Africa Report - No. 3 December 2004

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.3 - December 2004 p.7

Table 3. Cereal Import and Food Aid Requirements for sub-Saharan Africa:
countries still in 2003/04 or 2004 marketing year (in '000 tonnes)

� Sub-Region/ Country�	Marketing year	2003 Cereal production 1/		2002/03 or 2003 imports			Position for 2003/04 or 2004
		2003 Cereal production 1/		Total imports 2/	As % of average of previous 5 years	Food aid	Cereal import require- ment 2/	Antici- pated commer- cial imports	Food aid require- ment
		Total	As %of average of previous 5 years	Total imports 2/	As % of average of previous 5 years	Food aid	Cereal import require- ment 2/	Antici- pated commer- cial imports	Food aid require- ment
Eastern Africa	�	12 178	109	3 128	185	2 195	1 397	503	894
Burundi	Jan./Dec.	253	103	96	150	49	82	27	55
Comoros	Jan./Dec.	6	100	24	66	-	33	33	-
Djibouti	Jan./Dec.	-	-	63	91	6	63	55	8
Eritrea	Jan./Dec.	105	45	576	199	310	321	51	270
Ethiopia 3/	Jan./Dec.	9 630	115	1 949	236	1 684	476	35	441
Rwanda	Jan./Dec.	270	113	224	100	21	229	199	30
Seychelles	Jan./Dec.	-	-	13	100	-	13	13	-
Uganda	Jan./Dec.	1 914	91	183	110	124	180	90	90
Southern Africa	�	1	100	284	106	-	267	267	-
Mauritius	Jan./Dec.	1	100	284	106	-	267	267	-
Western Africa	�	28 326	104	7 266	130	228	7 096	6 684	412
Coastal countries	�	28 326	104	7 266	130	228	7 096	6 684	412
Benin	Jan./Dec.	1 021	108	137	110	11	168	160	8
C�te d'Ivoire	Jan./Dec.	1 122	80	1 406	126	11	1 392	1 207	185
Ghana	Jan./Dec.	1 932	113	613	123	71	536	460	76
Guinea	Jan./Dec.	808	107	479	126	33	425	385	40
Liberia	Jan./Dec.	65	52	169	95	48	187	137	50
Nigeria	Jan./Dec.	22 293	105	4 043	136	-	3 991	3 980	11
Sierra Leone	Jan./Dec.	290	157	296	131	46	287	245	42
Togo	Jan./Dec.	795	116	123	110	8	110	110	-
Central Africa	�	2 963	101	1 174	128	68	1 034	966	68
Cameroon	Jan./Dec.	1 392	112	410	121	7	387	385	2
Cent.Afr.Rep.	Jan./Dec.	116	82	57	142	4	44	41	3
Congo, Dem. Rep of	Jan./Dec.	1 413	93	356	139	51	300	250	50
Congo, Rep. of	Jan./Dec.	5	125	228	132	6	185	175	10
Equat.Guinea	Jan./Dec.	-	-	17	113	-	16	16	-
Gabon	Jan./Dec.	35	109	94	112	-	90	90	-
Sao Tome and Principe	Jan./Dec.	2	100	11	103	1	12	9	3
TOTAL	�	43 468	105	11 852	140	2 491	9 794	8 420	1 374

Note: totals computed from unrounded data�

1/ Including rice in milled equivalent.�

2/ Excludes re-exports.

3/ Includes refugee needs.�

FAO/GIEWS�-�December 2004

Table 3. Cereal Import and Food Aid Requirements for sub-Saharan Africa: countries still in 2003/04 or 2004 marketing year (in '000 tonnes)

Table 3. Cereal Import and Food Aid Requirements for sub-Saharan Africa:
countries still in 2003/04 or 2004 marketing year (in '000 tonnes)