FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops and Shortages No.2, June 2003

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

a) 2002/03 or 2003 estimates (in thousand tonnes)

COUNTRYMarketing
year
2001/02 or 20022002/03 or 2003
Actual importsTotal
import
require-
ments
(excluding
re-exports)
Import position
Commercial
purchases
Food aidTotal
commercial
and aid
Total
commercial
and aid
Food aid
allocated
committed
or shipped
Commercial
purchases
AFRICA32 473.41 883.234 356.634 953.916 993.61 755.215 238.4
Northern Africa16 796.043.016 839.015 986.011 033.224.111 009.1
EgyptJuly/June12 238.534.512 273.011 820.08 523.519.78 503.8
MoroccoJuly/June4 557.58.54 566.04 166.02 509.74.42 505.3
Eastern Africa3 538.1931.54 469.65 285.01 411.5746.4665.1
BurundiJan./Dec.47.517.565.070.024.124.10.0
ComorosJan./Dec.46.00.046.046.02.60.02.6
DjiboutiJan./Dec.58.219.878.063.05.51.83.7
EritreaJan./Dec.87.2121.0208.2440.051.242.98.3
EthiopiaJan./Dec.97.6292.4390.0745.0409.8359.250.6
KenyaOct./Sept.1 113.6136.41 250.01 640.0215.1104.0111.1
RwandaJan./Dec.198.028.0226.0226.021.311.310.0
SomaliaAug./July251.718.3270.0320.09.16.92.2
SudanNov./Oct.1 148.5101.71 250.21 120.0204.195.9108.2
TanzaniaJune/May383.9116.3500.2470.0410.041.6368.4
UgandaJan./Dec.105.980.1186.0145.058.758.70.0
Southern Africa1 967.3361.02 328.33 237.03 111.3784.82 326.5
AngolaApril/March401.7169.7571.4725.0667.1228.0439.1
LesothoApril/March178.22.8181.0338.0234.042.0192.0
MadagascarApril/March364.428.6393.0255.0250.846.1204.7
MalawiApril/March144.36.6150.9550.0672.5222.5450.0
MozambiqueApril/March550.3133.7684.0642.0750.094.7655.3
SwazilandMay/April76.81.278.0111.0104.912.892.1
ZambiaMay/April251.618.4270.0616.0432.0138.7293.3
Western Africa9 387.0455.89 842.89 553.41 364.4176.61 187.8
Coastal Countries6 948.3271.37 219.66 925.0950.670.2880.4
BeninJan./Dec.96.118.9115.0115.029.08.220.8
C�te d'IvoireJan./Dec.1 302.814.21 317.01 177.0275.50.9274.6
GhanaJan./Dec.463.578.6542.1520.0131.535.695.9
GuineaJan./Dec.327.345.5372.8370.04.34.30.0
LiberiaJan./Dec.117.832.2150.0165.018.814.24.6
NigeriaJan./Dec.4 297.512.54 310.04 170.0474.00.0474.0
Sierra LeoneJan./Dec.243.369.4312.7308.015.37.08.3
TogoJan./Dec.100.00.0100.0100.02.20.02.2
Sahelian Countries2 438.7184.52 623.22 628.4413.8106.4307.4
Burkina fasoNov./Oct.227.230.4257.6236.515.013.41.6
Cape VerdeNov./Oct.37.436.674.0108.541.739.72.0
ChadNov./Oct.84.13.587.698.110.67.03.6
GambiaNov./Oct.143.25.7148.9142.38.42.26.2
Guinea BissauNov./Oct.49.37.056.373.58.48.40.0
MaliNov./Oct.237.213.4250.6279.06.96.90.0
MauritaniaNov./Oct.261.640.1301.7308.087.618.369.3
NigerNov./Oct.356.229.9386.1377.08.72.26.5
SenegalNov./Oct.1 042.517.91 060.41 005.5226.58.3218.2
Central Africa785.091.9876.9892.573.223.349.9
CameroonJan./Dec.365.22.2367.4367.521.40.021.4
