Major crop import flows for caloric trade dependent countries

Methodology

Depicted are only caloric trade dependent countries, meaning that these countries derive at least 25% of their calories through the respective crop and need to import at least 25% of it.These countries are matched with their most important supplier of the respective crop. FAOSTAT data used where available.

Units

Import dependency ratio (ratio); Import share (%)

Additional information

We use data from FAOSTAT when available. In case of missing data, we take data from GTAP. For some of the countries in question, GTAP 8.1 provides export data only on an aggregate level (as e.g. Rest of Western Africa). Further, maize is not a separate sector but part of the sector group Other Grains that also comprises barley, rye, oats and other cereals. Further, GTAP holds data for the year 2007 only whereas the information derived from FAO represents five-year averages (2007-2011). Source: FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets and GTAP.

Geographical coverage: Geographical regions

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