FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2, July 2003

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2 - July 2003 p.7

Table 3. Cereal Import and Food Aid Requirements for sub-Saharan Africa:
countries still in 2002/03 or 2003 marketing year (in '000 tonnes)

� Sub-Region/ Country �	Marketing year	2002 Cereal production 1/		2001/02 or 2002 imports			Position for 2002/03 or 2003
� Sub-Region/ Country �	Marketing year	Total	As %of average of previous 5 years	Total imports 2/	As % of average of previous 5 years	Food aid	Cereal import require- ment 2/	Antici- pated commer- cial imports	Food aid require- ment
Eastern Africa	�	18 297	100	4 017	96	790	4 698	3 060	1 638
Burundi	Jan./Dec.	283	113	65	108	35	70	30	40
Comoros	Jan./Dec.	6	100	46	102	-	46	46	-
Djibouti	Jan./Dec.	-	-	78	86	20	63	55	8
Eritrea	Jan./Dec.	58	24	227	82	159	440	80	360
Ethiopia 4/	Jan./Dec.	8 699	109	390	54	246	745	145	600
Kenya	Oct./Sept.	2 897	101	1 287	85	124	1 510	1 210	300
Rwanda	Jan./Dec.	269	122	226	108	45	226	196	30
Seychelles	Jan./Dec.	-	-	13	102	-	13	13	-
Somalia	Aug./July	375	144	270	99	25	320	275	45
Sudan	Nov./Oct.	3 803	87	1 229	145	81	1 120	930	190
Uganda	Jan./Dec.	1 907	94	186	159	55	145	80	65
Southern Africa	�	2	100	308	111	-	280	280	-
Mauritius	Jan./Dec.	2	100	308	111	-	280	280	-
Western Africa	�	39 117	108	9 833	137	459	9 496	9 057	439
Coastal countries	�	28 117	106	7 215	146	266	6 867	6 630	237
Benin	Jan./Dec.	1 026	113	115	88	19	115	100	15
C�te d'Ivoire	Jan./Dec.	1 051	83	1 317	141	14	1 177	1 155	22
Ghana	Jan./Dec.	2 062	127	542	112	80	462	402	60
Guinea	Jan./Dec.	772	105	369	95	37	370	330	40
Liberia	Jan./Dec.	71	56	150	70	34	165	130	35
Nigeria	Jan./Dec.	22 146	105	4 310	179	13	4 170	4 170	-
Sierra Leone	Jan./Dec.	268	129	312	125	69	308	243	65
Togo	Jan./Dec.	721	107	100	83	-	100	100	-
Sahelian countries	�	11 000	113	2 618	117	193	2 629	2 427	202
Burkina Faso	Nov./Oct.	3 089	123	259	139	32	237	219	18
Cape Verde	Nov./Oct.	5	28	74	80	36	109	33	75
Chad	Nov./Oct.	1 170	104	91	112	6	98	91	7
Gambia	Nov./Oct.	132	95	149	117	6	142	137	5
Guinea-Bissau	Nov./Oct.	122	98	56	73	7	74	69	5
Mali	Nov./Oct.	2 296	101	246	220	9	279	261	18
Mauritania	Nov./Oct.	90	64	292	92	45	308	243	65
Niger	Nov./Oct.	3 310	131	391	92	35	377	375	2
Senegal	Nov./Oct.	786	94	1 060	130	17	1 006	999	7
Central Africa	�	2 889	100	966	115	95	981	894	87
Cameroon	Jan./Dec.	1 269	104	367	125	2	368	366	2
Cent.Afr.Rep.	Jan./Dec.	130	92	36	95	5	38	37	1
Congo, Dem. Rep of	Jan./Dec.	1 452	98	253	101	69	270	200	70
Congo, Rep.of	Jan./Dec.	5	125	191	129	14	190	180	10
Equat.Guinea	Jan./Dec.	-	-	15	126	-	15	15	-
Gabon	Jan./Dec.	32	103	92	101	-	88	88	-
Sao Tome	Jan./Dec.	1	100	12	113	5	12	8	4
TOTAL	�	60 305	105	15 124	121	1 343	15 455	13 291	2 164

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.

4/ Includes refugee needs.

FAO/GIEWS�-�July 2003

Table 3. Cereal Import and Food Aid Requirements for sub-Saharan Africa: countries still in 2002/03 or 2003 marketing year (in '000 tonnes)

Table 3. Cereal Import and Food Aid Requirements for sub-Saharan Africa:
countries still in 2002/03 or 2003 marketing year (in '000 tonnes)