FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages No.1, March 2001 - Page 5

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ESTIMATED CEREAL IMPORT REQUIREMENTS OF LOW-INCOME FOOD-DEFICIT COUNTRIES 1/
a) 1999/2000 or 2000 estimates (in thousand tonnes)

COUNTRY     Marketing
year
   
1998/99 or 1999 1999/2000 or 2000
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
Commercia
purchases
AFRICA   26 809.3 2 451.6 29 260.9 31 047.0 11 040.8 1 770.4 9 270.4
Northern Africa   14 201.7 73.3 14 275.0 16 345.0 8 619.5 240.6 8 378.9
Egypt July/June 9 755.9 64.1 9 820.0 11 030.0 6 444.7 20.7 6 424.0
Morocco July/June 4 445.8 9.2 4 455.0 5 315.0 2 174.8 219.9 1 954.9
Eastern Africa   4 000.0 1 756.9 5 756.9 6 026.0 1 200.6 819.7 380.9
Burundi Jan./Dec. 61.3 8.7 70.0 106.0 13.4 13.4 0.0
Comoros Jan./Dec. 46.0 0.0 46.0 46.0 9.4 0.0 9.4
Djibouti Jan./Dec. 98.5 9.5 108.0 103.0 22.8 4.2 18.6
Eritrea Jan./Dec. 77.4 194.1 271.5 240.0 46.6 46.6 0.0
Ethiopia 2/ Jan./Dec. 67.7 1 043.6 1 111.3 970.0 503.7 503.7 0.0
Kenya Oct./Sept. 1 771.3 117.1 1 888.4 2 164.0 224.8 160.4 64.4
Rwanda Jan./Dec. 50.0 167.0 217.0 175.0 18.1 18.1 0.0
Somalia Aug./July 274.6 35.4 310.0 330.0 37.1 37.1 0.0
Sudan Nov./Oct. 900.2 132.8 1 033.0 1 202.0 192.1 34.1 158.0
Tanzania June/May 653.0 48.7 701.7 690.0 132.6 2.1 130.5
Southern Africa   1 628.9 308.4 1 937.3 2 144.0 831.0 512.7 318.3
Angola April/March 389.6 140.9 530.5 753.0 318.8 240.4 78.4
Lesotho April/March 235.0 3.0 238.0 248.0 3.1 3.1 0.0
Madagascar April/March 214.1 16.0 230.1 518.0 190.0 12.0 178.0
Malawi April/March 61.9 67.9 129.8 60.0 16.2 15.6 0.6
Mozambique April/March 228.3 73.6 301.9 413.0 287.7 237.7 50.0
Swaziland May/April 73.0 0.0 73.0 88.0 10.9 0.0 10.9
Zambia May/April 427.0 7.0 434.0 64.0 4.3 3.9 0.4
Western africa   6 274.8 262.1 6 536.9 5 809.0 348.4 172.0 176.4
Coastal countries   4 469.5 74.4 4 543.9 3 720.0 291.8 133.6 158.2
Benin Jan./Dec. 118.8 4.6 123.4 110.0 1.4 1.4 0.0
Cote d'Ivoire Jan./Dec. 1 145.4 11.3 1 156.7 775.0 14.9 7.0 7.9
Ghana Jan./Dec. 469.4 16.1 485.5 385.0 93.9 83.7 10.2
Guinea Jan./Dec. 348.7 1.3 350.0 390.0 4.0 4.0 0.0
Liberia Jan./Dec. 99.9 18.4 118.3 200.0 5.2 3.8 1.4
Nigeria Jan./Dec. 1 911.0 0.0 1 911.0 1 470.0 87.7 0.3 87.4
Sierra Leone Jan./Dec. 310.3 18.7 329.0 310.0 32.0 29.4 2.6
Togo Jan./Dec. 66.0 4.0 70.0 80.0 52.7 4.0 48.7
Sahelian countries   1 805.3 187.7 1 993.0 2 089.0 56.6 38.4 18.2
Burkina faso Nov./Oct. 121.2 29.7 150.9 190.0 5.1 5.1 0.0
Cape Verde Nov./Oct. 30.3 51.4 81.7 88.0 18.7 18.7 0.0
Chad Nov./Oct. 38.0 14.7 52.7 85.0 0.3 0.3 0.0
Gambia Nov./Oct. 115.3 4.6 119.9 120.0 6.9 1.9 5.0
Guinea Bissau Nov./Oct. 50.2 10.4 60.6 72.0 1.1 1.1 0.0
Mali Nov./Oct. 104.2 5.6 109.8 90.0 7.9 7.9 0.0
Mauritania Nov./Oct. 269.7 23.2 292.9 300.0 13.9 0.7 13.2
Niger Nov./Oct. 344.5 10.7 355.2 377.0 2.7 2.7 0.0
Senegal Nov./Oct. 731.9 37.4 769.3 767.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Central Africa   703.9 50.9 754.8 723.0 41.3 25.4 15.9
Cameroon Jan./Dec. 288.0 2.8 290.8 290.0 5.0 5.0 0.0
Cent.Afr.Rep. Jan./Dec. 27.0 2.6 29.6 30.0 8.3 0.6 7.7
