FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No.4 - September 1999 p. 3

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Table A.2 a) - WORLD IMPORTS OF CEREALS

      Wheat (July/June) 1/ Coarse Grains (July/June)
1997/98 1998/99
estim.
1999/2000
f'cast
1997/98 1998/99
estim.
1999/2000
f'cast
( . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . .)
ASIA 48.8 46.0 48.2 54.2 52.9 54.4
Bangladesh 0.8 2.3 1.2 - - -
China 2/ 3.1 1.6 2.8 6.8 7.7 7.6
China, Hong Kong SAR 0.4 0.4 0.4 - - -
Georgia 0.6 0.5 0.6 - - -
India 2.3 1.4 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.2
Indonesia 4.0 3.3 2.8 1.3 0.1 0.2
Iran, Islamic Rep. of 4.0 3.2 5.8 1.7 1.5 2.1
Japan 6.0 6.0 6.1 21.0 20.8 21.1
Korea, Rep. of 3.9 4.6 3.9 8.0 7.6 8.3
Malaysia 1.1 1.2 1.3 2.3 2.2 2.3
Pakistan 4.3 3.0 3.8 - - -
Philippines 2.0 2.1 2.3 0.4 0.3 0.4
Saudi Arabia - - - 6.0 6.0 6.0
Singapore 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
Sri Lanka 0.9 0.9 1.0 - 0.1 0.1
Syria 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.5
Thailand 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.1
Uzbekistan 0.9 0.5 0.4 - - -
Yemen 2.5 2.4 2.5 0.2 0.2 0.2
AFRICA 23.5 22.0 22.5 10.3 11.5 12.1
North Africa 17.0 15.4 15.9 5.9 7.8 7.1
Algeria 4.6 4.3 3.7 1.1 1.5 1.0
Egypt 7.1 6.8 7.0 2.9 3.5 3.2
Morocco 2.8 2.1 2.8 0.9 1.5 1.6
Tunisia 1.2 0.9 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.6
Sub-Saharan Africa 3/ 6.4 6.5 6.6 4.3 3.7 5.0
Cote d'Ivoire 0.3 0.3 0.3 - - -
Ethiopia 0.3 0.6 0.6 - 0.1 -
Kenya 0.5 0.3 0.3 1.1 0.4 0.8
Madagascar 0.1 0.1 0.1 - - -
Senegal 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2
Sudan 0.5 0.5 0.4 - - -
CENTRAL AMERICA 4.7 5.6 5.7 9.5 11.6 11.6
Mexico 2.2 2.4 2.4 7.0 8.6 8.5
SOUTH AMERICA 9.8 12.1 11.5 5.8 7.0 6.0
Brazil 5.6 7.0 6.5 1.2 1.5 0.9
Colombia 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.5 1.5 1.6
Peru 1.1 1.2 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.1
Venezuela 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.3 1.3
NORTH AMERICA 2.5 2.9 2.8 4.1 3.2 3.4
EUROPE 9.8 8.9 9.9 5.1 6.1 6.8
EC 4/ 3.7 3.5 3.5 2.4 3.5 2.9
Russian Fed. 3.0 2.0 3.0 0.8 0.7 1.6
OCEANIA 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1
WORLD 99.6 98.0 101.0 89.0 92.3 94.5
Developing countries 76.4 75.6 77.5 57.2 60.6 61.0
Developed countries 23.2 22.4 23.5 31.8 31.8 33.5

SOURCE: FAO Note: Totals computed from unrounded data.
1/ Including wheat flour in wheat grain equivalent, but excluding semolina.
2/ Including Taiwan Province.
3/ Including the Republic of South Africa.
4/ Excluding trade between the fifteen EC member countries.

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