FAO/GIEWS: Food supply situation and crop prospects in sub-Saha Table 2: Cereal Imports and Food Aid Requirements in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1995/96 or 1996 (in thousand tons)

FAO/GIEWS: Food supply situation and crop prospects in sub-Saha

Table 2: Cereal Imports and Food Aid Requirements in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1995/96 or 1996 (in thousand tons)

Sub-Region/ Country	Marketing year	1995 Cereal production		1994/95 or 1995 imports			Position for 1995/96 or 1996
		1995 Cereal production		1994/95 or 1995 imports			Cereal import requirements 2/	Anticipated commercial imports	Food aid requirements		Commercial 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 requirements 2/	Anticipated commercial imports	Total	of which exceptional	Commercial imports already made or contracted	Pledges	of which received so far	Uncov. Food aid require ments
		Countries still in 1995/96 or 1996 marketing year
Eastern Africa		14 636	112	1 866	90	1 227	1 126	684	442	5	79	852	703	182
Burundi	Jan./Dec.	272	100	58	152	26	54	31	23	-	-	11	4	12
Comoros	Jan./Dec.	14	233	44	115	9	44	34	10	-	4	-	-	10
Djibouti	Jan./Dec.	-	-	120	135	22	80	59	21	5	3	6	3	15
Eritrea	Jan./Dec.	142	...	95	40	63	291	100	191	-	-	55	33	136
Ethiopia 4/	Jan./Dec.	8 614	126	702	84	687	80	-	80	-	28	343	296
Rwanda	Jan./Dec.	145	58	339	422	319	43	26	17	-	8	344.6 5/	294.3 6/	17
Seychelles	Jan./Dec.	-	-	13	118	-	13	13	-	-	1	-	-
Sudan	Nov./Oct.	3 365	86	440	61	65	480	402	78	-	33	69	49	9
Uganda	Jan./Dec.	2 084	119	54	177	37	41	19	22	-	1	24	24
Southern Africa		2	100	170	102	1	172	172	-	-	57	1	-	-
Mauritius	Jan./Dec.	2	100	170	102	1	172	172	-	-	57	1	-
Western Africa		10 785	102	2 557	108	507	2 678	2 056	622	34	390	537	409	179
*Coastal countries*		2 084	98	*957*	*130*	*289*	*973*	*625*	348	30	170	*380*	304	43
Benin	Jan./Dec.	634	106	102	106	17	100	88	12	-	81	9	8	3
Guinea	Jan./Dec.	720	107	326	144	6	260	218	42	-	48	13	5	29
Liberia	Jan./Dec.	38	75	250	146	234	230	28	202	30	7	277	234
Sierra Leone	Jan./Dec.	226	71	178	116	28	245	160	85	-	3	77	54	8
Togo	Jan./Dec.	466	95	100	113	5	138	131	7	-	31	3	3	4

*Sahelian countries*		8 701	103	1 601	99	*218*	*1 705*	1 431	274	4	221	*157*	105	136
Burkina Faso	Nov./Oct.	2 280	100	139	77	43	140	102	38	-	32	35	28	3
Cape Verde	Jan./Dec.	8	89	97	123	71	90	25	65	-	2	33	11	32
Chad	Nov./Oct.	882	103	53	81	13	65	63	2	-	-	21	12
Gambia	Nov./Oct.	92	101	93	131	3	100	89	11	4	12	5	4	6
Guinea Bissau	Jan./Dec.	157	116	59	98	2	65	59	6	-	5	6	2	-
Mali	Nov./Oct.	2 026	102	83	73	17	105	80	25	-	-	7	7	18
Mauritania	Nov./Oct.	175	151	222	96	28	240	190	50	-	56	20	18	30
Niger	Nov./Oct.	2 073	98	137	82	13	200	150	50	-	6	14	7	36
Senegal	Nov./Oct.	1 008	112	719	110	28	700	673	27	-	108	17	17	10
Central Africa		1 607	110	305	90	66	335	245	90	-	87	30	19	60
Equat.Guinea	Jan./Dec.	-	-	11	103	3	11	6	5	-	1	-	-	5
Gabon	Jan./Dec.	26	108	62	102	-	62	62	-	-	16	-	-	-
Sao Tome	Jan./Dec.	-	-	12	92	7	12	4	8	-	2	6	-	2
Zaire	Jan./Dec.	1 581	110	219	87	56	250	173	77	-	69	24	19	53

Sub-Total		27 030	108	4 898	99	1 801	4 311	3 157	1 154	39	613	1 075	836	439
		Countries which have entered their 1996/97 marketing year
Eastern Africa		8 012	118	1 134	362	328	965	735	230	-	798	94	69	169
Kenya	Oct./Sept.	3 365	114	777	105	147	600	565	35	-	596	55	36
Somalia	Sept./Aug.	284	88	142	68	42	320	125	195	-	153	26	20	169
Tanzania	June/May	4 363	125	216	189	139	45	45	-	-	49	13	13
Southern Africa		14 582	77	3 571	72	771	5 016	3 967	1 049	414	3 635	1 079	927	108
Angola	April/March	307	93	428	148	283	560	200	360	130	255	281	229	79
Botswana	April/March	46	115	119	60	6	238	238	-	-	231	7	7
Lesotho	April/March	89	52	204	87	25	277	217	60	37	220	62	37
Madagascar	April/March	1 841	102	182	164	30	146	119	27	-	119	37	27
Malawi	April/March	1 756	126	468	161	136	180	37	143	46	8	221	217
Mozambique	April/March	1 087	183	328	53	274	446	84	362	104	126	381	336
Namibia	May/April	59	66	77	78	-	142	142	-	-	137	11	11
South Africa	May/April	7 462	66	1 122	51	-	1 697	1 697	-	-	1 903	-	-
Swaziland	May/April	79	79	76	130	9	93	84	9	9	71	14	6
Zambia	May/April	877	74	379	140	3	577	489	88	88	254	59	58	29
Zimbabwe	April/March	979	47	188	31	5	660	660	-	-	310	5	-
Western Africa		15 060	104	1 888	*114*	*152*	*1 857*	1 717	140	-	1 981	*136*	92	22
*Coastal countries*		15 060	104	1 888	*114*	*152*	*1 857*	1 717	140	-	1 981	*136*	92	22
Côte d'Ivoire	July/June	1 195	118	499	99	55	587	537	50	-	552	68	35
Ghana	Oct./Sept.	1 738	133	318	107	97	250	160	90	-	193	68	57	22
Nigeria	July/June	12 127	99	1 070	125	-	1 020	1 020	-	-	1 236	-	-
Central Africa		1 366	134	412	95	16	467	457	10	-	454	13	13	3
Cameroon	July/June	1 234	137	285	96	3	325	320	5	-	321	4	4	1
Cent.Afr.Rep.	Sept./Aug.	105	114	30	105	1	34	32	2	-	34	-	-	2
Congo	July/June	27	113	97	102	12	108	105	3	-	99	9	9
Sub-Total		39 020	94	7 005	86	1 267	8 305	6 876	1 429	414	6 868	1 322	1 103	302
TOTAL		66 050	99	11 903	91	3 068	12 616	10 033	2 583	453	7 481	2 396	1 939	741

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.
5/ Includes food aid for Rwandan refugees in Zaire.
6/ Includes deliveries for Rwandan refugees in Zaire.