FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.3, December 2001 7

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Table 1: Cereal Imports and Food Aid Requirements in 2001/02 for Sub-Saharan Africa Countries which have entered their 2001/02 marketing year ( in thousand tonnes )


Sub-Region/
Country
   
Marketing
year
2001 Cereal
production 1/
Position for 2001/02
Total As %of
average
of
previous
5 years
 
Cereal
import
require-
ments 2/
 
Antici-
pated
com-
mer-
cial
imports
 
Food
aid
require-
ments
 
Cereal import position
Commer-
cial
imports
already
made or
contracted
Food aid
Pledges
of which
received
so
far
Uncov.
food aid
require-
ments
Eastern Africa   12 379 113 3 265 2 551 714 7 174 99 555
Kenya Oct./Sept. 3 202 122 1 200 751 449 - 93 56 356
Somalia Aug./July 191 71 310 225 85 - 14 6 71
Sudan Nov./Oct. 5 193 123 1 415 1 275 140 - 13 - 127
Tanzania June/May 3 793 100 340 300 40 7 55 38  
Southern Africa   19 336 87 4 518 4 148 370 562 277 99 108
Angola April/March 533 103 581 405 176 13 124 87 52
Botswana April/March 10 26 263 263 - 53 - -  
Lesotho April/March 80 42 332 327 5 59 - - 5
Madagascar April/March 1 937 104 195 188 7 - 34 6  
Malawi April/March 1 823 90 274 255 19 180 6 - -
Mozambique April/March 1 516 100 499 387 112 61 113 6  
Namibia May/April 107 100 125 125 - 23 - - -
South Africa May/April 10 264 85 1 306 1 306 - 155 - - -
Swaziland May/April 74 62 123 123 - 18 - - -
Zambia May/April 1 133 94 268 217 51 - - - 51
Zimbabwe April/March 1 859 77 552 552 - - - -  
Western Africa   11 198 123 2 050 1 917 133 - 67 - 84
Sahelian countries   11 200 123 2 050 1 917 133 - 67 - 84
Burkina Faso Nov./Oct. 2 762 124 170 150 20 - 13 - 7
Cape Verde Nov./Oct. 19 146 93 45 48 - 7 - 42
Chad Nov./Oct. 1 202 116 65 55 10 - - - 10
Gambia Nov./Oct. 186 151 123 120 3 - 2 - 1
Guinea-Bissau Nov./Oct. 141 107 70 60 10 - - - 10
Mali Nov./Oct. 2 597 117 90 85 5 - 2 - 3
Mauritania Nov./Oct. 139 100 279 257 22 - 11 - 11
Niger Nov./Oct. 3 132 132 320 315 5 - 21 -  
Senegal Nov./Oct. 1 026 120 840 830 10 - 11 -  
TOTAL   42 915 102 9 833 8 616 1 217 569 517 199 746


1/ Including rice in milled equivalent.
2/ Excluding re-exports.


FAO/GIEWS - December 2001

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