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TABLE 1: CEREAL IMPORTS AND FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, 1999/2000 OR 2000 (IN THOUSAND TONNES)

Sub-Region/ Country	Marketing year	1999 Cereal production 1/		1998/99 or 1999 imports			Position for 1999/2000 or 2000
		Total	As %of average of previous 5 years	Total imports	As % of average of previous 5 years	Food aid	Cereal import require- ment 2/	Antici- pated commer- cial imports	Food aid requirements		Commer- cial imports already made or contracted	Food aid
		Total	As %of average of previous 5 years	Total imports	As % of average of previous 5 years	Food aid	Cereal import require- ment 2/	Antici- pated commer- cial imports	Total	of which: excep-tional	Commer- cial imports already made or contracted	Pledges 3/	of which received so far	Uncov food aid require- ments
Eastern Africa		22 778	103	3 797	106	1 519	4 898	3 187	1 711	-	267	578	182	1 133
Burundi	Jan./Dec.	291	110	44	69	5	65	15	50	-	-	-	-	50
Comoros	Jan./Dec.	6	100	46	105	-	46	36	10	-	-	1	-	9
Djibouti	Jan./Dec.	-	-	129	142	8	105	85	20	-	-	-	-	20
Eritrea	Jan./Dec.	160	78	109	43	15	290	190	100	-	-	12	-	88
Ethiopia 4/	Jan./Dec.	9 885	130	751	129	730	840	20	820	-	-	430	80	390
Kenya	Oct./Sept.	2 514	79	861	69	145	1 590	1 380	210	-	119	9	9	201
Rwanda	Jan./Dec.	202	113	247	93	205	210	60	150	-	-	9	3	141
Seychelles	Jan./Dec.	-	-	13	78	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Somalia	Aug./July	243	83	315	170	38	310	240	70	-	12	41	23	29
Sudan	Nov./Oct.	3 779	79	641	121	226	823	718	105	-	-	56	56	49
Tanzania	June/May	4 008	102	490	212	73	450	365	85	-	137	8	8	77
Uganda	Jan./Dec.	1 690	91	152	203	74	156	65	91	-	-	12	4	79
Southern Africa		19 858	96	4 338	*106*	487	4 918	4 596	322	-	1 944	341	237	81
Angola	April/March	535	130	517	139	157	505	325	180	-	38	127	106	53
Botswana	April/March	20	53	256	131	-	250	250	-	-	143	-	-
Lesotho	April/March	172	90	158	82	8	203	180	23	-	101	3	3	21
Madagascar	April/March	1 962	106	143	95	19	170	155	15	-	55	8	6	7
Malawi	April/March	2 603	157	201	81	34	116	58	58	-	58	58	58
Mauritius	Jan./Dec.	2	100	275	122	-	248	248	-	-	12	-	-
Mozambique	April/March	1 692	134	262	70	156	325	280	45	-	125	141	60
Namibia	May/April	75	76	97	97	-	126	126	-	-	58	0.7	0.7
South Africa	May/April	9 620	82	1 448	89	-	1 924	1 924	-	-	1 014	-	-
Swaziland	May/April	115	106	75	104	-	72	72	-	-	54	-	-
Zambia	May/April	1 054	95	387	193	32	434	433	1	-	2	4	4
Zimbabwe	April/March	2 008	88	520	179	81	545	545	-	-	284	-	-
Western Africa		38 577	113	6 628	122	391	5 649	5 180	469	-	366	170	70	310
*Coastal countries*		*27 531*	110	*4 741*	*135*	*188*	*3 804*	*3 482*	*322*	-	*314*	70	10	*250*
Benin	Jan./Dec.	910	123	120	105	9	115	105	10	-	-	6	-	5
Guinea	Jan./Dec.	769	120	352	95	18	350	345	5	-	7	-	-	5
Liberia	Jan./Dec.	148	200	227	105	89	200	130	70	-	-	13	10	57
Nigeria	Jan./Dec.	21 808	110	2 382	154	-	1 600	1 600	-	-	220	0.3	-	-
Sierra Leone	Jan./Dec.	181	62	290	125	27	329	160	169	-	3	20	-	150
Togo	Jan./Dec.	721	131	124	96	-	70	68	2	-	-	-	-	-
*Sahelian countries*		*11 046*	122	*1 887*	99	*204*	*1 845*	*1 698*	*147*	-	52	*100*	60	60
Burkina Faso	Nov./Oct.	2 668	113	137	89	33	155	131	24	-	2	10	10	14
Cape Verde	Nov./Oct.	26	650	87	98	57	70	20	50	-	-	62	37
Chad	Nov./Oct.	1 186	117	70	92	10	67	55	12	-	-	7	2	5
Gambia	Nov./Oct.	143	147	127	128	4	114	112	2	-	-	3	1
Guinea-Bissau	Nov./Oct.	112	83	76	105	21	99	85	14	-	-	-	-	14
Mali	Nov./Oct.	2 693	127	122	121	6	100	95	5	-	-	3	3	2
Mauritania	Nov./Oct.	222	124	242	88	27	260	235	25	-	-	9	1	17
Niger	Nov./Oct.	2 850	103	332	111	26	220	215	5	-	-	0.4	0.4	5
Senegal	Nov./Oct.	1 146	127	695	93	20	760	750	10	-	50	6	6	4
Central Africa		2 998	107	771	35	42	800	770	30	-	26	14	12	17
Cameroon	Jan./Dec.	1 318	117	270	96	3	280	278	2	-	16	3	3
Cent.Afr.Rep.	Jan./Dec.	153	128	29	82	1	29	28	1	-	-	0.5	0.5	1
Congo, Dem. Rep of	Jan./Dec.	1 498	99	250	103	26	250	244	6	-	-	6	6	1
Congo, Rep.of	Jan./Dec.	4	100	115	103	12	140	120	20	-	8	5	3	15
Equat.Guinea	Jan./Dec.	-	-	14	125	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-
Gabon	Jan./Dec.	25	100	84	122	-	82	82	-	-	2	-	-	-
Sao Tome	Jan./Dec.	-	-	9	86	1	10	9	1	-	-	0.2	0.2	1
TOTAL		84 211	106	15 533	112	2 440	16 265	13 733	2 532	-	2 604	1 103	501	1 541

Note : Totals computed from unrounded data.
1/ Including rice in milled equivalent.
2/ Excludes re-exports.
3/ Includes all pledges reported to the GIEWS , whether for free distribution or market sale. However, there may be some cases where governments count some food aid received for market sale against commercial import requirements.
4/ Includes refugee needs.

FAO/GIEWS - April 2000