Food Outlook No.3 - July 2002 p.14

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Table A.2 a) - WORLD IMPORTS OF CEREALS

Wheat (July/June) 1/ Coarse Grains (July/June)
2000/01 2001/02
estim.
2002/03
f'cast
2000/01 2001/02
estim.
2002/03
f'cast
  ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
ASIA 43.8 48.2 50.5 58.3 57.8 58.4
  Bangladesh 1.0 1.5 1.4 0.1 0.1 -
  China 1.4 2.6 4.5 7.1 7.9 8.0
      Taiwan Province 1.0 1.1 1.0 4.8 5.2 5.1
  Georgia 0.7 0.5 0.5 - - -
  India 0.1 - - 0.2 0.1 0.2
  Indonesia 4.0 4.0 4.0 1.4 1.4 1.4
  Iran, Islamic Rep. of 6.5 6.3 5.5 2.2 2.1 1.8
  Iraq 3.2 3.2 3.2 0.3 0.1 0.1
  Israel 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3
  Japan 5.7 5.8 5.9 20.4 20.0 19.9
  Korea, D. P. R. 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.4 0.5
  Korea, Rep. of 3.1 4.0 4.3 8.9 8.6 9.0
  Malaysia 1.2 1.3 1.4 2.6 2.7 2.9
  Pakistan 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1
  Philippines 3.0 3.0 3.0 0.4 0.6 0.6
  Saudi Arabia - - - 6.4 6.5 6.5
  Singapore 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
  Sri Lanka 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.1
  Syria 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.6 0.8 0.8
  Thailand 0.8 0.8 0.9 - 0.3 0.6
  Yemen 1.8 1.9 2.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
AFRICA 25.4 24.5 24.7 14.6 13.2 16.2
North Africa 16.1 16.7 16.9 10.4 9.8 9.9
  Algeria 4.6 4.9 4.6 2.1 2.0 2.0
  Egypt 5.7 6.2 6.8 4.9 4.3 4.5
  Morocco 3.3 3.0 2.8 1.5 1.6 1.5
  Tunisia 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.1
Sub-Saharan Africa 9.3 7.8 7.8 4.2 3.4 6.3
  Côte d'Ivoire 0.3 0.3 0.3 - - -
  Ethiopia 0.8 0.3 0.4 0.1 - 0.1
  Kenya 0.6 0.5 0.6 1.4 0.4 0.9
  Nigeria 1.6 1.7 1.7 0.1 0.1 0.1
  Senegal 0.3 0.3 0.3 - - -
  Sudan 1.3 1.2 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
  South Africa 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.6
CENTRAL AMERICA 6.6 6.4 6.8 14.5 14.2 14.4
  Cuba 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.3
  Dominican Rep. 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.7
  Mexico 3.2 2.9 3.2 11.2 10.9 11.0
SOUTH AMERICA 12.5 11.6 11.8 7.6 6.1 6.6
  Brazil 7.2 6.5 6.5 1.6 0.2 0.4
  Chile 0.5 0.3 0.5 1.2 1.2 1.3
  Colombia 1.2 1.2 1.2 2.3 2.4 2.4
  Peru 1.2 1.3 1.3 0.9 1.1 1.1
  Venezuela 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.2
NORTH AMERICA 2.5 2.9 2.8 5.0 6.0 3.4
  Canada 0.1 0.1 - 2.6 3.4 1.1
  United States 2.4 2.8 2.8 2.4 2.6 2.3
EUROPE 9.3 11.2 7.4 8.5 8.6 7.4
  Belarus 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.3
  EC  2/ 3.2 8.0 4.0 2.9 3.9 2.6
  Poland 0.8 0.3 0.4 1.2 0.5 0.6
  Romania 0.5 - 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.6
  Russian Fed. 1.6 0.5 0.3 0.8 0.7 0.9
  Ukraine 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
OCEANIA 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1
  New Zealand 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
WORLD 100.6 105.3 104.5 108.6 105.8 106.5
  Developing countries 77.8 80.6 83.6 72.6 69.4 73.8
  Developed countries 22.8 24.7 21.0 36.0 36.5 32.7
Source: FAO Note: Totals computed from unrounded data.
1/ Including wheat flour in wheat grain equivalent, but excluding semolina.
2/ Excluding trade between the fifteen EC member countries.

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