Africa Report - No. 3 December 2004

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.3 - December 2004 p.6

Table 2. Cereal Import and Food Aid Requirements in 2004/05 for sub-Saharan Africa:
countries which have entered the 2004/05 marketing year (in '000 tonnes)

Sub-Region/ Country	Marketing year	2004 Cereal Production 1/		2004/05 2/
		Total	As % of average of previous 5 years	Cereal import requirements 3/	Anticipated commercial imports	Food aid requirements



Eastern Africa	�	10 408	91	4 293	3 534	759
Kenya	Oct./Sept.	2 430	83	2 030	1 580	450
Somalia	Aug./July	237	83	332	242	90
Sudan	Nov./Oct.	3 172	73	1 479	1 340	139
Tanzania, U. R.	June/May	4 569	119	452	372	80
Southern Africa	�	20 696	98	7 120	6 184	936
Angola	April/March	713	126	820	642	178
Botswana	April/March	19	100	315	315	-
Lesotho	April/March	49	31	352	303	49
Madagascar	April/March	2 240	114	375	290	85
Malawi	April/March	1 812	84	408	352	56
Mozambique	April/March	1 942	117	785	655	130
Namibia	May/April	131	134	150	135	15
South Africa	May/April	11 383	97	2 431	2 431	-
Swaziland	May/April	64	67	132	100	32
Zambia	May/April	1 368	123	62	47	15
Zimbabwe	April/March	975	60	1 290	914	376
Western Africa	�	11 396	103	2 643	2 390	253
Sahelian countries	�	11 396	103	2 643	2 390	253
Burkina Faso	Nov./Oct.	3 030	104	245	217	28
Cape Verde	Nov./Oct.	4	20	101	42	59
Chad	Nov./Oct.	1 011	83	109	81	28
Gambia, Rep. of	Nov./Oct.	225	136	141	140	1
Guinea-Bissau	Nov./Oct.	165	136	74	65	9
Mali	Nov./Oct.	2 653	106	160	160	-
Mauritania	Nov./Oct.	83	63	357	262	95
Niger	Nov./Oct.	3 112	104	504	478	26
Senegal	Nov./Oct.	1 113	114	952	945	7
TOTAL	�	42 500	97	14 056	12 108	1 948

��1/ Including rice in milled equivalent.�

��2/ Preliminary estimates.

��3/ Excluding re-exports.

FAO/GIEWS�-�December 2004