Table 4. Vegetable Imports of Developing Countries: Summary (Metric Tonnes, Average, Annual Growth Rate, Share)

A. Segrè

TD ALIGN="right"> 2,270,521 /TD> 0.59%

		1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	AVG 86-90	AVG 91-95	GT 86-95
		MT	MT	MT	MT	MT	MT	MT	MT	MT	MT	MT	(MT)	(MT)	(%)
1	North Africa	2,888	1,008	1,051	1,457	2,639	2,662	806	1,915	2,017	5,793	4,806	1,763	3,067	16.9
4,806	1,763	3,067	16.9
2	Sub-Saharan Africa	83,454	92,867	111,691	132,975	148,474	161,363	147,959	168,880	171,243	156,104	148,667	129,474	158,571	4.82
3	Centr. America	158,008	152,251	153,758	171,832	194,300	235,079	275,087	310,615	256,908	247,208	206,966	181,444	259,357	3.12
4	South America	38,642	40,992	28,078		South America	38,642	40,992	28,078	25,218	27,339	93,001	125,407	184,668	220,247	256,387	350,564	42,926	227,455	23.94
5	China	5,595	10,410	10,859	19,002	16,706	28,362	24,179	39,673	41,680	62,179	57,508	17,068	45,044	18.64
6	Near East in Asia	955,380	971,952	1,030,811	1,048,320	1,090,862	1,099,751	989,162	1,216,222	1,090,862	1,099,751	989,162	1,216,222	1,236,545	1,222,104	1,286,789	1,048,339	1,190,164	2.85
7	East & S. East Asia	718,537	716,001	686,292	745,427	772,427	728,399	816,833	868,226	1,014,928	1,123,774	1,149,003	729,709	994,553	4.84
8	South Asia	91,067	80,943	84,757	73,826	100,551	171,823	152,250	186,973	142,269	142,166	219,952	102,380	168,722	142,166	219,952	102,380	168,722	10.51
9	Oceania D.ing	16,467	17,151	16,279	16,494	17,657	19,507	17,681	20,074	18,652	19,047	18,379	17,418	18,767	0.69
	Total Veg. D.ing	2,070,038	2,083,575	2,123,576	2,234,551	2,370,955	2,539,947	2,549,364	2,997,246	3,104,489	3,234,762	3,442,634	2,270,521	3,065,699	5.15
3,065,699	5.15
	Total Veg. World	9,626,717	10,214,537	10,578,817	11,005,272	11,133,022	11,587,639	12,252,789	13,093,886	13,722,501	15,678,449	15,896,628	10,903,857	14,128,851	4.52
1	North Africa	0.14%	0.05%	0.05%	0.07%	0.11%	0.10%	0.03%	0.06%	0.06%	0.18%	0.14%
2	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.03%	4.46%	5.26%	5.95%	6.26%	6.35%	5.80%	5.63%	5.52%	4.83%	6.35%	5.80%	5.63%	5.52%	4.83%	4.32%
3	Centr. America	7.63%	7.31%	7.24%	7.69%	8.20%	9.26%	10.79%	10.36%	8.28%	7.64%	6.01%
4	South America	1.87%	1.97%	1.32%	1.13%	1.15%	3.66%	4.92%	6.16%	7.09%	7.93%	10.18%
5	China
5	China	0.27%	0.50%	0.51%	0.85%	0.70%	1.12%	0.95%	1.32%	1.34%	1.92%	1.67%
6	Near East in Asia	46.15%	46.65%	48.54%	46.91%	46.01%	43.30%	38.80%	40.58%	39.83%	37.78%	37.38%
7	East & S. East Asia	34.71%	34.36%	32.32%	33.36%	32.58%	28.68%	32.D ALIGN="right"> 32.32%	33.36%	32.58%	28.68%	32.04%	28.97%	32.69%	34.74%	33.38%
8	South Asia	4.40%	3.88%	3.99%	3.30%	4.24%	6.76%	5.97%	6.24%	4.58%	4.39%	6.39%
9	Oceania D.ing	0.80%	0.82%	0.77%	0.74%	0.74%	0.77%	0.69%	0.67%	0.60%	0.59%	0.53%
0.53%
	Total Veg. D.ing	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
	Developing/World	21.50%	20.40%	20.07%	20.30%	21.30%	21.92%	20.81%	22.89%	22.62%	20.63%	21.66%
	Total Veg. World	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

Source: World Tables on Fruit and Vegetable Development (derived from FAO database)

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