FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops and Shortages , No.5 - November 2002 - Page 5

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ESTIMATED CEREAL IMPORT REQUIREMENTS OF LOW-INCOME FOOD-DEFICIT COUNTRIES 1/
a) 2001/02 or 2002 estimates (in thousand tonnes)

COUNTRY Marketing year 2000/01 or 2001 2001/02 or 2002
Actual imports Total
import
require-
ments
(excluding
re-exports)
Import position
Commercial
purchases
Food aid Total
commercial
and aid
Total
commercial
and aid
Food aid
allocated
committed
or shipped
Commercial
purchases
                 
AFRICA   30 677.8 3 001.7 33 679.5 31 529.2 29 465.2 1 718.2 27 747.0
Northern Africa   15 240.1 298.3 15 538.4 16 886.0 16 886.0 43.0 16 843.0
Egypt July/June 10 640.9 20.7 10 661.6 12 273.0 12 273.0 34.5 12 238.5
Morocco July/June 4 599.2 277.6 4 876.8 4 613.0 4 613.0 8.5 4 604.5
Eastern Africa   4 021.9 1 840.7 5 862.6 4 292.0 3 771.2 832.6 2 938.6
Burundi Jan./Dec. 66.2 43.8 110.0 61.0 6.6 6.6 0.0
Comoros Jan./Dec. 46.0 0.0 46.0 46.0 21.9 0.0 21.9
Djibouti Jan./Dec. 58.8 9.2 68.0 85.0 85.2 18.1 67.1
Eritrea Jan./Dec. 92.4 285.0 377.4 170.0 102.9 102.9 0.0
Ethiopia Jan./Dec. 37.7 845.3 883.0 370.0 237.2 226.5 10.7
Kenya Oct./Sept. 1 512.3 348.1 1 860.4 1 180.0 1 180.0 135.1 1 044.9
Rwanda Jan./Dec. 144.2 30.8 175.0 170.0 33.6 28.0 5.6
Somalia Aug./July 206.7 34.3 241.0 270.0 270.0 18.3 251.7
Sudan Nov./Oct. 1 287.6 158.1 1 445.7 1 270.0 1 270.0 101.7 1 168.3
Tanzania June/May 476.3 33.0 509.3 484.0 484.4 116.3 368.1
Uganda Jan./Dec. 93.7 53.1 146.8 186.0 79.4 79.1 0.3
Southern Africa   1 437.2 418.2 1 855.4 2 245.0 2 245.1 361.0 1 884.1
Angola April/March 344.9 202.9 547.8 489.0 489.1 169.7 319.4
Lesotho April/March 224.9 3.1 228.0 181.0 181.0 2.8 178.2
Madagascar April/March 368.9 26.3 395.2 393.0 393.0 28.6 364.4
Malawi April/March 12.2 27.2 39.4 150.0 150.0 6.6 143.4
Mozambique April/March 326.3 155.5 481.8 684.0 684.0 133.7 550.3
Swaziland May/April 87.0 0.0 87.0 78.0 78.0 1.2 76.8
Zambia May/April 73.0 3.2 76.2 270.0 270.0 18.4 251.6
Western Africa   9 140.7 366.8 9 507.5 7 368.2 6 233.4 393.5 5 839.9
Coastal Countries   6 641.8 175.7 6 817.5 5 236.2 3 656.9 233.7 3 423.2
Benin Jan./Dec. 107.7 14.2 121.9 114.0 58.7 17.0 41.7
Cote d'Ivoire Jan./Dec. 1 429.5 5.7 1 435.2 1 025.0 731.1 14.8 716.3
Ghana Jan./Dec. 451.3 53.7 505.0 461.2 317.5 52.6 264.9
Guinea Jan./Dec. 393.8 33.2 427.0 331.0 53.7 41.2 12.5
Liberia Jan./Dec. 187.7 16.4 204.1 210.0 37.1 27.9 9.2
Nigeria Jan./Dec. 3 756.9 0.0 3 756.9 2 770.0 2 334.8 12.5 2 322.3
Sierra Leone Jan./Dec. 230.0 46.5 276.5 225.0 78.3 67.7 10.6
Togo Jan./Dec. 84.9 6.0 90.9 100.0 45.7 0.0 45.7
Sahelian Countries   2 498.9 191.1 2 690.0 2 132.0 2 576.5 159.8 2 416.7
Burkina faso Nov./Oct. 216.8 19.4 236.2 171.0 249.1 21.9 227.2
Cape Verde Nov./Oct. 41.5 49.7 91.2 93.0 74.0 36.6 37.4
Chad Nov./Oct. 69.2 33.7 102.9 71.0 87.4 3.3 84.1
Gambia Nov./Oct. 163.1 1.2 164.3 124.0 148.3 5.1 143.2
Guinea Bissau Nov./Oct. 51.4 4.6 56.0 70.0 50.7 6.3 44.4
Mali Nov./Oct. 108.2 6.0 114.2 90.0 244.5 7.3 237.2
Mauritania Nov./Oct. 279.6 32.7 312.3 318.0 278.5 34.3 244.2
Niger Nov./Oct. 622.9 21.5 644.4 345.0 384.8 28.3 356.5
Senegal Nov./Oct. 946.2 22.3 968.5 850.0 1 059.2 16.7 1 042.5
Central Africa   837.9 77.7 915.6 738.0 329.5 88.1 241.4
Cameroon Jan./Dec. 381.1 6.1 387.2 300.0 120.5 2.2 118.3
Cent.Afr.Rep. Jan./Dec. 49.9 0.6 50.5 36.0 11.3 5.0 6.3
Congo, Dem.Rep. Jan./Dec. 221.4 28.6 250.0 250.0 92.7 64.6 28.1
Congo, Rep. Jan./Dec. 162.6 36.3 198.9 125.0 99.6 11.1 88.5
Eq. Guinea Jan./Dec. 16.5 1.5 18.0 15.0 0.2 0.0 0.2
Sao Tome Jan./Dec. 6.4 4.6 11.0 12.0 5.2 5.2 0.0

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