Congo, Dem.Rep. Jan./Dec. 217.9 32.1 250.0 250.0 2.8 2.8 0.0
Congo, Rep. Jan./Dec. 156.4 8.3 164.7 133.0 13.0 13.0 0.0
Eq. Guinea Jan./Dec. 8.4 0.9 9.3 10.0 5.8 0.0 5.8
Sao Tome Jan./Dec. 6.2 4.2 10.4 10.0 6.4 4.0 2.4
ASIA     36 166.8  3 580.4  39 747.2  35 359.0   14 161.7  2 727.9   11 433.8
Afghanistan July/June 1 150.3 107.7 1 258.0 2 300.0 465.2 165.2 300.0
Armenia July/June 353.0 19.0 372.0 515.0 184.0 97.0 87.0
Azerbaijan July/June 744.0 33.0 777.0 685.0 201.7 8.7 193.0
Bangladesh July/June 1 127.0 1 017.0 2 144.0 1 981.0 733.5 163.0 570.5
Bhutan July/June 22.0 0.0 22.0 22.0 0.2 0.2 0.0
Cambodia Jan./Dec. 32.7 33.4 66.1 75.0 51.7 32.8 18.9
China 3/ July/June 10 008.0 192.0 10 200.0 10 600.0 3 991.0 58.6 3 932.4
Georgia July/June 498.0 70.0 568.0 748.0 92.2 76.2 16.0
India April/March 1 834.0 259.1 2 093.1 309.0 354.6 256.5 98.1
Indonesia April/March 8 009.7 508.3 8 518.0 6 493.0 3 841.4 403.6 3 437.8
Korea, D.P.R. Nov./Oct. 1 030.5 824.5 1 855.0 1 865.0 990.8 650.9 339.9
Kyrgyz Republic July/June 223.0 79.0 302.0 166.0 73.6 61.0 12.6
Laos Jan./Dec. 53.1 3.9 57.0 47.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Maldives Jan./Dec. 34.3 2.7 37.0 37.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mongolia Oct./Sept. 203.0 0.0 203.0 203.0 40.0 40.0 0.0
Nepal July/June 107.7 6.3 114.0 79.0 0.5 0.5 0.0
Pakistan 4/ May/April 1 754.0 267.2 2 021.2 290.0 105.4 105.4 0.0
Philippines July/June 3 940.3 50.0 3 990.3 3 560.0 2 572.9 211.0 2 361.9
Sri Lanka Jan./Dec. 1 211.0 13.5 1 224.5 1 210.0 42.3 42.3 0.0
Tajikistan July/June 524.0 77.0 601.0 791.0 136.5 104.2 32.3
Turkmenistan July/June 7.0 7.0 14.0 10.0 3.7 3.4 0.3
Uzbekistan July/June 633.0 0.0 633.0 803.0 70.1 38.2 31.9
Yemen Jan./Dec. 2 667.2 9.8 2 677.0 2 570.0 210.4 209.2 1.2
CENTRAL AMERICA     2 729.4  426.4  3 155.8  3 061.0  967.0  152.5 814.5  
Cuba 5/ July/June 1 662.3 50.6 1 712.9 1 567.0 314.1 1.9 312.2
Haiti July/June 419.9 161.7 581.6 590.0 190.1 72.0 118.1
Honduras July/June 476.4 110.3 586.7 622.0 299.6 46.6 253.0
Nicaragua July/June 170.8 103.8 274.6 282.0 163.2 32.0 131.2
OCEANIA   381.0 0.0 381.0 381.0 0.6 0.6 0.0
Kiribati Jan./Dec. 8.0 0.0 8.0 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Papua New Guinea Jan./Dec. 318.0 0.0 318.0 318.0 0.6 0.6 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
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   681.0 174.0 855.0 699.0 85.2 79.4 5.8
Albania July/June 383.9 19.1 403.0 319.0 5.2 0.0 5.2
Bosnia&Herzegovina July/June 228.5 61.5 290.0 300.0 77.4 77.4 0.0
Macedonia, FYR July/June 68.6 93.4 162.0 80.0 2.6 2.0 0.6
TOTAL   66 767.5 6 632.4 73 399.9 70 547.0 26 255.3 4 730.8 21 524.5

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.$ 1505 in 1997), which is in accordance with the guidelines and criteria agreed to by the CFA should be given priority in the allocation of food aid.
2/ Includes refugee needs.
3/ Includes import requirements of Taiwan Province.
4/ Excludes Afghan refugee requirements.

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