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Table 11--Global rice importers, calendar years; monthly revisions and annual changes | Unnamed: 1 | Unnamed: 2 | Unnamed: 3 | Unnamed: 4 | Unnamed: 5 | Unnamed: 6 | Unnamed: 7 | Unnamed: 8 | Unnamed: 9 | Unnamed: 10 | Unnamed: 11 | Unnamed: 12 | Unnamed: 13 | Unnamed: 14
 |  | 2011 |  |  |  | 2012  1/ |  |  |  |  |  | 2013  1/
 |  | August |  | July | August |  | Monthly | Annual |  | July | August |  | Monthly | Annual
 |  | 2012 |  | 2012 | 2012 |  | revisions | changes |  | 2012 | 2012 |  | revisions | changes
 |  |  |  |  |  | 1,000 tons (milled basis) |  |  |  |  |  | 1,000 tons (milled basis)
Afghaniatan |  | 249 |  | 250 | 250 |  | 0 | 1 |  | 260 | 260 |  | 0 | 10
Australia |  | 160 |  | 150 | 150 |  | 0 | -10 |  | 125 | 125 |  | 0 | -25
Bangladesh |  | 1483 |  | 400 | 400 |  | 0 | -1083 |  | 600 | 600 |  | 0 | 200
Brazil |  | 591 |  | 660 | 660 |  | 0 | 69 |  | 610 | 700 |  | 90 | 40
Cameroon |  | 310 |  | 330 | 330 |  | 0 | 20 |  | 350 | 350 |  | 0 | 20
Canada |  | 328 |  | 340 | 340 |  | 0 | 12 |  | 340 | 340 |  | 0 | 0
China |  | 575 |  | 1500 | 1500 |  | 0 | 925 |  | 1500 | 1500 |  | 0 | 0
Colombia |  | 125 |  | 120 | 120 |  | 0 | -5 |  | 130 | 130 |  | 0 | 10
Costa Rica |  | 64 |  | 50 | 50 |  | 0 | -14 |  | 70 | 70 |  | 0 | 20
Cote d'Ivoire |  | 935 |  | 950 | 950 |  | 0 | 15 |  | 950 | 950 |  | 0 | 0
Cuba |  | 558 |  | 525 | 525 |  | 0 | -33 |  | 525 | 525 |  | 0 | 0
Egypt |  | 76 |  | 800 | 800 |  | 0 | 724 |  | 750 | 750 |  | 0 | -50
European Union |  | 1475 |  | 1400 | 1400 |  | 0 | -75 |  | 1550 | 1550 |  | 0 | 150
Ghana |  | 545 |  | 400 | 400 |  | 0 | -145 |  | 400 | 400 |  | 0 | 0
Guinea |  | 320 |  | 340 | 340 |  | 0 | 20 |  | 340 | 340 |  | 0 | 0
Haiti |  | 389 |  | 325 | 325 |  | 0 | -64 |  | 325 | 325 |  | 0 | 0
Honduras |  | 126 |  | 100 | 100 |  | 0 | -26 |  | 100 | 100 |  | 0 | 0
Hong Kong |  | 381 |  | 415 | 415 |  | 0 | 34 |  | 425 | 425 |  | 0 | 10
Indonesia |  | 3098 |  | 1250 | 1250 |  | 0 | -1848 |  | 1450 | 1450 |  | 0 | 200
Iran |  | 1870 |  | 1900 | 1900 |  | 0 | 30 |  | 1950 | 1950 |  | 0 | 50
Iraq |  | 1036 |  | 1200 | 1200 |  | 0 | 164 |  | 1200 | 1200 |  | 0 | 0
Japan |  | 697 |  | 700 | 700 |  | 0 | 3 |  | 700 | 700 |  | 0 | 0
Jordan |  | 140 |  | 140 | 140 |  | 0 | 0 |  | 145 | 145 |  | 0 | 5
Korea, North |  | 108 |  | 100 | 100 |  | 0 | -8 |  | 100 | 100 |  | 0 | 0
Korea, South |  | 532 |  | 600 | 600 |  | 0 | 68 |  | 400 | 400 |  | 0 | -200
