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TABLE 2: CEREAL IMPORTS AND FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, 1999/2000 OR 2000 (IN THOUSAND TONNES)

Sub-Region/ Country	Marketing year	1999 Cereal production 1/		1998/99 or 1999 imports			Position for 1999/2000 or 2000
		Total	As %of average of previous 5 years	Total imports	As % of average of previous 5 years	Food aid	Cereal impor require ment 2/	Antici- pated commer- cial imports	Food aid require- ment	Commer- cial imports already made or contracted	Food aid
		Total	As %of average of previous 5 years	Total imports	As % of average of previous 5 years	Food aid	Cereal impor require ment 2/	Antici- pated commer- cial imports	Food aid require- ment	Commer- cial imports already made or contracted	Pledges 3/	of which received so far	Uncov. food aid require- ments
		Countries still in 1999/2000 or 2000 marketing year
Eastern Africa		16 200	92	3 144	94	1 292	4 584	2 984	1 600	726	1 373	790	363
Burundi	Jan./Dec.	237	93	43	67	5	106	50	56	3	1	0.5	55
Comoros	Jan./Dec.	6	100	46	105	-	46	36	10	-	-	-	10
Djibouti	Jan./Dec.	-	-	130	143	9	108	88	20	5	-	-	20
Eritrea	Jan./Dec.	319	174	111	44	24	190	70	120	3	53	24	67
Ethiopia 4/	Jan./Dec.	7 740	102	658	113	637	951	65	886	-	973	490
Kenya	Oct./Sept.	2 664	79	813	65	103	1 590	1 380	210	398	55	55	155
Rwanda	Jan./Dec.	173	100	221	83	185	175	115	60	1	109	96
Seychelles	Jan./Dec.	-	-	13	100	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-
Somalia	Aug./July	243	83	319	172	43	310	240	70	44	55	41	15
Sudan	Nov./Oct.	3 128	74	645	122	219	1 019	912	107	272	83	56	24
Uganda	Jan./Dec.	1 690	91	146	196	69	76	15	61	-	45	28	16
Southern Africa		2	100	275	122	-	248	248	-	80	-	-	-
Mauritius	Jan./Dec.	2	100	275	122	-	248	248	-	80	-	-
Western Africa		38 512	113	6 931	128	430	5 539	5 070	469	1 259	315	204	209
*Coastal countries*		*27 533*	110	*4 939*	*140*	*192*	*3 694*	*3 372*	*322*	*1 030*	*182*	*108*	*162*
Benin	Jan./Dec.	912	123	135	117	9	115	105	10	1	6	5	4
Côte d'Ivoire	Jan./Dec.	1 378	123	788	151	37	675	655	20	210	10	3	10
Ghana	Jan./Dec.	1 616	97	475	123	23	485	439	46	143	61	14
Guinea	Jan./Dec.	769	117	358	97	29	350	345	5	23	-	-	5
Liberia	Jan./Dec.	148	200	202	93	64	200	130	70	1	74	71
Nigeria	Jan./Dec.	21 808	110	2 564	166	-	1 470	1 470	-	646	0.3	-	-
Sierra Leone	Jan./Dec.	181	64	290	125	26	329	160	169	6	26	13	143
Togo	Jan./Dec.	721	127	128	99	4	70	68	2	-	4	4	-
*Sahelian countries*		*10 979*	121	*1 993*	104	*238*	*1 845*	*1 698*	*147*	*229*	*134*	96	47
Burkina Faso	Nov./Oct.	2 668	113	213	138	37	155	131	24	14	10	10	14
Cape Verde	Nov./Oct.	26	650	90	102	60	70	20	50	-	72	47
Chad	Nov./Oct.	1 187	117	76	100	16	67	55	12	5	11	11	1
Gambia	Nov./Oct.	143	147	127	128	4	114	112	2	9	5	3
Guinea-Bissau	Nov./Oct.	112	83	76	105	21	99	85	14	1	-	-	14
Mali	Nov./Oct.	2 693	127	122	120	6	100	95	5	14	3	3	2
Mauritania	Nov./Oct.	164	124	242	88	28	260	235	25	14	13	2	12
Niger	Nov./Oct.	2 840	103	342	115	36	220	215	5	3	1	1	4
Senegal	Nov./Oct.	1 146	127	704	94	30	760	750	10	169	20	20
Central Africa		2 998	107	762	35	37	800	770	30	127	19	18	20
Cameroon	Jan./Dec.	1 318	115	270	95	3	280	278	2	48	3	3
Cent.Afr.Rep.	Jan./Dec.	153	126	29	82	1	29	28	1	2	1	1	0
Congo, Dem. Rep of	Jan./Dec.	1 498	98	250	103	18	250	244	6	10	10	10	0
Congo, Rep.of	Jan./Dec.	4	100	105	94	14	140	120	20	55	1	1	19
Equat.Guinea	Jan./Dec.	-	-	14	125	-	9	9	-	1	0.4	0.4
Gabon	Jan./Dec.	25	100	85	123	-	82	82	-	11	0.5	0.5	-
Sao Tome	Jan./Dec.	-	-	10	88	1	10	9	1	-	3	3
Sub-total		57 712	106	11 112	114	1 758	11 171	9 072	2 099	2 192	1 708	1 013	591
		Countries which have entered their 2000/2001 marketing year
Eastern Africa		3 740	95	488	212	60	450	365	85	663	24	24	61
Tanzania	June/May	3 740	95	488	212	60	450	365	85	663	24	24	61
Southern Africa		19 271	92	4 113	106	542	4 671	4 349	322	4 147	281	281	70
Angola	April/March	535	130	517	139	151	505	325	180	326	139	139	41
Botswana	April/March	20	53	256	131	-	250	250	-	250	-	-
Lesotho	April/March	172	88	164	85	15	203	180	23	200	3	3	20
Madagascar	April/March	1 962	106	143	95	19	170	155	15	132	6	6	9
Malawi	April/March	2 603	157	201	81	45	116	58	58	59	63	63
Mozambique	April/March	1 692	134	295	78	191	325	280	45	329	64	64
Namibia	May/April	75	77	97	97	-	126	126	-	125	0.7	0.7
South Africa	May/April	9 025	75	1 448	89	-	1 924	1 924	-	1 679	-	-
Swaziland	May/April	115	106	85	118	10	73	73	-	73	-	-
Zambia	May/April	1 054	95	388	193	31	434	433	1	429	5	5
Zimbabwe	April/March	2 018	88	520	179	81	545	545	-	545	-	-
Sub-total		23 011	92	4 601	112	602	5 121	4 714	407	4 810	304	304	131
TOTAL		80 723	102	15 714	113	2 360	16 292	13 786	2 506	7 002	2 012	1 317	723

Note : Totals computed from unrounded data.
1/ Including rice in milled equivalent.
2/ Excludes re-exports.
3/ Includes all pledges reported to the GIEWS , whether for free distribution or market sale. However, there may be some cases where governments count some food aid received for market sale against commercial import requirements.

FAO/GIEWS - August 2000