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

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2 - July 2003 p.51

SOMALIA

The total cereal import requirement in 2002/03 (August/July) is estimated at 320 000 tonnes. Commercial imports are estimated at 275 000 tonnes, leaving a food aid requirement of 45 000 tonnes. As of end June food aid pledges amounted to 7 000 tonnes, all of which have been delivered.

CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2002/03 MARKETING YEAR (August/July)
	Wheat	Rice	Coarse Grains	Total Cereals
	[	thousand tonnes		]
Previous year production	-	2	255	257
Previous five years average production	-	2	258	260
Previous year imports	100	100	70	270
Previous five years average imports	111	106	68	285
2002/03 Domestic Availability	10	1	374	385
2002 Production (rice in paddy terms)	-	2	374	376
2002 Production (rice in milled terms)	-	1	374	375
Possible stock drawdown	10	-	-	10
2002/03 Utilization	110	101	494	705
Food use	110	91	343	544
Non-food use	-	10	41	51
Exports or re-exports	-	-	-	-
Possible stock build up	-	-	110	110
2002/03 Import Requirement	100	100	120	320
Anticipated commercial imports	100	100	75	275
of which: received or contracted	-	2	-	2
Food aid needs	-	-	45	45
Current Aid Position
Food aid pledges	-	-	7	7
of which: delivered	-	-	7	7
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	-	-
of which: for local use	-	-	-	-
for export	-	-	-	-
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)	17	14	52	83
Indexes	[	percentage		]
2002 Prod. compared to average (rice paddy terms)	-	100	145	145
2002/03 Import requirement compared to average	90	94	176	112
Cereal share of total calorie intake				34
Additional Information
Major foodcrops	maize; sorghum; sesame
Lean season	June-August
Population (000s)	6 543
GNP per capita in 2001 (US$)	n.a.

FAO/GIEWS - July 2003