Liberia |  | 205 |  | 220 | 220 |  | 0 | 15 |  | 230 | 230 |  | 0 | 10
Libya |  | 198 |  | 220 | 220 |  | 0 | 22 |  | 220 | 220 |  | 0 | 0
Malaysia |  | 1076 |  | 1085 | 1085 |  | 0 | 9 |  | 1050 | 1050 |  | 0 | -35
Mexico |  | 705 |  | 750 | 730 |  | -20 | 25 |  | 800 | 750 |  | -50 | 20
Mozambique |  | 360 |  | 375 | 375 |  | 0 | 15 |  | 375 | 375 |  | 0 | 0
Nicaragua |  | 90 |  | 90 | 90 |  | 0 | 0 |  | 90 | 90 |  | 0 | 0
[NAME] |  | 245 |  | 275 | 275 |  | 0 | 30 |  | 280 | 280 |  | 0 | 5
Nigeria |  | 2550 |  | 2450 | 2450 |  | 0 | -100 |  | 2250 | 2250 |  | 0 | -200
Philippines |  | 1200 |  | 1500 | 1500 |  | 0 | 300 |  | 1500 | 1500 |  | 0 | 0
Russia |  | 176 |  | 175 | 175 |  | 0 | -1 |  | 200 | 200 |  | 0 | 25
Saudi Arabia |  | 1059 |  | 1150 | 1150 |  | 0 | 91 |  | 1175 | 1175 |  | 0 | 25
Senegal |  | 805 |  | 820 | 820 |  | 0 | 15 |  | 820 | 820 |  | 0 | 0
Sierra Leone |  | 185 |  | 150 | 150 |  | 0 | -35 |  | 100 | 100 |  | 0 | -50
Singapore |  | 361 |  | 350 | 350 |  | 0 | -11 |  | 350 | 350 |  | 0 | 0
South Africa |  | 885 |  | 900 | 900 |  | 0 | 15 |  | 1000 | 1000 |  | 0 | 100
Syria |  | 250 |  | 250 | 250 |  | 0 | 0 |  | 260 | 260 |  | 0 | 10
Taiwan |  | 106 |  | 145 | 145 |  | 0 | 39 |  | 130 | 130 |  | 0 | -15
Thailand |  | 200 |  | 200 | 200 |  | 0 | 0 |  | 300 | 300 |  | 0 | 100
Turkey |  | 300 |  | 250 | 250 |  | 0 | -50 |  | 220 | 220 |  | 0 | -30
United Arab Emirates |  | 420 |  | 430 | 430 |  | 0 | 10 |  | 440 | 440 |  | 0 | 10
United States |  | 621 |  | 725 | 725 |  | 0 | 104 |  | 750 | 750 |  | 0 | 25
Venezuela |  | 189 |  | 300 | 300 |  | 0 | 111 |  | 300 | 300 |  | 0 | 0
Vietnam |  | 500 |  | 400 | 400 |  | 0 | -100 |  | 400 | 400 |  | 0 | 0
Yemen |  | 337 |  | 340 | 340 |  | 0 | 3 |  | 350 | 350 |  | 0 | 10
Subtotal |  | 29194 |  | 28495 | 28475 |  | -20 | -719 |  | 28885 | 28925 |  | 40 | 450
Other countries 2/ |  | 6985 |  | 6959 | 7179 |  | 220 | 194 |  | 6910 | 6570 |  | -340 | -609
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | --
World total |  | 36179 |  | 35454 | 35654 |  | 200 | -525 |  | 35795 | 35495 |  | -300 | -159
Note: All trade data are reported on a calendar-year basis.
-- = Not available.  1/ Projected.  2/ Includes unaccounted imports (imports not assigned a particular market).
Source: Production, Supply, & Distribution Online Data Base, FAS/USDA, http://www.fas.usda.gov/psdonline/psdHome.aspx.
Last updated August 13, 2012.