FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No.4 - September 2000 p. 4

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Table A.2 b) - WORLD IMPORTS OF CEREALS

    Rice (milled) Total Cereals 1/ 
1999 2000
estim.
2001
f'cast
1998/99 1999/2000
estim.
2000/01
f'cast
  ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
ASIA 14.2 11.5 12.3 113.4 118.9  
Bangladesh 1.8 0.5 0.5 4.2 2.2  
China 0.2 0.2 0.4 8.5 10.0  
Taiwan Province - - - 5.5 6.1  
China, Hong Kong SAR 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.8  
Georgia - - - 0.6 0.6  
India - 0.1 - 1.7 2.1  
Indonesia 3.8 2.2 2.5 7.3 6.5  
Iran, Islamic Rep. of 1.0 1.1 1.2 5.3 10.2  
Japan 0.7 0.7 0.8 27.5 27.1  
Korea, Rep. of 0.1 0.1 0.1 12.3 12.7  
Malaysia 0.7 0.7 0.7 4.3 4.4  
Pakistan - - - 2.9 2.0  
Philippines 1.0 0.6 0.6 3.5 3.8  
Saudi Arabia 0.9 0.9 0.9 6.9 7.0  
Singapore 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.9 0.9  
Sri Lanka 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.2 1.3  
Syria 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.9  
Thailand - - - 0.9 1.1  
Uzbekistan - - - 0.4 0.5  
Yemen 0.2 0.2 0.2 2.4 2.7  
AFRICA 5.3 5.5 5.3 41.4 42.2  
North Africa 0.2 0.2 0.2 24.9 24.2  
Algeria - - - 5.9 6.2  
Egypt - - - 10.9 9.8  
Morocco - - - 4.6 4.4  
Tunisia - - - 1.5 1.5  
Sub-Saharan Africa 5.1 5.2 5.1 16.3 17.9  
Cote d'Ivoire 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.9  
Ethiopia - - - 0.7 0.9  
Kenya 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.8 1.7  
Madagascar 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.4  
Senegal 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.8  
Sudan - - - 0.9 1.0  
CENTRAL AMERICA 1.5 1.5 1.5 18.2 20.0  
Mexico 0.4 0.4 0.4 11.4 12.7  
SOUTH AMERICA 1.3 1.1 1.1 20.6 20.0  
Brazil 1.0 0.7 0.7 9.6 8.8  
Colombia - 0.1 0.1 2.8 3.2  
Peru 0.1 0.2 0.2 2.7 2.1  
Venezuela - 0.1 0.1 2.7 2.6  
NORTH AMERICA 0.6 0.6 0.7 7.3 6.7  
EUROPE 1.8 1.8 1.8 16.0 22.5  
EC 2/ 0.7 0.6 0.6 6.8 6.9  
Russian Fed. 0.6 0.6 0.6 3.3 7.7  
OCEANIA 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.0 0.9  
WORLD 25.1 22.4 23.0 3/ 217.9 231.3 232.0
Developing countries 21.3 18.4 19.0 159.4 166.4 168.3
Developed countries 3.8 4.0 4.0 58.5 64.8 63.6

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