| Country | Marketing year | 1996/97 or 1997 | 1997/98 or 1998 | |||||
| Actual imports | Total | Import position | ||||||
| Commercial purchases | Food aid | Total commercial and aid | Import requirements (excluding re-exports) | Total commercial and aid | Food aid allocated, comitted or shipped | Commercial purchases | ||
| AFRICA | 20 522.5 | 1 929.1 | 22 451.6 | 25 094.0 | 9 409.1 | 1 345.5 | 8 063.6 | |
| Northern Africa | 11 543.5 | 178.4 | 11 721.9 | 12 980.0 | 7 425.3 | 58.0 | 7 367.3 | |
| Egypt | July/June | 9 876.5 | 176.6 | 10 053.1 | 9 800.0 | 5 664.3 | 45.5 | 5 618.8 |
| Morocco | July/June | 1 667.0 | 1.8 | 1 668.8 | 3 180.0 | 1 761.0 | 12.5 | 1 748.5 |
| Eastern Africa | 2 362.3 | 735.7 | 3 098.0 | 3 971.0 | 663.9 | 456.7 | 207.2 | |
| Burundi | Jan./Dec. | 37.0 | 0.0 | 37.0 | 30.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
| Comoros | Jan./Dec. | 40.9 | 3.1 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Djibouti | Jan./Dec. | 66.7 | 9.5 | 76.2 | 75.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| Eritrea | Jan./Dec. | 15.0 | 48.5 | 63.5 | 290.0 | 48.0 | 48.0 | 0.0 |
| Ethiopia 2/ | Jan./Dec. | 37.8 | 329.7 | 367.5 | 530.0 | 190.8 | 190.8 | 0.0 |
| Kenya | Oct./Sept. | 1 417.2 | 88.1 | 1 505.3 | 1 229.0 | 185.5 | 44.2 | 141.3 |
| Rwanda | Jan./Dec. | 2.1 | 192.2 | 194.3 | 140.0 | 20.1 | 20.1 | 0.0 |
| Somalia | Sept./Aug. | 189.6 | 9.6 | 199.2 | 330.0 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 0.0 |
| Sudan | Nov./Oct. | 493.7 | 49.5 | 543.2 | 452.0 | 33.1 | 9.4 | 23.7 |
| Tanzania | June/May | 62.3 | 5.5 | 67.8 | 851.0 | 160.4 | 118.2 | 42.2 |
| Southern Africa | 1 149.8 | 414.7 | 1 564.5 | 2 062.0 | 835.4 | 535.7 | 299.7 | |
| Angola | April/March | 265.8 | 198.1 | 463.9 | 531.0 | 312.0 | 272.9 | 39.1 |
| Lesotho | April/March | 93.4 | 33.8 | 127.2 | 263.0 | 24.0 | 13.4 | 10.6 |
| Madagascar | April/March | 68.4 | 17.2 | 85.6 | 117.0 | 43.3 | 29.5 | 13.8 |
| Malawi | April/March | 75.6 | 37.6 | 113.2 | 345.0 | 10.0 | 9.1 | 0.9 |
| Mozambique | April/March | 154.7 | 118.1 | 272.8 | 203.0 | 255.7 | 191.7 | 64.0 |
| Swaziland | May/April | 70.6 | 6.0 | 76.6 | 45.0 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 4.8 |
| Zambia | May/April | 133.0 | 3.9 | 136.9 | 388.0 | 60.7 | 10.7 | 50.0 |
| Zimbabwe | April/March | 288.3 | 0.0 | 288.3 | 170.0 | 124.9 | 8.4 | 116.5 |
| Western africa | 4 807.3 | 577.1 | 5 384.4 | 5 382.0 | 404.8 | 278.6 | 126.2 | |
| Coastal countries | 3 044.5 | 379.3 | 3 423.8 | 3 400.0 | 265.2 | 164.5 | 100.7 | |
| Benin | Jan./Dec. | 112.1 | 24.6 | 136.7 | 120.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | Jan./Dec. | 462.0 | 53.5 | 515.5 | 610.0 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 0.0 |
| Ghana | Jan./Dec. | 391.2 | 75.4 | 466.6 | 410.0 | 75.7 | 54.7 | 21.0 |
| Guinea | Jan./Dec. | 371.7 | 3.4 | 375.1 | 400.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 0.0 |
| Liberia | Jan./Dec. | 85.9 | 115.0 | 200.9 | 210.0 | 69.8 | 69.8 | 0.0 |
| Nigeria | Jan./Dec. | 1 373.2 | 1.1 | 1 374.3 | 1 300.0 | 80.0 | 0.3 | 79.7 |
| Sierra Leone | Jan./Dec. | 168.6 | 99.7 | 268.3 | 260.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0.0 |
| Togo | Jan./Dec. | 79.8 | 6.6 | 86.4 | 90.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Sahelian countries | 1 762.8 | 197.8 | 1 960.6 | 1 982.0 | 139.6 | 114.1 | 25.5 | |
| Burkina faso | Nov./Oct. | 117.6 | 23.3 | 140.9 | 138.0 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 0.0 |
| Cape Verde | Nov./Oct. | 50.7 | 51.5 | 102.2 | 100.0 | 38.8 | 38.8 | 0.0 |
| Chad | Nov./Oct. | 63.0 | 21.6 | 84.6 | 73.0 | 27.8 | 27.8 | 0.0 |
| Gambia | Nov./Oct. | 96.9 | 7.3 | 104.2 | 115.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.0 |
| Guinea Bissau | Nov./Oct. | 80.3 | 6.2 | 86.5 | 76.0 | 8.2 | 0.9 | 7.3 |
| Mali | Nov./Oct. | 86.6 | 24.5 | 111.1 | 85.0 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 0.0 |
| Mauritania | Nov./Oct. | 291.9 | 32.5 | 324.4 | 325.0 | 16.6 | 16.6 | 0.0 |
| Niger | Nov./Oct. | 240.8 | 19.9 | 260.7 | 310.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| Senegal | Nov./Oct. | 735.0 | 11.0 | 746.0 | 760.0 | 18.8 | 0.6 | 18.2 |
| Central Africa | 659.6 | 23.2 | 682.8 | 699.0 | 79.7 | 16.5 | 63.2 | |
| Cameroon | July/June | 248.9 | 1.2 | 250.1 | 260.0 | 48.1 | 1.5 | 46.6 |
| Cent.Afr.Rep. | Jan./Dec. | 38.9 | 0.1 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Congo | July/June | 109.6 | 13.4 | 123.0 | 118.0 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 0.0 |
| Congo, Dem R | Jan./Dec. | 243.4 | 6.3 | 249.7 | 260.0 | 20.9 | 4.3 | 16.6 |
| Eq. Guinea | Jan./Dec. | 8.9 | 0.1 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Sao Tome | Jan./Dec. | 9.9 | 2.1 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |