FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook, November 1997

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Table A.2 a) - WORLD IMPORTS OF CEREALS

Wheat (July/June) 1/ Coarse Grains (July/June)

1995/96 1996/97
estim.
1997/98
f'cast
1995/96 1996/97
estim.
1997/98
f'cast

( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
ASIA 48.7 47.3 46.9 58.2 55.6 58.2
Bangladesh 1.3 1.1 1.3 - - -
China 2/ 14.4 5.3 4.0 11.8 7.6 8.2
Hong Kong 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
India 0.1 1.7 1.2 0.2 0.2 0.3
Indonesia 3.8 4.0 4.4 0.9 0.8 1.0
Iran, Islamic Rep. of 2.8 6.8 5.3 1.5 1.5 1.5
Japan 5.7 6.0 6.1 20.1 20.4 20.8
Korea, Rep. of 2.5 3.9 3.5 10.3 9.2 9.5
Malaysia 1.3 1.3 1.3 2.4 2.4 2.5
Pakistan 2.1 2.8 4.0 - 0.1 0.1
Philippines 2.2 2.2 2.2 0.6 0.6 0.8
Saudi Arabia 0.1 0.1 0.1 4.5 6.9 6.9
Singapore 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
Sri Lanka 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Syria 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.3
Yemen 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.2 0.2 0.2
AFRICA 19.7 17.8 20.9 8.6 8.5 9.3
North Africa 14.3 12.3 15.8 4.8 5.3 6.4
Algeria 2.9 3.0 4.2 0.5 1.0 1.3
Egypt 6.3 6.8 7.0 2.4 3.0 3.2
Morocco 2.9 1.1 2.4 0.8 0.4 0.8
Tunisia 1.2 0.5 1.2 0.5 0.4 0.6
Sub-Saharan Africa 3/ 5.4 5.4 5.1 3.8 3.2 3.0
Cote d'Ivoire 0.3 0.3 0.3 - - -
Ethiopia 0.1 - - - - -
Kenya 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.8 0.4
Madagascar 0.1 0.1 0.1 - - -
Senegal 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Sudan 0.4 0.4 0.4 - - -
CENTRAL AMERICA 3.8 4.7 4.5 9.9 8.3 8.4
Mexico 1.6 1.9 1.7 8.1 6.3 5.6
SOUTH AMERICA 10.1 10.5 10.8 4.9 4.8 6.0
Brazil 5.5 5.5 5.7 0.5 0.4 1.3
Colombia 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.5 1.5
Peru 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0
Venezuela 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.3
NORTH AMERICA 1.8 2.5 2.7 3.7 3.4 3.6
EUROPE 5.0 6.8 4.6 6.2 6.4 4.2
EC 4/ 2.6 2.0 2.3 4.4 3.0 2.5
CIS 5/ 4.0 2.7 2.4 0.5 0.3 0.1
OCEANIA 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2
WORLD 93.3 92.8 93.0 92.1 87.5 90.0
Developing countries 75.4 72.7 75.9 58.9 54.6 58.9
Developed countries 18.0 20.0 17.1 33.2 32.9 31.1

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.
5/ Commonwealth of Independent States; excluding intratrade.

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