Africa Report - No. 1 April 2005

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.1 - April 2005 p.50

SOMALIA

The total cereal import requirement in 2004/05 marketing year (August/July) is estimated at 304ďż˝000 tonnes. Commercial imports are estimated at 242ďż˝000 tonnes, leaving a food aid requirement of 62ďż˝000 tonnes. As of mid-March food aid pledges amounted to 41ďż˝000 tonnes, of which 34ďż˝000 tonnes have been delivered.

CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2004/05 MARKETING YEAR (August/July)
ďż˝	Wheat	Rice	Coarse Grains	Total Cereals
ďż˝	[	thousand tonnes		]
Previous year production (incl. paddy rice)	-	2	271	273
Previous five years average production (incl. paddy rice)	-	2	285	287
Previous year imports	110	72	85	267
Previous five years average imports	108	70	77	255
2004/05 Domestic Availability	-	1	276	277
2004 Production (incl. paddy rice)	-	2	263	265
2004 Production (incl. milled rice)	-	1	263	264
Possible stock drawdown	-	-	13	13
2004/05 Utilization	120	75	386	581
Food use	120	69	357	546
Non-food use	-	6	29	35
Exports or re-exports	-	-	-	-
Possible stock build up	-	-	-	-
2004/05 Import Requirement	120	74	110	304
Anticipated commercial imports	110	74	58	242
of which: received or contracted	-	35	-	35
Food aid needs	10	-	52	62
Current Aid Position	ďż˝	ďż˝	ďż˝	ďż˝
Food aid pledges	-	6	35	41
of which: delivered	-	6	28	34
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	-	-
of which: for local use	-	-	-	-
for export	-	-	-	-
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)	18	10	52	80
Indexes	[	percentage		]
2004 Production compared to average (incl. paddy rice)	-	100	92	92
2004/05 Import requirement compared to average	111	106	143	119
Cereal share of total calorie intake	ďż˝	ďż˝	ďż˝	34
Additional Information	ďż˝	ďż˝	ďż˝	ďż˝
Major foodcrops	maize; sorghum; sesame
Lean season	June-August
Population (000s)	6 823	ďż˝	ďż˝	ďż˝
GNI per capita in 2003 (US$)	n.a.	ďż˝	ďż˝	ďż˝

FAO/GIEWSďż˝-ďż˝April 2005