Africa Report - No. 3 December 2004

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.3 - December 2004 p.22

яПНяПНCONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF

The countryяПНs food import requirement for 2004 is estimated at 300яПН000 tonnes or about one-sixth of total utilisation. The food aid requirement for 2004 estimated at 50 000 tonnes, is slightly reduced from the previous years due to the improvement in the security situation.

CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2004 MARKETING YEAR (January/December)
яПН	Wheat	Rice	Coarse Grains	Total Cereals
яПН	[	thousand tonnes		]
Previous year production (incl. paddy rice)	8	315	1 255	1 578
Previous five years average production (incl. paddy rice)	9	338	1 284	1 631
Previous year imports	226	50	80	356
Previous five years average imports	167	50	65	282
2004 Domestic Availability	18	200	1 215	1 433
2004 Production (incl. paddy rice)	18	300	1 195	1 513
2004 Production (incl. milled rice)	18	200	1 195	1 413
Possible stock drawdown	-	-	20	20
2004 Utilization	188	250	1 295	1 733
Food use	180	207	1 030	1 417
Non-food use	8	43	265	316
Exports or re-exports	-	-	-	-
Possible stock build up	-	-	-	-
2004 Import Requirement	170	50	80	300
Anticipated commercial imports	170	50	30	250
of which: received or contracted	127	3	20	150
Food aid needs	-	-	50	50
Current Aid Position	яПН	яПН	яПН	яПН
Food aid pledges	-	-	54	54
of which: delivered	-	-	46	46
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	3	3
of which: for local use	-	-	3	3
for export	-	-	-	-
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)	4	4	21	29
Indexes	[	percentage		]
2004 Production compared to average (incl. paddy rice)	200	89	93	93
2004 Import requirement compared to average	102	100	123	106
Cereal share of total calorie intake	яПН	яПН	яПН	18
Additional Information	яПН	яПН	яПН	яПН
Major foodcrops	roots; tubers; coarse grains; fruit
Lean season	north: October; south: November-December
Population (000s)	48 547	яПН	яПН	яПН
GNI per capita in 2003 (US$)	100	яПН	яПН	яПН

FAO/GIEWSяПН-яПНDecember 2004