Cent.Afr.Rep.Jan./Dec.32.05.037.038.00.80.80.0
Congo, Dem.Rep.Jan./Dec.189.767.9257.6270.015.315.30.0
Congo, Rep.Jan./Dec.176.811.1187.9190.030.32.028.3
Eq. GuineaJan./Dec.15.00.015.015.00.20.00.2
Sao TomeJan./Dec.6.35.712.012.05.25.20.0
ASIA32 811.53 581.036 392.537 316.025 576.52 163.923 412.6
AfghanistanJuly/June1 183.2323.81 507.01 396.0676.9340.1336.8
ArmeniaJuly/June191.034.0225.0299.0113.446.966.5
AzerbaijanJuly/June721.017.0738.0597.0541.724.8516.9
BangladeshJuly/June1 624.4531.62 156.02 179.02 012.2341.21 671.0
BhutanJuly/June47.86.254.071.02.92.90.0
CambodiaJan./Dec.66.651.7118.3105.059.540.519.0
China 2/July/June9 929.470.610 000.09 600.05 000.757.74 943.0
GeorgiaJuly/June416.0100.0516.0505.0403.513.4390.1
IndiaApril/March11.5216.1227.6380.0380.0165.4214.6
IndonesiaApril/March6 638.2225.06 863.28 802.09 163.7218.78 945.0
Korea, D.P.R.Nov./Oct.882.41 020.81 903.21 359.0535.8470.365.5
Kyrgyz RepublicJuly/June120.089.0209.0161.091.87.983.9
LaosJan./Dec.26.921.148.037.030.020.59.5
MaldivesJan./Dec.38.00.038.038.014.614.60.0
MongoliaOct./Sept.181.656.3237.9238.080.30.080.3
NepalJuly/June96.98.1105.0100.050.70.750.0
PakistanMay/April288.694.4383.0380.0380.552.5328.0
PhilippinesJuly/June4 533.5249.54 783.04 900.03 377.987.83 290.1
Sri LankaJan./Dec.967.895.21 063.01 040.0208.11.2206.9
SyriaJuly/June1 432.713.31 446.01 830.01 456.66.61 450.0
TajikistanJuly/June453.0189.0642.0486.0479.0112.3366.7
TurkmenistanJuly/June46.08.054.058.045.10.045.1
UzbekistanJuly/June525.048.0573.0320.0270.7125.9144.8
YemenJan./Dec.2 390.0112.32 502.32 435.0200.912.0188.9
CENTRAL AMERICA4 006.7302.74 309.44 497.02 314.2380.81 933.4
CubaJuly/June1 730.86.01 736.81 800.0569.31.2568.1
GuatemalaJuly/June1 028.3126.71 155.01 180.0746.5155.2591.3
HaitiJuly/June458.691.4550.0615.0362.6105.2257.4
HondurasJuly/June548.628.0576.6625.0365.638.3327.3
NicaraguaJuly/June240.450.6291.0277.0270.280.9189.3
SOUTH AMERICA910.5142.81 053.31 129.0746.6194.2552.4
BoliviaJuly/June195.973.4269.3269.0131.1119.311.8
EcuadorJuly/June714.669.4784.0860.0615.574.9540.6
OCEANIA418.00.0418.0399.02.00.02.0
KiribatiJan./Dec.8.00.08.08.00.00.00.0
Papua New GuineaJan./Dec.355.00.0355.0336.02.00.02.0
SamoaJan./Dec.17.00.017.017.00.00.00.0
Solomon Isl.Jan./Dec.26.00.026.026.00.00.00.0
TuvaluJan./Dec.1.00.01.01.00.00.00.0
VanuatuJan./Dec.11.00.011.011.00.00.00.0
EUROPE951.8148.21 100.01 040.0254.481.6172.8
AlbaniaJuly/June320.342.7363.0383.0200.027.2172.8
Bosnia&HerzegovinaJuly/June375.4104.6480.0400.054.454.40.0
Macedonia, FYRJuly/June256.10.9257.0257.00.00.00.0
TOTAL71 571.96 057.977 629.879 334.945 887.34 575.741 311.6

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.$ 1 445 in 2000), 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 import requirements of Taiwan Province.


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