FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No.2 - April 2000 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 48.7 45.5 47.9 54.3 52.7 54.5
Bangladesh 0.8 2.4 1.6 - - -
China 2/ 3.1 1.5 1.9 6.7 6.8 7.1
China, Hong Kong SAR 0.4 0.4 0.4 - - -
Georgia 0.6 0.6 0.6 - - -
India 2.3 1.5 1.6 0.2 0.2 0.3
Indonesia 4.0 3.1 2.8 1.3 0.4 0.8
Iran, Islamic Rep. of 4.0 3.2 6.5 1.7 1.5 2.1
Japan 6.0 5.8 5.9 21.0 20.8 20.4
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 2.9 2.5 - - -
Philippines 2.0 2.2 2.3 0.4 0.2 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 0.9 - 0.1 0.1
Syria 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.5
Thailand 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.2
Uzbekistan 0.9 0.5 0.3 - - -
Yemen 2.5 2.0 2.5 0.2 0.1 0.2
AFRICA 24.0 22.8 22.5 10.5 11.1 12.4
North Africa 17.1 15.8 16.2 6.2 7.6 7.6
Algeria 4.6 4.2 4.5 1.0 1.5 1.4
Egypt 7.1 7.3 6.8 3.0 3.6 3.3
Morocco 2.8 2.2 2.8 0.9 1.3 1.6
Tunisia 1.3 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6
Sub-Saharan Africa 3/ 6.9 6.9 6.2 4.3 3.5 4.7
Cote d'Ivoire 0.3 0.3 0.3 - - -
Ethiopia 0.3 0.6 0.5 - 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 0.1
Sudan 0.5 0.5 0.4 - - -
CENTRAL AMERICA 4.7 5.6 5.9 9.6 11.2 11.2
Mexico 2.2 2.4 2.6 7.1 8.6 8.2
SOUTH AMERICA 9.8 12.1 11.5 5.8 7.4 7.2
Brazil 5.6 7.0 6.3 1.2 1.3 1.9
Colombia 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.5 1.9 1.6
Peru 1.1 1.3 1.2 0.9 1.3 1.0
Venezuela 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.4 1.3
NORTH AMERICA 2.5 2.9 2.5 4.3 3.7 3.5
EUROPE 10.0 7.7 11.8 5.4 6.1 7.9
EC 4/ 3.7 2.7 2.5 2.4 3.5 3.1
Russian Fed. 3.0 1.9 4.8 0.8 0.8 2.0
OCEANIA 0.4 0.5 0.5 - 0.1 0.1
WORLD 100.3 97.1 102.5 89.9 92.3 96.7
Developing countries 76.9 75.9 78.0 57.6 59.9 62.7
Developed countries 23.4 21.1 24.6 32.4 32.4 34.0

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