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

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2 - July 2003 p.22

CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF

The 2003 food aid requirement is estimated at 70 000 tonnes. A recently approved WFP Emergency Operation to assist 483 000 worst affected population in Northern and Eastern parts of the country, for a period of six months starting mid-June 2003 amounts to 32 236 tonnes of cereals, still to be funded.

CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2003 MARKETING YEAR (January/December)
	Wheat	Rice	Coarse Grains	Total Cereals
	[	thousand tonnes		]
Previous year production	18	326	1 194	1 538
Previous five years average production	18	346	1 234	1 598
Previous year imports	140	50	63	253
Previous five years average imports	150	50	57	257
2003 Domestic Availability	18	240	1 194	1 452
2002 Production (rice in paddy terms)	18	360	1 194	1 572
2002 Production (rice in milled terms)	18	240	1 194	1 452
Possible stock drawdown	-	-	-	-
2003 Utilization	158	290	1 274	1 722
Food use	150	244	1 008	1 402
Non-food use	8	43	264	315
Exports or re-exports	-	-	-	-
Possible stock build up	-	3	2	5
2003 Import Requirement	140	50	80	270
Anticipated commercial imports	140	50	10	200
of which: received or contracted	-	-	-	-
Food aid needs	-	-	70	70
Current Aid Position
Food aid pledges	-	-	23	23
of which: delivered	-	-	19	19
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	2	2
of which: for local use	-	-	2	2
for export	-	-	-	-
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)	3	5	21	29
Indexes	[	percentage		]
2002 Prod. compared to average (rice paddy terms)	100	104	97	98
2003 Import requirement compared to average	93	100	140	105
Cereal share of total calorie intake				18
Additional Information
Major foodcrops	roots; tubers; coarse grains; fruit
Lean season	north: October; south: November-December
Population (000s)	48 067
GNP per capita in 2001 (US$)	80

FAO/GIEWS - July 2003