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

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2 - July 2003 p.27

ERITREA

Domestic cereal availability in 2003 marketing year (January/December) is estimated at 68 000 tonnes against total utilization requirements of 508 000 tonnes. Cereal import requirement is thus estimated at 440 000 tonnes. With commercial imports anticipated at 80 000 tonnes, food aid needs are estimated at 360 000 tonnes. As of end June, the amount of food aid pledged stood at 43 000 tonnes all of which have been delivered.

CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2003 MARKETING YEAR (January/December)
	Wheat	Rice	Coarse Grains	Total Cereals
	[	thousand tonnes		]
Previous year production	25	-	161	186
Previous five years average production	23	-	219	242
Previous year imports	171	15	41	227
Previous five years average imports	208	8	61	277
2003 Domestic Availability	12	-	56	68
2002 Production (rice in paddy terms)	2	-	56	58
2002 Production (rice in milled terms)	2	-	56	58
Possible stock drawdown	10	-	-	10
2003 Utilization	207	15	286	508
Food use	202	15	256	473
Non-food use	5	-	10	15
Exports or re-exports	-	-	-	-
Possible stock build up	-	-	20	20
2003 Import Requirement	195	15	230	440
Anticipated commercial imports	35	15	30	80
of which: received or contracted	8	-	-	8
Food aid needs	160	-	200	360
Current Aid Position
Food aid pledges	41	-	2	43
of which: delivered	41	-	2	43
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	-	-
of which: for local use	-	-	-	-
for export	-	-	-	-
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)	59	4	74	138
Indexes	[	percentage		]
2002 Prod. compared to average (rice paddy terms)	9	-	26	24
2003 Import requirement compared to average	94	188	377	159
Cereal share of total calorie intake				79
Additional Information
Major foodcrops	sorghum; teff; millet; maize; pulses
Lean season	August-November
Population (000s)	3 440
GNP per capita in 2001 (US$)	160

FAO/GIEWS - July 2003