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Table 11--Global rice importers, calendar years 2010-2012; 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
 |  | 2010 |  |  |  | 2011  1/ |  |  |  |  |  | 2012  1/
 |  | March |  | February | March |  | Monthly | Annual |  | February | March |  | Monthly | Annual
 |  | 2012 |  | 2012 | 2012 |  | revisions | changes |  | 2012 | 2012 |  | revisions | changes
 |  |  |  |  |  | 1,000 tons (milled basis) |  |  |  |  |  | 1,000 tons (milled basis)
Afghaniatan |  | 166 |  | 300 | 300 |  | 0 | 134 |  | 250 | 250 |  | 0 | -50
Australia |  | 229 |  | 150 | 150 |  | 0 | -79 |  | 125 | 125 |  | 0 | -25
Bangladesh |  | 660 |  | 1400 | 1483 |  | 83 | 823 |  | 650 | 650 |  | 0 | -833
Brazil |  | 778 |  | 620 | 620 |  | 0 | -158 |  | 600 | 640 |  | 40 | 20
Cameroon |  | 300 |  | 300 | 300 |  | 0 | 0 |  | 330 | 330 |  | 0 | 30
Canada |  | 358 |  | 330 | 330 |  | 0 | -28 |  | 340 | 340 |  | 0 | 10
China |  | 366 |  | 600 | 600 |  | 0 | 234 |  | 400 | 400 |  | 0 | -200
Colombia |  | 8 |  | 125 | 125 |  | 0 | 117 |  | 100 | 100 |  | 0 | -25
Costa Rica |  | 71 |  | 60 | 60 |  | 0 | -11 |  | 50 | 50 |  | 0 | -10
Cote d'Ivoire |  | 840 |  | 900 | 900 |  | 0 | 60 |  | 950 | 950 |  | 0 | 50
Cuba |  | 498 |  | 600 | 600 |  | 0 | 102 |  | 525 | 525 |  | 0 | -75
Egypt |  | 15 |  | 40 | 40 |  | 0 | 25 |  | 500 | 500 |  | 0 | 460
European Union |  | 1216 |  | 1150 | 1150 |  | 0 | -66 |  | 1070 | 1070 |  | 0 | -80
Ghana |  | 320 |  | 520 | 520 |  | 0 | 200 |  | 400 | 400 |  | 0 | -120
Guinea |  | 320 |  | 320 | 320 |  | 0 | 0 |  | 315 | 315 |  | 0 | -5
Haiti |  | 337 |  | 390 | 395 |  | 5 | 58 |  | 325 | 325 |  | 0 | -70
Honduras |  | 94 |  | 110 | 130 |  | 20 | 36 |  | 100 | 100 |  | 0 | -30
Hong Kong |  | 390 |  | 410 | 410 |  | 0 | 20 |  | 415 | 415 |  | 0 | 5
Indonesia |  | 1150 |  | 2775 | 2775 |  | 0 | 1625 |  | 1000 | 1000 |  | 0 | -1775
Iran |  | 1000 |  | 1400 | 1400 |  | 0 | 400 |  | 1500 | 1500 |  | 0 | 100
Iraq |  | 1140 |  | 1150 | 1150 |  | 0 | 10 |  | 1200 | 1200 |  | 0 | 50
Japan |  | 649 |  | 700 | 700 |  | 0 | 51 |  | 700 | 700 |  | 0 | 0
Jordan |  | 136 |  | 140 | 140 |  | 0 | 4 |  | 140 | 140 |  | 0 | 0
Korea, North |  | 90 |  | 100 | 100 |  | 0 | 10 |  | 100 | 100 |  | 0 | 0
Korea, South |  | 320 |  | 480 | 480 |  | 0 | 160 |  | 365 | 365 |  | 0 | -115
Liberia |  | 220 |  | 250 | 250 |  | 0 | 30 |  | 250 | 250 |  | 0 | 0
Libya |  | 215 |  | 220 | 220 |  | 0 | 5 |  | 220 | 220 |  | 0 | 0
Malaysia |  | 907 |  | 1040 | 990 |  | -50 | 83 |  | 1130 | 1085 |  | -45 | 95
Mexico |  | 575 |  | 791 | 791 |  | 0 | 216 |  | 725 | 725 |  | 0 | -66
Mozambique |  | 325 |  | 400 | 400 |  | 0 | 75 |  | 375 | 375 |  | 0 | -25
Nicaragua |  | 89 |  | 100 | 100 |  | 0 | 11 |  | 90 | 90 |  | 0 | -10
[NAME] |  | 260 |  | 260 | 260 |  | 0 | 0 |  | 260 | 260 |  | 0 | 0
Nigeria |  | 2000 |  | 2300 | 2300 |  | 0 | 300 |  | 2200 | 2200 |  | 0 | -100
Philippines |  | 2400 |  | 1500 | 1200 |  | -300 | -1200 |  | 1500 | 1500 |  | 0 | 300
Russia |  | 240 |  | 150 | 150 |  | 0 | -90 |  | 150 | 150 |  | 0 | 0
Saudi Arabia |  | 1069 |  | 1100 | 1100 |  | 0 | 31 |  | 1150 | 1150 |  | 0 | 50
Senegal |  | 685 |  | 800 | 800 |  | 0 | 115 |  | 750 | 750 |  | 0 | -50
Sierra Leon |  | 75 |  | 140 | 140 |  | 0 | 65 |  | 130 | 130 |  | 0 | -10
Singapore |  | 310 |  | 310 | 310 |  | 0 | 0 |  | 310 | 310 |  | 0 | 0
South Africa |  | 733 |  | 760 | 760 |  | 0 | 27 |  | 750 | 750 |  | 0 | -10
Syria |  | 315 |  | 350 | 350 |  | 0 | 35 |  | 350 | 350 |  | 0 | 0
Taiwan |  | 146 |  | 125 | 125 |  | 0 | -21 |  | 125 | 125 |  | 0 | 0
Thailand |  | 300 |  | 200 | 200 |  | 0 | -100 |  | 100 | 100 |  | 0 | -100
Turkey |  | 412 |  | 300 | 300 |  | 0 | -112 |  | 300 | 300 |  | 0 | 0
United Arab Emirates |  | 400 |  | 420 | 420 |  | 0 | 20 |  | 430 | 430 |  | 0 | 10
United States |  | 562 |  | 615 | 620 |  | 5 | 58 |  | 650 | 675 |  | 25 | 55
Venezuela |  | 350 |  | 300 | 300 |  | 0 | -50 |  | 300 | 300 |  | 0 | 0
Vietnam |  | 400 |  | 500 | 500 |  | 0 | 100 |  | 400 | 400 |  | 0 | -100
Yemen |  | 330 |  | 335 | 335 |  | 0 | 5 |  | 340 | 340 |  | 0 | 5
Subtotal |  | 24769 |  | 28336 | 28099 |  | -237 | 3330 |  | 25435 | 25455 |  | 20 | -2644
Other countries 2/ |  | 7012 |  | 6756 | 7014 |  | 258 | 2 |  | 7350 | 7231 |  | -119 | 217
World total |  | 31781 |  | 35092 | 35113 |  | 21 | 3332 |  | 32785 | 32686 |  | -99 | -2427
Note: All trade data are reported on a calendar-year basis.
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 March 9, 2012.