndonesiaApril/March6 796.647.16 843.75 741.41 579.330.51 548.8
IraqJuly/June4 129.59.84 139.34 430.0352.027.6324.4
Kyrgyz RepublicJuly/June98.02.0100.0115.00.90.00.9
MongoliaOct./Sept.223.639.4263.0303.029.229.20.0
NepalJuly/June128.211.8140.0140.010.210.20.0
Pakistan May/April1 508.17.71 515.8601.0140.20.0140.2
PhilippinesJuly/June4 890.048.24 938.24 326.0416.675.1341.5
SyriaJuly/June2 769.510.52 780.02 115.0302.52.9299.6
TajikistanJuly/June205.040.0245.0242.09.27.41.8
Timor-LesteJuly/June42.00.042.043.00.00.00.0
TurkmenistanJuly/June4.00.04.044.00.00.00.0
UzbekistanJuly/June258.00.0258.0283.00.00.00.0
CENTRAL AMERICA 1 379.1183.41 562.51 580.0391.2167.3223.9
HaitiJuly/June509.1116.7625.8595.0147.951.496.5
HondurasJuly/June631.919.7651.6650.0164.685.579.1
NicaraguaJuly/June238.147.0285.1335.078.730.448.3
SOUTH AMERICA 972.847.01 019.8946.094.317.077.3
EcuadorJuly/June972.847.01 019.8946.094.317.077.3
EUROPE  1 436.68.41 445.01 465.063.60.063.6
AlbaniaJuly/June387.68.4396.0370.021.40.021.4
BelarusJuly/June523.00.0523.0525.042.20.042.2
Bosnia-Herzegovina July/June526.00.0526.0570.00.00.00.0
TOTAL 70 597.81 814.372 412.164 407.49 653.4906.88 746.6

SOURCE: FAO        for footnote, see previous page.


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