| COUNTRY | 1997/98 or 1998 | 1998/99 or 1999 | |||||
| Actual imports | import requirements (excluding re-exports) | Total Import position | |||||
| Commercial purchases | Food aid | Total commercial and aid | Total commercial and aid | Food aid allocated committed or shipped | Commercial purchases | ||
| AFRICA | 25 172.0 | 1 926.2 | 27 094.2 | 25 178.0 | 9 596.4 | 1 434.9 | 8 161.5 |
| Northern Africa | 13 618.2 | 64.9 | 13 683.1 | 13 135.0 | 7 209.1 | 17.4 | 7 191.7 |
| Egypt | 10 360.7 | 52.4 | 10 413.1 | 10 420.0 | 5 106.6 | 17.4 | 5 089.2 |
| Morocco | 3 257.5 | 12.5 | 3 270.0 | 2 715.0 | 2 102.5 | 0.0 | 2 102.5 |
| Eastern Africa | 3 622.8 | 1 060.2 | 4 679.0 | 3 210.0 | 668.8 | 593.8 | 75.0 |
| Burundi | 41.5 | 0.5 | 42.0 | 65.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Comoros | 41.8 | 4.2 | 46.0 | 46.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Djibouti | 61.7 | 8.8 | 70.5 | 78.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Eritrea | 195.6 | 103.3 | 298.9 | 280.0 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 0.0 |
| Ethiopia 2/ | 46.4 | 577.0 | 623.4 | 20.0 | 309.5 | 309.5 | 0.0 |
| Kenya | 1 803.0 | 87.6 | 1 890.6 | 880.0 | 41.4 | 41.4 | 0.0 |
| Rwanda | 38.1 | 162.1 | 200.2 | 170.0 | 62.0 | 62.0 | 0.0 |
| Somalia | 268.7 | 11.3 | 280.0 | 400.0 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 0.0 |
| Sudan | 509.0 | 69.9 | 578.9 | 675.0 | 91.3 | 91.3 | 0.0 |
| Tanzania | 617.0 | 31.5 | 648.5 | 596.0 | 129.9 | 54.9 | 75.0 |
| Southern Africa | 1 631.9 | 375.7 | 2 007.6 | 2 726.0 | 1 432.2 | 552.6 | 879.6 |
| Angola | 350.8 | 159.7 | 510.5 | 471.0 | 249.2 | 125.6 | 123.6 |
| Lesotho | 127.0 | 7.8 | 134.8 | 188.0 | 18.2 | 5.8 | 12.4 |
| Madagascar | 175.4 | 38.0 | 213.4 | 205.0 | 49.7 | 20.1 | 29.6 |
| Malawi | 113.0 | 3.6 | 116.6 | 102.0 | 55.3 | 25.1 | 30.2 |
| Mozambique | 151.9 | 164.8 | 316.7 | 212.0 | 336.8 | 252.4 | 84.4 |
| Swaziland | 61.5 | 0.0 | 61.5 | 63.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 |
| Zambia | 369.0 | 1.8 | 370.8 | 660.0 | 125.5 | 25.5 | 100.0 |
| Zimbabwe | 283.3 | 0.0 | 283.3 | 825.0 | 587.5 | 88.1 | 499.4 |
| Western africa | 5 616.4 | 413.2 | 6 029.6 | 5 413.0 | 280.1 | 264.9 | 15.2 |
| Coastal countries | 3 379.7 | 259.6 | 3 639.3 | 3 465.0 | 125.5 | 117.5 | 8.0 |
| Benin | 110.8 | 11.6 | 122.4 | 120.0 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 600.7 | 21.0 | 621.7 | 645.0 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.0 |
| Ghana | 417.4 | 51.5 | 468.9 | 500.0 | 63.6 | 63.6 | 0.0 |
| Guinea | 406.0 | 4.0 | 410.0 | 410.0 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 0.0 |
| Liberia | 86.0 | 104.5 | 190.5 | 155.0 | 20.7 | 12.7 | 8.0 |
| Nigeria | 1 450.0 | 0.0 | 1 450.0 | 1 250.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Sierra Leone | 213.1 | 63.6 | 276.7 | 290.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 0.0 |
| Togo | 95.7 | 3.4 | 99.1 | 95.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Sahelian countries | 2 236.7 | 153.6 | 2 390.3 | 1 948.0 | 154.6 | 147.4 | 7.2 |
| Burkina faso | 195.9 | 19.8 | 215.7 | 170.0 | 28.8 | 28.8 | 0.0 |
| Cape Verde | 30.5 | 50.5 | 81.0 | 95.0 | 48.4 | 48.4 | 0.0 |
| Chad | 64.0 | 24.1 | 88.1 | 72.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| Gambia | 116.1 | 5.5 | 121.6 | 124.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Guinea Bissau | 104.1 | 0.9 | 105.0 | 92.0 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 0.0 |
| Mali | 84.3 | 9.9 | 94.2 | 80.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 0.0 |
| Mauritania | 301.9 | 14.9 | 316.8 | 290.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 0.0 |
| Niger | 477.9 | 26.1 | 504.0 | 220.0 | 30.8 | 30.8 | 0.0 |
| Senegal | 862.0 | 1.9 | 863.9 | 805.0 | 13.8 | 6.6 | 7.2 |
| Central Africa | 682.7 | 12.2 | 694.9 | 694.0 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 0.0 |
| Cameroon | 257.5 | 2.5 | 260.0 | 260.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| Cent.Afr.Rep. | 37.1 | 1.9 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Congo, Dem R | 252.8 | 2.2 | 255.0 | 250.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| Congo | 119.2 | 1.7 | 120.9 | 123.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Eq. Guinea | 8.3 | 0.7 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Sao Tome | 7.8 | 3.2 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |